What is the source of this prayer?

This prayer comes from Breviarium Romanum (1962), the official liturgical book of the 1962 Roman Rite (Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite).

When is this prayer used?

This prayer is used during Christmastide at Vespers in the traditional Divine Office.

DIVINUM OFFICIUM Antiphon

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An antiphon sung at Vespers during Christmastide. Antiphons frame the psalms, giving them their proper liturgical meaning for the day.

LATINE

Propter nimiam caritatem suam, qua dilexit nos Deus, Filium suum misit in similitudinem carnis peccati, alleluja.

ENGLISH

Through the exceeding love wherewith God loved us, he sent his son in the likeness of sinful flesh, alleluia.

NOTA

FONS

Breviarium Romanum (1962)

USUS

In Octava Nativitatis Domini (Jan 1) - Circumcisio - I Vespers Magnificat

HORA

Vespers

TEMPVS

christmas

GENVS

Antiphon