DIVINUM OFFICIUM Antiphon

Antiphona 1

Christmas Day - Lauds

Proper text for the Nativity of Our Lord (December 25), the greatest feast of the Christmas season. This Class I feast celebrates the Incarnation: God becoming man in the womb of the Virgin Mary. The Office texts draw from Isaiah's prophecies and the Gospel accounts, emphasizing the theological mystery that the eternal Word took flesh for our salvation.

LATINE
Quem vidistis, pastores? dicite, annuntiate nobis, in terris quis apparuit? Natum vidimus, et choros Angelorum collaudantes Dominum, alleluia, alleluia.
ENGLISH
Whom have ye seen, O Shepherds? Say, tell us, who is it has appeared on the earth? We have seen the Child that is born, and choirs of Angels praising the Lord, alleluia, alleluia.
NOTA
FONS
Breviarium Romanum (1962)
USUS
Christmas Day - Lauds
HORA
Lauds
GENVS
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