Ubi
Cartitas is taken from the antiphons sung during the ceremony of the
Washing of the Feet at the Mass of the Last Supper on Holy Thursday.
As is the entire Mass of the Last Supper, this hymn is intimately
connected with the Eucharist, and is thus often used during the
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament. Recent tradition has the first
line as "Ubi caritas et amor" (where charity and love are),
but certain very early manuscripts show "Ubi caritas est vera"
(where charity is true). The current Roman Missal favours this later
version, while the 1962 Roman Missal and classical music favours the
former.
UBI
caritas et amor, Deus ibi est.
Congregavit nos in unum Christi amor.
Exultemus, et in ipso iucundemur.
Timeamus, et amemus Deum vivum.
Et ex corde diligamus nos sincero.
WHERE
charity and love are, God is there.
Christ's love has gathered us into one.
Let us rejoice and be pleased in Him.
Let us fear, and let us love the living God.
And may we love each other with a sincere heart.
UBI
caritas et amor, Deus ibi est.
Simul ergo cum in unum congregamur:
Ne nos mente dividamur, caveamus.
Cessent iurgia maligna, cessent lites.
Et in medio nostri sit Christus Deus.
WHERE
charity and love are, God is there.
As we are gathered into one body,
Beware, lest we be divided in mind.
Let evil impulses stop, let controversy cease,
And may Christ our God be in our midst.
UBI
caritas et amor, Deus ibi est.
Simul quoque cum beatis videamus,
Glorianter vultum tuum, Christe Deus:
Gaudium quod est immensum, atque probum,
Saecula per infinita saeculorum. Amen.
WHERE
charity and love are, God is there.
And may we with the saints also,
See Thy face in glory, O Christ our God:
The joy that is immense and good,
Unto the ages through infinite ages. Amen.
Latin
from the Liber Usualis & the Gregorian Missal, Solesmes 1990. Tr
MWM.
