XXVI. O lucidissima apostolorum turba (De apostolis)
The Apostles as Light and Pillars
The apostles are praised as the brightest light in darkness and as pillars sustaining the bride of the Lamb.
Response: O brightest gathering of apostles, rising in true knowledge and unlocking the devil's hold on teaching, washing captives in the fountain of living water — you are the brightest light in the deepest darkness, and the strongest kind of pillars, sustaining the bride of the Lamb in all her adornments.
The Mother's Joyful Standard
The apostolic joy makes the virgin mother a standard-bearer.
Through whose joy the mother herself, and virgin, is standard-bearing.
The Lamb and His Bride
The unblemished Lamb is the bridegroom of his unblemished bride.
Verse: For the unblemished Lamb is the bridegroom of his unblemished bride.
The Mother's Joyful Standard Repeated
The apostolic joy again makes the virgin mother a standard-bearer.
Through whose joy the mother herself, and virgin, is standard-bearing.
Read the original Latin
Responsum: O lucidissima apostolorum turba surgens in vera agnitione et aperiens clausuram magisterii diaboli abluendo captivos in fonte viventis aque tu es clarissima lux in nigerrimis tenebris fortissimumque genus columnarum sponsam agni sustenans in omnibus ornamentis ipsius. Per cuius gaudium ipsa mater et virgo est vexillata. Versus: Agnus enim inmaculatus est sponsus ipsius sponse inmaculate. Per cuius gaudium ipsa mater et virgo est vexillata.
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