Little Office of the Immaculate Conception

NONE (Ninth Hour)

AT 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. Alleluia.

Hymn

HAIL, City of refuge!

Hail, David's high tower,

With battlements crowned

And girded with power!

Filled at thy conception

With love and with light!

The dragon by thee

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 thee. Amen.

V. Thou art all fair, my beloved.

R. And the original stain was never in thee.

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.