“Mirabile Mysterium” by Jacobus Gallus
A commentary on this week’s music by Dr. James T. Gerber, Music Associate
Mirabile mysterium declaratur hodie,
innovantur naturae;
Deus homo factus est;
id quod fuit, permansit,
et quod non erat, assumpsit,
non commixtionem passus neque
divisionem.
English Translation:
A wondrous mystery is declared today,
an innovation is made upon nature;
God is made man;
that which he was, he remains,
and that which he was not, he takes on,
suffering neither commixture nor
division.
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