“Hodie Christus natus est” is the antiphon for midnight Mass. This is the Latin text with Patricia Smith’s translation into English, sung in her most joyful setting.
It is from her collection And the Angels Sang. It is also available in three versions as a single downloadable sheet, including for choirs in SAB, for $A3.95 at Willow.
My backing is sort of spacey Celtic:
Hodie Christus natus est:
Hodie Salvator apparuit:
Hodie in terra canunt angeli,
Hodie laetantur Archangeli
Hodie exsultant justi, dicentes:
Gloria in excelsis Deo!
Alleluia! Alleluia!
On this day Christ is born for us.
On this day our Saviour came among us.
On this day, the angels sang upon the earth.On this day, archangels sang, rejoicing
© 2021 English Text P A Smith Published by Willow Publishing.
On this day the just exulting sang for joy,
Gloria in excelsis Deo!
Alleluia! Alleluia!