Aurora lucis rutilat (verses 5-11)
For their dear Lord so lately slain:
That Lord his servants’ wicked train
With bitter scorn had dared arraign.
With gentle voice the Angel gave
The women tidings at the grave;
“Forthwith your Master shall you see:
He goes before to Galilee.”
And while with fear and joy they pressed
To tell these tidings to the rest,
Their Lord, their living Lord, they meet,
And see his form, and kiss his feet.
The Eleven, when they hear, with speed
To Galilee forthwith proceed:
That there they may behold once more
The Lord’s dear face, as oft before.
In this our bright and Paschal day
The sun shines out with purer ray,
When Christ, to earthly sight made plain,
The glad Apostles see again.
The wounds, the riven wounds he shows
In that his flesh with light that glows,
In loud accord both far and nigh
The Lord’s arising testify.
O Christ, the King who loves to bless,
Do you our hearts and souls possess;
To you we lift our joyful praise
This day and for all endless days.
Tune: Grenoble L.M.
Music: Grenoble Antiphoner, 1753
Text: Aurora lucis rutilat, verses 5-11, attributed to Saint Ambrose of Milan, 340-397
Translation: John Mason Neale, 1818-1866, alt.
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