Trinitarian
O lux beata Trinitas (O Trinity of blessed Light)
Hymn of the Church · Latin text
An evening hymn to the Holy Trinity ascribed to Saint Ambrose, used at Sunday Vespers in the Liturgy of the Hours. In the Roman Breviary it appears under the title Iam sol recedit igneus. The English is the translation of John Mason Neale (1818-1866).
O Trinity of blessed Light, O Unity of sovereign might, as now the fiery sun departs, shed Thou Thy beams within our hearts. To Thee our morning song of praise, to Thee our evening prayer we raise; Thee may our glory evermore in lowly reverence adore. All laud to God the Father be; all praise, Eternal Son, to Thee; all glory, as is ever meet, to God the Holy Paraclete.
When it is prayed
- vespers
- evening
- trinity-sunday
- sunday