- Æterna cœli gloria,
Beata spes mortalium,
Summi Tonantis Unice,
Castæque proles Virginia:
- Da dexteram surgentibus,
Exsurgat et mens sobria,
Flagrans et in laudem Dei
Grates rependat debitas.
- Ortus refulget lucifer,
Præitque solem nuntius:
Cadunt tenebræ noctium:
Lux sancta nos illuminet.
- Manensque nostris sensibus,
Noctem repellat sæculi,
Omnique fine temporis
Purgata servet pectora.
- Quæsita jam primum fides
In corde radices agat:
Secunda spes congaudeat,
Qua major exstat caritas.
- Deo Patri sit gloria,
Ejusque soli Filio,
Cum Spiritu Paraclito,
Nunc, et per omne sæculum.
| - O Christ, whose glory fills the heaven,
Our only hope, in mercy given;
Child of a Virgin meek and pure;
Son of the Highest evermore:
- Grant us Thine aid Thy praise to sing,
As opening days new duties bring;
That with the light our life may be
Renewed and sanctified by Thee.
- The morning star fades from the sky,
The sun breaks forth; night’s shadows fly:
O Thou, true Light, upon us shine:
Our darkness turn to light divine.
- Within us grant Thy light to dwell;
And from our souls dark sins expel;
Cleanse Thou our minds from stain of ill,
And with Thy peace our bosoms fill.
- To us strong faith forever give,
With joyous hope, in Thee to live;
That life’s rough way may ever be
Made strong and pure by charity.
- All laud to God the Father be,
All praise, Eternal Son, to Thee:
All glory, as is ever meet,
To God the holy Paraclete.
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