XXVII. O speculum columbe (De sancto Iohanne evangelista)
The Dove's Mirror and the Beloved's Rest
The antiphon addresses John as the chaste mirror of a dove who gazed upon the mystical bounty, the unfading flower sent by the Most High, and the tender rest of the sun's embraces, the Lamb's chosen son in elect friendship.
Antiphon: O mirror of a dove, most chaste in beauty, who gazed upon the mystical bounty in the purest fountain. O wondrous blooming flower, who never withered and yet fell, because the Most High planter sent you. O most tender rest of the sun's embraces, you are the Lamb's own chosen son, in the elect friendship of a new offspring.
Read the original Latin
Antiphona: O speculum columbe castissime forme, qui inspexisti misticam largitatem in purissimo fonte. O mira floriditas, que numquam arescens cecidisti, quia altissimus plantator misit te. O suavissima quies amplexuum solis, tu es specialis filius agni in electa amicicia nove sobolis.
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