"He is the Bread sown in the virgin, leavened in the Flesh,
molded in His Passion, baked in the furnace of the Sepulchre,
placed in the Churches, and set upon the Altars,
which daily supplies Heavenly Food to the faithful."
placed in the Churches, and set upon the Altars,
which daily supplies Heavenly Food to the faithful."
St Peter Chrysologus
O beata infantia
Chant for the Christmas season
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Chant for the Christmas season
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O blessed Infancy,
by which the life of our race
has been restored!
O very dear and delightful cries,
by which we have escaped
eternal lamentation!
O blessed swaddling clothes,
O blessed swaddling clothes,
with which the defilement of our sins
has been wiped away!
O splendid manger,
in which lay not just the hay of animals,
but in which was found
the Food of Angels!
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Sixth day of Christmas
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