FIDELES.

YE faithful, approach
ye,
Joyfully triumphing;
Oh, come ye, oh, come
ye, to Bethlehem :
Come and behold ye
Born the King of angels;
Oh, come, let us worship,
Oh, come, let us worship,

Venite adoremus,

Venite adoremus Domi- Oh, come let us worship

Christ the Lord.

num.

ADESTE

ADESTE fideles,

Læti triumphantes
Venite, venite, in Bethle-

hem;

Natum videte

Regem angelorum

Venite adoremus,

Devotions to Dur Blessed Lady.

LITANY OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN:

(300 days.)

Ant. Sub tuum præsidium confugimus, sancta Dei Genitrix, nostras deprecationes ne despicias in necessitatibus nostris; sed a periculis cunctis libera nos semper, Virgo gloriosa et benedicta. Kyrie eleison.

Kyrie eleison.

Christe eleison.
Christe eleison.

Ant. We fly to thy patronage, 0 holy Mother of God, despise not our petitions in our necessities; but deliver us always from all dangers, O glorious and blessed Virgin.

Lord have mercy.
Lord have mercy.
Christ have mercy.
Christ have mercy.
Lord have mercy.
Lord have mercy.
Christ hear us.
Christ graciously hear

us.

cœlis God the Father of

Kyrie eleison.
Kyrie eleison.
Christe audi nos.
Christe exaudi nos.

Pater de

Deus,

heaven,

Fili Redemptor mundi God the Son, Re

Deus,

deemer of the
world,

God the Holy Ghost,
Holy Trinity,

God,

Spiritus Sancte Deus,
Sancta Trinitas, unus
Deus,

one

Have mercy on us.

The Rosary of Our Blessed Lady.

(100 days for each bead. saying one-third part. a third part each day.)

7 years and 7 quarantines for Plenary once a year for saying

Before beginning the Rosary it is usual to say:

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.

V. Thou shalt open my lips, O Lord.
R. And my mouth shall show forth thy praise.
V. O God, come to my assistance.

R. O Lord, make haste to help me.
Glory be to the Father, &c.
Our Father. Hail, Mary. I believe.

The Five Joyful Mysteries.

I. The Annunciation.

Let us contemplate, in this mystery, how the angel Gabriel saluted our Blessed Lady with the title, "Full of grace," and declared unto her the Incarnation of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

Our Father. Ten Hail Marys. Glory be to the Father.

Prayer.

O HOLY Mary, Queen of Virgins; through the most high mystery of the Incarnation of thy beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, wherein our salvation was begun, obtain for us, through thy

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intercession, light to understand the greatness of the benefit he hath bestowed upon us, in vouchsafing to become our Brother, and giving thee, his own beloved Mother, to be our Mother also. Amen.

II. The Visitation.

Let us contemplate, in this mystery, how the Blessed Virgin Mary, understanding from the angel that her cousin St Elizabeth had conceived, went with haste into the mountains of Judea to visit her, bearing her Divine Son within her womb, and remained with her three months. Our Father, &c.

Prayer.

O HOLY Virgin, most spotless mirror of humility; by that exceeding charity which moved thee to visit thy holy cousin, St Elizabeth, obtain for us, through thy intercession, that our hearts being visited by thy divine Son, and freed from all sin, we may praise and give thanks to him for ever. Amen.

III. The Birth of our Saviour Christ in
Bethlehem.

Let us contemplate in this mystery, how the Blessed Virgin Mary, when the time of her delivery was come, brought forth our Redeemer, Jesus Christ, at midnight, and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for him in the inn at Bethlehem. Our Father, &c.