Ad Jesum per te, Maria : 19/33

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 119

Here is an excerpt from the commentary:

Ad Dominum cum tribularer clamavi : et

exaudivit me.

When I was in trouble I called upon the Lord : and He

heard me.

Says St. John Chrysostom : Seest thou the gain of affliction, seest thou the readiness of mercy ? The gain of affliction, in that it brings men to pour forth holy prayers ; the readiness of mercy, granted at once when they call. Therefore Christ declares those blessed who mourn. If, then, thou wouldest ascend these steps, cut away

whatever is luxurious and relaxed in thy life, gird thyself with diligent conduct, and withdraw from earthly things. This is the first going-up. Even one step upwards is leaving earth ; and lowly as the place is, it is not the

less the first elevation. 

Note the admirable order of the words. First comes trouble, then a cry, lastly a hearing ; to

make us know that the prayers of the faithful reach the Lord in an appointed order. The trouble against which the

saints call on God is not such as the world fears, but the snares of sin in all its forms, lest they should subdue our

weak natures and drag us down to the depths of evil. And all true prayer for deliverance must unite in itself the

three marks of this one ;

1. necessity, when I was in trouble ;

2. devotion, I called ;

3. direction in the right way, upon the Lord.

Thus St. Hilary and Cardinal Hugo.

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 : Psalm 116

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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.