Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. IX, 1952 Liturgy Hymns and sequences

O Lux Beata Caelitum

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O LUX BEATA CAELITUM. - Hymn of Vespers for the feast of the Holy Family, composed by Leo XIII.

The poet invokes Jesus, on whom the affection of his parents smiles: Mary, who presses him to her breast, and Joseph, whom he obeys, laborious and submissive. These three stanzas are followed by an invocation to the Family of Nazareth, that every Christian family may shine with the same virtues that made it a model for all others.

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BIBL.: V. Terreno, Gli inni dell'Ufficio divino, Mondovì 1932, pp. 122-23; A. Mirra, Gli inni del Breviario romano, Naples 1947, pp. 98-99.

Silverio Mattei

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX (1952), col. 111.

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Mattei, Silverio. “O Lux Beata Caelitum.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX, col. 111. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952. https://azioneromana.com/article/o-lux-beata-caelitum.

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Mattei, Silverio. “O Lux Beata Caelitum.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952, col. 111. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/o-lux-beata-caelitum.

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  author    = {Mattei, Silverio},
  title     = {O Lux Beata Caelitum},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {IX},
  pages     = {111},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1952},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/o-lux-beata-caelitum}
}

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