Victimae Paschali Laudes - Traditional

Victimae paschali laudes
immolent Christiani.
Agnus redemit oves:
Christus innocens Patri
reconciliavit peccatores.
Mors et vita duello
conflixere mirando:
Dux vitae mortuus,
regnat vivus.
Dic nobis Maria,
quid vidisti in via?
Sepulcrum Christi viventis,
et gloriam vidi resurgentis:
Angelicos testes,
sudarium, et vestes.
Surrexit Christus spes mea:
praecedet suos in Galilaeam.
Scimus Christum surrexisse
a mortuis vere:
Tu nobis, victor Rex, miserere.
Amen. Alleluia.

Victimae Paschali Laudes Lyrics constitute the official sequence for Easter Sunday and its octave representing a triumphant dialogue between the Church and Mary Magdalene. The song Victimae Paschali Laudes describes the reconciliation of sinners to the Father through the death and rising of the sinless Lamb. It depicts a cosmic struggle where death and life fought in a stupendous combat leading to the victory of the Prince of Life. By chanting the Victimae Paschali Laudes lyrics the faithful participate in the joyful news of the empty tomb and the witness of the Resurrection. This chant has remained a centerpiece of the Paschal liturgy for nearly a millennium providing a rhythmic and exultant proclamation of the foundational event of the Christian faith.