Ad Jesum per te, Maria : 15/33

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 84

👈 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: 

Converte nos Deus salutaris noster : et averte

iram Tuam a nobis.

Turn us, God, our Saviour ; and turn away Thine

anger from us.

Turn away Thine anger from us. How is it that the weight of God’s wrath is kept from falling on the sinful

world ? It is the power of the Mass which stays His hand. It is also those hidden lives of sacrifice, of penance, of

prayer, which, unknown to the world, are passed in the cloister, and, through the merits of the Reedemer, go far

to appease the anger of the Lord.

Veritas de terra orta est : et justitia de cœlo

prospexit.

Truth hath sprung from the earth : and righteousness

hath looked down from heaven.

The very Truth, the Son of God, hath sprung out of the earth, being born of His Maiden-mother.

Righteousness looked down from heaven when the Eternal Word stooped from His Throne of Glory and united

Himself in hypostatic union to the Nature of Man. Thus was fulfilled that prayer : Drop down ye heavens from

above, and let the clouds pour down the Righteous One : Let the earth open and let it bring forth a Saviour.

There is another sense, says St. Augustine, for these words : Now that man has been brought near to God, he is

moved to confession of his sins, so that the truth springs up in frank acknowledgment of transgressions from the

sinner who is but earth, and righteousness then looks down from heaven to pardon and wash away the offences.

Previous Psalms

Psalm 8 : Psalm 18 : Psalm 23 : Psalm 44 : Psalm 45 : Psalm 53

Psalm 62 : Psalm 86 : Psalm 92 : Psalm 94 : Psalm 95 : Psalm 96

Psalm 97 : Psalm 99

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.