"Gaudete" ("Rejoice") is a sacred carol, celebrating the birth of Christ.
"Deus homo factus est" -- "God is made man" is a reference to the central mystery of the Christian faith, the incarnation of God in the form of the mortal Jesus Christ.
"Ezechielis porta clausa per transitur" -- "the closed gate of Ezekiel has been passed through": in Ezekiel 44:1-3, the prophet Ezekiel describes a vision of the eastern gate of the Temple (the holiest site of Judaism, the temple built in Jerusalem by King Solomon). The gate remains closed forever, because G*d has entered the Temple through it, and so no mortal is allowed to use it. For some Christian theologians such as St. Ambrose and St. Augustine, this verse was seen as a prophecy of Christ's birth, and the closed gate was identified with the womb of the Virgin Mary; no man could pass through it, but God could (and had).
"Gaudete" ("Rejoice") is a sacred carol, celebrating the birth of Christ.
"Deus homo factus est" -- "God is made man" is a reference to the central mystery of the Christian faith, the incarnation of God in the form of the mortal Jesus Christ.
"Ezechielis porta clausa per transitur" -- "the closed gate of Ezekiel has been passed through": in Ezekiel 44:1-3, the prophet Ezekiel describes a vision of the eastern gate of the Temple (the holiest site of Judaism, the temple built in Jerusalem by King Solomon). The gate remains closed forever, because G*d has entered the Temple through it, and so no mortal is allowed to use it. For some Christian theologians such as St. Ambrose and St. Augustine, this verse was seen as a prophecy of Christ's birth, and the closed gate was identified with the womb of the Virgin Mary; no man could pass through it, but God could (and had).