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Paradise is Opened
05:28
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Paradise is Opened
For you Paradise is opened,
the Tree of Life planted,
the future age and abundance
are prepared,
a city is built
and rest appointed,
good words established,
wisdom defined.
Evil roots are sealed up from you,
sickness extinguished from your path.
Death is concealed,
Hades fled,
Corruption sinks in oblivion,
sorrow is gone,
and in the end
the gold of immortality is manifest.
from The Apocalypse of Ezra
trans. R.H. Charles
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Invocation
09:29
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Invocation
I arise today:
in vast might, invocation of the Trinity;
belief in a Threeness;
confession of Oneness;
towards the Creator.
I arise today:
in the might of Heaven;
brightness of Sun;
whiteness of Snow;
splendour of Fire;
speed of Lightning;
swiftness of Wind;
depth of Sea;
stability of Earth;
firmness of Rock.
I arise today:
in vast might, invocation of the Trinity;
belief in a Threeness;
confession of Oneness;
towards the Creator.
from The Lorica, St. Patrick
trans. J. Atkinson
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With Flowers You Write
05:55
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III.
With Flowers You Write
With flowers You write,
O Giver of Life:
with songs You give color,
with songs You shade
those who must live on the earth.
from The Painted Book, Texcoco Indian
trans. M. Leon-Portilla
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Father of Everlasting Grace
Father of everlasting grace,
Thy goodness and thy truth we praise,
Thy goodness and thy truth we prove;
Thou hast, in honor of thy Son,
The gift unspeakable sent down,
The Spirit of life, and power, and love.
So shall we pray, and never cease,
So shall we thankfully confess
Thy wisdom, truth, and power, and love,
With joy unspeakable adore,
And bless, and praise thee evermore,
And serve thee as thy hosts above.
Till added to that heavenly choir
We raise our songs of triumph higher,
And praise thee in a bolder strain,
Out-soar the firstborn seraph's flight,
And sing, with all our friends in light,
Thy everlasting love to man.
Charles Wesley
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Magnificat
14:57
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Magnificat
My soul doth magnify the Lord,
And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth
all generations shall call me blessed.
For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name.
And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.
He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination
of their hearts.
He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.
He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.
He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy;
As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.
The Gospel According to St. Luke,1:46-55
King James Version
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O Gladsome Light
06:52
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VI.
O Gladsome Light
O gladsome light, O grace of our Creator's face,
the eternal splendor wearing;
celestial, holy blest, our Savior Jesus Christ,
joyful in your appearing.
As fades the day's last light, we see the lamps of night,
our common hymn outpouring,
O God of might unknown, you the incarnate Son,
and Spirit blest adoring.
To you of right belongs all praise of holy songs,
O Son of God, lifegiver.
You, therefore, O Most High, the world does glorify
and shall exalt forever.
Greek hymn
trans. R.S. Bridges
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