Symbol 08: O Oriens

Latin

O Oriens, splendor lucis aeternae, et sol justitiae: veni, et illumina sedentes in tenebris, et umbra mortis.

English

O Morning Star, splendor of light eternal and sun of righteousness: Come and enlighten those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death.

"The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shone." — Isaiah 9:2