Tertia - Hymnus
22 December, 2020
Hymnus
1. Certum tenéntes órdinem,
1. Holding to a fixed order
Pio poscámus péctore,
we pray with dutiful hearts
Hora diéi tértia
at the third hour
Trinæ virtútis glóriam.
of the day the glory of the Triune power.
2. Ut simus habitáculum
2. That we may be a dwelling place
Illi Sancto Spirítui,
for the Holy Spirit,
Qui quondam in apóstolis
who at upon the apostles
Hac hora distribútus est.
this hour distributed his graces.
3. Hoc gradiénte órdine,
3. For those who walk this ordered path,
Ornávit cuncta spléndide
adorns all things splendidly
Regni cæléstis cónditor
the Creator of the heavens
Ad nostra ætérna prǽmia.
with the rewards of eternal life.
4. Deo Patri sit glória
4. To God the Father be glory
Eiúsque soli Fílio
and to his only Son,
Cum Spíritu Paráclito,
with the Spirit Paraclete,
In sempitérna sǽcula.
in eternal ages.
Amen.
Amen.