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♪ O SALUTARIS HOSTIA, QUAE CAELI
PANDIS OSTIUM, BELLA PREMUNT
HOSTILIA, DA ROBUR, FER
AUXILIUM ♪
♪ UNI TRINOQUE DOMINO SIT
SEMPITERNA GLORIA ♪
♪ QUI VITAM SINE TERMINO, NOBIS
DONET IN PATRIA ♪
♪ AMEN ♪
>> ♪ O GOD, COME TO MY
ASSISTANCE ♪
>> ♪ O LORD, MAKE HASTE TO HELP
ME ♪
♪ GLORY TO THE FATHER, AND TO
THE SON, AND TO THE HOLY SPIRIT,
AS IT WAS IN THE BEGINNING, IS
NOW AND WILL BE FOREVER ♪
♪ AMEN ♪
♪
♪ O MERCIFUL CREATOR, HEAR
♪ TO US IN PITY BOW THINE EAR:
♪ ACCEPT THE TEARFUL PRAYER WE
RAISE IN THIS OUR FAST OF FORTY
DAYS ♪
♪ OUR HEARTS ARE OPEN, LORD, TO
THEE
♪ THOU KNOWEST OUR INFIRMITY;
♪ POUR OUT ON ALL WHO SEEK THY
FACE ABUNDANCE OF THY PARD'NING
GRACE ♪
♪ OUR SINS ARE MANY, THIS WE
KNOW;
♪ SPARE US, GOOD LORD, THY MERCY
SHOW;
♪ AND FOR THE HONOR OF THY NAME
OUR FAINTING SOULS TO LIFE
RECLAIM ♪
♪ GIVE US THE SELF-CONTROL THAT
SPRINGS FROM DISCIPLINE OF
OUTWARD THINGS
♪ THAT FASTING INWARD, SECRETLY
THE SOUL MAY PURELY DWELL WITH
THEE ♪
♪ WE PRAY THEE, HOLY TRINITY
♪ ONE GOD, UNCHANGING UNITY
ABSTINENCE MAY REAP THE FRUITS
OF PENITENCE ♪
♪ AMEN ♪
>> ♪ IN HOLY SPLENDOR THE LORD
WILL SEND FORTH YOUR MIGHTY
SCEPTER FROM ZION ♪
>> ♪ THE LORD'S REVELATION TO MY
MASTER, SIT ON MY RIGHT, YOUR
FOES I WILL PUT BENEATH YOUR
FEET ♪
>> ♪ THE LORD WILL WIELD FROM
SION YOUR SCEPTER OF POWER, RULE
IN THE MIDST OF ALL YOUR FOES ♪
>> ♪ A PRINCE FROM THE DAY OF
YOUR BIRTH ON THE HOLY
MOUNTAINS ♪
♪ FROM THE WOMB BEFORE THE DAWN
I BEGOT YOU ♪
>> ♪ THE LORD HAS SWORN AN OATH
HE WILL NOT CHANGE YOU ARE A
PRIEST FOREVER, A PRIEST LIKE
MELCHIZEDEK OF OLD ♪
>> ♪ THE MASTER STANDING AT YOUR
RIGHT HAND WILL SHATTER KINGS IN
THE DAY OF HIS GREAT WRATH ♪
♪ HE SHALL DRINK FROM THE STREAM
BY THE WAYSIDE AND THEREFORE HE
>> ♪ GLORY TO THE FATHER, AND TO
THE SON, AND TO THE HOLY
SPIRIT ♪
>> ♪ AS IT WAS IN THE BEGINNING,
IS NOW, AND WILL BE FOREVER ♪
♪ AMEN ♪
>> ♪ IN HOLY SPLENDOR THE LORD
WILL SEND FORTH YOUR MIGHTY
SCEPTER FROM ZION ♪
>> ♪ WE WORSHIP THE ONE TRUE GOD
WHO MADE HEAVEN AND EARTH ♪
>> ♪ NOT TO US, LORD, NOT TO US
BUT TO YOUR NAME GIVE THE
GLORY ♪
>> ♪ FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR LOVE
AND YOUR TRUTH, LEST THE HEATHEN
SAY WHERE IS THEIR GOD ♪
>> ♪ BUT OUR GOD IS IN THE
HEAVENS, HE DOES WHATEVER HE
WILLS ♪
>> ♪ THEIR IDOLS ARE SILVER AND
GOLD, THE WORK OF HUMAN HANDS ♪
>> ♪ THEY HAVE MOUTHS BUT THEY
CANNOT SPEAK, THEY HAVE EYES BUT
THEY CANNOT SEE ♪
>> ♪ THEY HAVE EARS BUT THEY
CANNOT HEAR, THEY HAVE NOSTRILS
BUT THEY CANNOT SMELL ♪
>> ♪ WITH THEIR HANDS THEY
CANNOT FEEL, WITH THEIR FEET
THEY CANNOT WALK ♪
♪ NO SOUND COMES FROM THEIR
THROATS ♪
>> ♪ THEIR MAKERS WILL COME TO
BE LIKE THEM AND SO WILL ALL WHO
TRUST IN THEM ♪
>> ♪ SONS OF ISRAEL, TRUST IN
THE LORD, HE IS THEIR HELP AND
THEIR SHIELD ♪
>> SONS OF AARON, TRUST IN THE
LORD, HE IS THEIR HELP AND THEIR
SHIELD ♪
>> ♪ YOU WHO FEAR HIM, TRUST IN
THE LORD, HE IS THEIR HELP AND
THEIR SHIELD ♪
>> ♪ HE REMEMBERS US, AND HE
WILL BLESS US, HE WILL BLESS THE
SONS OF ISRAEL ♪
♪ HE WILL BLESS THE SONS OF
AARON ♪
>> ♪ THE LORD WILL BLESS THOSE
WHO FEAR HIM, THE LITTLE NO LESS
THAN THE GREAT ♪
>> TO YOU, MAY THE LORD GRANT
INCREASE, TO YOU AND ALL YOUR
CHILDREN ♪
>> ♪ MAY YOU BE BLEST BY THE
LORD, THE MAKER OF HEAVEN AND
EARTH ♪
>> ♪ THE HEAVENS BELONG TO THE
LORD BUT THE EARTH HE HAS GIVEN
TO MEN ♪
>> THE DEAD SHALL NOT PRAISE THE
LORD, NOR THOSE WHO GO DOWN INTO
THE SILENCE ♪
>> ♪ BUT WE WHO LIVE BLESS THE
LORD, NOW AND FOR EVER ♪
♪ AMEN ♪
>> ♪ GLORY TO THE FATHER, AND TO
THE SON, AND TO THE HOLY
SPIRIT ♪
>> ♪ AS IT WAS IN THE BEGINNING,
IS NOW, AND WILL BE FOREVER ♪
♪ AMEN ♪
>> ♪ WE WORSHIP THE ONE TRUE GOD
WHO MADE HEAVEN AND EARTH ♪
>> ♪ GOD DID NOT SPARE HIS OWN
SON BUT GAVE HIM UP FOR US
ALL ♪
>> ♪ CHRIST SUFFERED FOR YOU,
AND LEFT YOU AN EXAMPLE TO HAVE
YOU FOLLOW IN HIS FOOTSTEPS ♪
>> ♪ HE DID NO WRONG, NO DECEIT
WAS FOUND IN HIS MOUTH ♪
>> WHEN HE WAS INSULTED, HE
RETURNED NO INSULT ♪
>> ♪ WHEN HE WAS MADE TO SUFFER,
HE DID NOT COUNTER WITH
THREATS ♪
>> ♪ INSTEAD HE DELIVERED
HIMSELF UP TO THE ONE WHO JUDGES
JUSTLY ♪
>> ♪ IN HIS OWN BODY HE BROUGHT
YOUR SINS TO THE CROSS ♪
>> ♪ SO THAT ALL OF US, DEAD TO
SIN, COULD LIVE IN ACCORD WITH
GOD'S WILL ♪
♪ BY HIS WOUNDS YOU WERE
HEALED ♪
>> ♪ GLORY TO THE FATHER, AND TO
>> WHILE ALL THE RUNNERS IN THE
STADIUM TAKE PART IN THE RACE,
THE AWARD GOES TO ONE MAN.
IN THAT CASE, RUN SO AS TO WIN.
ATHLETES DENY THEMSELVES ALL
SORTS OF THINGS.
THEY DO THIS TO WIN A CROWN OF
LEAVES THAT WITHERS; BUT WE, A
CROWN THAT IS IMPERISHABLE.
>> ♪ LISTEN TO US, O LORD, AND
HAVE MERCY, FOR WE HAVE SINNED
AGAINST YOU ♪
>> ♪ LISTEN TO US, O LORD, AND
HAVE MERCY, FOR WE HAVE SINNED
AGAINST YOU ♪
>> ♪ CHRIST JESUS, HEAR OUR
HUMBLE PETITIONS ♪
>> ♪ FOR WE HAVE SINNED AGAINST
YOU ♪
>> ♪ GLORY TO THE FATHER, AND TO
THE SON, AND TO THE HOLY
SPIRIT ♪
>> ♪ LISTEN TO US, O LORD, AND
HAVE MERCY, FOR WE HAVE SINNED
AGAINST YOU ♪
>> ♪ TELL NO ONE ABOUT THE
VISION YOU HAVE SEEN UNTIL THE
SON OF MAN HAS RISEN FROM THE
DEAD ♪
>> ♪ MY SOUL PROCLAIMS THE
GREATNESS OF THE LORD ♪
♪ MY SPIRIT REJOICES IN GOD MY
SAVIOR FOR HE HAS LOOKED WITH
FAVOR ON HIS LOWLY SERVANT ♪
>> ♪ FROM THIS DAY, ALL
GENERATIONS WILL CALL ME
BLESSED ♪
>> ♪ THE ALMIGHTY HAS DONE GREAT
THINGS FOR M, AND HOLY IS HIS
NAME ♪
>> ♪ HE HAS MERCY ON THOSE WHO
FEAR HIM IN EVERY GENERATION ♪
>> ♪ HE HAS SHOWN THE STRENGTH
OF HIS ARM ♪
♪ HE HAS SCATTERED THE PROUD IN
THEIR CONCEIT ♪
>> ♪ HE HAS CAST DOWN THE MIGHTY
FROM THEIR THRONES, AND HAS
LIFTED UP THE LOWLY ♪
>> ♪ HE HAS FILLED THE HUNGRY
WITH GOOD THINGS AND THE RICH HE
HAS SENT AWAY EMPTY ♪
>> ♪ HE HAS COME TO THE HELP OF
HIS SERVANT ISRAEL FOR HE HAS
REMEMBERED HIS PROMISE OF MERCY,
>> ♪ THE PROMISE HE MADE TO OUR
FATHERS, TO ABRAHAM AND HIS
CHILDREN FOR EVER ♪
>> ♪ GLORY TO THE FATHER, AND TO
THE SON, AND TO THE HOLY
SPIRIT ♪
>> ♪ AS IT WAS IN THE BEGINNING,
IS NOW, AND WILL BE FOREVER ♪
♪ AMEN ♪
>> ♪ TELL NO ONE ABOUT THE
VISION YOU HAVE SEEN UNTIL THE
SON OF MAN HAS RISEN FROM THE
DEAD ♪
>> ♪ LET US GIVE THANKS
CONTINUALLY TO CHRIST, OUR
TEACHER AND OUR HEAD WHO CAME TO
SERVE AND TO DO GOOD TO ALL ♪
♪ IN HUMILITY AND CONFIDENCE LET
US ASK HIM ♪
>> ♪ COME, LORD, TO VISIT YOUR
FAMILY ♪
>> ♪ LORD, BE PRESENT TO THE
BISHOPS AND PRIEST OF YOUR
CHURCH WHO SHARE YOUR ROLE AS
HEAD AND SHEPHERD ♪
>> ♪ MAY THEY LEAD YOUR PEOPLE
TO THE FATHER UNDER YOUR
GUIDANCE ♪
>> ♪ COME, LORD, TO VISIT YOUR
FAMILY ♪
>> ♪ MAY YOUR ANGEL BE WITH ALL
WHO TRAVEL TO KEEP THEM SAFE IN
SOUL AND BOD-Y ♪
>> ♪ COME, LORD, TO VISIT YOUR
FAMILY ♪
>> ♪ TEACH US TO SERVE THE NEEDS
OF OTHERS, AND TO BE LIKE YOU,
WHO CAME TO SERVE, NOT TO BE
SERVED ♪
>> ♪ COME, LORD, TO VISIT YOUR
FAMILY ♪
>> ♪ GRANT THAT IN THE HUMAN
FAMILY, BROTHER MAY ALWAYS HELP
BROTHER, SO THAT, WITH YOUR
ASSISTANCE, IT MAY BE A CITY
COMPACT AND STRONG ♪
>> ♪ COME, LORD, TO VISIT YOUR
FAMILY ♪
>> ♪ HAVE MERCY ON ALL THE DEAD,
BRING THEM TO THE VISION OF YOUR
GLORY ♪
>> ♪ COME, LORD, TO VISIT YOUR
FAMILY ♪
>> FATHER: ♪ PRAECEPTIS
SALUTARIBUS MONITI, ET DIVINIA
INSTITUTIONE FORMATI AUDEMUS
DICERE ♪
>> ♪ PATER NOSTER, QUI ES IN
CAELIS SANCTIFICETUR NOMEN TUUM
ADVENIAT REGNUM TUUM FIAT
VOLUNTAS TUA, SICUT IN CAELO, ET
IN TERRA ♪
♪ PANEM NOSTRUM QUOTIDIANUM DA
NOBIS HODIE ET, ET DIMITTE NOBIS
DEBITA NOSTRA, SICUT ET NOS
DIMITTIMUS DEBITORIBUS NOSTRIS
ET NE NOS INDUCAS IN TENTATIONEM
SED LIBERA NOS A MALO ♪
>> ♪ O GOD, WHO HAVE COMMANDED
US TO LISTEN TO YOUR BELOVED
SON, BE PLEASED, WE PRAY, TO
NOURISH US INWARDLY BY YOUR
WORD, THAT WITH SPIRITUAL SIGHT
MADE PURE, WE MAY REJOICE TO
BEHOLD YOUR GLORY ♪
♪ THROUGH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST,
YOUR SON, WHO LIVES AND REIGNS
WITH YOU IN THE UNITY OF THE
HOLY SPIRIT, ONE GOD, FOR EVER
AND EVER ♪
>> ♪ AMEN ♪
♪ TANTUM ERGO SACRAMENTUM
VENEREMUR CERNUI ♪
♪ ET ANTIQUUM DOCUMENTUM NOVO
CEDAT RITUI, PRAESTET FIDES
SUPPLEMENTUM SENSUUM DEFECTUI ♪
♪ GENITORI, GENITOQUE LAUS ET
JUBILATIO ♪
♪ SALUS, HONOR, VIRTUS QUOQUE
SIT ET BENEDICTIO ♪
♪ PROCEDENTI AB UTROQUE, COMPAR
SIT LAUDATIO ♪
♪ AMEN ♪
>> ♪ PANEM DE CELO PRESTITÍSTI
EIS ♪
>> ♪ OMNE DELECTAMÉNTUM IN SE
HABÉNTEM ♪
>> ♪ OREMUS ♪
>> ♪ DEUS, QUI NOBIS SUB
SACRAMÉNTO MIRÁBILI, PASSIÓNIS
TUE MEMÓRIAM RELIQUÍSTI TRIBUE,
QUESUMUS, ITA NOS CÓRPORIS ET
SÁNGUINIS TUI SACRA
MYSTÉRIA VENERÁRI, UT
REDEMPTIÓNIS TUE FRUCTUM IN
NOBIS IÚGITER SENTIÁMUS ♪
♪ QUI VIVIS ET REGNAS IN SECULA
SECULÓRUM ♪
♪ AMEN ♪
>> Father: THE DIVINE PRAISES.
♪ BLESSED BE GOD ♪
♪ BLESSED BE HIS HOLY NAME ♪
♪ BLESSED BE JESUS CHRIST TRUE
GOD AND TRUE MAN ♪
♪ BLESSED BE THE NAME OF
JESUS ♪
♪ BLESSED BE HIS MOST SACRED
HEART ♪
♪ BLESSED BE HIS MOST PRECIOUS
BLOOD ♪
♪ BLESSED BE JESUS IN THE MOST
HOLY SACRAMENT OF THE ALTAR ♪
♪ BLESSED BE THE HOLY SPIRIT,
THE PARACLETE ♪
♪ BLESSED BE THE GREAT MOTHER OF
GOD, MARY MOST HOLY ♪
♪ BLESSED BE HER HOLY AND
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION ♪
♪ BLESSED BE HER GLORIOUS
ASSUMPTION ♪
♪ BLESSED BE THE NAME OF MARY,
VIRGIN AND MOTHER ♪
♪ BLESSED BE ST. JOSEPH, HER
MOST CHASTE SPOUSE ♪
♪ BLESSED BE GOD IN HIS ANGELS
AND IN HIS SAINTS ♪
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♪ HOLY GOD, WE PRAISE THY
NAME ♪
♪ LORD OF ALL, WE BOW BEFORE
THEE ♪
♪ ALL ON EARTH, THY SCEPTER
CLAIM ♪
♪ ALL IN HEAVEN ABOVE ADORE
THEE ♪
♪ INFINITE THY VAST DOMAIN,
EVERLASTING IS THY REIGN ♪
♪ INFINITE THY VAST DOMAIN,
EVERLASTING IS THY REIGN ♪
♪ HARK, THE LOUD CELESTIAL HYMN
♪ ANGEL CHOIRS ABOVE ARE
RAISING ♪
♪ CHERUBIM AND SERAPHIM IN
UNCEASING CHORUS PRAISING ♪
♪ FILL THE HEAVENS WITH SWEET
ACCORD ♪
HOLY HOLY HOLY LORD ♪
♪ FILL THE HEAVENS WITH SWEET
ACCORD ♪
HOLY HOLY HOLY LORD ♪
