DIVINUM OFFICIUM Prayer

Oratio (Holy Thursday/Good Friday)

Holy Thursday and Good Friday: Said after Christus factus est without Oremus. Conclusion said silently.

This collect for Holy Thursday and Good Friday Compline petitions: 'Look down upon this thy family, for which our Lord Jesus Christ did not hesitate to be delivered into the hands of wicked men.' The prayer is said without 'Oremus' and concluded silently, reflecting the stripped liturgy of the Triduum. The collect presents the Church as Christ's family redeemed by His Passion.

LATINE
Respice, quaesumus, Domine, super hanc familiam tuam, pro qua Dominus noster Iesus Christus non dubitavit manibus tradi nocentium, et crucis subire tormentum. Qui tecum vivit et regnat...
ENGLISH
Look down, we beseech Thee, O Lord, on this Thy family, for which our Lord Jesus Christ did not hesitate to be delivered up into the hands of wicked men, and to suffer the torment of the Cross. Who liveth and reigneth...
NOTA
FONS
Breviarium Romanum (1962)
USUS
Holy Thursday and Good Friday: Said after Christus factus est without Oremus. Conclusion said silently.
HORA
Compline
TEMPVS
passiontide
GENVS
Prayer