O Lux Beatissima

Helvey, Howard (b. 1968)

Voicing:
Mixed Choir → SATB

Accompaniment:
Unaccompanied

Function/Language(s):
Latin

Occasion:
Proper of Time → Easter Season → Pentecost Sunday → General

Publication Information:
Hinshaw Music — HMC1971

Text Information:
Reference: from the sequence for Pentecost

Lyrics:

O lux beatissima,
Reple cordis intima
Tuorum fidelium.

Sine tuo nomine,
Nihil est homine,
Nihil est innoxium.

Translation:
O light most blessed,
Fill the hearts’ depths
Of all your faithful.

Without your grace,
Nothing is in us,
Nothing that is not harmful.

Submitted by: Anthony DiCello Added: May 26, 2022 Last updated: Jun 15, 2022