This is John, who at the supper rested upon the breast of the Lord;
* blessed is the Apostle, to whom the secrets of heaven were revealed.
V. He drank in the running waters of the Gospel directly from sacred fountain of the Lord’s breast.
Blessed is the Apostle, to whom the secrets of heaven were revealed.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
Blessed is the Apostle, to whom the secrets of heaven were revealed. (
The eighth responsory of Matins of St John)
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| St John on the island of Patmos, by the Flemish painters Tobias Verhaecht (1561-1631) and Gillis Coignet (1542-99), 1598; now in the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg. |
R. Iste est Joannes, qui supra pectus Domini in cena recubuit:
* Beatus Apostolus, cui revelata sunt secreta caelestia.
V. Fluenta Evangelii de ipso sacro Dominici pectoris fonte potavit.
Beatus Apostolus, cui revelata sunt secreta caelestia.
Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto.
Beatus Apostolus, cui revelata sunt secreta caelestia.
