DIVINUM OFFICIUM Responsory

Responsorium IV - Nocturn II

Second Sunday of Lent, Nocturn II, Responsory 1

About This Prayer

This responsory for the Second Sunday of Lent depicts Isaac sending Jacob to Mesopotamia to find a wife from Laban's daughters (Genesis 28:1-4). The patriarchal narrative continues the Lenten Matins readings. Jacob's journey prefigures the Christian pilgrimage, and the promised blessing - 'God Almighty bless thee and make thee to increase' - anticipates the Church's fruitfulness.

Prayer Text

LATINE
R. Surge, vade in Mesopotamiam Syriae, et accipe uxorem de filiabus Laban: * Deus autem omnipotens benedicat tibi, et crescere te faciat.
V. Esto dominus fratrum tuorum, et incurventur ante te filii matris tuae.
R. Deus autem omnipotens benedicat tibi, et crescere te faciat.
ENGLISH
R. Surge, vade in Mesopotamiam Syriae, et accipe uxorem de filiabus Laban: * Deus autem omnipotens benedicat tibi, et crescere te faciat.
V. Esto dominus fratrum tuorum, et incurventur ante te filii matris tuae.
R. Deus autem omnipotens benedicat tibi, et crescere te faciat.

Liturgical Notes

NOTA
FONS
Breviarium Romanum (1962)
USUS
Second Sunday of Lent, Nocturn II, Responsory 1
HORA
Matins
TEMPVS
lent
GENVS
Responsory