Psalm 51

A Dash of Inspiration

Christmas Mass

Christmas Mass

Unto us a Child is Born

English Trans.-
A Child is born to us, and a Son is given to us: Whose government is upon His shoulder: and His Name shall be called, the Angel of Great Counsel.
(Ps.97. 1)Sing ye to the Lord a new canticle: because He hath done wonderful things.Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit...

-LATIN-
Puer natus est nobis, et filius datus est nobis, cujus imperium super humerum ejus et vocabitur nomen ejus, magni consilii Angelus.

Cantate Domino canticum novum quia mirabilia fecit. Gloria Patre et Filio et Spiritui Santo...

Today Christ is born: Today the Savior appeared!

Today Christ is born:
Today the Savior appeared:
Today on Earth the Angels sing,
Archangels rejoice:
Today the righteous rejoice, saying:
Glory to God in the highest.
Alleluia.
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Hodie Christus natus est:
Hodie Salvator apparuit:
Hodie in terra canunt Angeli,
laetantur Archangeli
Hodie exsultant justi, dicentes:
Gloria in excelsis Deo.
Alleluia.

O Emmanuel

O Emmanuel,
Rex et legifer noster,
expectatio gentium,
et Salvator earum:
veni ad salvandum nos,
Domine, Deus noster.

O Emmanuel,
the one awaited by the gentiles,
and their Savior:
come to save us,
Lord our God.

Christ and His Mother...

A music video with scenes from the Passion of Christ about Jesus and His Blessed Mother.

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee;
Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners,
now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

O Clavis

The Great antiphon for 20 December sung by the Dominican student brothers in Oxford.

O Radix

The Great antiphon sung on 19 December by the Dominican student brothers in Oxford.

III – December 19

O RADIX Iesse, qui stas in signum populorum,
super quem continebunt reges os suum, quem gentes deprecabuntur:
veni ad liberandum nos, iam noli tardare.

O Root of Jesse, who stand as a sign for the peoples (Isaiah 11:10),
the kings of the earth are silent before you (Isaiah 52:15) and the
nations invoke you:
come to free us, do not delay (Habakkuk 2:3).

O Sapientia

"O'Wisdom that comest out of the mouth of the Most High, that reachest from one end to another, and orderest all things mightily and sweetly, come to teach us the way of prudence!"
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O Sapientia, quæ ex ore Altissimi prodiisti, attingens a fine usque ad finem, fortiter suaviterque disponens omnia: veni ad docendum nos viam prudentiæ.

Hauppauge High School Choir Concert

Winter Concert at Hauppauge High School on 13 December 2006

Visit with the Capuchin Sisters of Nazareth

An iPadre Catholic Video Cast of the Capuchin Sisters of Nazareth at their new Postulant house in Bastress, PA. Meet the young women preparing to become Capuchine Sisters at the Mother of the Eucharist Convent.