Responsorium VI - Nocturn II
First Sunday of Lent, Nocturn II, Responsory 3
About This Prayer
This sixth responsory for the First Sunday of Lent declares: 'Paradisi portas aperuit nobis jejunii tempus' - 'The time of fasting has opened for us the gates of Paradise.' This profound theological statement presents Lenten fasting as reversing the Fall, where eating the forbidden fruit closed Paradise. Through fasting, prayer, and almsgiving, the gates reopen for the Resurrection.
Prayer Text
LATINE
R. Paradisi portas aperuit nobis jejunii tempus: suscipiamus illud orantes et deprecantes: * Ut in die resurrectionis cum Domino gloriemur.
V. Ecce nunc tempus acceptabile, ecce nunc dies salutis.
R. Ut in die resurrectionis cum Domino gloriemur.
V. Ecce nunc tempus acceptabile, ecce nunc dies salutis.
R. Ut in die resurrectionis cum Domino gloriemur.
ENGLISH
R. Paradisi portas aperuit nobis jejunii tempus: suscipiamus illud orantes et deprecantes: * Ut in die resurrectionis cum Domino gloriemur.
V. Ecce nunc tempus acceptabile, ecce nunc dies salutis.
R. Ut in die resurrectionis cum Domino gloriemur.
V. Ecce nunc tempus acceptabile, ecce nunc dies salutis.
R. Ut in die resurrectionis cum Domino gloriemur.
Liturgical Notes
NOTA
FONS
Breviarium Romanum (1962)
USUS
First Sunday of Lent, Nocturn II, Responsory 3
HORA
Matins
TEMPVS
lent
GENVS
Responsory