Jesu, Corona Celsior

Painting by Guido Reni (1575-1642) - Courtesy of Wikipedia

Jesu, Corona Celsior is an anonymous Ambrosian hymn of the 6th century. It is sung at Lauds for the Common of a Confessor (Not a Bishop) in the Roman Breviary.


Sung by Giovanni Vianini

JESU CORONA CELSIOR

1. Jesu, corona celsior,
Et veritas sublimior,
Qui confitenti servulo
Reddis perenne praemium.

2. Da supplicanti coetui,
Huius rogatu, noxii
Remissionem criminis,
Rumpendo nexum vinculi.

3. Anni reverso tempore,
Dies refulsit lumine,
Quo Sanctus hic de corpore
Migravit inter sidera.

4. Hic, vana terrae gaudia
Et luculenta praedia
Polluta sorte députants,
Ovans tenet caelestia.

5. Te, Christe, Rex piissime,
Hic confitendo jugiter,
Calcavit artes daemonum
Saevumque averni principem.

6. Virtute clarus et fide,
Confessione sedulus,
Jejuna membra deferens,
Dapes supernas obtinet.

7. Proinde te, piissime,
Precamur omnes supplices,
Nobis ut huius gratia
Poenas remittas debitas.

8. Patri perennis gloria,
Natoque Patris unico,
Sanctoque sit Paraclito,
Per omne semper saeculum. Amen