DIVINUM OFFICIUM Antiphon

Antiphona ad Benedictus

Lent Ember Days - Sat

This Benedictus antiphon for Lenten Ember Saturday recounts the Transfiguration (Matthew 17:1-2), traditionally read on the Second Sunday of Lent. The Saturday Ember Day concludes the quarterly ordination fast. Christ's transfiguration on the mountain reveals His divine glory to the disciples, offering a foretaste of Easter glory that sustains the faithful through the Lenten fast.

LATINE
Assumpsit Jesus discipulos suos, et ascendit in montem, et transfiguratus est ante eos.
ENGLISH
Jesus took his disciples and led them up into a mountain, and was transfigured before them.
NOTA
FONS
Breviarium Romanum (1962)
USUS
Lent Ember Days - Sat
HORA
Lauds
TEMPVS
lent
GENVS
Antiphon