Gaudete

Text:

Melody 1:

Gaudete, gaudete,

Christus est natus,

Ex Maria Virgine,

Gaudete.

Tempus ad est gratie,

Hoc quod optabamus:

Carmina laetitiae,

Devote redamus.

Deus homo factus est,

Natura mirante;

Mundus renovatus est,

A Christo regnante.

Ezechielis porta,

Clausa per transitur;

Unde lux est orta,

Salus invenitur.

Melody 2:

Puer natus in Bethlehem

Unde gaudet Jerusalem.

Alleluia, Alleluia.

Per Gabrielis nuntium,

Virgo concepit Filium.

Translation:

Melody 1:

Rejoice! Rejoice!

Christ is born

of the Virgin Mary,

Rejoice!

At this time of grace

and longed-for blessing,

Love faithfully offers

a song of praise.

God is made human

in this wonderful birth:

The world is made new

through the reign of Christ.

The gate of heaven

now opens which to us was closed,

Sending forth transforming light

through which holiness is found.

Melody 2:

A boy is born in Bethlehem, alleluia,

Whence Jerusalem rejoices, alleluia.

As Gabriel announced, alleluia,

A virgin conceived a Son, alleluia.