Dies sanctificatus

General information

Matins responsory for the feast of Circumcision. Gradual for 3rd mass of the Nativity.
Source of text is partly Psalm 117:24 (Vulgate).

Setting by composers

Gregorian chant William Byrd AATB Josef von Eybler SATB Jacob Handl SATB

Jorge Moreira SATB José Maurício Nunes Garcia SATB Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina SATB Costanzo Porta TTBB

Other settings possibly not included in the manual list above

• Antonio Cifra — Angelus ad pastores ait (1629)

Text and translations

Latin text Dies sanctificatus illuxit nobis: Venite gentes, et adorate Dominum. Quia hodie descendit lux magna in terris/super omnem terram. Alleluia. Haec dies quam fecit Dominus: Exultemus, et laetemur in ea. German translation Ein geheiligter Tag ist uns aufgeleuchtet: Kommt, ihr Völker, und betet den Herrn an. Denn heute ist er herabgestiegen, ein großes Licht auf Erden. Halleluja. Dies ist der Tag, den der Herr gemacht hat: Laßt uns jubeln und uns an ihm freuen.

English translation A day made holy dawns upon us; O come, all nations, and adore the Lord; for today a great light has descended upon earth/on all the earth. Alleluia. This is the day the Lord has made; let us be glad and rejoice in it. Translation supplied by The St. Ann Choir, directed by William Mahrt