Often have they fought against me from my youth; let Israel now say.
      Often have they fought against me from my youth; but they could not prevail against me.
      The wicked have wrought upon my back: they have prolonged their iniquity.
      The just Lord hath hewn asunder the necks of sinners : let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Sion.
      Let them be as grass of the house-tops, which withereth before it be plucked up.
      Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand ; nor he that gathereth the sheaves, his bosom.
      And they that pass by say not: The blessing of the Lord be upon you: we bless you in the name of the Lord.

      Out of the depths have I cried unto Thee, O Lord. Lord, hear my voice.
      O, let Thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplication.
      If Thou, O Lord, wilt observe iniquities, Lord, who shall stand it?
      For with Thee there is merciful forgiveness; and by reason of Thy law I have waited for Thee, O Lord.
      My soul hath relied on His word.
      My soul hath hoped in the Lord.
      From the morning watch even until night, let Israel hope in the Lord.
      For with the Lord there is mercy, and with Him plentiful redemption.
      And He shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.

      O Lord, my heart is not lifted up; nor are mine eyes lofty.
      Neither do I walk in great matters, nor in things too wonderful for me.
      If I have not been humbly minded, but have lifted up my soul,
      As a child that is weaned upon his mother's breast, so let my reward be in my soul.
      Let Israel hope in the Lord, from this time forth for evermore.

Remember, O Creator Lord,
That in the Virgin's sacred womb
Thou wast conceived, and of her flesh
Didst our mortality assume.

Mother of grace! O Mary blest!
To thee, sweet fount of life, we fly;
Shield us through life, and take us hence
To thy dear bosom, when we die.

O Jesu! born of Virgin bright,
Immortal glory be to Thee ;
Praise to the Father infinite,
And Holy Ghost eternally. Amen.

Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a Son, and His name shall be called Emmanuel: Butter and honey shall He eat, that He may know to refuse evil and to choose good.

R. Thanks be to God.
V. The angel of the Lord declared unto Mary.
R. And she conceived of the Holy Ghost.

Ant. The Holy Ghost.

      Now Thou dost dismiss Thy servant, O Lord, according to Thy word in peace:
      Because mine eyes have seen Thy salvation,
      Which Thou hast prepared before the face of all peoples:
      A light to the revelation of the Gentiles and the glory of Thy people Israel.

O God, Who didst will that Thine eternal Word should take flesh in the womb of the Blessed Virgin Mary, when the angel delivered his message; grant that Thy petitioners, who verily believe her to be the Mother of God, may be assisted by her intercession. Through the same Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.

R. Amen.
V. O Lord, hear my prayer.
R. And let my cry come unto Thee.
V. Let us bless the Lord.
R. Thanks be to God.

May the almighty and merciful Lord, + Father and Son and Holy Ghost, bless and keep us.

      Mother of Christ! hear thou thy people's cry.
      Star of the deep, and portal of the sky,
      Mother of Him Who thee from nothing made.
      Sinking we strive and call to thee for aid:
      Oh, by that joy which Gabriel brought to thee,
      Pure Virgin first and last, look on our misery.

Pour forth, we beseech Thee, O Lord, Thy grace into our hearts, that we, to whom the Incarnation of Christ, thy Son, was made known by the message of an angel, may by His passion and cross be brought to the glory of His Resurrection. Through the same Christ our Lord.