Jesu nostra redemptio

Office hymn for the feast of Ascension.

Settings by composer

• William Byrd AATT
• Orlando di Lasso SAATBB
• Tomás Luis de Victoria SATB

Other settings possibly not included in the manual list above

• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina — Jesu nostra redemptio
• Jacobus Vaet — Jesu nostra redemptio

Text and translations

Latin text Jesu, nostra redemptio, Amor et desiderium, Deus creator omnium, Homo in fine temporum. Quae te vicit clementia, Ut ferres nostra crimina, Crudelem mortem patiens Ut nos a morte tolleres! Inferni claustra penetrans, Tuos captivos redimens, Victor triumpho nobili Ad dextram Dei residens Ipsa te cogat pietas Ut mala nostra superes Parcendo et voti compotes Nos tuo vultu saties. Tu esto nostrum gaudium, Qui es futurus praemium, Sit nostra in te gloria, In sempiterna saecula.

English translation Jesus, our redemption, love and desire, God, Creator of all things, becomes man in the fullness of time. What mercy made thee bear our crimes, to suffer a cruel death that we might be saved from death! Descending into Hell’s prison, freeing thy captives, Thy noble triumph won, dwelling at the Father’s right hand. Let pity compel thee to overcome our evils, granting pardon, fulfil and satisfy us with thy face. Be our joy, who will be our future prize; let all our glory be in Thee forever, throughout all ages.