VII. O cruor sanguinis
The Cosmic Cry of Mercy
A prayerful antiphon reflecting on the cosmic trembling at the outpouring of the Creator's blood and pleading for its anointing consolation in human weakness.
Antiphon: O stream of blood, you rang out from on high when all the elements wrapped themselves in a voice of lament, trembling with fear, because the blood of their own creator had touched them: anoint us in our weakness.
Read the original Latin
Antiphona: O cruor sanguinis, qui in alto sonuisti, cum omnia elementa se implicuerunt in lamentabilem vocem cum tremore, quia sanguis creatoris sui illa tetigit: Unge nos de languoribus nostris.
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