DIVINUM OFFICIUM Responsory

Responsorium Breve

Common of One Martyr - None Brief Responsory

Psalm 8:6 provides this coronation text, originally describing humanity's dignity in creation. Applied to martyrs, it reveals that martyrdom restores the glory Adam lost. The 'gloria et honore' (glory and honor) are regal attributes - the martyr receives a crown, not merely a reward. The versicle 'super opera manuum tuarum' (over the works of thy hands) recalls Genesis 1:28's dominion mandate, now restored in the martyr's heavenly authority. At None, Christ's hour of death and exaltation (Philippians 2:8-9), this responsory shows martyrdom as participating in Christ's paschal pattern: suffering leading to glorification.

LATINE
R. br. Gloria et honore * coronasti eum, Domine. Gloria. V. Et constituisti eum super opera manuum tuarum. Coronasti eum. Gloria Patri. Gloria.
ENGLISH
R. br. With glory and honour * thou hast crowned him. With glory. V. And hast set him over the works of thy hands. Thou hast crowned. Glory be. With glory.
NOTA
FONS
Breviarium Romanum (1962)
USUS
Common of One Martyr - None Brief Responsory
HORA
None
GENVS
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