DIVINUM OFFICIUM Responsory

Responsorium V - Nocturn II

First Sunday of Lent, Nocturn II, Responsory 2

This fifth responsory for the First Sunday of Lent draws from Isaiah 58:7: 'Break thy bread to the hungry, and bring the needy and the harbourless into thy house; and despise not thy own flesh.' The Lenten discipline of fasting is here connected to almsgiving. This responsory emphasizes that bodily fasting must bear fruit in works of mercy.

LATINE
R. Frange esurienti panem tuum, et egenos vagosque induc in domum tuam: * Et carnem tuam ne despexeris.
V. Cum videris nudum, operi eum.
R. Et carnem tuam ne despexeris.
ENGLISH
R. Frange esurienti panem tuum, et egenos vagosque induc in domum tuam: * Et carnem tuam ne despexeris.
V. Cum videris nudum, operi eum.
R. Et carnem tuam ne despexeris.
NOTA
FONS
Breviarium Romanum (1962)
USUS
First Sunday of Lent, Nocturn II, Responsory 2
HORA
Matins
TEMPVS
lent
GENVS
Responsory