Little Office of the Immaculate Conception

AT COMPLINE

V. MAY Jesus Christ, thy Son, reconciled,

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. Alleluia.

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 I

n a vesture of gold.

O Mother of mercy!

O Star of the wave!

O Hope of the guilty!

O Light of the grave!

Through thee may we come

To the haven of rest;

And see Heaven's King

In the courts of the blest!

Amen.

V. THY name, O Mary! is as oil poured out.

R. Thy servants have loved thee exceedingly.

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.

THE COMMENDATION

THESE praises and prayers

I lay at thy feet,

O Virgin of virgins!

O Mary most sweet!

Be thou my true guide

Through this pilgrimage here;

And stand by my side

When death draweth near.

R. Thanks be to God.

Ant. This is the rod in which was neither knot of original sin,

nor rind of actual guilt.

V. In thy conception, O Virgin! thou wast immaculate.

R. Pray for us to the Father, Whose Son thou didst bring forth.

Let us pray

O GOD, Who, by the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin, didst prepare

a worthy habitation for Thy Son: we beseech Thee that,

as in view of the death of that Son, Thou didst preserve her from all stain of sin,

so Thou wouldst enable us, being made pure by her intercession,

to come unto Thee. Through the same Christ our Lord.

R. Amen

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