Responsorium VI - Nocturn II
Passion Sunday, Nocturn II, Responsory 3
About This Prayer
This sixth responsory for Passion Sunday draws from Jeremiah 18:18-20: 'Attend, O Lord, to me and hear the voice of my adversaries: Is evil rendered for good, because they have dug a pit for my soul?' Jeremiah's persecution prefigures Christ's Passion. The responsory emphasizes the injustice of rendering evil for good, central to the Passion narrative.
Prayer Text
LATINE
R. Attende, Domine, ad me, et audi voces adversariorum meorum: * Numquid redditur pro bono malum? quia foderunt foveam animae meae.
V. Recordare quod steterim in conspectu tuo, ut loquerer pro eis bonum.
R. Numquid redditur pro bono malum? quia foderunt foveam animae meae.
V. Recordare quod steterim in conspectu tuo, ut loquerer pro eis bonum.
R. Numquid redditur pro bono malum? quia foderunt foveam animae meae.
ENGLISH
R. Attende, Domine, ad me, et audi voces adversariorum meorum: * Numquid redditur pro bono malum? quia foderunt foveam animae meae.
V. Recordare quod steterim in conspectu tuo, ut loquerer pro eis bonum.
R. Numquid redditur pro bono malum? quia foderunt foveam animae meae.
V. Recordare quod steterim in conspectu tuo, ut loquerer pro eis bonum.
R. Numquid redditur pro bono malum? quia foderunt foveam animae meae.
Liturgical Notes
NOTA
FONS
Breviarium Romanum (1962)
USUS
Passion Sunday, Nocturn II, Responsory 3
HORA
Matins
TEMPVS
passiontide
GENVS
Responsory