« SPLENDOR PATERNAE GLORIAE ». — Hymn of Lauds for Monday, composed by s. Ambrogio.
The light of day dazzles the poet and transports him to the spiritual light, to Christ, splendour of eternal glory; and to him he raises a devout prayer, asking that through the Father he may obtain the grace of perseverance in goodness, flight from sin, and purity of thought.
BIBL.: L. Biraghi, Inni sinceri di s. Ambrogio, Milan 1862, p. 113; G. S. Pimont, Les hymnes du Brév. romain, I, Paris 1874, pp. 139–53; F. Vanderstuyf, Les hymnes de l'Ordinaire au Brév. romain, there 1912, pp. 70–73. Silverio Mattei