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Ubi nunc (lit. ' where now ') is a common variant. [1] Sometimes interpreted to indicate nostalgia, the ubi sunt motif is a meditation on mortality and life's transience. Ubi sunt is a phrase which was originally derived from a passage in the Book of Baruch (3:16–19) in the Vulgate Latin Bible beginning Ubi sunt principes gentium?
The lyrics mention the ships sailing into Bethlehem, but the nearest body of water is the Dead Sea about 20 miles (32 km) away. The reference to three ships is thought to originate in the three ships that bore the purported relics of the Biblical Magi to Cologne Cathedral in the 12th century. [2]
ubi bene, ibi patria: where [it is] well, there [is] the fatherland: Or "Home is where it's good"; see also ubi panis ibi patria. ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est: where there is charity and love, God is there: ubi dubium, ibi libertas: where [there is] doubt, there [is] freedom: Anonymous proverb. ubi jus, ibi remedium
spiritus ubi vult spirat: the spirit spreads wherever it wants: Refers to The Gospel of Saint John 3:8, where he mentions how Jesus told Nicodemus "The wind blows wherever it wants, and even though you can hear its noise, you don't know where it comes from or where it goes. The same thing happens to whomever has been born of the Spirit."
Ubi caritas" is a hymn of the Western Church, long used as one of the antiphons for the washing of feet on Maundy Thursday. Its text is attributed to Paulinus of Aquileia in 796. The traditional melody probably also stems from the late 8th century.
The Holocaust was the greatest violation of the 3 oaths [48] Religious Zionists often point to Israel's seemingly miraculous survival in the numerous Arab-Israeli wars, especially the 1948 Arab-Israeli War and Six-Day War, and interpret this as the State of Israel being preserved directly by God's hand.
misera est servitus ubi jus est aut incognitum aut vagum: miserable is that state of slavery in which the law is unknown or uncertain: Quoted by Samuel Johnson in his paper for James Boswell on Vicious intromission. miserabile visu: terrible to see: A terrible happening or event. miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari: A bad peace is even worse ...
The Paschal Triduum or Easter Triduum (Latin: Triduum Paschale), [1] Holy Triduum (Latin: Triduum Sacrum), or the Three Days, [2] is the period of three days that begins with the liturgy on the evening of Maundy Thursday, [3] reaches its high point in the Easter Vigil, and closes with evening prayer on Easter Sunday. [4]