Ad Jesum per te, Maria : 18/33

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.

 

 King David, author of the Psalms, by
Willem Vrelant, Bruges, Belgium.

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

 

👉  Psalm 116

Here is an excerpt from the commentary:

Laudate Dominum omnes gentes : laudate

Eum omnes populi. ye nations.

O praise the Lord all ye heathen : O praise ye Him all

ye nations.

This Psalm, says a Jewish commentator, consists but of two verses and refers to the days of the Messiah. By making it consist of only two verses, the Psalmist implies that all nations shall be put into two classes—Israel and the Gentiles. As these latter form the more numerous and more zealous portion, says Lorin, they are placed

before the Jews in the order of the verse. St. Paul cites this verse when arguing for the union of Jew and Gentile in one church. An old commentator bids us note that the first part of the injunction began to be fulfilled when the Wise Men came with the gifts to Bethlehem, and the latter when the inscription in Greek, Latin, and Hebrew

was set up over the Cross. The Carmelite says it is fulfilled continually in three classes of worshippers:

1. devout pilgrims here on earth,

2. souls in purgatory, and

3. the blessed in heaven ;

all of whom join in the chorus of praise to God.

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

Previous Psalms

Psalm 8 : Psalm 18 : Psalm 23 : Psalm 44 : Psalm 45 : Psalm 53 : Psalm 62 : Psalm 84 : Psalm 86 : Psalm 92 : 

Psalm 94 : Psalm 95 : Psalm 96 : Psalm 97 : Psalm 99 : Psalm 109 :  Psalm 112

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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.