Ad Jesum per te, Maria : 14/33

The Psalms of the Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary

By way of preparation for the great Feast of the Annunciation, I am re-posting a daily commentary on each of the Psalms of the Little Office of the Blessed Virgin. The commentary includes text published by Father Ethelred L. Taunton in 1903.

 

To read the commentary on today's Psalm, click on the following link:

 

👉  Psalm 53

Previous Psalms

Psalm 8 : Psalm 18 : Psalm 23 : Psalm 44 : Psalm 45 : Psalm 62

Psalm 86 : Psalm 92 : Psalm 94 : Psalm 95 : Psalm 96 : Psalm 97 : 

Psalm 99

👈 Taken from a book of hours, this is an image of King David, author of the Psalms, by Willem Vrelant (early 1460s), Bruges, Belgium.

Here is an excerpt from the commentary:

 

Voluntarie sacrificabo Tibi et confitebor
Nomini Tuo, Domine ! quoniam bonum est.

Right willingly will I sacrifice to Thee, and praise Thy
Name, O Lord ! because it is good.

These words refer to the freewill offering of Christ Himself upon the Cross ; and to that which is continually
being presented by Him, our Great High Priest, in the Adorable Sacrifice of the Mass. Again, this verse, coming
as it does in the Morning Office, reminds us of the Mass we are so soon to assist at. We must join willingly in
that Sacrifice if we would profit by it. 

For it is good. What ? The Name of the Lord, or that which we are going to offer ? In the latter sense our offering is indeed good; for it is nothing else but the Body and Blood of the God-Man, a better gift than which cannot be found. It is simply good. 

The verse also reminds us of our own freewill consecration to God when we made, to the praise of His Name, the sacrifice of our persons, our wealth, and our wills in the clean oblation of religion. And how good it is ! For day by day our Vocation grows dearer as we grow more and more in intimacy with the Spouse of our soul ; and we taste and see how good He is. The
Sacrifice we made to follow His Call is so small beside the gain, that we should do it over and over again,
counting all things loss if we can gain Christ.

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]

Litany of the Holy Ghost

Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Ave Maris Stella

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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.