Responsorium IV - Nocturn II
First Sunday of Lent, Nocturn II, Responsory 1
About This Prayer
This fourth responsory for the First Sunday of Lent draws from Isaiah 55:7: 'Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts, and let him return to the Lord, for he will have mercy.' Combined with Ezekiel 18:23's affirmation that God does not desire the death of the sinner, this responsory presents the Lenten call to conversion as grounded in divine mercy.
Prayer Text
LATINE
R. Derelinquat impius viam suam, et vir iniquus cogitationes suas: * Et revertatur ad Dominum, et miserebitur ejus.
V. Non vult Deus mortem peccatoris, sed ut convertatur et vivat.
R. Et revertatur ad Dominum, et miserebitur ejus.
V. Non vult Deus mortem peccatoris, sed ut convertatur et vivat.
R. Et revertatur ad Dominum, et miserebitur ejus.
ENGLISH
R. Derelinquat impius viam suam, et vir iniquus cogitationes suas: * Et revertatur ad Dominum, et miserebitur ejus.
V. Non vult Deus mortem peccatoris, sed ut convertatur et vivat.
R. Et revertatur ad Dominum, et miserebitur ejus.
V. Non vult Deus mortem peccatoris, sed ut convertatur et vivat.
R. Et revertatur ad Dominum, et miserebitur ejus.
Liturgical Notes
NOTA
FONS
Breviarium Romanum (1962)
USUS
First Sunday of Lent, Nocturn II, Responsory 1
HORA
Matins
TEMPVS
lent
GENVS
Responsory