« HOMINIS SUPERNE CONDITOR ». – Hymn of Vespers on Friday, belonging to the Irish-Anglo-Saxon group.
The poet draws inspiration from the account of the sixth day of Creation (Gen. 1:24–28), which culminates in the appearance of man, who came to rule over all creation. In humble prayer, he asks God that he may overcome the instincts of greed and cultivate feelings of peace, a gift from God and an anticipated joy of paradise.
BIBL.: G. Belli, Gli inni del Breviario romano tradotti, Rome 1857, pp. 88–89; F. Vanderstuyf, Les hymnes de l'Ordinare du Breviare romain, Paris 1912, p. 76; V. Terreno, Gli inni del Divino Ufficio tradotti, Mondovì 1932, pp. 92–93; A. Mirra, Gli inni del Breviario romano, Naples 1947, p. 76. Silverio Mattei