Responsorium V - Nocturn II
Second Sunday of Advent, Nocturn II, Responsory 2
About This Prayer
"Sion, noli timere" (Zion, fear not) continues Second Nocturn's consolation theme. The personified city receives assurance that her God will come, prompting exultation. The parallelism of "exsulta satis, filia Sion" and "jubila, filia Jerusalem" (rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion; shout, daughter of Jerusalem) echoes Zacharias 9:9, the Palm Sunday prophecy applied to Advent expectation.
Prayer Text
LATINE
R. Sion, noli timere: ecce Deus tuus veniet: * Exsulta satis, filia Sion, jubila, filia Jerusalem.
V. Ecce Dominus noster cum virtute veniet.
R. Exsulta satis, filia Sion, jubila, filia Jerusalem.
V. Ecce Dominus noster cum virtute veniet.
R. Exsulta satis, filia Sion, jubila, filia Jerusalem.
ENGLISH
R. Sion, noli timere: ecce Deus tuus veniet: * Exsulta satis, filia Sion, jubila, filia Jerusalem.
V. Ecce Dominus noster cum virtute veniet.
R. Exsulta satis, filia Sion, jubila, filia Jerusalem.
V. Ecce Dominus noster cum virtute veniet.
R. Exsulta satis, filia Sion, jubila, filia Jerusalem.
Liturgical Notes
NOTA
FONS
Breviarium Romanum (1962)
USUS
Second Sunday of Advent, Nocturn II, Responsory 2
HORA
Matins
TEMPVS
advent
GENVS
Responsory