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Auróra Solis Núntia | 2016 | TB or SA a cappella | 3'
St. Joseph the Worker | O dawn announcing the sun
This is a setting of the Lauds hymn for the feast of St. Joseph the Work, May 1. It may be sung alternatim with the traditional Gregorian chant.
premiered May 19, 2018 Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary
TEXT
Aurora, solis nuntia
Florumque mensi praevia,
Fabri sonoram malleo
Domum salutat Nazarae.
Salve, caput domesticum,
Sub quo supremus Artifex,
Sudore salso roridus,
Exercet artem patriam.
Altis locatus sedibus
Celsaeque Sponsae proximus,
Adesto nunc clientibus,
Quos vexat indigentia.
Absintque vis et iurgia,
Fraus omnis a mercedibus;
Victus cibique copiam
Mensuret una parcitas.
O Trinitatis Unitas,
Ioseph precante, quaesumus,
In pace nostros omnium
Gressus viamque dirige.
Amen.
O dawn announcing the sun
Beginning the month of flowering;
The workman's resounding hammer
Salutes the home at Nazareth.
Hail, head of the household
Beneath whom is the supreme Artificer;
Who, bedewed with salty sweat,
Exercises his father's trade.
He was placed on a high seat
nearest to his Noble Spouse;
be near now to all thy clients
who are troubled by indigency.
Strength and strife be absent!
and all defrauding of wages;
May copious nourishment of food
be limited only by moderation.
O Trinity, O Unity,
by the prayers of Joseph;
Direct in peace
all our steps and our path.
Amen.
Translation: www.divinumofficium.org