DIVINUM OFFICIUM Chapter

Capitulum

Acts 2:1-2

About This Prayer

The Chapter (Capitulum) at Terce during Pentecost, drawn from Acts 2:1-2, describing the coming of the Spirit like a mighty wind. This brief Scripture reading at the third hour directly commemorates the historical moment of Pentecost, when the disciples were 'all together in one place.'

Scripture References

SCRIPTVRA
Acts 2:1-2

Prayer Text

LATINE
Cum complerentur dies Pentecostes, erant omnes pariter in eodem loco: et factus est repente de caelo sonus, tamquam advenientis spiritus vehementis, et replevit totam domum ubi erant sedentes. R. Deo gratias.
ENGLISH
And when the days of the Pentecost were accomplished, they were all together in one place: and suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a mighty wind coming, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. R. Thanks be to God.

Liturgical Notes

NOTA
FONS
Breviarium Romanum (1962)
USUS
Acts 2:1-2
HORA
Terce
TEMPVS
pentecost
GENVS
Chapter