DIVINUM OFFICIUM Antiphon

Antiphona ad Magnificat

St. Benedict - II Vespers Magnificat

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

LATINE
O Pater sancte Benedicte, sidus splendidum, divina gratia eremi tractus ad solitudinem, ibi cum Deo conversans, terrena cuncta despicere didicisti.
ENGLISH
O holy Father Benedict, thou shining star, drawn by divine grace to the solitude of the desert, there in company with God, thou didst learn to despise all earthly things.
NOTA
FONS
Breviarium Romanum (1962)
USUS
St. Benedict - II Vespers Magnificat
HORA
Vespers
GENVS
Antiphon