1. WH: Christ is himself our
life, bestowed as reward by the Father through the redemptive suffering of the
Son. 2. Is. 7:14: ‘Behold a virgin shall conceive and bear a child’. 3. What the old Adam corrupted, the new Adam
washed away. 4. tumens = swollen with pride.
May every age know the reward of life has come;
after the yoke of the harsh enemy redemption appeared. What things Isaiah
proclaimed have been accomplished in the Virgin; the Angel announced, the Holy
Spirit fulfilled. Mary conceived in her womb by the seed of the faithful word;
what the whole world could not hold a young’s womb carried. What the old Adam
corrupted the new Adam washed clean; what prideful one cast down the humble one
raised up. All glory be to Christ, the Son of God the Father, whom the blessed
Virgin conceived by the over shadowing of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
When mortal men were blind, they worshipped empty
myths, they trusted in a god made of bronze or cold stone or wood. While the faithless followed these things,
they came under the rule of the devil and lived the life of a slave, plunged
down into a dark abyss. But Christ could not bear this slaughter of fallen
nations; he would not let the work of his Father perish with impunity. He put
on a mortal body that, when the body had been raised, he might break the chains
of death and carry man to the Father. This is the birthday, when the Creator
breathed on you and from the mud caused the flesh to be joined to the Word. O
what joys for all things the pure womb contains, from which comes forth a new
world and golden light. To you, O Jesus,
be glory, born of the Virgin, with the Father and the Holy Spirit, for eternal
ages. Amen.
O Light, O tidings of salvation, which the Angel
bore to the Virgin, the prophecies soon to be fulfilled and dear joys upon the
earth. The eternal Son who rests forever
in the Father’s bosom is born, becomes subject to time and chooses a mother in
this world. Victim for our atonement, he joins himself to our bodies that by
innocent blood he might wash away the wickedness of our sins. O truth conceived in the flesh and shaded by
the Virgin’s veil, but seen by pure minds, fill us with your light. And you who
humbly call yourself the handmaid of God, now the Queen of the saints in
heaven, be the patron of the faithful. To you, O Jesus, be glory, born of the
Virgin, with the Father and the Holy Spirit, for eternal ages. Amen.
Hail, Star of the Sea, loving Mother of God and
ever virgin, fair gate of heaven. You who received the “Ave’ from the mouth of
Gabriel, establish us in peace, reversing the name of “Eva”. Break the chains
of sin, give light to the blind, drive away our evil, ask for us all that is
good. Show yourself a mother, may he who was born for us and humbled himself to
be your Son, receive our prayer through you. Virgin alone, meek beyond
all others, cause our sins to be absolved, make us meek and chaste. Make our
life unsullied, our journey safe, that we may see Jesus and with you praise him
forever. Amen.
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