De Sancta Maria Ant.

O splendidissima gemma et serenum decus solis,

qui tibi infusus est,

fons saliens de corde Patris, quod est unicum verbum suum,

per quod creavit mundi primam materiam, quam Eva turbavit.

Hoc verbum effabricavit tibi Pater hominem,

et ob hoc es tu illa lucida materia

per quam hoc ipsum verbum expiravit omnes Virtutes,

ut eduxit in prima materia omnes creaturas.

De Sancta Maria Resp.

O tu suavissima virga, frondens de stirpe Iesse,

o quam magna virtus est,

quod divinitas in pulcherrimam filiam aspexit,

sicut aquila in solem oculum suum ponit.

[R] Cum supernus Pater claritatem Virginis attendit,

ubi verbum suum in ipsa incarnari voluit.

Nam in mystico mysterio Dei illustrata mente Virginis

mirabiliter clarus flos ex ipsa Virgine exivit.

[R]

Gloria Patri et Filio et Spiritui Sancto,

sicut erat in principio.

[R]

Antiphon For Saint Mary

O most splendid jewel, serenely infused with the sun!

The sun is in you, a fountain springing from the Father's heart,

It is his sole word, by whom He created the world,

The primary matter, which Eve threw into disorder.

He formed the word in you as a human being,

And therefore you are the jewel that shines most brightly,

Through which this very word breathed out the whole of the Virtues,

As once from primary matter He made all creatures.[1]

Responsory For Saint Mary

O you sweetest branch that flowers from the stem of Jesse!

O glorious thing,

That God on his fairest daughter

Looked as the eagle looks on the face of the sun!

[R] The Highest Father sought the Virgin's brightness,

And willed that his word should take in her his body.

For the Virgin's mind was by his mystery illumined,

And from her virginity sprang the glorious flower.

[R]

Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,

As it was in the beginning.

[R]