Matutinum - Responsorium
19 April, 2025
Responsorium
Recéssit pastor noster, fons aquæ vivæ,
Our shepherd, the source of living water, has departed.
ad cujus tránsitum sol obscurátus est:
At his passing the sun was darkened,
Nam et ille captus est,
for he who held the first man captive
qui captívum tenébat primum hóminem:
is now taken captive himself.
hódie portas mortis
Today the Saviour has shattered the bars
et seras páriter Salvátor noster disrúpit.
and burst the gates of death.
Destrúxit quidem claustra inférni,
He has torn down the barricades of hell
et subvértit poténtias diáboli.
and overthrown the power of Satan.
Nam et ille captus est,
for he who held the first man captive
qui captívum tenébat primum hóminem :
is now taken captive himself.
hódie portas mortis
Today the Saviour has shattered the bars
et seras páriter Salvátor noster disrúpit.
and burst the gates of death.