Aspiciens a longe, ecce video Dei potentiam venientem, et nebulam totam terram tegentem. Ite obvium ei, et dicite: Nuntia nobis si tu es ipse Qui regnaturus es in populo Israel.
I look from afar and behold, I see the approaching power of God and a cloud touching the whole earth. Go out to meet him and say, “Tell us if you are the one who is to reign over the people of Israel.”
- Quique terrigenae, et filii hominum, simul in unum dives et pauper. Ite… dicite. And who is of the earth, and a son of men, at the same time and in one person both rich and poor.
- Qui regis Israel, intende, qui deducis velut ovem Joseph. Nuntia… You who rule Israel, listen: and you who lead out Joseph like a sheep.
- Tollite portas principes vestras, et elevamini portae aeternales, et introibit rex gloriae. Qui regnaturus… Lift up your gates, O princes, and be raised up you eternal doors, and the King of glory will come in.
- Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spritui Sancto. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
Music by Gregorian Chant: A Celebration of Faith in His Name, The Coming of Christ, Gloriae Dei Cantores Schola – conducted by Mary Berry