Quattour Motets

R. Douglas Helvering (b. 1977)

Creator Alme Siderum
Creator alme siderum, Aeterna lux credentium
Dear Maker of the starts, eternal light of believers
Jesu Redemptor omnium, Intende votes supplicum
Jesus, redeemer of all mankind, Attend to our supplications
Virtus, honor, laus Gloria Deo Patri cum Filio
Virtue, honor, praise and glory be to God the Father,
Sancto simul Paraclito, In saeculorum saecula. Amen.
With the Son, as with the Holy Paraclete, for ages of ages. Amen.

Antiphon
O Oriens, splendor lucis aeternae, et sol justitiae:
O Morning Star, splendor of eternal light, and sun of justice:
Veni et illumine sedentes in tenebris et umbra mortis.
Come and shine on those seated in darkness and the shadow of death.

Rorate Coeli Desuper
Rorate coeli desuper, et nubes pluant justum.
Heavens, open from above, and from the clouds rain down the Just One.
Vide Domine afflictionem populi tui, et mitte quem missurus es:
See, Lord, the affliction of Thy people, and dispatch Him whom Thou hast sent:
Emitte Agnum dominatorem terrae, de petra deserti ad montem filiae Sion:
Send out the Lamb to rule the earth from the desert rocks to the
mountains of the daughters of Zion:
Ut auferat ipse jugum captivitatis nostrae.
And thus take away the yoke that holds us captive.

Hodie Christus Natus Est
Hodie Christus natus est: hodie, Salvator apparuit:
Today Christ is born: today the Savior has appeared:
Hodie in terra canunt Angelie, laetantur Archangeli:
Today the Angels sing on earth, the Archangels rejoice:
Hodie exsultant justi, dicentes: Gloria in excelsis Deo. Alleluia!
Today the righteous exult, saying: Glory to God in the Highest. Alleluia!