O MAGNUM MYSTERIUM

in the spirit of christmas and the liturgies...
here's a very old and popular traditional latin text that highlights the advent season... o magnum mysterium, put to song in many many many settings, a beautiful text worth pondering over.

Original Text

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

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

english version

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!