Velum templi

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The Second Responsory of the Office of Tenebrae on Good Friday. Taken from Matthew 27:51-52; Luke 23:42.

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Latin.png Latin text

Velum templi scissum est,
Et omnis terra tremuit:
latro de cruce clamabat, dicens:
Memento mei, Domine, dum veneris in regnum tuum.

Petræ scissæ sunt, et monumenta aperta sunt,
et multa corpora sanctorum, qui dormierant, surrexerunt.
Et omnis...

English.png English translation

The veil of the temple was rent,
And all the earth trembled:
the thief cried out from the cross, saying:
Remember me, O Lord, when Thou comest into Thy kingdom.

The rocks were split, and the tombs were opened,
and many bodies of the saints, who slept, arose.
And all...