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 Vespers in the traditional Divine Office.

DIVINUM OFFICIUM Antiphon

Antiphona ad Magnificat

Lent Ember Days - Wed

This Magnificat antiphon for Lenten Ember Wednesday draws from Matthew 12:40: 'As Jonas was in the whale's belly three days and three nights, so shall the Son of man be in the heart of the earth.' The sign of Jonah is Christ's central self-prophecy of His death and resurrection. This antiphon connects the Ember Day fast to the three-day Paschal mystery.

LATINE

Sicut fuit Jonas in ventre ceti tribus diebus et tribus noctibus, ita erit Filius hominis in corde terrae.

ENGLISH

For as Jona was in the whale's belly three days and three nights: so shall the Son of man be in the heart of the earth.

NOTA

FONS

Breviarium Romanum (1962)

USUS

Lent Ember Days - Wed

HORA

Vespers

TEMPVS

lent

GENVS

Antiphon

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