This page has been proofread, but needs to be validated.
OFFICE OF THE B.V.M
237

During Advent

Ant. Fear not, O Mary: thou hast found grace before the Lord: behold, thou shalt conceive, and shalt bring forth a Son, Alleluia.

From Christmas until Candlemas

Ant. The bush which Moses saw unconsumed, we acknowledge to be thine admirable virginity, which thou didst keep inviolate: Mother of God, plead for us.

From Christmas until Advent

LITTLE CHAPTER

Ecclus. xxiv

And I took root in an honorable people, and in the portion of my God, His inheritance: and my abode is in the full assembly of saints.

R. Thanks be to God.

During Advent

LITTLE CHAPTER

Luke i

The Lord God shall give Him the throne of David his father; and He shall reign in the house of Jacob for ever, and of His kingdom there shall be no end.