Chapter 4SvVac.1.4
Nebeské jest dvorstvo krásné
The Beauty of the Heavenly Court
The hymn contemplates the glory of the eternal dwelling place and concludes with a humble plea for Christ's mercy.
Heaven has a beautiful court; blessed is the one who reaches it, into eternal life, the bright fire of the Holy Spirit.1 Christ, have mercy!
Read the original Latin
Nebeské jest dvorstvo krásné, blaze tomu, kdo tam dojde v žívot věčný, oheň jasný svatého Ducha. Kriste eleison!
Notes
- 1 ↩dvorstvo = court/retinue/company of heaven; rendered as 'court' for the hymn's royal-celestial image. oheň jasný svatého Ducha stands in apposition to eternal life as what the blessed one enters.
Saint Wenceslas Chorale companion
Never lose the rhythm again
Chosen Portion delivers your morning, midday and night office to your phone — the Hours, without the bells.
Chosen Portion is a modern Book of Hours: it turns the fixed-hour structure this collection preserves into scheduled, tappable daily prayer on your phone.
- Three daily prayer moments scheduled around your real calendar, not a monastery's
- Psalms and historic prayers sequenced for you — no page-flipping or decision fatigue
- A visible streak of completed offices, so the rhythm compounds instead of collapsing