The Blessed Virgin Mary of the Rosary: Lauds and Vespers
Vespers I:
This hymn is used for I Vespers on the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary/Our Lady of Victory in the Extraordinary Form.
Cælestis aulæ nuntius,
Arcana pandens Numinis,
Plenam salutat gratia
Dei Parentem Virginem.
Virgo propinquam sanguine
Matrem Ioannis visitat,
Qui clausus alvo gestiens
Adesse Christum nuntiat.
Verbum, quod ante sæcula
E mente Patris prodiit,
E Matris alvo Virginis
Mortalis Infans, nascitur.
Templo puellus sistitur,
Legique paret Legifer
Hic se Redemptor paupere
Pretio redemptus immolat.
Quem iam dolebat perditum,
Mox læta Mater invenit
Ignota doctis mentibus
Edisserentem Filium.
Iesu, tibi sit gloria,
Qui natus es de Virgine,
Cum Patre et Sancto* Spiritu,
In sempiterna sæcula. Amen.
The Messenger from God’s high throne
His secret counsel making known
Hails Mary, child of David’s race,
God’s Virgin Mother, full of grace.
The Mother-Maid with joyous feet
Her friend, John’s mother, goes to greet;
He, stirring in the enclosing womb,
Declares that Christ his Lord has come.
The Word, who ere the worlds began,
From God the Father’s thought forth ran,
Of Mary, Virgin undefiled,
For us is born a mortal child.
Christ to the Temple courts they bring;
The King’s own law subjects the King;
The world’s Redeemer for a price
Is there redeemed, our sacrifice.
The joyful Mother finds once more
The Son she mourned as lost before;
While doctors by His speech were shown
The mysteries they had never known.
To God the Three in One be praise,
Who through these holy mysteries;
Grants grace to those who seek in prayer,
The glory of His bliss to share.
This hymn is used for Lauds on the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary/Our Lady of Victory in the Extraordinary Form.
Iam morte, victor, obruta
Ab inferis Christus redit,
Fractisque culpæ vinculis,
Cæli recludit limina.
Visus satis mortalibus
Ascendit ad cælestia,
Dexteræque Patris assidet
Consors paternæ gloriæ.
Quem iam suis promiserat,
Sanctum daturus Spiritum,
Linguis amoris igneis
Mœstis alumnis impluit.
Soluta carnis pondere
Ad astra Virgo tollitur,
Excepta caeli iubilo,
Et angelorum canticis.
Bis sena cingunt sidera
Almæ parentis verticem:
Throno propinqua Filii
Cunctis creatis imperat.
Iesu, tibi sit gloria,
Qui natus es de Vírgine,
Cum Patre et almo Spíritu,
In sempiterna sæcula. Amen.
Now Christ, the Conqueror of death,
Breaks sin’s enslaving chain,
And rising from the tomb returns,
And opens heaven again.
Awhile beheld by mortal men,
He rises from their sight;
Ascending to the Father’s throne,
He reigns in equal light.
His promised gift unto His own
He sends forth from above,
And rains the Holy Spirit down
In fiery tongues of love.
The Virgin, freed of mortal weight,
Is borne than stars yet higher,
And with glad melody is hailed
By each Angelic choir.
Our Mother’s gentle brow now shines
With crown in starry sheen,
As nigh her Son, in light enthroned,
She reigns creation’s Queen.
O Jesu, born of Virgin bright,
All glory be to Thee,
With Father and with Paraclete,
Through all eternity.
Previously used at Second Vespers
Wounded by sorrows,
Clothed with eternal glory.
While you conceived, visited,
Fed, offered, and found the Son.
the thorns and the Cross of your Son
you endured.
In the kingdom
The Queen bright with honor, light
and glory.
And wreath crowns
For the glorious Mother of fair love.
Jesus, to you be glory,
You, who were born of the Virgin,
With the Father and nourishing Spirit,
For eternal ages. Amen.
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