The Little Office Of THe Blessed Virgin Mary

The Little Office Of The Blessed Virgin Mary

V. Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Your faithful;
R. And enkindle in them the fire of Your love.
V. Send forth Your Spirit, and they shall be created;
R. And You will renew the face of the earth.

Let us Pray

O God, Who by the light of the Holy Spirit, instructed the hearts of the faithful, grant us by that same Holy Spirit that we may be made truly wise, and ever to rejoice in His consolation. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

MATINS and LAUDS

V. Come, my lips + and loud proclaim,
R. The Blessed Virgin's spotless fame.
V. O Lady + make speed to befriend me;
R. From the hands of the enemy mightily defend me.
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit;
R. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

(Alleluia) From Septuagesima to Easter, Alleluia is replaced by: Praised be to You, O Lord, King of eternal glory.

HYMN

Hail, Queen of the Heavens, hail, Mistress of earth;
Hail, Virgin most pure of Immaculate Birth.

Clear Star of the morning, in beauty enshrined,
O Lady, make speed to the help of mankind.

You God in the depth of eternity chose,
And formed you all fair as His glorious spouse.

And called you His Word's own Mother to be,
By Whom He created the earth, sky and sea.
Amen.

V. God elected her and pre-elected her;
R. He made her to dwell in His tabernacle.

V. O Lady, hear my prayer,
R. And let my cry come unto you.

Let us Pray

O Holy Mary, Mother of our Lord Jesus Christ, Queen of Heaven and Mistress of the whole world, who never forsook or despised anyone, look upon us with an eye of pity, and beg of Your beloved Son the pardon of all our sins, that we who now devoutly celebrate Your Immaculate Conception may receive the reward of eternal joy, through the mercy of Jesus Christ our Lord, Whom you, pure Virgin, brought into the world, and Who with the Father and the Holy Spirit, in perfect Trinity, lives and reigns, one God forever and ever. Amen.

V. O Lady, hear my prayer;
R. And let my cry come unto you.
V. Let us bless the Lord. (Benedicamus Domino)
R. Thanks be to God. (Deo Gratias)
V. May the souls of the faithful departed through the mercy of God and the intercession of Mary rest in peace.
R. Amen.
V. Jesus, Mary, and Joseph,
R. We love You, save souls.

PRIME

V. O Lady + make speed to befriend me.
R. From the hands of the enemy mightily defend me.
V. Glory be to the Father...

HYMN

Hail, Virgin most wise, hail, Deity's shrine,
With seven fair pillars, and table Divine.

Preserved from the guilt which hath come on us all;
Exempt in the womb from the taint of the Fall.

O new Star of Jacob, of Angels the Queen,
O Gate of the saints, O Mother of men,

O Terrible as the embattled array,
Be thou of the faithful the Refuge and Stay.
Amen.

V. The Lord Himself created her in the Holy Spirit;
R. And poured her out among all His works.
V. O Lady, hear my prayer,
R. And let my cry come unto you.

Let us Pray

TIERCE

V. O Lady + make speed to befriend me;
R. From the hands of the enemy mightily defend me.
V. Glory be to the Father...

HYMN

Hail, Solomon's throne, pure Ark of the law,
Fair Rainbow and Bush which the patriarch saw.

Hail, Gideon's Fleece, Hail, Blossoming Rod;
Samson's Sweet Honeycomb, Portal of God.

Well fitting it was that a Son so Divine
Should preserve from all touch of original sin;

Nor suffer by smallest defect to be stained,
That Mother whom He for Himself had ordained.
Amen.

V. I dwell in the highest,
R. And my throne is on the pillar of the clouds.
V. O Lady, hear my prayer,
R. And let my cry come unto you.

Let us Pray

With all my heart, I praise you, most holy Virgin Mary, above all the Angels and Saints in Paradise; Beloved Daughter of the Eternal Father, I consecrate to you my soul with all its faculties. Hail Mary...

SEXT

V. O Lady + make speed to befriend me.
R. From the hands of the enemy mightily defend me.
V. Glory be to the Father...

HYMN
Hail, Virginal Mother, hail, Purity's Cell;
Fair shrine where the Trinity loveth to dwell.

Hail, Garden of Pleasure, Celestial Balm,
Cedar of Chastity, martyrdom's palm.

Thou Land set apart from uses profane,
And free from the curse which in Adam began.

Thou City of God, thou Gate of the East,
In you is all grace, O Joy of the Blest.
Amen.

V. As the lily among the thorns,
R. So is my Beloved among the daughters of Adam.
V. O Lady, hear my prayer,
R. And let my cry come unto you.

Let us Pray

With all my heart, I praise you, most holy Virgin Mary, above all the Angels and Saints in Paradise; admirable Mother of the Son of God, I consecrate to you my body with all its senses. Hail Mary...

NONE

V. O Lady + make speed to befriend me.
R. From the hands of the enemy mightily defend me.
V. Glory be to the Father, etc.

HYMN
Hail, City of Refuge, hail, David's High Tower,
With battlements crowned and girded with power.

Filled at Your Conception with love and with light,
The dragon by you was shorn of his might.

O Woman most valiant, O Judith thrice blest,
As David was nursed in fair Abisag's breast;

As the Savior of Egypt upon Rachel's knee,
So the world's great Redeemer was cherished by you.
Amen.

V. Thou art all fair, my Beloved,
R. And the original stain was never in you.
V. O Lady, hear my prayer,
R. And let my cry come unto you.

Let us Pray

With all my heart, I praise you, most holy Virgin Mary, above all the Angels and Saints in Paradise; faithful Spouse of the Holy Spirit, I consecrate to you my heart with all its affections and beseech you to obtain for me from the most Holy Trinity all the graces necessary for salvation. Hail Mary...

VESPERS

V. O Lady + make speed to befriend me.
R. From the hands of the enemy mightily defend me.
V. Glory be to the Father...

HYMN
Hail, dial of Achaz, on you the true Sun
Told backward the course which from old He had run.

And that man might be raised, submitting to shame,
A little more low than the Angels became.

Thou wrapped in the blaze of His Infinite Light,
Doth shine as the morn on the confines of night.

As the moon on the lost through obscurity dawns,
The serpent's destroyer, a lily amid thorns.
Amen.

V. I made an unfailing light to arise in Heaven,
R. And as a mist I overspread the whole earth.
V. O Lady, hear my prayer,
R. And let my cry come unto you.

Let us Pray

COMPLINE

V. May Jesus Christ Your Son, reconciled by Your prayers, O Lady, + convert our hearts.
R. And turn away His anger from us.
V. O Lady, + make speed to befriend me.
R. From the hands of the enemy mightily defend me.
V. Glory be to the Father, etc.

HYMN

Hail, Mother most pure, Hail Virgin renowned,
Hail, Queen with the stars as a diadem crowned.

Above all the Angels in glory untold,
Standing next to the King in a vesture of gold.

O Mother of Mercy, O Star of the Wave,
O Hope of the guilty, O Light of the Grave,

Through you may we come to the Haven of rest
And see Heaven's King in the courts of the blest.

Amen.

V. Your name, O Mary, is as oil poured out.
R. Your servants have loved you exceedingly.
V. O Lady, hear my prayer,
R. And let my cry come unto you.

Let us Pray

V. O Lady, hear my prayer,
R..And let my cry come unto you.
V. Let us bless the Lord. (Benedicamus Domino)
R. Thanks be to God. (Deo Gratias)
V. May the souls of the faithful departed through the mercy of God and the intercession of Mary rest in peace.
R..Amen.
V. Jesus, Mary, and Joseph,
R..We love You, save souls.

COMMENDATION

These praises and prayers I lay at Your feet,
O Virgin of virgins, O Mary most sweet.

Be my true Guide through this pilgrimage here,
And stand by my side when death draws near.

V. Deo Gratias.

Antiphon: There is a bough in which no blur of either kind, original or wrought, hath touched the Virgin rind.

V. In Your Conception, O Virgin, you were Immaculate;
R. Pray for us to the Father, Whose Son you bore.

Let us Pray

O God, Who by the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary prepared a worthy habitation for Your Son, we beseech You, that as by the foresight of His death You exempted her from all stain, so we, purified by her intercession, may come to You, through the same Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, Who lives and reigns with you together with the Holy Spirit, forever and ever. Amen.