DIVINUM OFFICIUM Antiphon

Antiphona ad Benedictus

Feria IV Cinerum - Ash Wednesday Lauds Benedictus

This Benedictus antiphon for Ash Wednesday draws from Matthew 6:16: 'When you fast, be not as the hypocrites, sad.' Christ's Sermon on the Mount teaching on fasting establishes the interior disposition required for Lenten observance. The antiphon warns against ostentatious piety while affirming the necessity of fasting itself.

LATINE
Cum jejunatis, nolite fieri sicut hypocritae, tristes.
ENGLISH
When you fast, be not as the hypocrites, sad.
NOTA
FONS
Breviarium Romanum (1962)
USUS
Feria IV Cinerum - Ash Wednesday Lauds Benedictus
HORA
Lauds
TEMPVS
lent
GENVS
Antiphon