The Psalms of the Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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Here is an excerpt therefrom:
Astitit regina a dextris Tuis in vestitu
deaurato : circumdata varietate.
Upon Thy right hand did the Queen stand in golden
array : girt about with variety.
Who is the Queen but our ever dear and blessed Lady? What the golden array but her peerless sanctity ; what the variety with which she is girt about but the
assemblage of all those faithful souls who have ordered their life towards God in imitation of her who kept all the words in her heart. Thou, O Queen, art thyself the immaculate law, the faithful testimony of the Lord, the lucid precept, the right judgment, the holy fear of God, the sweet meditation, herald and interpreter of the entire God. It is to be noted, as St. Basil (379) remarks, that the Hebrew word for queen here used means a “queen consort” ; thereby teaching us that her dignity is derived from Christ and not inherent of her own right or merit. And observe, she stands at the King’s right hand, denoting the unassailable firmness of her position ; but she does not sit, as our Lord does, at the Father’s right hand. But the place, as Bellarmine (1621) points out, denotes not only precedence of honour, ranking above the angels themselves, but her blessed and prosperous state in His kingdom.
Audi filia, et vide, inclina aurem Tuam : et
obliviscere populum Tuum, et domum patris
Tui.
Hearken, daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear:
forget also thine own people and thy Father’s house.
If we interpret the Queen of our Lady, we may see here two persons who speak. It may be the Psalmist
speaking according to the flesh to her who was his descendant ; or it may be God, the Father, speaking to her, the
immaculate Bride. But truly this is one of the passages which above all others shows how inexhaustible are the
meanings of the Psalter. An Eastern writer calls this verse, and the following, the bridal song of the Mother of
God. St. Athanasius, comparing the words of the Angel Gabriel with those of the Psalmist, dwells on the
daughter of the one contrasted with the Mary of the other. If we take the Church to be the “ Queen “ (and,
indeed, the one explanation does not interfere with the other, Mary being the Mother of the whole Church, the “
Neck “ which joins the Body on to its Divine Head), we may see here, with St. Augustine, an exhortation to
forget her Judaic origin, to cast behind her the coldness of the letter and to enter into the liberty of the spirit.
Previous Psalms
Prayers
The following prayers follow the model written by St Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort and are recited in preparation for the renewal of consecration* to Lord Jesus Christ our King, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, on the Feast of the Annunciation. *PEEKPTEE&A[E]
Veni Creator Spiritus [To see a translation of this hymn to the Holy Spirit, click here: 👉 Veni Creator Spiritus ]
Ave Maris Stella
Magnificat
Gloria
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| The Virgin of Tenderness. >12th century. |
SUB tuum præsidium confugimus, Sancta Dei Genitrix. Nostras deprecationes ne despicias in necessitatibus, sed a periculis cunctis libera nos semper, Virgo gloriosa et benedicta. Amen.
Totus tuus ego sum
Et omnia mea tua sunt;
Tecum semper tutus sum:
Ad Jesum per Mariam.
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