PRÆFATIO II DE DOMINICIS „PER ANNUM“
Second Preface unto the “Sundays Throughout the Year”
De mysterio salutis
The Mystery of Salvation
Vere dignum et iustum est, æquum et salutáre, nos tibi semper et ubíque grátias ágere: Dómine, sancte Pater, omnípotens ætérne Deus: per Christum Dóminum nostrum.
Verily, it is right and just, fair and salutary for us, evermore and everywhere, to give thee thanks: Lord, Holy Father, eternal and almighty God, through Christ our Lord.
Qui, humánis miserátus erróribus, de Vírgine nasci dignátus est. Qui, crucem passus, a perpétua morte nos liberávit et, a mórtuis resúrgens, vitam nobis donávit ætérnam.
He who, taking pity on human failings, deigned to be born of a Virgin. He who, having suffered on the cross, freed us from eternal death and, by rising from the dead, gave us eternal life.
Et ídeo cum Angelis et Archángelis, cum Thronis et Dominatiónibus, cumque omni milítia cæléstis exércitus, hymnum glóriæ tuæ cánimus, sine fine dicéntes:
That is wherefore, together with the Angels and Archangels, the Thrones and Dominions, and the entire host of the heavenly army, we sing a hymn of glory unto thee, saying without end:
