Mary Our Help

Little Office Of The Immaculate Conception Of The Blessed Virgin

LITTLE OFFICE AT 5 A.M

Come, my lips, and wide proclaim, The Blessed Virgin's spotless fame.
V. O Lady, make speed to befriend me. R. From the hands of the enemy mightily defend me. V. Glory Be To The Father... Alleluia. (lent: praise be to you O Christ King of eternal glory)
Hymn
Hail, Queen of the Heavens! Hail, Mistress of earth! Hail, Virgin most pure, Of immaculate birth!
Clear star of the morning, In beauty enshrined! O Lady, make speed To the help of mankind.
Thee God in the depth Of eternity chose: And formed thee all fair As His glorious Spouse.
And called thee His Word's Own Mother to be, By whom he created The earth, sky and sea. Amen
V. God elected her, and pre-elected her. R. He made her to dwell in His tabernacle. V. O Lady, hear my prayer, R. And let my cry come unto thee.
Let Us Pray. - Holy Mary, Queen of heaven, Mother of our Lord Jesus Christ, and Mistress of the world, who forsakest no one, and despiseth no one; look upon me, O Lady, with an eye of pity, and entreat for me, of thy beloved Son, the forgiveness of all my sins; that as I now celebrate with devout affection thy holy and Immaculate Conception, so, hereafter, I may receive the prize of eternal blessedness, by the grace of Him Whom thou, in virginity didst bring forth, Jesus Christ our Lord: Who, with the Father and the Holy Ghost, liveth and reigneth, in perfect Trinity, God, world without end. Amen
V. O Lady, hear my prayer. R. And let my cry come unto thee. V. Let us bless the Lord. R. Thanks be to God. V. May the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. R. Amen.

LITTLE OFFICE AT 6 A.M

V. O Lady, make speed to befriend me. R. From the hands of the enemy mightily defend me. V. Glory Be To The Father... Alleluia. (lent: praise be to you O Christ King of eternal glory) R. Amen.
Hymn
Hail, Virgin most wise! Hail, Deity's shrine! With seven fair pillars, And table divine!
Preserved from the guilt Which hath come on us all Exempt, in the womb, From the taint of the fall
O new star of Jacob! Of Angels the Queen! O gate of the Saints, O Mother of men!
O terrible as The embattled array, Be thou of the faithful The refuge and stay.
Amen.
V. The Lord Himself created her in the Holy Ghost. R. And poured her out among all His works. V. O Lady, hear my prayer. R. And let my cry come unto thee. V. Let us bless the Lord. R. Thanks be to God. V. May the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. R. Amen.

LITTLE OFFICE AT 9 AM

V. O Lady, make speed to befriend me. R. From the hands of the enemy mightily, defend me. V. Glory Be To The Father... Alleluia.(lent: praise be to you O Christ King of eternal glory)
Hymn
Hail, Solomon's throne! Pure ark of the law! Fair rainbow! and bush Which the Patriarch saw!
Hail, Gideon's fleece! Hail, blossoming rod! Samson's sweet honey comb! portal of God!
Well fitting it was That a Son so divine Should preserve from a touch Of original sin:
Nor suffer by smallest Defect to be stained. That Mother whom He For Himself had ordained. Amen
V. I will dwell in the highest. R. And my throne is on the pillar of the clouds. V. O Lady, hear my prayer. R. And let my cry come unto thee. V. Let us bless the Lord. R. Thanks be to God. V. May the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. R. Amen.

LITTLE OFFICE AT 12 NOON

V. O Lady, meek speed to befriend me. R. From the hands of the enemy mightily defend me. V. Glory Be To The Father... Alleluia. (lent: praise be to you O Christ King of eternal glory)
Hymn
Hail, Virginal Mother! Hail, purity's cell! Fairshrine, where the Trinity Loveth to dwell!
Hail, garden of pleasure! Celestial balm! Cedar of chastity! Martyrdom's palm!
Thou land set apart From uses profane! And free from the curse Which in Adam began!
Thou city of God! Thou gate of the east, In thee is all grace, O joy of the blest!
Amen.
V. As the lily among the thorns, R. So is my beloved among the daughters of Adam. V. O Lady, hear my prayer. R. And let my cry come unto thee. V. Let us bless the Lord. R. Thanks be to God. V. May the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. R. Amen.

LITTLE OFFICE AT 3 PM

V. O Lady, make speed to befriend me. R. From the hands of the enemy mightily defend me. V. Glory Be To The Father... Alleluia. (lent: praise be to you O Christ King of eternal glory)
Hymn
Hail, city of refuge! Hail, David's high tower! With battlements crown'd And girded with power!
Filled at thy Conception With love and with light! The dragon by thee Was shorn of h is might!
O Woman most valiant! O Judith thrice blest! As David was nurs'd On fair Abisag's breast;
As the Saviour of Egypt Upon Rachel's knee: So the world's great Redeemer Was cherish'd by thee:
Amen.
V. Thou art all fair, my beloved, R. And the original stain was never in thee. V. O Lady, hear my prayer. R. And let my cry come unto thee. V. Let us bless the Lord. R. Thanks be to God. V. May the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. R. Amen.

LITTLE OFFICE AT 6 PM

V. O Lady, make speed to befriend me. R. From the hands of the enemy mightily defend me. V. Glory Be To The Father... Alleluia. (lent: praise be to you O Christ King of eternal glory)
Hymn
Hail, dial of Achaz! On thee the true Sun Told backward the course Which from old he had run!
And that man might be raised Submitting to shame, A little more low Than the Angels became
Thou wrapt in the blaze Of h is infinite light, Dost shine as the morn On the confines of night;
As the moon on the lost Through obscurity dawns The serpent's destroyer! A lily 'mid thorns!
Amen.
V. I made an unfailing light to arise in heaven. R. And as a mist I overspread the whole earth. V. O Lady, hear my prayer. R. And let my cry come unto thee. V. Let us bless the Lord. R. Thanks be to God. V. May the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. R. Amen.

LITTLE OFFICE AT 9 PM

V. May Jesus Christ, thy Son, reconciled by thy prayers, O Lady, convert our hearts. R. O Lady, make speed to befriend me. V. And turn away His anger from us. R. From the hands of the enemy mightily defend me. V. Glory Be To The Father... Alleluia. (lent: praise be to you O Christ King of eternal glory)
Hymn
Hail, Mother most pure! Hail, Virgin renowned Hail, Queen with the stars As a diadem crowned!
Above all the Angels, In glory untold. Standing next to the King In a vesture of gold!
O Mother of mercy! O star of the Wave! O hope of the guilty! O light of the grave!
Through thee may we come To the haven of rest, And see heaven's King In the courts of the blest.
Amen.
V. Thy name, O Mary, is as oil poured out. R. Thy servants have loved thee exceedingly. V. O Lady, hear my prayer. R. And let my cry come unto thee. V. Let us bless the Lord. R. Thanks be to God. V. May the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. R. Amen.
Terminate the Office as follows:
These praises and prayers I lay at thy feet, O Virgin of virgins! O Mary most sweet!
Be thou my true guide Through this pilgrimage here; And Stand by my side When death draweth near
This is the Admirable Virgin who has contracted neither original sin nor the least actual sin.
V. Thou hast been conceived without sin, O Holy Virgin.
R. Pray for us to God the Father whose son thou has brought forth.
Prayers
Oh God who in preserving the most Holy Virgin from the stain of original sin has prepared for thy Son a worthy dwelling in the womb of this Immaculate Virgin, we beseech thee, that as thou has preserved her from all sin by the anticipated merits of the death of this same Son, thou would also vouchsafe through her intercession, to give us Grace to arrive at the possession of Thee, purified from all our sins through Jesus Christ our Lord amen.