R. Amen. R. Amen

R. Deo gratias.

R. Beata es, Virgo Maria, qu® Dominum portasti Crea- torem mundi : * Genuisti qui te fecit, et in ®iernum permanes virgo.

V. Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum.

R. Genuisti, &c. was in Jerusalem. And I took root in an honourable people, and in the portion of my God his inheritance, and my abode is in the full assembly of Saints. But thou.

Lord, have mercy on us.

R. Thanks be to God.

R.

Blessed art thou, O Vir- Ein Mary, who didst bear the ord, the Creator of the world : * Thou wast the mo- ther of him who made thee, and remainest a virgin for ever.

V.

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.

R. Thou wast the mother, &c. When the Te Deum is said, there is added at the end of this Responsory : Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Glory be to the Father, and Spiritui Sancto. Genuisti, &c. to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. Thou wast the mo- ther, &c.

V. Jube, domne, benedi- V. Pray, sir, a blessing, cere. The Blessing. Per Virginem Matrem, con- Through the Virgin Mother, cedat nobis Dominus salutem may the Lord grant unto us et pacem. salvation and peace.