DIVINUM OFFICIUM Antiphon

Antiphona 5 ad Laudes

Feria IV Cinerum - Ash Wednesday Lauds

This fifth Lauds antiphon for Ash Wednesday implores: 'May the Lord turn away his anger from us and remember not our iniquities.' The antiphon presents Lenten penance as propitiation, turning aside God's just anger against sin. This theology of satisfaction underlies the traditional Catholic understanding of fasting, almsgiving, and prayer as reparation for sin.

LATINE
Avertit Dominus iram indignationis suae a nobis, et non meminerit iniquitatum nostrarum.
ENGLISH
The Lord turn away his anger from us, and remember not our iniquities.
NOTA
FONS
Breviarium Romanum (1962)
USUS
Feria IV Cinerum - Ash Wednesday Lauds
HORA
Lauds
TEMPVS
lent
GENVS
Antiphon