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- 0:00Vox Liturgica: The propers of the day according to the 1962 Roman Missal. The most holy name of Mary, September 12 in the year of our Lord two thousand thousand twenty six. Of today's feast Dom Gaspar Lefevre writes, just as a few days after Christmas we celebrate the holy name of Jesus, so after the nativity of Mary we glorify her holy name. Eight days after the birth of the virgin according to the custom of the Jews, her holy parents inspired by God says Saint Jerome and Saint Antoninus gave her the name of Mary. Wherefore during the octave of the nativity the liturgy gives a feast in honor of this holy name.
- 1:05Spain with the approval of Rome in 1513 was the first to celebrate it. And in 1683 it was extended to the whole church by innocent the eleventh to thank Mary for the victory which John Sobieski, king of Poland had just gained against the Turks who besieged Vienna and threatened the West. The name of the virgin says the gospel was Mary. The Hebrew name of Mary, in Latin, Domina, means lady or sovereign. For the authority of her son, Lord of the world makes her a sovereign from her birth in fact as well as in name.
- 1:59Whence as we call Jesus our Lord we say of Mary that she is our lady. To pronounce her name is to affirm her omnipotence. Let us offer the holy sacrifice to God to honor the most holy name of Mary and to obtain by her intercession her continual protection. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
- 2:38The introit. All that are rich among the citizens will be courting thy favor. Maidens will follow in her retinue into the king's presence. All rejoicing, all triumphant, those companions of hers. Joyful are the thoughts that well up from my heart.
- 3:01A king's honor for my theme. Glory be to the father and to the son and to the holy ghost as it was in the beginning is now and will be through all ages of ages. Amen. All that are rich among the citizens will be courting thy favor. Maidens will follow in her retinue into the king's presence.
- 3:30All rejoicing, all triumphant, those companions of hers. The Collect, let us pray. Grant we pray thee Almighty God that thy faithful people who enjoy the protection of the most holy Virgin Mary and delight in her name may by her dear intercession be delivered from all ills on earth and made worthy to attain everlasting bliss in heaven through our Lord Jesus Christ, thy son, who liveth and reigneth with thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God through all ages of ages. Amen. A lesson from the wisdom of Sirach.
- 4:27No vine ever yielded fruit so fragrant. The enjoyment of honor and riches is the fruit I bear. It is I that give birth to all noble loving, all reverence, all true knowledge in the holy gift of hope. From me comes every grace of faithful observance. From me all promise of life and vigor.
- 4:57Hither turn your steps all you that have learned to long for me. Take your fill of the increase I yield. Never was honey so sweet as the influence I inspire. Never honeycomb as the gift I bring. Mine is a renowned that endures age after age.
- 5:26Eat of this fruit and you will yet hunger for more. Drink of this wine and your thirst for it is still unquenched. He who listens to me will never be disappointed. He who lives by me will do no wrong. He who reads my lesson aright will find in it life eternal.
- 6:01The gradual, blessed art thou and worshipful, O Virgin Mary, who without loss of maidenhood was found to be the mother of our Savior. Virgin mother of God, he whom the entire world cannot hold, enclosed himself within thy womb and was made man. Alleluia. Alleluia. Thou did spare a child and yet remainest ever virgin.
- 6:34O mother of God, intercede for us. Alleluia. A continuation of the holy gospel according to Luke. At that time God sent the angel Gabriel to a city of Galilee called Nazareth where a virgin dwelt, betrothed to a man of David's lineage. His name was Joseph and the virgin's name was Mary.
- 7:07Into her presence the angel came and said, Hail, thou who art full of grace. The Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women. She was much perplexed at hearing him speak so and cast about in her mind what she was to make of such a greeting. Then the angel said to her, Mary, do not be afraid.
- 7:39Thou hast found favor in the sight of God. And behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call him Jesus. He shall be great, and men will know him for the son of the most high. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, and he shall reign over the house of Jacob eternally. His kingdom shall never have an end.
- 8:13But Mary said to the angel, how can that be since I have no knowledge of man? And the angel answered her, the Holy Spirit will come upon thee, and the power of the most high will overshadow thee. Thus this holy offspring of thine shall be known for the Son of God. See moreover how it fares with thy cousin Elizabeth. She is old, yet she too has conceived a son.
- 8:49She who was reproached with barrenness is now in her sixth month to prove that nothing can be impossible with God. And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord. Let it be unto me according to thy word. The offertory. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.
- 9:21Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. The secret. By thy gracious mercy, Lord, and at the intercession of blessed Mary ever Virgin, let this offering bring us prosperity and peace now and forevermore through our Lord Jesus Christ, thy Son, who liveth and reigneth with thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God through all ages of ages. Amen. The preface of Our Lady.
- 10:05It is truly meet and just right and for our salvation that we should at all times and in all places give thanks unto thee, oh, holy Lord, father almighty, everlasting God. And that we should praise and bless and proclaim thee in the festivity of blessed Mary ever virgin who also conceived thine only begotten son by the overshadowing of the Holy Ghost and the glory of her virginity still abiding, gave forth to the world the everlasting light, Jesus Christ, our Lord, through whom the angels praise thy majesty, the dominions worship it, the power stand in awe, the heavens and the hosts of heaven together with the blessed Seraphim in triumphant chorus unite to celebrate it. Together with them we entreat thee that thou mayest bid our voices also to be admitted while we say with humble praise. Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts. The heavens and the earth are full of thy glory.
- 11:25Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest. The communion. Blessed is the womb in which the Virgin Mary bore the Son of the eternal Father.
- 11:52The post communion. Let us pray. We pray thee, Lord, grant us who have received these aids to our salvation, that we may everywhere be sheltered by the advocacy of blessed Mary, ever Virgin, in whose honor we have made these offerings to thy majesty. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, thy son, who liveth and reigneth with thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God through all ages of ages. Amen.
- 12:32In the name of the father and of the son and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. Hail bright star of ocean, God's own mother blessed, ever sinless virgin, gate of heavenly rest, taking that sweet Ave which from Gabriel came. Peace confirm within us changing Eva's name. Break the captives fetters.
- 13:07Light on blindness poor, all our ills expelling, every bliss implore. Show thyself a mother. May the word divine born for us thy infant hear our prayers through thine. Virgin all excelling, mildest of the mild, freed from guilt, preserve us, pure and undefiled. Keep our life all spotless.
- 13:41Make our way secure till we find in Jesus joy forevermore through the highest heaven to the almighty three. Father, son, and spirit, one same glory be. Amen.