Responsorium III - Nocturn I
Second Sunday of Advent, Nocturn I, Responsory 3
About This Prayer
"Civitas Jerusalem, noli flere" (City of Jerusalem, weep not) addresses the personified holy city with prophetic consolation. The Lord's compassion will remove all tribulation. The verse's vision of the Lord coming "with power" to enlighten His servants' eyes connects physical and spiritual sight, a theme developed in Advent's Gospel of the blind receiving sight.
Prayer Text
LATINE
R. Civitas Jerusalem, noli flere: quoniam doluit Dominus super te, * Et auferet a te omnem tribulationem.
V. Ecce Dominus noster cum virtute veniet, et illuminabit oculos servorum suorum.
R. Et auferet a te omnem tribulationem.
V. Ecce Dominus noster cum virtute veniet, et illuminabit oculos servorum suorum.
R. Et auferet a te omnem tribulationem.
ENGLISH
R. Civitas Jerusalem, noli flere: quoniam doluit Dominus super te, * Et auferet a te omnem tribulationem.
V. Ecce Dominus noster cum virtute veniet, et illuminabit oculos servorum suorum.
R. Et auferet a te omnem tribulationem.
V. Ecce Dominus noster cum virtute veniet, et illuminabit oculos servorum suorum.
R. Et auferet a te omnem tribulationem.
Liturgical Notes
NOTA
FONS
Breviarium Romanum (1962)
USUS
Second Sunday of Advent, Nocturn I, Responsory 3
HORA
Matins
TEMPVS
advent
GENVS
Responsory