3 Glorious things are said of you, O Virgin Mary. The Most High has made his dwelling place a holy temple.Īnt. May they persevere in seeking your will and find their way to you through obedience.Īnt. Supreme among the nations, supreme on the earth!”Īll-powerful Father, the refuge and strength of your people, you protect in adversity and defend in prosperity those who put their trust in you. He puts an end to wars over all the earth † The redoubtable deeds he has done on the earth. He lifts his voice, the earth shrinks away. Nations are in tumult, kingdoms are shaken: * God will help it at the dawning of the day. The holy place where the Most High dwells. The waters of a river give joy to God’s city, * Though the mountains fall into the depths of the sea,Įven though the mountains be shaken by its waves. So we shall not fear though the earth should rock, * He shall be called Emmanuel, which means: God-with-us (Matthew 1:23).Ī helper close at hand, in time of distress: 2 The Most High has made his dwelling place a holy temple. Mary received a blessing from the Lord and loving kindness from God her savior.Īnt. Watch over your people as the treasure of your heart and guide their steps along safe paths that they may see your face.Īnt. When your Son was unjustly condemned, Lord God, and surrounded by the impious, he cried to you, and you set him free. He shall receive blessings from the Lord * Who has not sworn so as to deceive his neighbor. The man with clean hands and pure heart, † Who shall climb the mountain of the Lord? * The Lord’s is the earth and its fullness, * If Psalm 24 is used as the Invitatory Psalm, then Psalm 95, above, is used as the first psalm of the Office of Readings.Ĭhrist opened heaven for us in the manhood he assumed (Saint Irenaeus). 1 Mary received a blessing from the Lord and loving kindness from God her savior. Whose might they own, whose praise they tell,Īnt. – as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: If the Invitatory is not said, then the following is used: I said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray Today, listen to the voice of the Lord: †ĭo not grow stubborn, as your fathers did The dry land, too, for it was formed by his hands.Ĭome, then, let us bow down and worship, *īending the knee before the Lord, our maker.įor he is our God and we are his people, * He holds in his hands the depths of the earth * Let us approach him with praise and thanksgiving * In individual recitation, the antiphon may be said only at the beginning of the psalm it need not be repeated after each strophe.Įncourage each other daily while it is still today (Hebrews 3:13).Īnd shout with joy to the Rock who saves us. Let us sing to the Lord as we celebrate the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. – And my mouth will proclaim your praise.Īnt. The Invitatory is said when this is the first ‘hour’ of the day.
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