Responsorium VIII - Nocturn III
Third Sunday of Advent (Gaudete), Nocturn III, Responsory 2
About This Prayer
"Veni, Domine, et noli tardare" (Come, O Lord, and delay not) intensifies Gaudete Sunday's petition. The plea to pardon the people's sins and recall the dispersed echoes the Great O Antiphons' urgent "Veni." The verse's repeated "Excita potentiam tuam et veni" (Stir up thy power and come) ritually performs Advent's core desire for divine intervention.
Prayer Text
LATINE
R. Veni, Domine, et noli tardare: relaxa facinora plebis tuae Israel: * Et revoca dispersos in terram suam.
V. Excita, Domine, potentiam tuam, et veni, ut salvos facias nos.
R. Et revoca dispersos in terram suam.
V. Excita, Domine, potentiam tuam, et veni, ut salvos facias nos.
R. Et revoca dispersos in terram suam.
ENGLISH
R. Veni, Domine, et noli tardare: relaxa facinora plebis tuae Israel: * Et revoca dispersos in terram suam.
V. Excita, Domine, potentiam tuam, et veni, ut salvos facias nos.
R. Et revoca dispersos in terram suam.
V. Excita, Domine, potentiam tuam, et veni, ut salvos facias nos.
R. Et revoca dispersos in terram suam.
Liturgical Notes
NOTA
FONS
Breviarium Romanum (1962)
USUS
Third Sunday of Advent (Gaudete), Nocturn III, Responsory 2
HORA
Matins
TEMPVS
advent
GENVS
Responsory