Hodie nobis de coelo pax vera

General information

Responsory 2 for Matins on Christmas Day

Settings by composers

• Alessandro Grandi SS & continuo, arranged for SSA
• Tiburtio Massaino SAATTTB
• José Maurício Nunes Garcia SATB & orchestra
• Peter Philips SATB.SATB
• Costanzo Porta SATB
• Cesare Tudino SATTB

Other settings possibly not included in the manual list above

• Giacomo Antonio Perti — Inno e responsi pel santo Natale a 4 voci con violini

Text and translations

Latin text Hodie nobis de coelo pax vera descendit: Hodie per totum mundum melliflui facti sunt coeli. Hodie illuxit nobis dies redemptionis novae, reparationis antiquae, felicitatis aeternae. Alleluia.

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

German translation by Anita.carla Heute steigt vom Himmel hinab der wahre Frieden, Heute benetzt der Himmel die ganze Welt mit Honig, Heute kommt herab der neue Tag unserer Erlösung und die langersehnte Gabe der ewigen Glückseligkeit.