From the First Vespers of Christmas-day, is said.

V. Post partum virgo inviolata permansisti.

R. Dei genitrix intercede pro nobis.

Oremus.

DEUS, qui salutis æternæ beatæ Mariæ virginitate fœcunda, humano generi præmia præstitisti; tribue quæsumus, ut ipsam pro nobis intercedere sentiamus, per quam meruimus auctorem vitæ suscipere Dominum nostrum Jesum Christum. Qui, &c.

R. Amen.

Anthem from the Purification until Maundy Thursday.

AVE regina cœlorum,

Ave domina angelorum,
Salve radix, salve porta,

Ex qua mundo lux est orta;

Gaude virgo gloriosa,

Super omnes speciosa;

Vale ô valde, decora,

Et pro nobis Christum exora.

V. Dignare me, laudare te, virgo sacrata.
R. Da mihi virtutem contra hostes tuos.

Oremus.

CONCEDE, misericors Deus, fragilitati nostræ præsidium: ut qui sanctæ Dei Genitricis memoriam agimus, intercessionis ejus auxilio, à nostris iniquitatibus resurgamus. Per eundem Christum Dominum nostrum.

Anthem from Holy Saturday until Trinity
Eve.

REGINA cœli lætare, Alleluia.
Quia quem meruisti portare, Alleluia.
Resurrexit sicut dixit, Alleluia.

Ora pro nobis Deum, Alleluia.

V. Gaude et lætare, Virgo Maria, Alleluia. R. Quia surrexit Dominus vere, Alleluia.

Oremus.

DEUS, qui per resurrectionem Filii tui Domini nostri Jesu Christi mundum lætifi care, dignatus es; præsta quæsumus, ut per ejus genitricem virginem Mariam perpetuæ capiamus gaudia vitæ. Per eundem.

Anthem from Trinity Eve until Advent. SALVE Regina, mater misericordiæ !-vita dulcedo, et spes nostra salve!

Ad te clamamus exules Filii Hevæ.

Ad te suspiramus gementes et flentes in hac lacrymarum valle.

Eja erga 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.

OMNIPOTENS sempiterne Deus, qui gloriosæ Virginis Matris Mariæ corpus et animam, ut dignum Filii tui habitaculum effici mereretur, Spiritu Sancto co-operante, preparasti: da, ut cujus commemoratione lætamur ejus pia intercessione ab instantibus malis et à morte perpetua liberemur. Per eundem Christum Dominum nostrum.

R. Amen.

Adeste Fideles.

From Christmas-day to the Octave of the

Epiphany.

ADESTE Fideles,

Læti triumphantes;

Venite, venite in Bethlehem;

Natum videte

Regem angelorum:

Venite adoremus,

Venite adoremus,

Venite adoremus Dominum.

2. Deum de Deo,

Lumen de lumine.

Gestant puellæ viscera :

Deum verum,

Genitum non factum:

Venite adoremus, &c.

3. Cantet nunc Io chorus angelorum,

Cantet nunc aula cœlestium,

Gloria in excelsis Deo:

Venite a loremus, &c.

4. Ergo qui natus
Die hodierna,

Jesu tibi sit gloria:

Patris æterni

Verbum caro factum :

Venite adoremus, &c.

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The Angelus Domini,

To be said Morning, Noon, and Night, in Memory of our Saviour's becoming Man for our Salvation.

1. THE angel of the Lord declared unto Mary, and she conceived of the Holy Ghost. Hail Mary, &c.-2. Behold the handmaid of the Lord; may it be done unto me according to thy word. Hail Mary, &c.-3. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us. Hail Mary, &c.

Let us Pray.

POUR forth, we beseech Thee, O Lord, Thy grace into our hearts, that we to whom the incarnation of Christ thy Son was made known by the message of an angel, may, by his passion and cross, be brought to the glory of his resurrection. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.