Responsorium I - Nocturn I
Christmas Day, Nocturn I, Responsory 1
About This Prayer
The first responsory of Christmas Matins celebrates the King of Heaven deigning to be born of a Virgin to call back lost man to the heavenly kingdom. The angelic host rejoices that eternal salvation has appeared to the human race. This responsory, sung in the night watch, captures the cosmic significance of the Nativity: heaven bending low to earth.
Prayer Text
LATINE
R. Hodie nobis caelorum Rex de Virgine nasci dignatus est, ut hominem perditum ad caelestia regna revocaret: * Gaudet exercitus Angelorum: quia salus aeterna humano generi apparuit.
V. Gloria in excelsis Deo, et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis.
R. Gaudet exercitus Angelorum: quia salus aeterna humano generi apparuit.
V. Gloria in excelsis Deo, et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis.
R. Gaudet exercitus Angelorum: quia salus aeterna humano generi apparuit.
ENGLISH
R. Hodie nobis caelorum Rex de Virgine nasci dignatus est, ut hominem perditum ad caelestia regna revocaret: * Gaudet exercitus Angelorum: quia salus aeterna humano generi apparuit.
V. Gloria in excelsis Deo, et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis.
R. Gaudet exercitus Angelorum: quia salus aeterna humano generi apparuit.
V. Gloria in excelsis Deo, et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis.
R. Gaudet exercitus Angelorum: quia salus aeterna humano generi apparuit.
Liturgical Notes
NOTA
FONS
Breviarium Romanum (1962)
USUS
Christmas Day, Nocturn I, Responsory 1
HORA
Matins
TEMPVS
christmas
GENVS
Responsory