Revelation14:13 – And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.
Blessed are they who die in the Lord (Douce Apocalypse – Bodleian Ms180 — image via Wikimedia Commons)
Psalm31: 2,3,1 [Latin] – Be my protector and place of refuge, to keep me safe; for you are my strength and refuge; and for the sake of your name, you will lead and nourish me.
In you O Lord, I have put my trust; do not let me be put to shame; In your justice rescue me.
Esto mihi in Deum protectorem, et in locum refugii, ut salvum me facias: quoniam firmamentum meum, et refugium meum es tu: et propter nomen tuum dux mihi eris, et enutries me.
V. In te, Domine, speravi, non confundar in aeternum: in justitia tua libera me, et eripe me.
Figure from The History, Theory, and Practice of Illuminating, by M. Digby Wyatt (1861), quoting Psalm 31:1
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Esto Mihi, sacred motet from Choralis Constantinus, Volume 1 (1550), composed by Heinrich Isaac (c. 1450-1517)
John16: 20-21a [Latin] – Amen, amen, I say to you, that you shall lament and weep, but the world shall rejoice: and you shall be made sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy. A woman, when she is in labour, hath sorrow, because her hour is come; but when she hath brought forth the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy.
Amen amen dico vobis quia plorabitis et flebitis vos mundus autem gaudebit vos autem contristabimini sed tristitia vestra vertetur in gaudium mulier cum parit tristitiam habet quia venit hora eius cum autem peperit puerum iam non meminit pressurae propter gaudium.
Mother’s hands frame baby’s feet (Image via Wikimedia Commons)
