Lux Lucis
O VIRTUS SAPIENTIE
O virtus Sapientie,
que circuiens circuisti,
comprehendendo omnia
in una via que habet vitam,
tres alas habens,
quarum una in altum volat
et altera de terra sudat
et tercia undique volat.
Laus tibi sit, sicut te decet,
o Sapientia.
O LUCIDISSIMA APOSTOLORUM TURBA
O lucidissima
apostolorum turba,
surgens in vera agnitione
et aperiens
clausuram magisterii
diaboli,
abluendo captivos
in fonte viventis aque,
tu es clarissima lux
in nigerrimis tenebris,
fortissimumque genus columnarum,
sponsam Agni sustentans
in omnibus ornamentis ipsius:
per cuius gaudium
ipsa mater et virgo est vexillata.
Agnus enim inmaculatus
est sponsus ipsius sponse immaculate.
O NOBILISSIMA VIRIDITAS
O nobilissima viriditas
que radicas in sole
et que in candida serenitate
luces in rota
quam nulla terrena excellentia comprehendit:
Tu circumdata es
amplexibus divinorum ministeriorum.
Tu rubes ut aurora
et ardes ut solis flamma.
O ENERGY OF WISDOM
O energy of Wisdom!
You circled, circling,
encompassing all things
in one path possessed of life.
Three wings you have:
one of them soars on high,
the second exudes from the earth,
and the third flutters everywhere.
Praise to you, as befits you,
O Wisdom!
O MOST LUMINOUS BAND OF APOSTLES
O most luminous
band of apostles,
arising in true knowledge
and opening
the enclosure
of the devil’s teaching,
washing his captives
in a font of living water:
you are the most radiant light
in the blackest darkness.
You are a mighty row of pillars
supporting the Lamb’s bride
in all her beauty.
Through his joy,
she is mother and standard-bearing virgin.
For the immaculate Lamb
is the bridegroom of his
immaculate bride.
O MOST NOBLE GREENNESS
O most noble greenness,
you are rooted in the sun,
and you shine in bright serenity
in a sphere
no earthly eminence attains.
You are enfolded
in the embraces of divine ministries.
You blush like the dawn
and burn like a flame of the sun.
Karen P. Thomas
4435 First Avenue NW • Seattle, Washington 98107, USA
(206) 291-5876 • karen@seattlepromusica.org
