O quam mirabilis est
Antiphona
| O quam mirabilis est praescientia
divini pectoris, quae prescivit omnem creaturam. Nam cum Deus insprexit faciem hominis, quem formavit, omnia opera sua in eadem forma hominis integra aspexit. O quam mirabilis est inspiratio, quae hominem sic suscitavit. |
How wondrous is the prescience of the
divine Heart, that foreknew every creature! For when God gazed into the face of the human being whom he formed, he beheld all his works, in that same human form, entire. How wondrous is the informing breath that awoke mankind in this way! |
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-- translated by Peter Dronke
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O virtus sapientiae
Antiphona
| O virtus sapientiae,
quae circuiens circuisti comprehendendo omnia in una via, quae habet vitam, tres alas habens, quarum una in altum volat, et altera de terra sudat, et tertia undique volat. Laus tibi sit, sicut te decet, o sapientia. |
You power of Wisdom
that circled circling and embracing all in a course that is filled with life -- you have three wings: one soars into the heights, another has moisture from the earth, the third flies all around. All praise to you, Wisdom, as is your due! |
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-- translated by Peter Dronke
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