The privilege of honoring Mary as mediatrix of all
graces with a proper Office was granted to Belgium in 1921 at the instance of
the late Cardinal Mercier. It was given a place in the Dominican liturgy in
1939, having been petitioned by the General Chapter of Rome, 1938.
“There is no fruit of grace in the history of
salvation that does not have as its necessary instrument the mediation of Our
Lady.” – Pope Benedict XVI, on the day of his resignation.
Christus, humani generis misertus,
Morte nos ictos merita, supernam
Rursus ad vitam genuit, suoque
Sanguine tersit.
O pium flumen, scelus omne purgans!
O inexhaustum pelagus bonorum,
Unde septeno fluit usque fonte,
Vita salusque!
Hos tamen sacros latices redemptis
Quis ministrabit? Datur hoc Maria:
Munus, ut divae moderetur undae,
Arbitra, cursum.
Cuncta, quae nobis meruit Redemptor,
Dona partitur genitrix Maria,
Cujus ad votum sua fundit ultro
Munera Natus,
Te per aeternos veneremur annos,
Trinitas, summa celebranda plausu:
Te fide mentes, resonoque linguae
Carmine laudent.
Christ, having mercy on the human race, gave birth
to us anew in a heavenly life, we who were struck by a deserved death and
washed in his own blood. O loving river
that cleanses every sin! O inexhaustible
sea of goodness, from which flows out a sevenfold fountain, life and
salvation.! But who will apply these
sacred waters to the redeemed? Mary is
given for this: that she, the arbiter might direct the course of the divine
wave. All the gifts which the Redeemer merited for us, Mary the mother
distributes, at whose prayer her Son pours forth freely His gifts. O Trinity, worthy to be venerated with the
highest praise, may we adore you through the eternal years; may our souls
praise you with faith and our tongue with the resounding hymn.
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