XXXIX. Quia felix puericia (De sancto Ruperto)
The Blessed Childhood of Rupert
An antiphon celebrates the blessed childhood of Saint Rupert, who longed for God, left the world behind, and now shines in heavenly harmony with the angelic host praising the Son of God.
Antiphon: How blessed was the childhood that in praiseworthy Rupert longed for God and left the world behind; so he shines in the harmony of heaven, and so the angelic host joins in praise of the Son of God.
Read the original Latin
Antiphona: Quia felix puericia in laudabili Ruperto ad deum anhelavit et mundum reliquit, ideo ipse in celesti armonia fulget, et ideo etiam angelica turba filium dei laudando concinit.
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