Magnificat - Your Life is Everlasting

O felix culpa, O happy fault quae talem ac tantum meruit habere Redemptorem! that earned so great, so glorious a Redeemer! Hujus igitur sanctificatio noctis fugat scelera, culpas lavat, The sanctifying power of this night dispels wickedness, washes faults away, et reddit innocentiam lapsis et maestis laetitiam. restores innocence to the fallen, and joy to mourners. O vere beata nox, O truly blessed night, in qua terrenis caelestia, humanis divina junguntur ! when things of heaven are wed to those of earth, and divine to the human. In hujus igitur noctis gratia, On this, your night of grace, suscipe, sancte Pater, laudis hujus sacrificium vespertinum : O holy Father, accept this evening sacrifice of praise, quod tibi in hac cerei oblatione solemni, this candle, a solemn offering, per ministrorum manus, de operibus apum, sacrosancta reddit Ecclesia. the work of bees and of your servants’ hands, from your most holy Church. Oramus ergo te, Domine : Therefore, O Lord, we pray you ut cereus iste in honorem tui nominis consecratus, that this candle, hallowed to the honor of your name, ad noctis hujus caliginem destruendam, indeficiens perseveret. may persevere undimmed, to overcome the darkness of this night. Et in odorem suavitatis acceptus, Receive it as a pleasing fragrance, 120 THE HOUR FOR THE FIFTH DAY