DIVINUM OFFICIUM Chapter

Capitulum (Advent I)

Rom. 13:11. Proper chapter for Terce on Advent I Sunday.

This capitulum from Romans 13:11 is the source text for Advent I Sunday's Epistle and the Lauds hymn's imagery. "Hora est jam nos de somno surgere" (It is now the hour for us to rise from sleep) establishes Advent's theme of spiritual awakening. At Terce (the third hour, 9 AM), this reading recalls Pentecost's hour and urges alertness as salvation draws nearer than when we first believed.

SCRIPTVRA
Romans 13:11
LATINE
Fratres: Hora est jam nos de somno surgere: nunc enim propior est nostra salus, quam cum credidimus. R. Deo gratias.
ENGLISH
Brethren: it is now the hour for us to rise from sleep. For now our salvation is nearer than when we believed. R. Thanks be to God.
NOTA
FONS
Breviarium Romanum (1962)
USUS
Rom. 13:11. Proper chapter for Terce on Advent I Sunday.
HORA
Terce
TEMPVS
advent
GENVS
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