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Rorate caeli
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<p>"Rorate caeli" or "Rorate coeli" ('Drop down, ye heavens') are the <a href="/facts/Incipit/qhgvP5vT">opening words</a> of <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+45:8&version=vulgate">Isaiah 45:8</a> in the <a href="/facts/Vulgate/RCVJAlJE">Vulgate</a>. The text appears at several points in the <a href="/facts/Christian_liturgy/Nwg571kJ">Christian liturgy</a> of the Western Church during <a href="/facts/Advent/3MDuuX34">Advent</a>. </p>