In monte Oliveti

General Information

A mode viii responsory that occurs twice in the Liber usualis with the verse "Vigilate…": as the first of the nine responsories for Matins of Maundy Thursday, and as the second station of the Palm Sunday procession. The LU version however omits "fiat voluntas tea."

Settings by composers available at CPDL

Anonymous 16c setting SSA (no verse) Anton Bruckner SATB Giovanni Croce SATB (no verse) Mariano Garau (both w/o "fiat voluntas tua") I ATB II SATB José Mauricio Nunes Garcia SATB Michael Haydn SATB Marco Antonio Ingegneri (or, in English) SATB

Orlando di Lasso SAATBB (no verse; "oravi" for "oravit") Giovanni Battista Martini TTB (also arr. SATB) Juozas Naujalis SATB (w/o "fiat voluntas tua") Antonio Maria Pacchioni SATB Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina SATB Leonhard Paminger SATTB (2nda pars "Spiritus…", no verse) Jeffrey Quick SATB (w/o "fiat voluntas tua") Franz Schubert SATB (no verse) Mikolaj Zielenski SATBB (no verse)

Other settings possibly not included in the manual list above

• Ruggerio Argilliano — In monte Oliveti
• Pedro de Cristo — In monte Oliveti
• Pietro Amico Giacobetti — In monte Oliveti
• José Maurício Nunes Garcia — Office of Palm Sunday I
• Jan Dismas Zelenka — In monte Oliveti, ZWV 55:01
• Jan Dismas Zelenka — Responsories for Maundy Thursday, ZWV 55:1-9

Text and translations

Latin text (A) In monte Oliveti oravit ad patrem: Pater si fieri potest transeat a me calix iste. Spiritus quidem promptus est caro autem infirma. (B) Fiat voluntas tua. (C) Verumtamen non sicut ego volo, sed sicut tu vis. (B) Fiat voluntas tua. (A) In monte Oliveti oravi ad Patrem

English translation (A) On the Mount of Olives he prayed to his Father: "Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. (B) Let your will be done. (C) Nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will, (B) Let your will be done." (A) On the Mount of Olives I prayed to the Father: Translation by Paul Pascal

Dutch translation A) Op de Olijfberg bad Hij tot de Vader Mijn Vader, indien het mogelijk is, laat deze kelk aan mij voorbij gaan. De geest is wel gewillig Maar het vlees is zwak B) Uw wil geschiede C) Waakt en bidt, dat gij niet in bekoring komt. B) Uw wil geschiede

French translation

(A) Au mont des Oliviers, il pria en s´adressant à son Père:
"Père, si cela est possible, faites que ce calice s´éloigne de moi;
car si l´esprit est prompt la chair est faible;
(B) Que Votre volonté soit faite."

(A) Au mont des Oliviers je priai en m'adressant à mon Père

As given in Lasso, Palestrina, Nunes, Croce, Bruckner, Schubert…

Latin text (A) In monte Oliveti ad patrem oravit: Pater si fieri potest transeat a me calix iste. Spiritus quidem promptus est caro autem infirma. [Fiat voluntas tua.] Vigilate, et orate, ut non intretis in tentationem. Spiritus…   Italian translation (A) Sul monte degli ulivi Gesú pregava il Padre: Padre, se è possibile, allontana da me questo calice. È vero che lo spirito è forte, ma la carne è debole. (D) Verso: State desti e pregate per non entrare in tentazione. German translation (A) Responsorium: Auf dem Ölberg betete Jesus zum Vater: Vater, wenn es möglich ist, lass diesen Kelch an mir vorübergehen. Der Geist ist zwar willig, doch das Fleisch ist schwach. [Aber nicht wie ich will, sondern dein Wille geschehe.] (D) Versus: Seid wachsam und betet, damit ihr nicht in Versuchung geratet. External links add links here