Responsorium VII - Nocturn III
Easter Sunday, Nocturn III, Responsory 1
About This Prayer
The first responsory of the third nocturn of Easter Matins (seventh overall). The third nocturn, featuring Gospel homilies, brings the night vigil toward its climax at Lauds. These responsories connect the homiletic teaching with the faithful's lived experience of the Resurrection.
Prayer Text
LATINE
R. Expurgate vetus fermentum, ut sitis nova conspersio: * Etenim Pascha nostrum immolatus est Christus, alleluia.
V. Dies haec, quam fecit Dominus: exsultemus et laetemur in ea.
R. Etenim Pascha nostrum immolatus est Christus, alleluia.
V. Dies haec, quam fecit Dominus: exsultemus et laetemur in ea.
R. Etenim Pascha nostrum immolatus est Christus, alleluia.
ENGLISH
R. Expurgate vetus fermentum, ut sitis nova conspersio: * Etenim Pascha nostrum immolatus est Christus, alleluia.
V. Dies haec, quam fecit Dominus: exsultemus et laetemur in ea.
R. Etenim Pascha nostrum immolatus est Christus, alleluia.
V. Dies haec, quam fecit Dominus: exsultemus et laetemur in ea.
R. Etenim Pascha nostrum immolatus est Christus, alleluia.
Liturgical Notes
NOTA
FONS
Breviarium Romanum (1962)
USUS
Easter Sunday, Nocturn III, Responsory 1
HORA
Matins
TEMPVS
paschal
GENVS
Responsory