Popule meus, quid feci tibi? O my people, what have I done to thee?
Aut in quo contristavi te? Or how have I offended you?
Responde mihi. Answer me.
Quia eduxi te de terra Aegypti: Because I led thee out of the land of Egypt:
parasti Crucem Salvatori tuo. thou hast prepared a Cross for thy Savior,
Hagios o Theos. O holy God!
Sanctus Deus. O holy God!
…
Stabat Mater dolorosa At, the Cross her station keeping,
ixuta Crucem lacrimosa, stood the mournful Mother weeping,
dum pendebat Filius. close to Jesus to the last.
Cuius animam gementem, Through her heart, His sorrow sharing,
contristatam et dolentem all His bitter anguish bearing,
pertransivit gladius. now at length the sword has passed.
O quam tristis et afflicta O how sad and sore distressed
fuit illa benedicta was that Mother, highly blest,
Mater unigeniti. of the sole-begotten One.
Quae maerebat et dolebat Christ above in torment hangs,
pia Mater dum videbat she beneath beholds the pangs,
nati poenas incliti. of her dying glorious son.
…
(All the altars have been stripped except the one used as the altar of repose, and what you are seeing is the Eucharist being transported from that altar to the high altar. The priest is not the MC - master of ceremonies. He is the guy directing everyone with hand gestures. I remember from high school Latin: Repete post me - Repeat after me. Another version is Responde me post me – Answer me after me.)
From the Catholic News Agency (CNA)
“In the seventh century, the Church in Rome adopted the practice of Adoration of the Cross from the Church in Jerusalem, where a fragment of wood believed to be the Lord’s cross had been venerated every year on Good Friday since the fourth century. According to tradition, a part of the Holy Cross was discovered by the mother of the emperor Constantine, St. Helen, on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem in 326. A fifth century account describes this service in Jerusalem. A coffer of gold-plated silver containing the wood of the cross was brought forward. The bishop placed the relic on a table in the chapel of the Crucifixion and the faithful approached it, touching brow and eyes and lips to the wood as the priest said (as every priest has done ever since): ‘Behold, the Wood of the Cross.’
“Adoration or veneration of an image or representation of Christ's cross does not mean that we actually adore the material image, of course, but rather what it represents. In kneeling before the crucifix and kissing it we are paying the highest honor to our Lord's cross as the instrument of our salvation. Because the Cross is inseparable from His sacrifice, in reverencing His Cross we, in effect, adore Christ. Thus we affirm: ‘We adore Thee, O Christ, and we bless Thee because by Thy Holy Cross Thou has Redeemed the World.’”
Complete text:
O my people, what have I done to thee, or in what have I grieved thee? Answer Me. Because I brought thee out of the land of Egypt, thou hast prepared a cross for thy Savior.
O Holy God! O Holy Mighty One! O Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us.
Because I was thy guide through the desert for forty years, and fed thee with manna, and brought thee into an excellent land, thou hast prepared a cross for thy Savior.
O Holy God! O Holy Mighty One! O Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us.
What more should I have done to thee, and have not done? I have planted thee for My most beautiful vineyard: and thou hast proved very bitter to Me, for in My thirst thou gavest Me vinegar to drink; and didst pierce the side of thy Savior with a spear.
O Holy God! O Holy Mighty One! O Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us.
For thy sake I scourged Egypt with her first-born; and thou hast delivered Me up to be scourged.
O my people, what have done to thee, or in what have I grieved thee? Answer Me.
I led thee out of Egypt, having drowned the Pharaoh in the Red Sea; and thou hast delivered Me up to the chief priests.
O my people, what have done to thee, or in what have I grieved thee? Answer Me.
I opened the sea before thee; and thou hast opened My side with a spear.
O my people, what have done to thee, or in what have I grieved thee? Answer Me.
I went before thee in a pillar of cloud; and thou hast brought Me to the court of Pilate.
O my people, what have done to thee, or in what have I grieved thee? Answer Me.
I fed thee with manna in the desert; and thou hast beaten Me with buffets and stripes.
O my people, what have done to thee, or in what have I grieved thee? Answer Me.
I gave thee wholesome water to drink out of the rock, and thou hast given for My drink gall and vinegar.
O my people, what have done to thee, or in what have I grieved thee? Answer Me.
For thy sake I smote the kings of Canaan; and thou has smitten My head with a reed.
O my people, what have done to thee, or in what have I grieved thee? Answer Me.
I gave thee a royal scepter; and thou hast given to My head a crown of thorns.
O my people, what have done to thee, or in what have I grieved thee? Answer Me.
With great might I raised thee on high; and thou hast hanged Me on the gibbet of the cross.
O my people, what have I done to thee, or in what have I grieved thee? Answer Me.
Dom Guéranger
Aut in quo contristavi te? Or how have I offended you?
Responde mihi. Answer me.
Quia eduxi te de terra Aegypti: Because I led thee out of the land of Egypt:
parasti Crucem Salvatori tuo. thou hast prepared a Cross for thy Savior,
Hagios o Theos. O holy God!
Sanctus Deus. O holy God!
…
Stabat Mater dolorosa At, the Cross her station keeping,
ixuta Crucem lacrimosa, stood the mournful Mother weeping,
dum pendebat Filius. close to Jesus to the last.
Cuius animam gementem, Through her heart, His sorrow sharing,
contristatam et dolentem all His bitter anguish bearing,
pertransivit gladius. now at length the sword has passed.
O quam tristis et afflicta O how sad and sore distressed
fuit illa benedicta was that Mother, highly blest,
Mater unigeniti. of the sole-begotten One.
Quae maerebat et dolebat Christ above in torment hangs,
pia Mater dum videbat she beneath beholds the pangs,
nati poenas incliti. of her dying glorious son.
…
(All the altars have been stripped except the one used as the altar of repose, and what you are seeing is the Eucharist being transported from that altar to the high altar. The priest is not the MC - master of ceremonies. He is the guy directing everyone with hand gestures. I remember from high school Latin: Repete post me - Repeat after me. Another version is Responde me post me – Answer me after me.)
From the Catholic News Agency (CNA)
“In the seventh century, the Church in Rome adopted the practice of Adoration of the Cross from the Church in Jerusalem, where a fragment of wood believed to be the Lord’s cross had been venerated every year on Good Friday since the fourth century. According to tradition, a part of the Holy Cross was discovered by the mother of the emperor Constantine, St. Helen, on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem in 326. A fifth century account describes this service in Jerusalem. A coffer of gold-plated silver containing the wood of the cross was brought forward. The bishop placed the relic on a table in the chapel of the Crucifixion and the faithful approached it, touching brow and eyes and lips to the wood as the priest said (as every priest has done ever since): ‘Behold, the Wood of the Cross.’
“Adoration or veneration of an image or representation of Christ's cross does not mean that we actually adore the material image, of course, but rather what it represents. In kneeling before the crucifix and kissing it we are paying the highest honor to our Lord's cross as the instrument of our salvation. Because the Cross is inseparable from His sacrifice, in reverencing His Cross we, in effect, adore Christ. Thus we affirm: ‘We adore Thee, O Christ, and we bless Thee because by Thy Holy Cross Thou has Redeemed the World.’”
Complete text:
O my people, what have I done to thee, or in what have I grieved thee? Answer Me. Because I brought thee out of the land of Egypt, thou hast prepared a cross for thy Savior.
O Holy God! O Holy Mighty One! O Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us.
Because I was thy guide through the desert for forty years, and fed thee with manna, and brought thee into an excellent land, thou hast prepared a cross for thy Savior.
O Holy God! O Holy Mighty One! O Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us.
What more should I have done to thee, and have not done? I have planted thee for My most beautiful vineyard: and thou hast proved very bitter to Me, for in My thirst thou gavest Me vinegar to drink; and didst pierce the side of thy Savior with a spear.
O Holy God! O Holy Mighty One! O Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us.
For thy sake I scourged Egypt with her first-born; and thou hast delivered Me up to be scourged.
O my people, what have done to thee, or in what have I grieved thee? Answer Me.
I led thee out of Egypt, having drowned the Pharaoh in the Red Sea; and thou hast delivered Me up to the chief priests.
O my people, what have done to thee, or in what have I grieved thee? Answer Me.
I opened the sea before thee; and thou hast opened My side with a spear.
O my people, what have done to thee, or in what have I grieved thee? Answer Me.
I went before thee in a pillar of cloud; and thou hast brought Me to the court of Pilate.
O my people, what have done to thee, or in what have I grieved thee? Answer Me.
I fed thee with manna in the desert; and thou hast beaten Me with buffets and stripes.
O my people, what have done to thee, or in what have I grieved thee? Answer Me.
I gave thee wholesome water to drink out of the rock, and thou hast given for My drink gall and vinegar.
O my people, what have done to thee, or in what have I grieved thee? Answer Me.
For thy sake I smote the kings of Canaan; and thou has smitten My head with a reed.
O my people, what have done to thee, or in what have I grieved thee? Answer Me.
I gave thee a royal scepter; and thou hast given to My head a crown of thorns.
O my people, what have done to thee, or in what have I grieved thee? Answer Me.
With great might I raised thee on high; and thou hast hanged Me on the gibbet of the cross.
O my people, what have I done to thee, or in what have I grieved thee? Answer Me.
Dom Guéranger
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