O beata et gloriosa Trinitas (Liber primus motettorum, no. 8 [1569])

O Blessed and Glorious Trinity

Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da (c. 1525–1594)

Voicing:
Mixed Choir → SSATB

Accompaniment:
Unaccompanied

Function/Language(s):
Latin

Occasion:

Proper of Time → The Solemnities of the Lord during Ordinary Time → The Most Holy Trinity → Cycle A
Proper of Time → The Solemnities of the Lord during Ordinary Time → The Most Holy Trinity → Cycle B
Proper of Time → The Solemnities of the Lord during Ordinary Time → The Most Holy Trinity → Cycle C

Publication Information:
Arista — AE 766 (2013)

Lyrics:

I.
O beata et benedicta et gloriosa Trinitas,
Pater, Filius et Spiritus Sanctus. Alleluja. 
O beata et gloriosa Unitas,
 Pater, Filius, et Spiritus Sanctus. Alleluja.  
II.
O vera summa et sempiterna Trinitas,
 Pater, Filius, et Spiritus Sanctus. Alleluja. 
O vera summa et sempiterna Unitas, 
Pater, Filius et Spiritus Sanctus. Alleluja.

Te jure laudant, Te adorant, 
Te glorificant omnes creaturae,
O beata Trinitas.

English translation:
I.
O blessed and glorious Trinity, 
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, Alleluia. 
O blessed and glorious Unity, 
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, Alleluia!

II.
O true supreme and everlasting Trinity, 
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Alleluia. 
O true highest and everlasting Unity, 
Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Alleluia. 

All creatures justly praise you, adore you,
and glorify you, O blessed Trinity.

Submitted by: Brian Luckner Added: Dec 9, 2021 Last updated: Jan 23, 2022