Responsorium IX - Nocturn III
Christmas Day, Nocturn III, Responsory 3 - with Gloria Patri
About This Prayer
The ninth and final responsory of Christmas Matins proclaims: 'The true God descended from heaven, begotten of the Father, entered the Virgin's womb, clothed in the purple of a body: He came forth from the royal hall, God and man, light and life, Creator of the world.' This responsory, with its Gloria Patri, crowns the night office with triumphant affirmation of Christ's divine-human nature.
Prayer Text
LATINE
R. Descendit de caelis Deus verus, a Patre genitus, intravit uterum Virginis, indutus purpura corporis: * Processit ex aula regia, Deus et homo, lumen et vita, Creator mundi.
V. Tamquam sponsus Dominus procedens de thalamo suo.
R. Processit ex aula regia, Deus et homo, lumen et vita, Creator mundi.
V. Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto.
R. Processit ex aula regia, Deus et homo, lumen et vita, Creator mundi.
V. Tamquam sponsus Dominus procedens de thalamo suo.
R. Processit ex aula regia, Deus et homo, lumen et vita, Creator mundi.
V. Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto.
R. Processit ex aula regia, Deus et homo, lumen et vita, Creator mundi.
ENGLISH
R. Descendit de caelis Deus verus, a Patre genitus, intravit uterum Virginis, indutus purpura corporis: * Processit ex aula regia, Deus et homo, lumen et vita, Creator mundi.
V. Tamquam sponsus Dominus procedens de thalamo suo.
R. Processit ex aula regia, Deus et homo, lumen et vita, Creator mundi.
V. Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto.
R. Processit ex aula regia, Deus et homo, lumen et vita, Creator mundi.
V. Tamquam sponsus Dominus procedens de thalamo suo.
R. Processit ex aula regia, Deus et homo, lumen et vita, Creator mundi.
V. Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto.
R. Processit ex aula regia, Deus et homo, lumen et vita, Creator mundi.
Liturgical Notes
NOTA
FONS
Breviarium Romanum (1962)
USUS
Christmas Day, Nocturn III, Responsory 3 - with Gloria Patri
HORA
Matins
TEMPVS
christmas
GENVS
Responsory