Roman Mass Propers: Lesson I "HÆC dicit Dóminus"

Submitted by Rick.Wheeler on Tue, 2011/04/19 - 10:34am
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ID: 
1925
This is part of: 
Roman Mass Propers: Good Friday: First part of the Liturgy
Original Source
Official Liturgical Book: 
Missale Romanum
Composition Date: 
Unknown
Composer: 
Unknown
Arrangers / Editors: 
Other
Proper Liturgical Usage: 
Oratio
Proper Liturgical Time: 
Feria Sexta in Parasceve (Good Friday)
Proper Liturgical Day: 
Friday
Votive: 
F
Performance Time: 
1 min 30 sec
Composition Type: 
Other
Texture: 
Monophonic
Voices: 
Chant solo
Language: 
Latin
Difficulty: 
Easy
Musical Style: 
Gregorian
Gregorian Tone: 
Tonus Praefatio (ferialis)
Lyrics: 

Haec dicit Dominus: In tribulatione sua mane consurgent ad me: Venite, et revertamur ad Dominum: quia ipse cepit, et sanabit nos: percutiet, et curabit nos. Vivificabit nos post duos dies: in die tertia suscitabit nos, et vivemus in conspectu eius. Sciemus, sequemurque, ut cognoscamus Dominum: quasi diluculum praeparatus est egressus eius, et veniet quasi imper nobis temporaneus, et serotinus terrae. Quid faciam tibi Ephraim? quid faciam tibi Iuda? Misericordia vestra quasi nubes matutina, et quasi ros mane pertransiens. Propter hoc dolavi in prophetis, occidi eos in verbis oris mei: et iudicia tua quasi lux egredientur. Quia misericordiam volui, et non sacrificium, et scientiam Dei plus quam holocausta.

Translated Lyrics: 

Thus saith the Lord: In their affliction they will rise early to Me: Come, and let us return to the Lord, for He hath taken us, and He will heal us, He will strike, and He will cure us. He will revive us after two days: on the third day He will raise us up and we shall live in His sight. We shall know and we shall follow on, that we may know the Lord. His going forth is prepared as the morning light and He will come to us as the early and the latter rain to the earth. What shall I do to thee, O Ephraim? What shall I do to thee, O Juda? Your mercy is as a morning cloud and as the dew that goeth away in the morning. For this reason have I hewed them by the Prophets, I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgements shall go forth as the light. For I desired mercy and not sacrifice: and the knowledge of God more than holocausts.