Ad te clamamus, exules filii Evæ; Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes in hac lacrymarum valle. Eia ergo, Advocata nostra, Illos tuos misericordes oculos ad nos converte; Et Jesum, benedictum fructum ventris tui. Nobis post hoc exilium ostende, O clemens, O pia, O dulcis Virgo Maria. V. Ora pro nobis, sancta Dei Genitrix. R. Ut digni efficiamur promissionibus Christi. Oremus. To thee we cry, poor banished sons of Eve; To thee we sigh, weeping and mourning in this vale of tears. Therefore, O our Advocate, Turn thou on us those merciful of thine; eyes And after this our exile show us, Jesus, the blessed fruit of thy womb, O merciful, O kind, O sweet Virgin Mary. V. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God. R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ. Let us Pray. Omnipotens, sem. Almighty, ever piterne Deus, qui lasting God, who, gloriosæ Virginis by the co-operation Matris Mariæ cor- of the Holy Ghost, pus et animam, ut didst prepare the dignum Filii tui body and soul of habitaculum effici Mary, glorious Virmereretur, Spiritu gin and Mother, to Sancto co-operante, become the worthy præparasti; da ut habitation of thy cujus commemora-Son; grant that we tione lætamur, ejus may be delivered pia intercessione ab from instant evils instantibus malis et and from everlasta morte perpetua ing death by her liberemur. Per gracious interceseumdem Christum, sion, in whose com &c. R. Amen. V. Divinum auxilium maneat sem per nobiscum. R. Amen. memoration we re- CONCLUDING PRAYER. To the most Holy and undivided Trinity, to the crucified humanity of our Lord Jesus Christ, to the most blessed and glorious and ever-faithful virginity of the Virgin Mary, and to the assembly of all the Saints in heaven, may everlasting praise, honor, power and glory be given, by every creature, and to us, also, the remission of all our sins, through never ending ages. Amen. V. Blessed be the womb of the Virgin Mary, which bore the Son of the eternal Father! R. And blesssd be the breasts which nourished Christ our Lord. Our Father, and Hail Mary. When the Priest opens the Tabernacle, and incenses the Blessed Sacrament, is sung, the Hymn. O Salutaris hostia. After which follows the Litany of the Blessed Virgin, p. 52, or some Psalms, or Antiphon, or Hymn appropriate to the Feast, or in honor of the Most Holy Sacrament. Here also are recited the corresponding Versicles and Prayers, as Also any Prayer enjoined by the Bishop. Then is sung the Hymn, Tantum ergo Sacramentum, all present making a profound inclination (not prostration) while the words Veneremur cernui are being said. Pange lingua gloriosi Corporis mysterium, HYMN. Sing, my tongue, the Of his flesh the mys- |