Gather Us In (Latin Translation)

This was the fruit of my resolution to keep up with the study of Latin this month, and also of my deep love of juxtapositions. The recording is rough, I know – think of it as a 'proof of concept.' Latinists: feel free to use the comments to offer your suggestions for improvements to the translation! (Original lyrics taken from this PDF.)

Hoc in loco lux lucens nova
Tenebrae nunc evanescuntur
Vide nostrorum metus somniaque
Lati tibi hoc aprico die.

Congrega nos, perditi et relicti
Congrega nos, caeci claudique
Voca nos et exsuscitabimur
Nomen sonatus tunc oriemur.

Juvenes quorum vitae occultae
Et senes qui quaeritamus te
Cantabamur per cunctam historiam
Et luci mundi vocati sumus.

Congrega nos, divites superbi
Congrega nos, qui contumaces
Da nobis cor humile miteque
Ut carmen audacter ingrediamur.

Hic vinum accepimus et aquam
Hic accepimus panem vitae
Vocabis filios filiasque
Vocati denuo sal terrae esse.

Dona vinum miserationis
Dona nobis panem quod es tu
Nutri bene et doce nos facere
Vitas sanctas atque corda vera.

Neque domi nec aliquo caelo
Spatium lucis longe annuae
Hoc in loco, lux radiens nova
Hodie regnum, nunc jam dies.

Congrega nos, et tene in saeculum
Congrega nos, et tui nos fac
Congrega nos, omne nationem
Ignis amoris in visceribus.

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Twenty and Four Years Have I Served Him

I was baptized twenty-four years ago today. God be praised for bringing me this far.

I have been traveling for most of the summer, first to Colombia for a Spanish Immersion program and then out West on a road trip with friends. As always, a picture is worth a thousand words, so please allow these photo albums to suffice for a description of what I've been doing.
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