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The Queen in Ophir’s Gold
Queen of Heaven My heart is stirred by a noble themeas I recite my verses for the king;my tongue is the pen of a skillful writer.You are the most excellent of menand your lips have been anointed with grace,since God has blessed you forever.Daughters of kings are among your honored women;at your right hand is…
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Arise, My Beloved, and Come
THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY My lover speaks; he says to me, Arise, my beloved,my beautiful one, and come! For see, the winter is past,the rains are over and gone.Songs 2, 10-11 “Behold, from henceforth, all generations shall call me blessed;for the Almighty has done great things for me,and holy is his name.”Luke…
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Rejoice Heartily, O Daughter of Zion
Daughter Zion Sing aloud, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel!Rejoice and exult with all your heart,O daughter of Jerusalem!The Lord has taken away the judgments against you;he has cleared away your enemies.The King of Israel, the Lord, is in your midst;you shall never again fear evil.On that day, it shall be said to Jerusalem:“Fear…
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The Disciple Took Her to His Own
MOTHER OF THE CHURCH Who has heard of such a thing?Who has seen such things?Shall a land be born in one day?Shall a nation be delivered in one moment?Yet as soon as Zion was in laborshe delivered her children.Isaiah 66, 8 The child’s mother said,“As the Lord lives, and as your soul lives,I will not…
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Behold Thy Mother
MOTHER OF THE CHURCH And thou shalt say in thy heart:Who hath begotten these?I was barren and brought not forth,led away, and captive:and who hath brought up these?I was destitute and alone:and these, where were they?Isaiah 49, 21 GIVE praise, O thou barren, that bearest not:sing forth praise, and make a joyful noise,thou that didst…
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They Have No Wine
mediatrix of grace In that day I will raise up the booth of David that is fallen…the mountains shall drip sweet wine,and all the hills will flow with it.Amos 9, 11, 13 And in that day the mountains shall drip sweet wine…and all the stream beds of Judah shall flow with water;and a fountain shall…
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And Thy Own Soul a Sword Shall Pierce
Co-Redemptrix Now, why art thou drawn together with grief?Hast thou no king in thee,or is thy counsellor perished,because sorrow hath taken theeas a woman in labour.Micah 4, 9 And Simeon blessed them,and said to Mary his mother:Behold this child is set for the fall,and for the resurrection of many in Israel,and for a sign which…
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The Time Came for Their Purification
THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION “Consecrate to me every firstborn male.The first offspring of every womb among the Israelitesbelongs to me, whether human or animal.”Exodus 13, 2 And when the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, they broughthim up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord (as it is written in…
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The Time Came for Her to Be Delivered
The virginitus in partu Before she was in labor she gave birth;before her pain came upon her she was delivered of a son.Who ever heard of such a thing, or who ever saw the like?Can a land be brought forth in one day,or a nation be born in a single moment?Yet Zion was scarcely in…
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All Generations Shall Call Me Blessed
The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary I will greatly rejoice in the Lord,and my soul shall be joyful in my God:for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation:and with the robe of justice he hath covered me,as a bridegroom decked with a crown,and as a bride adorned with her jewels.Isaiah 61, 10…
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The Scriptural & Traditional Virgin Mary
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