Christus factus est [pro nobis obediens]

Christ Became Obedient for Us

Voicing:
Mixed Choir → SATB

Accompaniment:
Unaccompanied

Function/Language(s):
Latin

Occasion:

Proper of Time → Holy Week → Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord
Proper of Time → The Sacred Paschal Triduum → Holy Thursday of the Lord’s Supper, at the Evening Mass
Proper of Time → The Sacred Paschal Triduum → Friday of the Passion of the Lord
Proper of Time → The Weeks in Ordinary Time → Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time → Cycle A
Proper of Saints → The Exaltation of the Holy Cross (September 14)

Publication Information:
Arista — AE 197 (1971)

Text Information:
Reference: Philippians 2:8-9
Source: Lectionary for Mass

Lyrics:

Christus factus est pro nobis obediens usque ad mortem,
mortem autem crucis.
Propter quod et Deus exaltavit illum,
et dedit illi nomen, quod est super omne nomen.

English translation:
Christ became obedient for us unto death,
even to death on a cross.
Therefore, God also has exalted him
and has given him the name that is above every other name.

Notes: EF Gradual text for Holy Thursday; Palm Sunday second reading and Gospel Acclamation verse; Good Friday Gospel Acclamation Verse; Exaltation of the Holy Cross second reading; OT 26A second reading.
Submitted by: Brian Luckner Added: Nov 13, 2021 Last updated: Jan 23, 2022