Prayers for the 12-Day Preparatory Period
Veni Creator
Come,
Holy Spirit, Creator blest,
and in our souls take up Thy rest;
come with Thy grace and heavenly aid
to fill the hearts which
Thou hast made.
O
comforter, to Thee we cry,
O heavenly gift of God Most High,
O
fount of life and fire of love,
and sweet anointing from above.
Thou
in Thy sevenfold gifts are known;
Thou, finger of God's hand we
own;
Thou, promise of the Father,
Thou Who dost the tongue
with power imbue.
Kindle
our sense from above,
and make our hearts overflow with love;
with patience firm and virtue high
the weakness of our flesh
supply.
Far
from us drive the foe we dread,
and grant us Thy peace instead;
so shall we not, with Thee for guide,
turn from the path of
life aside.
Oh,
may Thy grace on us bestow
the Father and the Son to know;
and
Thee, through endless times confessed,
of both the eternal Spirit
blest.
Now
to the Father and the Son,
Who rose from death, be glory given,
with Thou, O Holy Comforter,
henceforth by all in earth and
heaven. Amen.
Ave Maris Stella
Hail,
O Star of the ocean,
God's own Mother blest,
ever sinless
Virgin,
gate of heavenly rest.
Taking
that sweet Ave,
which from Gabriel came,
peace confirm within
us,
changing Eve's name.
Break
the sinners' fetters,
make our blindness day,
Chase all evils
from us,
for all blessings pray.
Show
thyself a Mother,
may the Word divine
born for us thine
Infant
hear our prayers through thine.
Virgin
all excelling,
mildest of the mild,
free from guilt preserve
us
meek and undefiled.
Keep
our life all spotless,
make our way secure
till we find in
Jesus,
joy for evermore.
Praise
to God the Father,
honor to the Son,
in the Holy Spirit,
be
the glory one. Amen.
Magnificat
My
soul doth magnify the Lord. And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my
Savior. Because He hath regarded the humility of His handmaid; for
behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
Because He that is mighty hath done great things to me; and holy is
His name. And His mercy is from generation to generations, to them
that fear Him. He hath showed might in His arm; He hath scattered the
proud in the conceit of their heart.
He hath put down the
mighty from their seat; and hath exalted the humble. He hath filled
the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away. He
hath received Israel His servant, being mindful of His mercy. As He
spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to his seed forever. Amen.
Glory Be
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
