Lectio brevis (Apoc 21,10-11.23)
Sustulit me in spiritu super montem magnum et altum et ostendit mihi civitatem sanctam Ierusalem descendentem de caelo a Deo, habentem claritatem Dei; lumen eius simile lapidi pretiosissimo, tamquam lapidi iaspidi, in modum crystalli; Et civitas non eget sole neque luna, ut luceant ei, nam claritas Dei illuminavit eam, et lucerna eius est Agnus. Et ambulabunt gentes per lumen eius, et reges terrae afferunt gloriam suam in illam; et portae eius non claudentur per diem, nox enim non erit illic; et afferent gloriam et divitias gentium in illam. Nec intrabit in ea aliquid coinquinatum et faciens abominationem et mendacium, nisi qui scripti sunt in libro vitae Agni.
He carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God. It had the glory of God, and its radiance was like a precious stone, like a jasper stone, clear as crystal. And the city has no need of the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God illuminates it, and the Lamb is its light. And the nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory and honor into it. Its gates will never be shut by day, for there will be no night there. The glory and honor of the nations will be brought into it. Naught unclean will enter it, nor anyone who practices abomination or falsehood, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
