Responsorium III - Nocturn I
Christmas Day, Nocturn I, Responsory 3
About This Prayer
The third responsory of Christmas Matins presents the dialogue with the shepherds: 'Whom did you see, shepherds? Tell us, announce to us, who has appeared on earth?' They respond: 'We saw the newborn, and choirs of angels praising the Lord.' This responsory preserves the evangelical account of Luke 2, placing the faithful in the shepherds' position of witness.
Prayer Text
LATINE
R. Quem vidistis, pastores? dicite, annuntiate nobis, in terris quis apparuit? * Natum vidimus, et choros Angelorum collaudantes Dominum.
V. Dicite, quidnam vidistis? et annuntiate Christi nativitatem.
R. Natum vidimus, et choros Angelorum collaudantes Dominum.
V. Dicite, quidnam vidistis? et annuntiate Christi nativitatem.
R. Natum vidimus, et choros Angelorum collaudantes Dominum.
ENGLISH
R. Quem vidistis, pastores? dicite, annuntiate nobis, in terris quis apparuit? * Natum vidimus, et choros Angelorum collaudantes Dominum.
V. Dicite, quidnam vidistis? et annuntiate Christi nativitatem.
R. Natum vidimus, et choros Angelorum collaudantes Dominum.
V. Dicite, quidnam vidistis? et annuntiate Christi nativitatem.
R. Natum vidimus, et choros Angelorum collaudantes Dominum.
Liturgical Notes
NOTA
FONS
Breviarium Romanum (1962)
USUS
Christmas Day, Nocturn I, Responsory 3
HORA
Matins
TEMPVS
christmas
GENVS
Responsory