Hodie nobis de coelo pax vera

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Responsory 2 for Matins on Christmas Day

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Latin.png Latin text

1 Hodie nobis de cœlo pax vera descendit:
Hodie per totum mundum melliflui facti sunt cœli.
Alleluia.
2 Hodie illuxit nobis dies redemptionis novæ,
reparationis antiquæ, felicitatis aeternæ.
Alleluia.

English.png English translation

1 Today for us true peace from heaven came down:
Today throughout the whole world the heavens distilled honey.
Alleluia.
2 Today there shone for us a day of new redemption,
of long-expected restoration, of eternal happiness.
Alleluia.

German.png German translation

1 Heute steigt vom Himmel hinab der wahre Frieden,
Heute benetzt der Himmel die ganze Welt mit Honig.
Alleluia.
2 Heute kommt herab der neue Tag unserer Erlösung
und die langersehnte Gabe der ewigen Glückseligkeit.
Alleluia.
Trans. Anita Carla

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