EASTER PROCLAMATION - VICTIMAE PASCHALI LAUDES

The Lord Jesus destroyed the power of Death by Rising from the Dead

VICTIMAE PASCHALI LAUDES

Victimae paschali laudes immolent Christiani.

Agnus redemit oves: Christus innocens Patri

reconciliavit peccatores.

Mors et vita duello conflixere mirando:

dux vitae mortuus, regnat vivus.

Dic nobis Maria, quid vidisti in via?

Sepulcrum Christi viventis, et gloriam vidi resurgentis:

Angelicos testes, sudarium, et vestes.

Surrexit Christus spes mea: praecedet suos in Galilaeam.

Scimus Christum surrexisse a mortuis vere:

tu nobis, victor Rex, miserere. Amen. Alleluia.

ENGLISH:

May you praise the Paschal Victim,

immolated for Christians.

The Lamb redeemed the sheep:

Christ, the innocent one,

has reconciled sinners to the Father.

A wonderful duel to behold,

as death and life struggle:

The Prince of life dead,

now reigns alive.

Tell us, Mary Magdalen,

what did you see in the way?

I saw the sepulchre of the living Christ,

and I saw the glory of the Resurrected one:

The Angelic witnesses, the winding cloth, and His garments.

The risen Christ is my hope:

He will go before His own into Galilee.

We know Christ to have risen truly from the dead:

And thou, victorious King, have mercy on us. Amen.

Alleluia.