Little Office of the Immaculate Conception

SEXT (12 Noon)

AT 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, etc. Alleluia.

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 thee 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.

Let us pray

HOLY Mary, Queen of Heaven, Mother of Our Lord Jesus Christ,

and Mistress of the world, who forsakest no one, and despisest no one,

look upon me, O Lady! with an eye of pity, and entreat for me, of thy beloved Son,

the forgiveness of all my sins, that, as I now celebrate, with devout affection,

thy holy and Immaculate Conception, so, hereafter, I may receive

the prize of eternal blessedness, by the grace of Him Whom thou, in virginity,

didst bring forth, Jesus Christ our Lord: Who, with the Father and the Holy Ghost,

liveth and reigneth, in perfect Trinity, God, world without end. Amen.

V. O Lady! aid my prayer.

R. And let my cry come unto thee.

V. Let us bless the Lord.

R. Thanks be to God.

V. May the souls of the

faithful, through the mercy of God,

rest in peace.

R. Amen.