O nata lux

O Light Born of Light

Clausen, René (b. 1953)

Voicing:
Mixed Choir → SSAATTBB

Accompaniment:
Unaccompanied

Function/Language(s):
Latin

Occasion:
Proper of Time → Lenten Season → Second Sunday of Lent → Cycle A
Proper of Time → Lenten Season → Second Sunday of Lent → Cycle B
Proper of Time → Lenten Season → Second Sunday of Lent → Cycle C
Proper of Saints → The Transfiguration of the Lord (August 6)

Publication Information:
E. C. Schirmer — 8187 (2015)

Lyrics:

O nata lux de lumine,
Jesu redemptor saeculi,
Dignare clemens supplicum
Laudes preces que sumere.

Qui carne quondam contegi
Dignatus es pro perditis.
Nos membra confer effici,
Tui beata corporis.

English translation:
O light born of light, 
Jesus, redeemer of all ages,
deign to accept the praises 
and prayers of your supplicants.

You, who deigned to be clothed in flesh 
for the sake of the lost,
make us to become members 
of your mystical body.

Submitted by: Brian Luckner Added: Feb 17, 2022