Antiphona ad Benedictus
St. John of the Cross - Lauds Benedictus (from his Dark Night of the Soul)
About This Prayer
An antiphon sung at Lauds during the liturgical year. Antiphons frame the psalms, giving them their proper liturgical meaning for the day.
Prayer Text
LATINE
In nocte obscura, amoribus anxiis inflammata, o felix fortuna! exivi non observata, domo mea iam quiescente.
ENGLISH
In a dark night, with anxious love inflamed, O happy chance! I went forth unobserved, my house being now at rest.
Liturgical Notes
NOTA
FONS
Breviarium Romanum (1962)
USUS
St. John of the Cross - Lauds Benedictus (from his Dark Night of the Soul)
HORA
Lauds
GENVS
Antiphon