Laetentur coeli, et exultet terra. Jubilate montes laudem, quia Dominus noster veniet, * et pauperum suorum miserebitur. |
Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice. Let the mountains break forth in praise, because our Lord will come, * and he will have mercy on his poor ones. |
℣ Orietur in diebus tuis justitia, et abundantia pacis, * et pauperum suorum miserebitur. |
℣ Justice will arise in your days, and an abundance of peace, * and he will have mercy on his poor ones. |
—Isaiah 49:13, Psalm 71:7. From a Responsory for Matins for
the first Monday of Advent. * marks the "repetendum" (repeated concluding line) and ℣ the verse. |
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