DIVINUM OFFICIUM Responsory

Responsorium I - Nocturn I

Third Sunday of Lent, Nocturn I, Responsory 1

This responsory for the Third Sunday of Lent recalls God's command to Moses to descend into Egypt and demand Pharaoh release Israel (Exodus 3-11). The Lenten Matins readings during this week recount the Exodus narrative. The responsory's theme of liberation from bondage prefigures Christ's liberation of humanity from sin, the central meaning of the Paschal mystery.

LATINE
R. Locutus est Dominus ad Moysen, dicens: Descende in Aegyptum, et dic Pharaoni * Ut dimittat populum meum.
V. Jam enim tempus est ut immittat Deus pluviam super terram.
R. Ut dimittat populum meum.
ENGLISH
R. Locutus est Dominus ad Moysen, dicens: Descende in Aegyptum, et dic Pharaoni * Ut dimittat populum meum.
V. Jam enim tempus est ut immittat Deus pluviam super terram.
R. Ut dimittat populum meum.
NOTA
FONS
Breviarium Romanum (1962)
USUS
Third Sunday of Lent, Nocturn I, Responsory 1
HORA
Matins
TEMPVS
lent
GENVS
Responsory