# Verified against Divinum Officium (Monastic Tridentinum 1617), Vespers
# `votive=C4` live query, 2026-08 -- see lauds-capitulum-common-of-a-
# confessor-bishop.yml's header for why the votive-office view was used.
id: vespers-responsory-common-of-a-confessor-bishop
text:
  la: |
    R.br. Elégit eum Dóminus * Sacerdótem sibi.
    ℟. Elégit eum Dóminus * Sacerdótem sibi.
    ℣. Ad sacrificándum ei hóstiam laudis.
    ℟. Sacerdótem sibi.
    ℣. Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.
    ℟. Elégit eum Dóminus * Sacerdótem sibi.
  en: |
    R.br. The Lord hath chosen him * for a Priest unto Himself.
    ℟. The Lord hath chosen him * for a Priest unto Himself.
    ℣. To offer up unto Him the sacrifice of praise.
    ℟. For a Priest unto Himself.
    ℣. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
    ℟. The Lord hath chosen him * for a Priest unto Himself.
status:
  la: verified
  en: verified
