Little Office of the Immaculate Conception
Ordinary
At Matins only
Come, my lips, and wide proclaim the Blessed Virgin's spotless fame.
Eia, mea labia, nunc annuntiate, laudes et praeconia Virginis beatae.
At Compline only
May Jesus Christ, thy Son, reconciled by thy prayers, O Lady, convert our hearts.
Convertat nos, Domina, tuis precibus placatur Iesus Christus Filius tuus.
And turn away His anger from us.
Et avertat iram suam a nobis.
At All the Hours
O Lady, make speed to befriend me.
Domina, in adiutorium meum intende.
From the hands of the enemy mightily defend me.
Me de manu hostium potenter defende.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto.
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Alleluia.
Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, et in saecula saeculorum. Alleluia.
During Lent until Easter, instead of the alleluia the following is said: Praise to Thee, O Lord, King of everlasting glory.
Hail, Queen of the Heavens!
Hail, Mistress of earth!
Hail, Virgin most pure
of immaculate birth!
Clear star of the morning
in beauty enshrined!
O Lady make speed
to the help of mankind.
Thee God in the depth
of eternity chose;
and formed thee all fair,
as His glorious spouse;
And called thee His Word's
own Mother to be,
by Whom He created
the earth, sky, and sea.
Amen.
Salve, mundi Domina,
caelorum Regina:
Salve, Virgo virginum,
stella matutina
Salve, plena gratia,
clara luce divina.
Mundi in auxilium,
Domina, festina.
Ab aeterno Dominus
te praeordinavit
matrem unigeniti
Verbi, quo creavit.
Terram, pontum, aethera,
te pulchram ornavit
sibi Sponsam, quae
in Adam non peccavit.
Amen.
God elected her, and pre-elected her.
Elegit eam Deus, et praeelegit eam.
He made her to dwell in His tabernacle.
In tabernaculo suo habitare fecit eam.
Hail, Virgin, most wise!
Hail, Deity's shrine!
with seven fair pillars,
and table divine!
Preserved from the guilt
which hath come upon us all!
Exempt, in the womb,
from the taint of the fall!
O new Star of Jacob,
of angels the Queen!
O Gate of the saints!
O Mother of men!
To Zabulon fearful
as the embattled array!
Be thou of the faithful
the refuge and stay.
Amen.
Salve, Virgo sapiens,
domus Deo dicata,
columna septemplici
mensaque exornata.
Ab omni contagio
mundi praeservata.
Semper sancta in utero
matris, ex qua nata.
Tu Mater viventium,
et porta es sanctorum.
Nova stella Iacob,
Domina angelorum.
Zabulo terribilis
acies castrorum.
Porta et refugium
sis Christianorum.
Amen.
The Lord Himself created her in the Holy Ghost.
Ipse creavit illam in Spiritu Sancto.
And poured her out over all His works.
Et effundit illam super omnia opera sua.
Hail, Solomon's Throne!
Pure Ark of the law
fair Rainbow and Bush,
which the patriarch saw!
Hail, Gedeon's Fleece!
Hail, blossoming Rod!
Samson's sweet Honeycomb!
Portal of God!
Well-fitting it was
that a Son so divine
should preserve from all touch
of original sin.
Nor suffer by smallest
defect to be stained
that Mother, whom He
for Himself had ordained.
Amen.
Salve, arca foederis,
thronus Salomonis,
arcus pulcher aetheris,
rubus visionis.
Virga frondens germinis,
vellus Gedeonis,
porta clausa numinis,
favusque Samsonis.
Decebat tam nobilem
natum praecavere
ab originali
labe matris Evae.
Almam, quam elegerat,
Genetricem vere,
nulli prorsus sinens
culpae subiacere.
Amen.
I dwell in the highest.
Ego in altissimis habito.
And my throne is on the pillar of the clouds.
Et thronus meus in columna nubis.
Hail, virginal Mother!
Hail, purity's Cell!
Fair Shrine, where the Trinity
loveth to dwell!
Hail, Garden of pleasure!
Celestial Balm!
Cedar of chastity!
Martyrdom's Palm!
Thou Land set apart
from uses profane!
And free from the curse
which in Adam began!
Thou City of God!
Thou Gate of the east
in thee is all grace
o joy of the blest!
Amen.
Salve, Virgo puerpera,
templum Trinitatis,
angelorum gaudium,
cella puritatis.
Solamen moerentium,
hortus voluptatis,
palma patientiae
cedrus castitatis.
Terra es benedicta
et sacerdotalis,
sancta et immunis
culpae originalis.
Civitas altissimi,
porta orientalis:
in te est omnis gratia,
Virgo singularis.
Amen.
As the lily among the thorns.
Sicut lilium inter spinas
So is my beloved among the daughters of Adam.
Sic amica mea inter filias Adae.
Hail, City of refuge!
Hail, David's high tower,
with battlements crowned
and girded with power!
Filled at thy conception
with love and with light!
The dragon by thee
was shorn of his might.
O Woman most valiant!
O Judith thrice blest!
As David was nursed
in fair Abisag's breast;
As the saviour of Egypt
upon Rachel's knee:
so the world's great Redeemer
was cherished by thee.
Amen.
Salve, urbs refugii,
turrisque munita
David, propugnaculis
armisque insignita.
In conceptione
caritate ignita
draconis potestas
est a te contrita.
O mulier fortis,
et invicta Iudith!
Pulchra Abisag virgo
verum fovens David!
Rachel curatorem
Aegypti gestavit:
Salvatorem mundi
Maria portavit.
Amen.
Thou art all fair, my beloved.
Tota pulchra es, amica mea.
And the original stain was never in thee.
Et macula originalis numquam fuit in te.
Hail, Dial of Achaz!
On thee the true sun
told backward the course
which from old he had run!
And, that man might be raised,
submitting to shame,
a little more low
than the angels became.
Thou, rapt in the blaze
of His infinite light,
dost shine as the morn
on the confines of night.
As the moon on the lost
through obscurity dawns;
the serpent's destroyer!
A lily 'mid thorns!
Amen.
Salve, horologium,
quo, retrogradiatur
sol in decem lineis;
Verbum incarnatur.
Homo ut ab inferis
ad summa attollatur,
immensus ab angelis
paulo minoratur.
Solis huius radiis
Maria coruscat;
consurgens aurora
in conceptu micat.
Lilium inter spinas
quae serpentis conterat
caput: pulchra ut luna
errantes collustrat.
Amen.
I made an unfailing light to arise in heaven.
Ego feci in caelis ut oriretur lumen indeficiens.
And as a mist I overspread the whole earth.
Et quasi nebula texi omnem terram.
Hail, Mother most pure!
Hail, Virgin renowned!
Hail, Queen with the starts,
as a diadem, crowned.
Above all the angels
in glory untold,
standing next to the King
in a vesture of gold.
O Mother of mercy!
O Star of the wave!
O Hope of the guilty!
O Light of the grave!
Through thee may we come
to the haven of rest;
and see heaven's King
in the courts of the blest!
Amen.
Salve, virgo florens,
mater illibata,
regina clementiae,
stellis coronata.
Super omnes angelos
pura, immaculata,
atque ad regis dexteram
stans veste deaurata.
Per te, mater gratiae,
dulcis spes reorum,
fulgens stella maris,
portus naufragorum.
Patens caeli ianua
salus infirmorum
videamus regem
in aula sanctorum.
Amen.
Thy name, O Mary, is an oil poured out.
Oleum effusum, Maria, nomen tuum.
Thy servants have loved thee exceedingly.
Servi tui dilexerunt te nimis.
Conclusion of Hours
O Lady, aid my prayer.
Domina, protege orationem meam.
And let my cry come unto thee.
Et clamor meus ad te veniat.
Let us pray.
Holy Mary, Queen of heaven, Mother of Our Lord Jesus Christ, and Mistress of the world, who forsakest no one and despisest no one, look upon me, O Lady, with an eye of pity and entreat for me, of thy beloved Son, the forgiveness of all my sins that, as I now celebrate, with devout affection, thy holy and immaculate conception, so here-after, I may receive the prize of eternal blessedness, by the grace of Him Whom thou, in virginity, didst bring forth, Jesus Christ our Lord: Who with the Father and the Holy Spirit, liveth and reigneth in perfect Trinity, God, forever. Amen.
Sancta Maria, Regina caelorum, Mater Domini nostri Iesu Christi, et mundi Domina, quae nullum derelinquis, et nullum despicis: respice me, Domina, clementer oculo pietatis, et impetra mihi apud tuum dilectum Filium cunctorum veniam peccatorum: ut qui nunc tuam sanctam et immaculatam conceptionem devoto affectu recolo, aeternae in futurum beatitudinis, bravium capiam, ipso, quem virgo peperisti, donante Domino nostro Iesu Christo: qui cum Patre et Sancto Spiritu vivit et regnat, in Trinitate1 perfecta, Deus, in saecula saeculorum. Amen.
O Lady, aid my prayer
Domina, protege orationem meam.
And let my cry come unto thee.
Et clamor meus ad te veniat.
Let us bless the Lord.
Benedicamus Domino.
Thanks be to God.
Deo gratias.
May the souls of the faithful, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
Fidelium animae per misericordiam Dei requiescant in pace.
Amen.
Amen.
At Commendation
These praises and prayers
I lay at thy feet,
O Virgin of virgins!
O Mary most sweet!
Be thou my true guide
through this pilgrimage here:
and stand by my side
when death draweth near.
Supplices offerimus
tibi, virgo pia,
haec laudum praeconia:
Fac nos ut in via
Ducas cursu prospero,
et in agonia
tu nobis assiste,
O dulcis Maria.
Thanks be to God.
Deo gratias.
Ant.
This is the rod in which was neither knot of original sin, nor rind of actual guilt.
Haec est virga in qua nec nodus originalis, nec cortex actualis culpae fuit.
In thy conception, O Virgin, thou wast immaculate.
In conceptione tua virgo immaculata fuisti.
Pray for us to the Father, Whose Son thou didst bring forth.
Ora pro nobis Patrem, cuius Filium peperisti.
Let us pray.
O God, Who by the immaculate conception of the Virgin, didst prepare a worthy habitation for Thy Son, we beseech Thee that, as in view of the death of that Son, Thou didst preserve her from all stain of sin, so Thou wouldst enable us, being made pure by her intercession, to come unto Thee. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
Deus, qui per immaculatam Virginis conceptionem dignum Filio tuo habitaculum praeparasti: quaesumus, ut qui ex morte eiusdem Filii tui praevisa eam ab omni labe praeservasti, nos quoque mundos eius intercessione ad te pervenire concedas. Per eundem Christum Dominum nostrum. Amen.