O God, Creation's Secret Force |
O God, Creation's Secret Force |
Attributed to St. Ambrose, a hymn for None (mid-afternoon). None is the ninth hour (3:00 PM) of the Roman day and was the hour of Christ's death. |
| RERUM, Deus, tenax vigor, immotus in te permanens, 1 lucis diurnae tempora successibus determinans, |
O STRENGTH and Stay upholding all creation Who ever dost Thyself unmoved abide, yet day by day the light in due gradation from hour to hour though all its changes guide; |
| Largire clarum vespere, quo vita numquam decidat, sed praemium mortis sacrae perennis instet gloria. |
Grant to life's day a calm unclouded ending, an eve untouched by shadows of decay, the brightness of a holy deathbed blending with dawning glories of the eternal day. |
| Praesta, Pater piissime, Patrique compar Unice, cum Spiritu Paraclito regnans per omne saeculum. Amen. |
Hear us, O Father, gracious and forgiving, and Thou, O Christ, the coeternal Word, Who, with the Holy Ghost by all things living, now and to endless ages art adored. Amen. |
From the Liturgia Horarum, Translation by Rev. J. Ellerton (1826-1893) and Rev. F. J. A. Hort (1828-1892).
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1 Some MS, such as the Bosworth Psalter, show: permanet.
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