Responsorium II - Nocturn I
Third Sunday of Advent (Gaudete), Nocturn I, Responsory 2
About This Prayer
"Prope est ut veniat tempus ejus" (The time of His coming is at hand) intensifies Gaudete Sunday's joyful anticipation. The Lord's mercy on Jacob and Israel's salvation connect Advent to covenant history. The verse's call "Revertere, virgo Israel" (Return, O virgin Israel) from Jeremias 31:21 addresses the Church as the new Israel, summoned back to her spiritual homeland.
Prayer Text
LATINE
R. Prope est ut veniat tempus ejus, et dies ejus non elongabuntur: * Miserebitur Dominus Jacob, et Israel salvabitur.
V. Revertere, virgo Israel, revertere ad civitates tuas.
R. Miserebitur Dominus Jacob, et Israel salvabitur.
V. Revertere, virgo Israel, revertere ad civitates tuas.
R. Miserebitur Dominus Jacob, et Israel salvabitur.
ENGLISH
R. Prope est ut veniat tempus ejus, et dies ejus non elongabuntur: * Miserebitur Dominus Jacob, et Israel salvabitur.
V. Revertere, virgo Israel, revertere ad civitates tuas.
R. Miserebitur Dominus Jacob, et Israel salvabitur.
V. Revertere, virgo Israel, revertere ad civitates tuas.
R. Miserebitur Dominus Jacob, et Israel salvabitur.
Liturgical Notes
NOTA
FONS
Breviarium Romanum (1962)
USUS
Third Sunday of Advent (Gaudete), Nocturn I, Responsory 2
HORA
Matins
TEMPVS
advent
GENVS
Responsory