OFFICE OF THE B.V.M
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From Christmas until Advent
LITTLE CHAPTER
Ecclus. xxiv
From the beginning, and before the world was I created, and unto the world to come I shall not cease to be, and in the holy dwelling-place have I ministered before Him.
R. Thanks be to God.
During Advent
LITTLE CHAPTER
Is. xi
There shall come forth a rod out of the root of Jesse, and a flower shall rise up out of his root, and the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him.
R. Thanks be to God.
HYMN
Hail, thou star of ocean!
Portal of the sky!
Ever Virgin Mother
Of the Lord most high!
Oh! by Gabriel's Ave,
Uttered long ago,
Eva's name reversing,
Establish peace below.
