HYMN IN HONOR OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN: St. Peter Damian

Terrena cuncta jubilent,

Astra laudibus intonent,

Virginis ante thalamum,

Laudes alternent dramatum.

           

Hæc Virgo Verbo gravida,

Fit paradisi Janua;

Quæ Deum mundo reddidit,

Cœlum nobis aperuit.

           

Felix ista Puerpera,

Evæ lege liberrima,

Concepit sine masculo,

Peperit absque gemitu.

           

Dives Mariæ gremium!

Mundi gestavit pretium,

Quo gloriamur redimi

Soluti jugo debiti.

           

Quam Patris implet Filius,

Sanctus obumbrat Spiritus

Cœlum fiunt castissima

Sacræ puellæ viscera.

           

Sit tibi laus, Altissime, etc.

May everything on earth be glad, heaven resound with  praises, taking turns to sing the praises of the drama before the wedding chamber of the Virgin.  This Virgin heavy with the Word is made the door to paradise, she who gives God to the world and opens heaven to us.  This happy mother, free from the rule of Eve, conceived without a man, gives birth without sorrow.  O the riches of Mary’s womb, she gives birth to the ransom of the world,  in which we the redeemed boast, freed from the yoke of our debt. She,  whom the Son of the Father filled, the Holy Spirit overshadowed, the  body of this holy girl most chaste within becomes heaven itself.