Responsorium VIII - Nocturn III
Third Sunday of Lent, Nocturn III, Responsory 2
About This Prayer
This responsory for the Third Sunday of Lent draws from Luke 11:24-26 on the return of the unclean spirit: 'When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places seeking rest, and finding none, he saith: I will return into my house whence I came out.' This sobering warning emphasizes that Lenten conversion must be sustained by ongoing vigilance against spiritual relapse.
Prayer Text
LATINE
R. Cum immundus spiritus exierit ab homine, ambulat per loca arida, quaerens requiem: * Et non inveniens dicit: Revertar in domum meam unde exivi.
V. Et si invenerit eam vacantem, assumit septem alios spiritus secum nequiores se.
R. Et non inveniens dicit: Revertar in domum meam unde exivi.
V. Et si invenerit eam vacantem, assumit septem alios spiritus secum nequiores se.
R. Et non inveniens dicit: Revertar in domum meam unde exivi.
ENGLISH
R. Cum immundus spiritus exierit ab homine, ambulat per loca arida, quaerens requiem: * Et non inveniens dicit: Revertar in domum meam unde exivi.
V. Et si invenerit eam vacantem, assumit septem alios spiritus secum nequiores se.
R. Et non inveniens dicit: Revertar in domum meam unde exivi.
V. Et si invenerit eam vacantem, assumit septem alios spiritus secum nequiores se.
R. Et non inveniens dicit: Revertar in domum meam unde exivi.
Liturgical Notes
NOTA
FONS
Breviarium Romanum (1962)
USUS
Third Sunday of Lent, Nocturn III, Responsory 2
HORA
Matins
TEMPVS
lent
GENVS
Responsory