Creator of the Circling Sky |
Creator of the Circling Sky |
This hymn was written by St. Robert Bellarmine (1542-1621) and is the hymn for Lauds for the feast of the Guardian Angels on October 2. |
| ORBIS patrator optime qui, quidquid est, potentia magna creasti, nec regis minore providentia. |
CREATOR of the circling sky, Who madest all by power most high, Thy Providence will never cease to rule Thy works in might and peace. |
| ADESTO supplicantium tibi reorum coetui, lucisque sub crepusculum lucem novam da mentibus. |
BE present when we cry to Thee, a sinful people though we be; and as the day-dawn grows apace, illume our minds with light of grace. |
| TUUSQUE nobis Angelus, signatus ad custodiam, hic adsit, a contagio qui criminum nos protegat. |
O SEND Thine Angel thitherward assigned by Thee to be our guard, that now his presence may begin to keep us from all stain of sin. |
| SERPENTIS nobis aemuli calumnias exterminet, ne rete fraudulentiae incauta nectat pectora. |
LET him destroy that hidden snare the eager serpent doth prepare, lest we be taken in the net before our heedless bosoms set. |
| METUM repellat hostium nostris procul de finibus: pacem procuret civium, fugetque pestilentiam. |
AT his command let every fear of hostile foemen disappear; let civil strife give way to peace, and pestilence and famine cease. |
| DEO Patri sit gloria, qui, quos redemit Filius, et Sanctus unxit Spiritus, per Angelos custodiat. Amen. |
TO God the Father glory be; for those the Savior setteth free, anointed by the Holy Ghost, are guarded by the Angel host. Amen. |
From the Liturgy of the Hours. Translation by Neale?
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