Vidi aquam

Vidi aquam is the name of an antiphon, which may be sung during the Roman Catholic Mass. It accompanies the sprinkling of the congregation with baptismal water by the celebrant. It is sung from the Easter Vigil throughout the Easter season until the feast of Pentecost[1].

"Vidi aquam egredientem de templo, a latere dextro, alleluia: Et omnes ad quos pervenit aqua ista, salvi facti sunt, Et dicent: alleluja, alleluja. "

"I saw water flowing from the right side of the temple, Hallelujah, And all who came to it were healed, And they shall say, Hallelujah, Hallelujah. "

The text refers to the words of the prophet Ezekiel (Ezekiel 47:1)[2], who saw the water of the temple as a sanctifying flood that flows through the earth.

If the sprinkling rite occurs outside the Easter period, the antiphon "Asperges Me" usually replaces "Vidi Aquam."

  1. ↑ http://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/liturgical-year/triduum/questions-and-answers.cfm
  2. ↑ http://www.usccb.org/bible/ezekiel/47:1
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