Agnus Dei

Mass of the Ascension: A Mass for the End of Time (1000CE)

Latin English
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi Lamb of God, Who take away the sins of the 
Misere nobis, world, have mercy upon us.
Omnipotens eterne dei sapientia   christe Almighty and eternal wisdom of the Father, O Christ,
Miserere nobis  have mercy upon us.
Verum subsistens, vera de homine lumen, Truly pre-existing, light from the true light,
 Misere nobis. have mercy upon us.
Optima perpetue concede gaudia vita Grant to us the greatest joys of eternal life,
Misere nobis. Have mercy on us.

Lection: Apocalypse 21:1-5                                  Lesson: Apocalypse 21:1-5

Lectio libri apocalypsus beati Joannis Apostolis A Reading from the Apocalypse of St. John the Apostle
   

Et vidi celum novum et terram novam         

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth

primum enim celum et prima terra abiit.    

for the first heaven and the first earth were 

  mare iam non est

passed away, and there was no more sea.

  Et civitam sanctam hierusalem novam    

And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem.

  Vidi descendentem de celo a deo.

Coming down from God out of heaven.

Paratam sicut sponsam ornatam 

prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

viro suo. Et audivi vocem magnam   

And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying:

de throno dicentem:

Behold the tabernacle of God is with men,

Ecce tabernaculum dei cum hominibus,  

and he will dwell with them, 

Et habitabit cum cis: et ipsi populus cius erunt.                      

and they shall be his people 

Et ipse deus cum eis erit corum deus:       

And God himself shall be with them, and be their God.

Et absterget deus omnem lacrimam ab   

and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes;

Oculis eorum:   

and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow,

Et mors ultra non exit, neque luctus,   

    nor crying, nor shall there be any more pain:

neque clamor, Neque dolor erit ultra. Quia prima abierunt.                           

    For the former things are passed away.

Et dixit qui sedebat in throno

   And he that sat upon the throne said,

Ecce nova facio omnia. Et dicit:

  Behold I make all things new. And he said unto me:

Scribe, quia hec verba fidelissima  sunt et vara.

    Write: for these words are true and faithful.