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ooo JMJ ”HYMNS OF PRAISE” TRUE AND PERFECT DEVOTION TO MARY they plot thy death. My “Your understanding of the is power will break the malice . clouded, because of your of thy enemies: If mine crucified me, it is because I many sins, and because of Virgin of all virgins! your secret love of yourself. permitted it." The Blessed To thy shelter take us: But the more you use the Virgin added: "Sing as a Gentlest of the gentle! Secret, in the ordinary group the Ave Maris Chaste and gentle make us. actions of every day, the Stella and I will guard you more clearly you will see and from every danger. Still, as on we journey, understand its value and its Help our weak endeavor; Till with thee and Jesus, excellence for your own Ave Maris Stella – Hail Star We rejoice forever. growth in holiness and for of the Sea the saving of your soul. Through the highest heaven, Learn the truth—kneel down Hail, thou Star of ocean, Portal of the sky! To the Almighty Three, and say devoutly “The Ave Ever Virgin Mother, Father, Son, and Spirit, Maris Stella” and “The Veni Of the Lord most high! One same glory be. Amen. Creator.” This will help you understand and appreciate Oh! By Gabriel's Ave, this divine mystery.” St. Uttered long ago, Louis Marie Grignion de Eva's name reversing, Montfort Establish peace below.

Promises of those who sing Break the captive's fetters; the Ave Maris Stella: Light on blindness pour; All our ills expelling, During a riot at Rome, a mob Every bliss implore. came to the house where St. Bridget lived; a leader talked Show thyself a Mother; of burning Bridget alive. She Offer Him our sighs, prayed to Our Lord to know Who for us Incarnate, if she should flee to safety Did not thee despise. Holy Mary, Mother of God, and the Saints! and He assured her to stay,

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VENI CREATOR I (Gift of Wisdom) Hymn of Praise of the Virgin Mary to the Lord or known as the “Canticle of Mary” Come, O Creator Spirit Blest! And in our souls takes up Thy rest; (Luke 1:46–55) Come with Thy grace and heavenly aid, (“To thank God for the graces He has given to To fill the hearts which Thou hast made. Our Lady, her consecrated ones will frequently say the “Magnificat.” St. Louis Marie Grignion de II (Gift of Self-Knowledge) Montfort)

Great Paraclete! To Thee we cry, My soul magnifies the Lord O highest gift of God most high! And my spirit rejoices in God my O font of life! O fire of love! Savior; And sweet anointing from above. Because He has regarded the lowliness of His handmaid; III (Gift of Counsel) For behold, henceforth all generations shall call me blessed; Thou in Thy sevenfold gifts art known, Because He who is mighty has done The finger of God’s hand we own; great things for me, The promise of the Father, Thou! and holy is His name; Who dost the tongue with power endow. And His mercy is from generation to generation IV (Gift of Fortitude) on those who fear Him. He has shown might with His arm, Kindle our senses from above, He has scattered the proud in the And make our hearts o’erflow with love; conceit of their heart. With patience firm and virtue high He has put down the mighty from The weakness of our flesh supply. their thrones, V (Gift of Fear of the Lord) and has exalted the lowly. He has filled the hungry with good Far from us drive the foe we dread things, And grant us Thy true peace instead and the rich He has sent away empty. So shall we not, with Thee for guide, He has given help to Israel, his Turn from the path of life aside. servant, mindful of His mercy Even as he spoke to our fathers, to VI (Gift of Understanding) Abraham and to his posterity forever.

“The Magnificat is the only prayer Oh, may Thy grace on us bestow. composed by Our Lady. It is the greatest offering The Father and the Son to know, of praise that God ever received under the law of And Thee, through endless times grace. It is the most humble hymn of thanks and confessed, the most sublime and exalted. Contained in it are Of both, the eternal Spirit blest. mysteries so great and hidden that even the angels do not understand them. Our Lady frequently VII (Gift of Piety) recited it and especially as thanksgiving after Holy Communion. Several miracles worked through the All glory while the ages run power of this prayer. The devils take to flight when Be to the Father and the Son they hear these words, “He puts forth His arm in Who rose from death; the same to Thee, strength and scatters the proud-hearted.” St. O Holy Ghost, eternally. Amen . Louis Marie Grignion de Montfort

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VIII 0 awful Face of Jesus, How shall I bear Thy sight When, at the judgment, all my sins Reveal themselves to light; Most Holy Face, I cry to Thee, THE HYMN OF THE HOLY FACE In that dread hour to pity me. l IX 0 Face divine of Jesus, In ages long ago 0 glorious Face of Jesus, Prophets and sages prayed that Thou , If, after I have died, My soul but in Thy likeness wake, On earth, its light would show; Most Holy Face, I cry to Thee, I shall be satisfied; Most Holy Face, I cry to Thee, Like them, that I its beams may see. II More like Thee ever make Thou me. Amen. O radiant Face of Jesus, Transfigured in the sight Of Thy apostles, on the Mount, Shining with heaven's own light; Most Holy Face, I cry to Thee, Thus to reveal Thyself to me. Ill 0 pitying Face of Jesus,

Thine eyes on Peter rest, http://www.preces-latinae.org And bitter tears the Apostle sheds, Contrite and sore distrest; Most Holy Face, I cry to Thee Whene'er I sin, look so on me. Dolorosa is considered IV one of the seven greatest Latin hymns of all 0 suffering Face of Jesus, time. It is based upon the prophecy of Simeon Bleeding, and soiled, and torn, Its temples and its brow transpierced that a sword was to pierce the heart of His By many a cruel thorn; mother, Mary (Lk 2:35). The hymn originated Most Holy Face, I cry to Thee, in the 13th century during the peak of Offer Thy wounds to God for me. V Franciscan devotion to the crucified Jesus 0 Face benign of Jesus, and has been attributed to Innocent III The thief with sorrowing eyes (d. 1216), St. Bonaventure, or more Gazed at it, and repentant went With Christ to Paradise ; commonly, Jacopone da Todi (1230-1306), Most Holy Face, I cry to Thee, who is considered by most to be the real In loving kindness look on me. author. VI The hymn is often associated with the 0 dying Face of Jesus , Upon the accursed tree, . In 1727 it was Crying aloud: Ah! why, my God, prescribed as a Sequence for the of the Hast Thou forsaken me? Seven Sorrows of Mary (September 15) where Most Holy Face, I cry to Thee, it is still used today. In addition to this Mass, Plead by Thine agony for me. VII the hymn is also used for the Office of the 0 risen Face of Jesus, Readings, Lauds, and for this Never was face like Thine , memorial. There is a mirror image to this Where Godhead joins with manhood, hymn, Stabat Mater speciosa, which echoes In unity divine; the joy of the Blessed Virgin Mary at the birth Most Holy Face, I cry to Thee, Turn not away Thy gaze from me. of Jesus.

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Make me feel as thou hast felt; make my soul to glow and melt with the love of Christ my Lord. Holy Mother! pierce me through, in my heart each wound renew of my Savior crucified: Let me share with thee His pain, who for all my sins was slain, who for me in torments died. Let me mingle tears with thee, mourning Him who mourned for me, all the days that I may live: AT, the Cross her station keeping, By the Cross with thee to stay, stood the mournful Mother weeping, there with thee to weep and pray, close to Jesus to the last. is all I ask of thee to give. Through her heart, His sorrow sharing, Virgin of all virgins blest!, all His bitter anguish bearing, Listen to my fond request: now at length the sword has passed. let me share thy grief divine; O how sad and sore distressed Let me, to my latest breath, was that Mother, highly blest, in my body bear the death of the sole-begotten One. of that dying Son of thine. Christ above in torment hangs, Wounded with His every wound, she beneath beholds the pangs steep my soul till it hath swooned, of her dying glorious Son. in His very Blood away; Is there one who would not weep, Be to me, O Virgin, nigh, whelmed in miseries so deep, lest in flames I burn and die, Christ's dear Mother to behold? in His awful Judgment Day. Can the human heart refrain Christ, when Thou shalt call me hence, from partaking in her pain, by Thy Mother my defense, in that Mother's pain untold? by Thy Cross my victory; Bruised, derided, cursed, defiled, While my body here decays, she beheld her tender Child may my soul Thy goodness praise, All with bloody scourges rent: safe in paradise with Thee. Amen.

For the sins of His own nation, saw Him hang in desolation,

Till His spirit forth He sent. O thou Mother! fount of love! Touch my spirit from above, HYMNS 5

Holy Darkness By: Dan Schutte Text: Inspired by St. John of the Cross

O SACRAMENT MOST HOLY Refrain O Sacrament most holy, Holy darkness, blessed night, O Sacrament divine! All praise and all thanksgiving heaven's answer hidden from our sight. Be every moment Thine. As we await you, O God of silence,

O Bleeding Face most holy, we embrace your holy night. O Face of Jesus divine! All praise and all adoration 1. I have tried you in fires of affliction; Be every moment Thine. I have taught your soul to grieve. O come Lord Jesus, come In the barren soil of your loneliness, O come and dwell in our hearts! Our spirits strengthen with Your grace there I will plant my seed. And give us joy to see Your Face. 2. I have taught you the price of

O Holy! Holy! Holy! compassion; O Lamb of God; Son of God! you have stood before the grave. All worthy to receive All honor, glory, and praise. Though my love can seem like a raging storm, O Jesus, I am hungry this is the love that saves. O come and nourish me! I am thirsty come and quench my thirst 3. Were you there I am blind come and give me light. when I raised up the mountains?

O Holy Spirit fire Can you guide the morning star? O spirit of light and love! Does the hawk take flight Inflame my heart with love My will conformed to Will Divine. when you give command? Why do you doubt my pow'r? O Lord Father and Ruler O Lord Father, God of my life 4. In your deepest hour of darkness Set scourges over my thoughts I will give you wealth untold. Set discipline of wisdom over my heart. When the silence stills your spirit, O Mary, Queen, My Mother will my riches fill your soul. All Angels and Saints above! 5. As the watchman waits for morning, Let us praise Him for His goodness Let us bless Him for His mercies. and the bride awaits her groom, so we wait to hear your footsteps O Glory be to the Father, O Glory be to the Son, as we rest beneath your moon. O Glory be to the Holy Spirit, Three Divine Persons in One.

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IN FATIMA’S COVE (Refrain: Ave, Ave, Ave Maria! Ave, Ave, Ave Maria!)

1. In Fatima's cove on the thirteenth of May; the Virgin Maria appeared at mid-day.

2. The Virgin Maria surrounded by light; God's Mother is ours for she gives us this sight. CHAMPION OF 3. The world was then suffering from war, plague, and strife, and Portugal THE mourned for her great loss of life.

4. To three shepherd children the Virgin then spoke a message so hopeful, with peace for all folk.

5. With sweet Mother's pleading, she asked us to pray, do penance, be modest, the Rosary each day.

6. All Portugal heard what God's Mother did say, converted it sings of that Queen to this day.

7. We all must remember Our Lady's request, do all that she asks for, obey her bequests.

8. She warned of behavior from which we must turn, of thoughts, words, and actions which Christians must spurn.

9. To her sad, sweet pleading our promise is made, that God's Law in all things be strongly obeyed.

10. From nation to nation her fair name is praised, as souls from sin's bondage are contritely raised.

11. Our thanks to the Godhead, whose ways are so sure, for giving us Mary, our Mother Most Pure.

12. Our hearts, overflowing with kindness and love, thank her for God's graces bestowed from above.

13. Hail, Refuge of sinners! Hail, Star of the Sea! Hail, Queen of Creation! Our hope is in thee.

14. All hail, Virgin Mary! This Star guides our way, our country's Protectress, America's Way!

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