A solis ortus cardine

Song Meaning

From the rising of the sun to the ends of the earth, let us sing of Christ the Prince, born of the Virgin Mary. The blessed author of ages took on a servant's body, so that by flesh he might liberate flesh, not lose what he had created. Celestial grace enters the closed womb of a parent; the belly of a maiden bears secrets she did not know. The house of a chaste heart suddenly becomes the temple of God; knowing no man, she conceived the Son by a word. She gave birth to the child whom Gabriel had foretold, whom John, already in his mother's womb, had sensed. He deigned to lie in a manger, did not abhor the stable; he was fed by little milk, he through whom not even a bird goes hungry. The heavenly choir rejoices, and angels sing of God; and he becomes known to the shepherds, the Shepherd, Creator of all. Jesus, to you be glory, who were born of the Virgin, with the Father and the nurturing Spirit, for all ages. Amen.