Ne reminiscaris Domine

General information

In the Liber usualis, the antiphon Ne reminiscaris Domine is associated with the 7 Penitential Psalms and with the Saturday of the 3rd week of September. It appeared in Cranmer's translation in the 1544 Exhortation and Litany as "Remember not Lord our offenses"' and was carried over into the Book of Common Prayer.

The second part, Parce Domine, has many additional separate settings.

Settings by composers

• Ne reminiscaris Domine (Francesco Barsanti) SAATB (without "Parce Domine")
• Ne reminiscaris Domine (Orlando di Lasso) SATB
• Ne reminiscaris Domine (Peter Philips) SSATB
• Remember not, Lord, our offences, Z 50 (Henry Purcell) SSATB

Texts and Translations

Latin text Ne reminiscaris Domine delicta nostra, vel parentum nostrorum: neque vindictam sumas de peccatis nostris. Parce, Domine, populo tuo quem redemisti praetiosissimo sanguine tuo, ne irascaris nobis in aeternum. (Thus Phillips. Lasso has instead: Parce, Domine, populo tuo quem praetioso sanguine tuo redemisti, ne in aeternum irascaris nobis).

English translation Remember not, O Lord, our offences, nor those of our parents: neither take vengeance for our sins. Spare, O Lord, thy people whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious blood, and be not angry with us for ever.

English text From The Litany (Book of Common Prayer)

Remember not, Lord, our offences,
nor the offences of our forefathers;
neither take thou vengeance of our sins:
spare us, good Lord, spare thy people,
whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious blood,
and be not angry with us for ever.
Spare us, good Lord.

External links

• The 1544 Litany

German translation http://www.recmusic.org/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=24443