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O Oriens, splendor lucis ætérnæ et sol iustítiæ: veni, et illúmina sedéntes in ténebris et umbra mortis.Monastic Diurnal:
O Dayspring, brightness of eternal Light and Sun of Justice: come and enlighten them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death.
Divine Office (UK, Ireland & Australia):
O Rising Sun, you are the splendour of eternal light and the sun of justice. O come and enlighten those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death.
J.M. Neale:
O come, thou Day-spring, come and cheer
Our spirits by thine advent here;
Disperse the gloomy clouds of night,
And death's dark shadows put to flight.
T.E. Lacey:
O come, o come, thou Dayspring bright!
Pour on our souls they healing light;
Dispel the long night's lingering gloom,
And pierce the shadows of the tomb.
Scripture:
For she is a reflection of eternal light (candor est enim lucis æternæ), a spotless mirror of the working of God. - Wisdom 7:26
The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness on them has light shined. - Isaiah 9:2
I am the LORD, I have called you in righteousness, I have taken you by the hand and kept you; I have given you as a covenant to the people, a light to the nations, to open the eyes that are blind, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, from the prison those who sit in darkness. - Isaiah 42:6-7
And you child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways, to give knowledge of salvation to his people in the forgiveness of their sins, through the tender mercy of our God, when the day shall dawn upon us from on high to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace. - Luke 1:76-79
