DIVINUM OFFICIUM Antiphon

Antiphona ad Benedictus

Monday of Rogation Days

The Benedictus antiphon for Rogation Monday, the first of three days of supplication before Ascension. Christ's promise 'Ask, and you shall receive' (Matthew 7:7) grounds the Rogation Days' intercessory character. These ancient days of prayer, fasting, and procession seek God's blessing on crops and protection from calamities.

LATINE
Petite, et accipietis: quaerite, et invenietis: pulsate, et aperietur vobis, alleluia.
ENGLISH
Ask, and you shall receive: seek, and you shall find: knock, and it shall be opened to you, alleluia.
NOTA
FONS
Breviarium Romanum (1962)
USUS
Monday of Rogation Days
HORA
Lauds
TEMPVS
paschal
GENVS
Antiphon