Adorna thalamum tuum, Sion,
et suscipe Regem Christum:
amplectere Mariam,
quae est caelestis porta:
ipsa enim portat
Regem gloriae novi luminis:
subsistit Virgo,
adducens manibus
Filium ante luciferum:
quem accipiens Simeon in ulnas suas
praedicavit populis
Dominum eum esse vitae et mortis
et Salvatorem mundi.
Adorn thy bridal chamber, O Sion,
and receive Christ the King:
embrace Mary,
who is the gate of heaven,
who herself truly brings
the glorious King of new light.
She remains a virgin,
though bearing in her hands
a Son begotten before the daystar,
whom Simeon, taking him in his arms,
proclaimed to the people
to be the Lord of life and death,
and Saviour of the world.
On the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, which is also the Day of Consecrated Life, the Eucharist in our church was celebrated by Father Piotr Podraza CSsR, treasurer of the Warsaw Province of the Redemptorists, and solemn vespers were presided over by Archbishop Antonio Guido Filipazzi, Apostolic Nuncio to Poland.
