DIVINUM OFFICIUM Antiphon

Antiphona ad Magnificat (II Vesperis)

St. George, Martyr - II Vespers Magnificat

About This Prayer

An antiphon sung at Vespers during the liturgical year. Antiphons frame the psalms, giving them their proper liturgical meaning for the day.

Prayer Text

LATINE
Hic est vere martyr, qui pro Christi nomine sanguinem suum fudit: qui minas iudicum non timuit, nec terrenae dignitatis gloriam quaesivit, sed ad caelestia regna pervenit.
ENGLISH
This is he that loved not his life in this world, and hath attained unto the kingdom of heaven: he shed his blood for the name of Christ.

Liturgical Notes

NOTA
FONS
Breviarium Romanum (1962)
USUS
St. George, Martyr - II Vespers Magnificat
HORA
Vespers
GENVS
Antiphon