THE PSALTER OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
A CANTICLE ON THE MODEL OF ISAIAS (XII)
A CANTICLE LIKE THAT OF EZECHIAS (IS. XXXVIII)
A CANTICLE LIKE HABACUC'S (III)
A CANTICLE LIKE THAT OF MOSES (DEUT. XXXII)
A CANTICLE LIKE THAT OF THE THREE CHILDREN
A CANTICLE LIKE THAT OF ZACHARIAS (LUKE I)
How good is God to Israel: to those who pay homage to His Mother and venerate her. For she is our comfort: she is the most excellent of help in labor. The enemy hath overspread my soul with darkness: O Lady, make light arise within me. Let the wrath of God be turned away from me by thee: placate him by thy merits and thy prayers. Stand for me in the day of judgment: in His presence take up my cause, and be my advocate. Glory be to the Father, etc. PsALm 73
O Lady, why hast thou cast us off? and why wilt thou not help us in the day of tribulation? Let my prayer come into thy sight: and despise not the voices of those who groan. The enemy hath stretched his bow against us: he has strengthened his right hand, and there is no consoler. Break for us the bonds of his malicious doings: and deliver us by thy right hand. Drive him back into the place of perdition: let eternal damnation possess him. Glory be to the Father, etc. PsALM 74
We will praise thee, O Lady: and we will praise thy name: make us to delight in thy praises. Sing ye to her, ye dwellers upon earth: and announce her praise to the peoples. Praise and magnificence are before her: fortitude and exultation are in her throne. Adore ye her in her beauty: glorify the Maker of her beauty. Be mindful in eternity of her mercy: keep in mind her virtues and her wonders. Glory be to the Father, etc.