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SEQUENCE.

The Word of God, who was born of God, and was not made nor created, and who came down from heaven—this Word was seen, and handled, and revealed to men, by John the Evangelist.	Verbum Dei, Deo natum, Quod nec factum nec creatum, Venit de cœlestibus: Hoc vidit, hoc attrectavit, Hoe de cœlo reseravit Joannes hominibus.
John sprang up amidst those true rivulets, which, from the commencement, flowed from the True Fountain; he has made the whole world drink of that life-giving nectar, that flows from the throne of God.	Inter illos primitivos Veros veri fontis rivos Joannes exsiliit, Toti mundo propinare Nectar illud salutare Quod de throno prodiit.
He soared above the heavens, and gazed, with the fixedness of his soul's eye, on the brightness of the true Sun; this spiritual contemplator saw, as it were from under the wings of the Seraphim, the Face of God.	Cœlum transit, veri rotam Solis ibi vidit, totam Mentis figens aciem: Speculator spiritalis Quasi Seraphim sub alis Dei videt faciem.
He hears what songs are sung round the Throne by the Four and Twenty Elders and the heavenly Harpers. He has stamped upon the coin of our terrestrial city the impress and seal of the Holy Trinity.	Audiit in gyro sedis Quid psallant cum citharœdis Quater seni proceres: De sigillo Trinitatis Nostræ nummo civitatis Impressit characteres.
He, the guardian of the Virgin, wrote his Gospel, that he might show to the world the profound mystery of the Divine Generation: and Jesus, after allowing him to recline on his Sacred Heart, commended his own pure Lily, Mary, to this his and her much loved one, the Son of Thunder.	Iste custos Virginis Arcanum originis Divinæ mysterium, Scribens Evangelium, Mundo demonstravit: Cordis cui sacrarium Suum Christus lilium, Filio tonitrui Sub amoris mutui Pace commendavit.