Last night I went to a Christmas concert put on my the Orange County Mormon Choral Organization. It was amazing! Everyone is a volunteer, including the 2 brothers who lead the individual adult, high school, youth, children and sunbeam choirs, AND the orchestra! Such talented people! It was a night filled with Christmas music and some special arrangements of their own. They also performed the well loved MOTAB arrangement of I Believe in Christ. One of my favorites was the song below which they did not sing in English. It was so sweet. I was grateful that the put the translation in the program because the simple lullaby is so sweet.
You should all put in on your calendars for next year because this year and last year it was fabulous! Something not to miss! MERRY CHRISTMAS!
O Magnum Mysterium:
O magnum mysterium
et admirabile sacramentum,
ut animalia viderent Dominum natum,
jacentem in præsepio.
et admirabile sacramentum,
ut animalia viderent Dominum natum,
jacentem in præsepio.
Beata virgo, cujus viscera meruerunt
portare Dominum Christum, Alleluia!
Translation:
O great mystery
and wondrous sacrament,
and wondrous sacrament,
that animals should see the newborn Lord
lying in their manger.
Blessed is the Virgin whose womb was worthy
to bear the Lord Jesus Christ. Alleluia!
