Mater Creatoris, Virgo prudentissima, Virgo potens, Virgo clemens, Virgo fidelis, Speculum justitiæ, Vas honorabile, Vas insigne devotionis, Rosa mystica, Turris Davidica, Turris eburnea, Domus aurea, Fœderis arca, Ora pro nobis. Holy Mother of God, Holy Virgin of virgins, Mother of Christ, Mother of divine grace, Mother most pure, Mother most chaste, Mother inviolate, Mother undefiled, Mother most amiable, Mother most admir able, Mother of our Creator, Virgin most merciful, Mystical rose, Tower of ivory, House of gold, Gate of heaven, Pray for us. Christe eleison. Christe eleison. Kyrie eleison. Kyrie eleison. Pater noster, &c. (Dicitur totum secreto.) V. Et ne nos inducas in tentationem. R. Sed libera nos а malo. V. In conceptione tua, Virgo, immaculata fuisti. R. Ora pro nobis Patrem, cujus Filium peperisti. Oremus. Deus, qui per Immaculatam Virginis Conceptionem dignum Filio tuo habitaculum præparasti: quæsumus; ut, qui ex morte ejusdem Filii tui prævisa, eam ab omni labe præservasti; nos quoque mundos, ejus intercessione ad te pervenire concedas. Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, qui nos Seraphici Patris nostri Francisci et omnium Sanctorum nostri Christ, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Our Father, &c. (All in secret.) V. And lead us not into temptation. R. But deliver us from evil. V. In thy conception, O blessed Virgin, thou wast immaculate. R. Pray for us to the Father, whose Son thou didst bring forth. Let us pray. O God, who by the Virgin's Immaculate Conception didst prepare a worthy dwelling for Thy Son; we beseech Thee, that Thou, who, by the death of that same Son of Thine, foreseen by Thee, didst preserve her from every stain, wouldst grant that by her intercession we also may be purified, and so come to Thee. O Almighty and Eternal God, who hast granted us the grace to honour our Seraphic Father St. Fran Seraphici Ordinis merita sub una tribuisti commemoratione venerari, quæsumus, ut desideratam nobis tuæ propitiationis abundantiam, multiplicatis intercessoribus, largiaris. Deus, largiter pacis et amator charitatis, da famulis (vel famulabus) tuis veram cum tua veritate concordiam; ut ab omnibus quæ nos pulsant tentationibus liberemur. Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, qui facis mirabilia magna solus, prætende super famulos tuos (vel famulas tuas) spiritum gratiæ salutaris, et ut in veritate tibi complaceant, perpetuum eis rorem tuæ benedictionis infunde. Ecclesiæ tuæ, quæsumus, Domine, preces placatus admitte, ut destructis adversitatibus et erroribus universis, secura tibi serviat libertate. Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, qui vivorum dominaris simul et mortuorum, omniumque misereris, quos cis, and all the Saints of our Order, in one commemoration; we pray Thee, in consideration of our many intercessors, to extend to us the abundance of Thy mercies. O God, who art the Giver of peace and Lover of charity; grant to Thy servants true concord and union with Thy holy will, that we may be delivered from all the temptations which may assault us. O Almighty and Eternal God, who alone doest wonderful things; pour upon Thy servants the spirit of Thy grace; and that they may truly please Thee, mercifully pour upon them the dews of Thy benediction. We beseech Thee, O Lord, mercifully to grant the prayers of Thy Church, that, all adversities and errors being removed, she may freely and securely serve Thee. tuos fide et opere futuros esse prænoscis: te supplices exoramus; ut pro quibus effundere preces decrevimus, quosque vel præsens sæculum adhuc in carne retinet, vel futurum jam exutos corpore suscepit, intercedentibus omnibus Sanctis tuis, pietatis tuæ clementia, omnium delictorum suorum veniam consequantur. Per Christum Dominum nostrum. R. Amen. all who Thou foreknowest will be Thine by faith and good works; we humbly beseech Thee that they for whom we intend to pour forth our prayers, whether this present world still detain them in the flesh, or the world to come hath already received them stripped of their mortal bodies, may, by the grace of Thy loving-kindness, and by the intercession of all the Saints, obtain the remission of all their sins. Through Christ our Lord. R. Amen. The Tertiaries afterwards recite, with arms extended in the form of the Cross, five Paters, Ave Marias, and Gloria Patris, in honour of the Five Wounds of our Saviour Jesus Christ, and of the Seraphic Father St. Francis; and also for the Sovereign Pontiff. Then the Father Director adds: Salve, sancte Pater, patriæ lux, forma Minorum, virtutis speculum, recti via, regula morum, carnis ab exilio duo nos ad regna polorum. V. Ora pro nobis, beate Pater Francisce. R. Ut digni efficiamur Hail, holy Father, light of thy country, model of the Friars Minor, mirror of virtue, way of goodness, rule of morals! Lead us from the exile of this body to heavenly kingdoms. V. Pray for us, O blessed Father Francis. R. That we may be |