Benedicamus Domino
Benedicamus Domino ( Latin for "Let's praise the Lord"), in the German liturgical version Singet Praise and Preis is a call for dismissal in the liturgy .
The acclamation was originally the dismissal (lat. Dismissio ) of holy mass in the Gallican rite . After the year 1000 it also found its way into the Roman rite and replaced the Ite, missa est there in the coined times . The call was sung by the deacon or celebrant , and the faithful responded with Deo gratias .
In addition, in the Roman rite , the Benedicamus Domino also serves as a dismissal of the community during the prayer of the hours . The use of acclamation in Holy Mass was limited in 1960 to those Masses immediately followed by the celebration of another worship service or a community pious exercise . The congregation replies with Deo Gratias or “Thanks be to God the Lord”.
Benedicamus Domino was the final cry of the Lutheran German Mass and in the German liturgical version it reads: "Let us benedeien the Lord." - "Thank God for ever."
Music and literature
The Latin reputation was often lost and found its way into vernacular songs, for example in When I Wake Up With My Sheep .
literature
- Adolf Adam , Rupert Berger : Article discharge rites . In: Pastoralliturgisches Handlexikon , Freiburg / Basel / Vienna 5/1980, p. 121