Text: O magnum mysterium (Gabrieli)

Giovanni Gabrieli (c. 1554–1612)

Original Text English Translation
 
O magnum mysterium
et admirabile sacramentum,
ut animalia viderent Dominum natum,
jacentem in praesepio.

Beata virgo, cujus viscera meruerunt
portare Dominum Christum, Alleluia!

 O great mystery
and wondrous sacrament,
that animals should see the newborn Lord
lying in a manger.

(O) blessed Virgin whose womb was worthy
to bear the Lord Jesus Christ. Alleluia!

 

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