Firstpublished: Description: Responsory for the Creator
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Original text and translations
Latin text
O vis eternitatis
que omnia ordinasti in corde tuo,
per Verbum tuum omnia creata sunt
sicut voluisti,
et ipsum Verbum tuum
induit carnem
in formatione illa
que educta est de Adam.
Et sic indumenta ipsius
a maximo dolore
abstersa sunt.
O quam magna est benignitas Salvatoris
qui omnia liberavit
per incarnationem suam,
quam divinitas exspiravit
sine vinculo peccati.
Et sic indumenta ipsius
a maximo dolore
abstersa sunt.
Gloria Patri et Filio
et Spiritui sancto.
Et sic indumenta ipsius
a maximo dolore
abstersa sunt.
English translation
Oh force of eternity
which has ordered all things in your heart
through your Word all things were created
just as you wished
and that very word of yours
donned solid flesh
in that molding
which was drawn out from Adam.
And so its very own garment
was washed clean
of the deepest suffering.
O how great is the kindness of the Savior
who has freed all things
through his incarnation,
an incarnation which divinity breathed out
free from the fetters of sin.
And so its very own garment
was washed clean
of the deepest suffering.
Glory to the Father and the Son
and the Holy Spirit.
And so its very own garment
was washed clean
of the deepest suffering. Translation by Hugh McElroy
Latin text
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