Vere
dignum et justum est, æquum et salutare, nos tibi semper et ubique gratias
agere, Domine, sancte Pater, omnipotens æterne Deus.
Quia
vas electionis tuæ, et lux doctorum, mellifluus Augustinus, toto terrarum orbe
radio miræ claritatis infulsit; et Ecclesiam sanctam Fidei orthodoxæ, vere
Augustinus illustravit: destruxit hæreses, errores repulit: hæreticosque
prostravit: ac status fidelium universæ christianæ vitæ Augustinus moribus
decoravit: clericos docuit: laicos monuit, devios in viam veritatis reduxit:
cunctorumque conditionibus salubriter providendo, tuam in hoc mari naviculam
Augustinus provide gubernavit.
Et
ideo cum angelis et archangelis, cum thronis et dominationibus, cumque omni
militia cœlestis exercitus, hymnum gloriæ tuæ canimus, sine fine dicentes:
It
is truly meet and just, right and wholesome, for us at all times and in all
places to give thanks unto thee, Lord, holy Father, almighty everlasting God.
For
the vessel of thy election, and the light of doctors, the honey-tongued
Augustine, shone upon the whole world by reason of the ray of his wonderful
glory: and truly did Augustine enlighten the holy Church of the orthodox Faith: destroy heresies, drive away errors: put heretics to flight: and the manner of
the whole Christian life of the faithful did Augustine adorn by his example: he
taught clerks: he admonished laymen: he brought back wanderers to the way of
truth: and by providing in wholesome wise for the necessities of all men, did
Augustine carefully pilot thy ship in this [life's] sea.
And
therefore with angels and archangels, with thrones and dominations, and with
every company of the heavenly host, we sing the hymn of thy glory, saying
without ceasing:
Holy...
(Appointed for use in Augustinian churches.)
