DIVINUM OFFICIUM Responsory

Responsorium Breve

Common of Virgin Martyrs - Terce Brief Responsory

Psalm 44:5 (Vulgate: 44:4-5) provides this royal psalm text, originally addressing the king but applied to virgin martyrs through bridal interpretation. 'Specie tua' (with thy comeliness/beauty) indicates spiritual beauty surpassing physical - the beauty of grace. The versicle 'Intende, prospere procede, et regna' (Aim, proceed prosperously, and reign) describes royal conquest, now spiritual - the virgin conquers by faith and reigns with Christ. At Terce, the Spirit's hour, this responsory presents the virgin's beauty as the Spirit's work, making her fit to reign with her Spouse.

LATINE
R. br. Specie tua * et pulchritudine tua. Specie. V. Intende, prospere procede, et regna. Et pulchritudine. Gloria Patri. Specie.
ENGLISH
R. br. With thy comeliness * and thy beauty. With. V. Set out, proceed prosperously, and reign. And thy beauty. Glory be. With.
NOTA
FONS
Breviarium Romanum (1962)
USUS
Common of Virgin Martyrs - Terce Brief Responsory
HORA
Terce
GENVS
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