DIVINUM OFFICIUM Antiphon

Antiphona 5 ad Laudes

Dominica I Passionis - Passion Sunday Lauds

This fifth Lauds antiphon for Passion Sunday draws from Jeremiah 18:20: 'Shall evil be rendered for good, because they have digged a pit for my soul?' Jeremiah's complaint against his persecutors is applied to Christ. The antiphon emphasizes the injustice of the Passion: Christ receives evil in return for the good of redemption.

LATINE
Numquid redditur pro bono malum, quia foderunt foveam animae meae.
ENGLISH
Shall evil be rendered for good, because they have digged a pit for my soul?
NOTA
FONS
Breviarium Romanum (1962)
USUS
Dominica I Passionis - Passion Sunday Lauds
HORA
Lauds
TEMPVS
passiontide
GENVS
Antiphon