Responsorium VII - Nocturn III
Third Sunday of Advent (Gaudete), Nocturn III, Responsory 1
About This Prayer
"Festina, ne tardaveris, Domine" (Make haste, delay not, O Lord) voices urgent petition as Gaudete Sunday approaches Christmas. The prayer for deliverance and gathering from the nations echoes the Great Litany. The verse's "Excita potentiam tuam" (Stir up thy power) is the Advent collect formula, making this responsory a musical expansion of the Sunday's opening prayer.
Prayer Text
LATINE
R. Festina, ne tardaveris, Domine: et libera populum tuum: * Salva nos, Deus Israel, et congrega nos de nationibus.
V. Excita, Domine, potentiam tuam, et veni, ut salvos facias nos.
R. Salva nos, Deus Israel, et congrega nos de nationibus.
V. Excita, Domine, potentiam tuam, et veni, ut salvos facias nos.
R. Salva nos, Deus Israel, et congrega nos de nationibus.
ENGLISH
R. Festina, ne tardaveris, Domine: et libera populum tuum: * Salva nos, Deus Israel, et congrega nos de nationibus.
V. Excita, Domine, potentiam tuam, et veni, ut salvos facias nos.
R. Salva nos, Deus Israel, et congrega nos de nationibus.
V. Excita, Domine, potentiam tuam, et veni, ut salvos facias nos.
R. Salva nos, Deus Israel, et congrega nos de nationibus.
Liturgical Notes
NOTA
FONS
Breviarium Romanum (1962)
USUS
Third Sunday of Advent (Gaudete), Nocturn III, Responsory 1
HORA
Matins
TEMPVS
advent
GENVS
Responsory