O MAGNUM MYSTERIUM

The choir of Westminster Cathedral sing
Morten Lauridsen's stunningly beautiful
setting of O Magnum Mysterium during
Midnight Mass 2009.

O magnum mysterium
et admirabile sacramentum,
ut animalia viderent Dominum natum,
jacentem in præsepio.

Beata virgo, cujus viscera meruerunt
portare Dominum Christum, Alleluia!


Translation:

O great mystery
and wondrous sacrament,
that animals should see the newborn Lord
lying in their manger.

Blessed is the Virgin whose womb was worthy
to bear the Lord Jesus Christ. Alleluia!

GOD WITH US.