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

Feria IV Quatuor Temporum Quadragesimae - Lent Ember Wednesday Vespers

This Magnificat antiphon for Lenten Ember Wednesday recalls Matthew 12:40: 'As Jonah 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 evening repetition of this prophecy deepens meditation on Christ's death and resurrection as the fulfillment of Old Testament types.

LATINE

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

ENGLISH

For 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.

NOTA

FONS

Breviarium Romanum (1962)

USUS

Feria IV Quatuor Temporum Quadragesimae - Lent Ember Wednesday Vespers

HORA

Vespers

TEMPVS

lent

GENVS

Antiphon

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