What is the source of this prayer?

This prayer comes from Breviarium Romanum (1962), the official liturgical book of the 1962 Roman Rite (Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite).

When is this prayer used?

This prayer is used during Lent at Lauds in the traditional Divine Office.

DIVINUM OFFICIUM Antiphon

Antiphona 2 ad Laudes

Feria IV Cinerum - Ash Wednesday Lauds

This second Lauds antiphon for Ash Wednesday draws from Joel 2:12: 'Be converted to me with all your heart, in fasting, and in weeping, and in mourning.' Joel's prophetic call to repentance is the scriptural foundation of Ash Wednesday. The three marks of conversion - fasting, weeping, mourning - define Lenten discipline as total interior transformation.

LATINE

Convertimini ad me in toto corde vestro, in jejunio, et in fletu, et in planctu.

ENGLISH

Be converted to me with all your heart, in fasting, and in weeping, and in mourning.

NOTA

FONS

Breviarium Romanum (1962)

USUS

Feria IV Cinerum - Ash Wednesday Lauds

HORA

Lauds

TEMPVS

lent

GENVS

Antiphon

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