In Virgin's womb a creature made The Chapter, Ifai. 7. EHOLD a virgin fhall conceive and Bbring forth a fon, and his name shall be called Emmanuel; he thall eat butter and honey, that he may know to refufe evil, and chufe good.dah dan meni bam R. Thanks be to God.. V. The angel of our Lord declared unto Mary. R. And the conceived by the Holy Ghoft. The Song of Simeon. Luke 2. OW, Lord, let thy fervant depart in NOW Npeace, according to thy word. Becaufe my eyes have een thy falvation: which thou haft prepared before the face of all people. A light to enlighten the Gentiles: and for the glory of thy people Ifrael Glory be to the Father, &c. ! The Anth. The Holy Ghoft fhall come upon thee, O Mary; fear not, thou fhalt have in thy wonib the fon of God. Alleluia. Lord have mercy on us. Christ have mercy on us. Lord have mercy on us.? V. Lord, hear my prayer. R. And let my cry come to thee. God, who wouldft have thy Word take fleth in the womb of the bleffed Virgin Mary, according to the declaration of the angel: Grant us thy fuppliants, that we, who, truly believe her to be the mother of God, may find favour with thee, by her interceffi on. Through the fame Chrift our Lord. R. Amen.. V. Lord hear my prayer. R. And let my cry come to thee.. R. Thanks be to God. The Blefling May, the Almighty and merciful Lord; Father, Son, and Holy Ghoft, blefs and keep us. R. Amen. This being done, the Anthem, Bright Pa rent of our Lord, &c. is faid kneeling, as in page 89, and the V. May the divine Help, being faid, Our Father, Hail Mary, and the Creed, are to be faid in fecret. The Office of our B. Lady. To be faid from the Even-Song of Christmas-Eve, to the Feaft of the Purification inclufive, INC At MATTINSO). All is to be faid as before Advent, page 1. NCLINE unto my aid, O God. As it was in the beginning, &c. Alleluia. Pfalm 92. Dominus regnavit... UR Lord has reigned, he has put on put on and girded himself. . For he has eftablished the globe of the earth, which fhall not be moved. From that time was thy feat prepared, thou art from eternity. The rivers, O Lord, have lifted up the rivers have lifted up their voices. The rivers have lifted up their waves, from the voice of many waters. Marvellous are the rifings of the fea marvellous is our Lord on high. Thy teftimonies are made very credible Holinefs becomes thy houfe, O Lord, for length of days." Glory be to the Father, &c.. The Anth. O admirable intercourfe! the creator of mankind, taking a living body, vouchfafe to be born of a virgin: and coming forth man, without feed, has given to us his Godhead. The Anth. When thou waft-unfpeakably. Pfalm 99, Jubilate Deo. AKE ye joy to God all the earth, ferve our Lord in gladness. Enter in before his fight with joy. Know, that the Lord is God, he made us, and not we ourselves. His people, and the fheep of his pafture, enter into his gates in confeffion, his courts with hymns, confefs ye to him. Praife his name, because our Lord is fweet, his mercy for ever and his truth, even from generation to generation. Glory be to the Father, &c. The Anth. When thou waft unspeakably born of a virgin, then were the fcriptures fulfilled; tho didst descend like rain into the fleece, that thou mighteft fave mankind; We praise thee our God. * The Anth. The Buth which Mofes faw. Pfalm. 62. Deus Deus meus, ad te luce GOD my God, to thee I watch from the morning light.. My foul has thirited after thee: my flesh alfo very many ways As in a defart land, and inacceffible, and without water fo in the holy place have I appeared to thee, that I might behold thy ftrength and thy glory, Because thy mercy is better than life, my lips fhall praife thee. So will I bless thee in my life, and in thy name I will lift up my hands. As with marrow and fatnefs let my foul be filled, and my mouth fhall praise with lips of joy. If I have been mindful of thee on my bed; in the morning I will meditate on thee; because thou haft been my helper. And under the cover of thy wings: I will rejoice, my foul has cleaved after thee; thy right hand has taken me under its protection. But they in vain have fought my foul, they fhall enter into the lower parts of the earth: they fhall be delivered into the power of the fword; they fhall be the portions of foxes. But the King fhall rejoice in God, all fhall be praised that fwear on him; because the mouth of thofe that fpeak wicked things is ftopped. Pfalm 66. Deus mifereatur noftri. Go OD have mercy on us, and bless us, caufe his countenance to fhine upon us, and have mercy on us. That we may know thy way, on earth, thy falvation, in all nations. |