Responsum accepit Simeon
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General information
The Communion for Candlemas. The verses may be drawn from Luke 29- or from Psalm 47 (48).
There is also a processional antiphon at the entrance, with a continuation of the text below: "…et cum inducerent puerum in templum, accepit eum in ulnas suas, et benedixit Deum, et dixit: Nunc dimittis, Domine, servum tuum in pace."
Settings by composers
- William Byrd SATTB or ATTBB
- Giovanni Giorgi SAT
- Nobuaki Izawa SATB
Text and translations
Latin text Responsum accepit Simeon a Spiritu Sancto non visurum se mortem nisi videret Christum Domini. |
English translation It was revealed to Simeon by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death before he first saw Christ the Lord. |