Anthem from Trimty-Eve till Advent. SALVE Regina, mater mi- Ad te clamamus, exules O clemens, O pia, O dulcis Virgo Maria. R. Ut digni efficiamur promissionibus Christi. HAI, happy Queen, taon we suppliants fly. And let our vows those eyes of pity move. O sweet! O pious maid! for us obtain, For us, who long have in our exile lain, To see thy infant Jesus and with him to reign. V. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God. R. That we may be made worthy of the pro mises of Christ. From Advent to the Purification. ALMA Redemptoris Mater, quæ pervia cœli porta manes, Et stella maris, succurre MOTHER of Jesus, hea Star of the Sea, suppor1 ugo priùs ac posteriùs, Gabrielis ab ore. Sumens illud Ave, pecca- R. Et concepit de Spiritu Sancto. Who didst from Gabriel V. The angel of the After the Purification. AVE regina cœlorum, Salve radix, salve porta, Ex qua mundo lux est orta; Gaude virgo gloriosa, Super omnes speciosa : Vale, O valde decora, Et pro nobis Christum ex ora. V. Dignare me, laudare te Virgo sacrata. R. Da mihi virtutem contra hostes tuos. HAIL Mary! Queen of heavenly spheres, Hail, whom the angelic Hail, fruitful root! Hail, May joys eternal fill thy Thus crown'd with beauty V. Vouchsafe, O sacred Virgin, to accept my praises. R. Give me strength against thy enemies. From Holy Saturday till Trinity-Eve. REGINA CŒLI. REGINA cœli lætare, Alleluia. TRIUMPH, O Queen of heav'n, to see, Allel. Quia quem moruisti portare, Alleluia. Resurrexit sicut dixit, Alleluia. Ora pro nobis Deum, Alleluia. V Gaude et lætare Virgo Maria, Alleluia. R. Quia surrexit Dominus vere, Alleluia. The sacred infant, born of thee, Alleluia. Return in glory from the tomb, Alleluia. And with thy tears prevent our doom, Alleluia. V. Rejoice and be glad, O Virgin Mary, Alleluia. R. For the Lord is truly risen. Alleluia. Hymns for Benediction. PANGE LINGUA. PANGE lingua gloriosi. Corporis mysterium, Quem in mundi pretium, Fructus ventris generosi, Rex effudit gentium. Nobis datus, nobis natus, Ex intacta virgine; Et in mundo conversatus Sparso verbi semine, Mirc clausit ordine! In supremæ nocte cœ nu, SING, O my tongue, adore and praise The depth of God's mysterious ways: How Christ, the world's great King, bestow'd His flesh conceal'd in human food, And left mankind the blood that paid The ransom for the souls he made. Given from above, and born for man, From virgin chaste his life began: He liv'd on earth, and preach'd to sow The seeds of heav'nly love below; Then seal'd his mission from above With strange effects of power and love! Twas on that ev'ning when the last Recumbens cum fratribus, Observata lege plene Cibum turbæ duodena Se dat suis manibus. Verbum caro, panem verum, Verbo carnem efficit: Fitque sanguis Christi merum, Et si sensus deficit, rum Sola fides sufficit. Tantum ergo sacramentum Veneremur cernui : And most mystericus sup per past; When Christ with his disciples sat, To close the law with legal meat; Then to the twelve himself bestow'd With his own hands to be their food. The Word made flesh for love of man, His word turns bread to flesh again, And wine to blood, unseen by sense, By virtue of omnipotence: And here the faithful rest secure, Whilst God can vouch, and faith insure. To this mysterious ta ble now, Our knees, our hearts, and sense we bow: Salus, honor, virtus quo- And Holy Ghost, whose que : equal rays |