Purity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. THIRD SUNDAY IN OCT. Præclara custos virginum, Inter rubeta lilium, Turris draconi impervia, Amica stella naufragis, Tuere nos a fraudibus, Tuaque luce dirige. Blest Guardian of all virgin souls! Portal of bliss to man forgiven! Pure Mother of Almighty God! Thou hope of earth, and joy of Heaven! Fair Lily, found amid the thorns! Most beauteous Dove with wings of gold! [sprang Rod from whose tender root there That healing Flow'r long since foretold ! Thou Tow'r, against the dragon proof! [agers dear! Thou Star, to storm-toss'd voyOur course lies o'er a treacherous [steer. deep; Thine be the light by which we FIRST AND SECOND VESPERS. Y. Cum jucunditate virginitatem beatæ Mariæ semper virginis celebre mus. R. Ut ipsa pro nobis intercedat ad Dominum Jesum Christum, . Let us celebrate with joy the virginity of blessed Mary, ever Virgin. Ry. That she may intercede for us with our Lord Jesus Christ. all Saints. Placare, Christe servulis, Quibus Patris clementiam Tuæ ad Tribunal gratiæ Patrona Virgo postulat. Et vos beata, per novem Apostoli cum Vatibus O Christ, thy guilty people spare! Lo, bending at thy gracious throne, [prayer, Thy Virgin Mother pours her Imploring pardon for her own. Ye Angels, happy evermore! Who in your circles nine ascend, As ye have guarded us before. So still from harm our steps defend. Ye Prophets, and Apostles high! Behold our penitential tears; And plead for us when death is nigh, [pears. And our all-searching Judge ap Feast of the Most Precious Blood. FIRST SUNDAY OF JULY. Festivis resonent compita vocibus, [plicent, Cives lætitiam frontibus exTædis flammiferis ordine prodeant, Instructi pueri et senes. Quem dura moriens Christus in arbore [Sanguinem, Fudit multiplici vulnere Nos facti memores dum colimus, decet Saltem fundere lacrymas. Humano generi pernicies gravis [tigit: Adami veteris crimines conAdami integritas et pietas novi Vitam reddidit omnibus. Clamorem validum summus ab æthere [audiit, Languen is Geniti si Pater Placari potius sanguine debuit, Et obis veniam dare. Hoc quicumque stolam sanguine proluit, Abstergit maculas, et roseum decus, [Angelis, Quo fiat similis protinus Et regi placeat, capit. A recto instabilis tramite postmodum [ultima Se nullus retrahat, meta sed Tangatur : tribuet nobile præmium, Qui cursum Deus adjuvat. Nobis propitius sis Genitor potens, [Filii Ut quos unigenæ Sanguine Emisti, et placido Flamine recreas, Cæli ad culmina transferas. Amen. In this new Adam doth new life begin, And everlasting grace. For scarce the Father heard from heaven The cry of his expiring Son, When in that cry our sins were all forgiven, And boundless pardon won. Henceforth, whoso in that dear blood [stain: Washeth, shall lose his every And in immortal roseate beauty rob'd, An angel's likeness gain. Only, run thou with courage on Straight to the goal set in the skies; He who assists thy course will give thee soon The everlasting prize. Father supreme! vouchsafe that [slain, we, For whom thine only Son was And whom thy Holy Ghost doth sanctify, May heavenly joys attain. Amen. Blessed Virgin Mary, Help of Christians. MAY 24. Sæpe dum Christi populus Ofttimes, when, hemm'd around cruentis [armis, Hostis infensi premeretur Venit adjutrix pia Virgo cœlo Lapsa sereno. Prisca sic patrum monu- Clara, votivo repetita cultu En novi grates liceat Mariæ Urbis et orbis. O dies felix! memoranda by hostile arms, [dismay'd, The Christian people lay all sore From Heav'n hath come the Virgin gliding down, To lend her loving aid. So speak the monuments of olden time, [spoils appear; And temples which all bright with So speak the Festivals in her sweet praise, Returning year by year. And the wide world rejoice. O'er Christendom to reign. |