Memorial of St. Mary on Saturday

Memorial of St. Mary on Saturday

 

Officium Lectionis

 

O virgo mater, filia

tui beata Filii,

sublimis et humillima

præ creaturis omnibus.

 

Divini tu consilii

fixus ab ævo terminus,

tu decus et fastigium

naturæ nostræ maximum:

 

Quam sic prompsisti nobilem

ut summus eius conditor

in ipsa per te fieret

arte miranda conditus.

 

In utero virgineo

amor revixit igneus,

cuius calore germinant

flores in terra cælici.

 

Patri sit et Paraclito

tuoque Nato gloria,

qui veste te mirabili

circumdederunt gratiæ.

Amen

 

O Virgin Mother, blessed Daughter of your Son, high and humble beyond all creatures. You are the completion of the divine plan fixed forever. You are the honor and highest peak of our nature. What nobility you have brought forth  that our supreme Creator should be born through you, created in a wondrous way. In a virgin’s womb, fiery love formed you, by whose heat heavenly flowers grow on earth. To the Father, and to the Paraclete, and to your Son be glory, who wonderfully surrounded you with grace. Amen.

 

At Lauds: Dom Anselmo Lentini, OSB

 

Quæ caritatis fulgidum

es astrum, Virgo , superis,

spei nobis mortalibus

fons vivax es et profluus.

 

Sic vales, celsa Domina,

in Nati cor piissimi,

ut qui fidenter postulat,

per te securus impetret.

 

Opem tua benignitas

non solum fert poscentibus,

sed et libenter sæpius

precantum vota prævenit.

 

In te misericordia,

in te magnificentia;

tu bonitatis cumulas

quicquid creata possident.

 

Patri sit et Paraclito

tuoque Nato gloria,

qui veste te mirabili

circumdederunt gratiæ.

Amen

 

 

What a shining star of love for those above you are, O Virgin; to us mortals a living and flowing fount of hope. So you win, O heavenly Lady, the heart of your most holy Son that he, who faithfully asks through you, entreats confidently. Your kindness not only grants help to those who plead but more often anticipate freely the requests of those who pray to you. In you is mercy, in you is generosity; you the height of whatever goodness creatures can own. Glory to the Father and the Paraclete and to your Son, who wondrously adorned and surrounded you with grace. Amen