On Feast of Seven Dolors B. V. M. Qui passus es pro servulis, V. Dirigátur Dómine, orátio, mea. R. Sicut incénsum in conspéctu tuo. trem ingénitum. V. Let my prayer ascend to thee, O Lord, R. As incense in thy sight. Ant. Thee, the Father unbegotten. The whole Antiphon is sung in Benedictine churches. CANTICLE OF B. V. M. MAGNIFICAT *ánima MY SOUL doth mag mea Dóminum. nify the Lord. Et exultávit spíri- And my spirit hath tus meus:: *in Deo rejoiced in God my Saviour. salutári meo. Quia respéxit humi- Because he hath relitátem ancillæ suæ * garded the humility ecce enim ex hoc, beá- of his hand-maid: for tam me dícent omnes behold, from hencegeneratiónes. forth, all generations shall call me blessed. For he that is Quia fecit mihi magna qui potens est: mighty hath done et sanctum nomen great things to me : and holy is his name. ejus. Et misericórdia ejus And his merey is a progénie in progé- from generation to genies: *timéntibus eum. nerations: that fear him. to them Fecit poténtiam in He hath shewed bráchio suo : * dispér- might in his anu he mente hath scattered sit supérbos the proud in the conceit of their heart. He hath put down the mighty from their seat: and hath exalted the humble. He hath filled the hungry with good things and the rich he hath sent away empty. He hath received Israel his servant: being mindful of his mercy. As he spoke to our fathers: to Abraham, and to his seed for ever. Glory be to the Father, &c. Ant. Thee, the Fa trem ingénitum; te ther unbegotten; thee, Fílium unigénitum; the only-begotten Son; te Spíritum Sanctum thee, the Holy Ghost, Paráclitum; sanctam the Paraclete; the holy et indivíduam Trini- and undivided Trintátem, toto corde et ity, with our whole ore confitémur, laudá- soul and voice we acmus, atque benedíci- knowledge, we praise, mus; tibi glória in and we bless; to thee sæcula. be glory for ever. Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Our Father. Kyrie, eleison. Et ne nos inducas in tentationem. R. Sed libera nos a malo. V. Dóminus vobís cum. R. Et cum spíritu tuo. Oremus. EXCITA, quæsumus, Dómine, poténtiam tu- thee, O Lord, thy am, et veni: ut ab im- power, and come: that minéntibus peccató through thy protec rum nostrórum perí- tion we may be freed culis te mereámur pro- from the imminent tegénte éripi, te liber- danger of our sins, and ánte salvari. Qui vivis be saved by thy deliet regnas, in sæcula verance. Who livest sæculorum. Amen. and reignest, world without end. Amen. Here one of the Anthems is sung, to be found after Complin, page 70. VESPERS OF THE B. VIRGIN. Deus in adjutorium, &c. p. 26. 1. Ant. Dum esset Rex in accúbitu suo, nardus mea dedit odorem suavitatis. Dixit Dominus, p. 27. 2. Ant. Læva ejus sub cápite meo, et déxtera illius amplexabitur me. Laudate Pueri, p. 32. 3. Ant. Nigra sum, sed formósa, filiæ Jerusalem; ideo dilexit mé Rex, et introduxit me in cubiculum suum. Psalm cxxi. Lætátus sum in his quæ dicta sunt mihi :* In domum Dómini ibimus. Stantes erant pedes nostri in átriis tuis, Jerúsalem. Jerúsalem, quæ ædificátur ut cívitas :* cujus participátio ejus in idípsum. Lætátus sum. I was glad at the things that were said unto me: We will go into the house of the Lord. Our feet were wont to stand: in thy courts, O Jerusalem. Jerusalem, which is built as a city: that is at unity with itself. For thither did the Illuc enim ascendérunt tribus, tribus Dó- tribes go up, the tribes |