The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica – Entrance Antiphon

Revelation 21:2

I saw the holy city, a new Jerusalem,
coming down out of heaven from God,
prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.
(Revelation 21:2)

Verse 1:

How lovely is your dwelling place,
O LORD of hosts.
Blessed are they who dwell in your house,
forever singing your praise.
(Psalm 84:1, 5)

Verse 2:

Turn your eyes, O God, our shield;
look on the face of your anointed.
One day within your courts
is better than a thousand elsewhere.
(Psalm 84:10-11)

Verse 3:

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,
world without end. Amen.
(Gloria Patri)