Song Lyric of the Day (Simon Pellegrin, on the ‘Dawn of Grace’)

“O Christ, whom nations sigh for,

Whom priest and prophet long foretold,

Come break the captive fetters;

Redeem the long-lost fold.

“Dear Savior haste;

Come, come to earth,

Dispel the night and show your face,

And bid us hail the dawn of grace.”—“O Come,Divine Messiah!”, lyrics by Abbe Simon Pellegrin (1663-1745), English translation by Sister Mary of St. Philip, SND  (1825-1904)

(The image accompanying this post, The Adoration of the Shepherds, was created between 1500 and 1535 by the Italian painter and architect Bartolomeo Suardi, best known as Bramantino. The oil-on-panel painting belongs to the art collection Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.)