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Merry Christmas! Today we learn one of the most popular medieval Christmas hymns: Puer Natus in Bethlehem. Let's all raise our voices to praise God for the Incarnation!
A child is born in Bethlehem,
Exult for joy, Jerusalem!
Allelujah.
With an exultant heart,
let us adore the new-born Christ,
with a new song.
The Son of God the Father,
In the highest has taken flesh,
Allelujah.
By angel Gabriel announced,
The virgin has conceived the Son.
Allelujah.
Like a bridegroom from the chamber,
He proceeds from the womb of the mother.
Allelujah.
Lo he who reigns above the skies,
There in a manger lowly, ...