DIVINUM OFFICIUM Responsory

Responsorium IX - Nocturn III

Passion Sunday, Nocturn III, Responsory 3 - Gloria Patri omitted in Passiontide

About This Prayer

This ninth responsory for Passion Sunday draws from John 8:59: 'The Jews took up stones to cast at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple, passing through their midst.' In Passiontide, the Gloria Patri is omitted from the final responsory. The attempted stoning prefigures the Passion while Christ's escape signals that His hour has not yet come.

Prayer Text

LATINE
R. Tulerunt lapides Judaei, ut jacerent in Jesum: Jesus autem abscondit se, et exivit de templo. * Et pertransiens per medium illorum, ibat.
V. Et egressi Pharisaei consilium faciebant adversus eum, quomodo perderent eum.
R. Et pertransiens per medium illorum, ibat.
ENGLISH
R. Tulerunt lapides Judaei, ut jacerent in Jesum: Jesus autem abscondit se, et exivit de templo. * Et pertransiens per medium illorum, ibat.
V. Et egressi Pharisaei consilium faciebant adversus eum, quomodo perderent eum.
R. Et pertransiens per medium illorum, ibat.

Liturgical Notes

NOTA
FONS
Breviarium Romanum (1962)
USUS
Passion Sunday, Nocturn III, Responsory 3 - Gloria Patri omitted in Passiontide
HORA
Matins
TEMPVS
passiontide
GENVS
Responsory