Innocentes pro Christo

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Magnificat antiphon for the feast of Holy Innocents.

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Text and translations

Latin.png Latin text

Innocentes pro Christo infantes occisi sunt,
ab iniquo rege lactentes interfecti sunt:
ipsum sequuntur Agnum sine macula,
et dicunt semper: Gloria tibi Domine.

English.png English translation

Innocent infants were slain in Christ's stead;
suckling boys were murdered by a wicked king:
they instantiate the spotless Lamb himself,
and forever they say: Glory be to thee, O Lord.

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