XLIX. O choruscans lux stellarum (Item in dedicatione ecclesie)
The Radiant Bride Adorned
The antiphon opens by hailing Mary as the shining light of the stars and the unstained bride of the royal wedding.
Antiphon: O shining light of the stars, O most brilliant and special form of the royal wedding, O gleaming gem! You are adorned in sublime dignity, you who bear no stained wrinkle.
Citizenship in the Heavenly Court
Mary is honored as companion of angels and citizen of the saints.
You are also the companion of angels and a citizen of the saints.
Flee the Destroyer, Enter the Palace
The antiphon closes with a call to flee the ancient destroyer and enter the king's palace.
Flee, flee the ancient destroyer's cave, and coming, come into the king's palace.
Read the original Latin
Antiphona: O choruscans lux stellarum, o splendidissima specialis forma regalium nuptiarum, o fulgens gemma! Tu es ornata in alta persona, que non habet maculatam rugam. Tu es etiam socia angelorum et civis sanctorum. Fuge, fuge speluncam antiqui perditoris et veniens veni in palatium regis.
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