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who purges the seven vices | who purges the seven vices | ||
by sevenfold grace. | by sevenfold grace. | ||
2. Mary, the sister of Lazarus, | |||
who committed so many crimes, | |||
from the jaws of hell | |||
returns to the threshold of life. | |||
3. After a flood of sins of the flesh | |||
from a pottery bowl | |||
she changes into a vessel of glory | |||
from a vessel of contumely. | |||
4. She runs sick to the doctor | |||
bearing a pot of perfume | |||
and from malignant illness | |||
the word of the physician cures her. | |||
5. She anoints her contrite heart | |||
with a flood of tears | |||
And her action of piety | |||
and her guilty plea pay for her vice. | |||
6. She sees Jesus rising | |||
victorious from the grave | |||
and earns that first joy | |||
which burns brighter than the rest. | |||
7. To God be the glory | |||
for his manifold grace | |||
so that guilt and punishment | |||
is remitted and the prize given. | |||
</poem> | </poem> |
Revision as of 08:59, 30 July 2013
General information
Office hymn for the feast of St. Mary Magdalene.
Settings by composers
- Orlando di Lasso SSATBarB (vv.1-4,6-7)
- Tomás Luis de Victoria SATB (vv.1,3,5-6)
Texts and Translations
Latin text 1. Lauda mater Ecclesia |
English translation 1. Praise Mother Church; |