January 4, 2014

Implente Munus Debitum

Ioanne, Rerum Conditor

Implente Munus Debitum is sung at 2nd Vespers (Evening Prayer) and with the Officium Lectionis (Office of Readings) in the Roman Breviary on the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord.

Cathedral-Basilica of the Nativity of Saint Mary, Milan (Ambrosian Rite)

IMPLENTE MANUS DEBITUM

1. Implente munus debitum
Ioanne, rerum conditor
Iordane mersus hac die
aquas lavando diluit,

2. Non ipse mundari volens
de ventre natus Virginis,
peccata sed mortalium
suo lavacro tollere.

3. Dicente Patre quod "meus
dilectus hic est Filius",
sumente Sancto Spiritu
formam columbæ cælitus,

4. Hoc mystico sub nomine
micat salus Ecclesiæ;
Persona trina commanet
unus Deus per omnia.

5. O Christe, vita, veritas,
tibi sit omnis gloria,
quem Patris atque Spiritus
splendor revelat cælitus.

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