DIVINUM OFFICIUM Antiphon

Antiphona ad Magnificat

Advent Ember Days - Fri

John the Baptist's testimony "He that cometh after me is preferred before me" (John 1:27, 30) frames Ember Friday's Magnificat. The Baptist's witness to Christ's pre-existence ("ante me factus est") while coming after Him historically articulates the Word's eternity. This paradox of temporal sequence and eternal priority defines Advent's Christological depth.

LATINE
Hoc est testimonium, quod perhibuit Joannes: Qui post me venit, ante me factus est.
ENGLISH
John bare witness of him, saying: He that cometh after me is preferred before me.
NOTA
FONS
Breviarium Romanum (1962)
USUS
Advent Ember Days - Fri
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Antiphon