DIVINUM OFFICIUM Antiphon

Antiphona ad Magnificat

St. Augustine - II Vespers Magnificat

About This Prayer

An antiphon sung at Vespers during the liturgical year. Antiphons frame the psalms, giving them their proper liturgical meaning for the day.

Prayer Text

LATINE
Sero te amavi, pulchritudo tam antiqua et tam nova, sero te amavi! Et ecce intus eras et ego foris.
ENGLISH
Too late have I loved thee, O Beauty so ancient and so new, too late have I loved thee! Lo, thou wast within and I was without.

Liturgical Notes

NOTA
FONS
Breviarium Romanum (1962)
USUS
St. Augustine - II Vespers Magnificat
HORA
Vespers
GENVS
Antiphon