In Conceptione Immaculata Beatӕ Mariӕ Virginis

 

Per Horas	Antiphons
Total pulchra es, María, * mácula originális non est in te.	Thou art all fair, Mary, and the stain of original sin is not in thee.
Vestiéentum tuum * cándidum quasi nix, et fácies tua sicut sol.	Thy garments are white as snow, and thy face is as the sun.
Tu glória Jerúsalem, * tu lætítia Ísraël, tu honorificéntia pópuli nostri.	Thou art the glory of Jerusalem, thou art the joy of Israel, thou art the honor of our people.
Benedícta es tu, * Virgo María, a Dómino Deo excélso præ ómnibus muliéribus super terram.	Blessed are thou, O Virgin Mary, by the Lord the most high God, above all women upon the earth.
Trahe nos, * Virgo immaculáta, post te currémus in odórem unguentórum tuórum.	Draw us, O Virgin Immaculate; we will run after thee to the odor of thy ointments.
In Vesperis	Hymn
Ave maris stella, Dei Mater alma, Atque semper Virgo, Felix cæli porta. Sumens illud Ave Gabriélis ore, Funda nos in pace, Mutans Hevæ nomen. Solve vincla reis, Profer lumen cæcis Mala nostra pelle, Bona cuncta posce.  Monstra te esse matrem: Sumat per te preces, Qui pro nobis natus, Tulit esse tuus.  Virgo singularis, Inter omnes mites, Nos culpis solútos, Mites fac et castos.  Vitam præsta puram, Iter para tutum: Ut vidéntes Iesum Semper collætémur.  Sit laus Deo Patri, Summo Christo decus, Spirítui Sancto, Tribus honor unus. Amen.	Hail, O Star of the ocean, God’s own Mother blest, ever sinless Virgin, gate of heav’nly 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.
In I Vesperis	Magnificat Antiphon
Beátam me dicent * omnes generatiónes, quia fecit mihi magna qui potens est, allelúia.	All generations shall call me blessed, because He Who is mighty, hath done great things to me, alleluia.
Ad Matutinum	Hymn
Præclára custos vírginum, Intácta Mater Núminis, Cœléstis aulæ jánua, Spes nostra, cœli gáudium.  Inter rubéta lílium, Columba formosíssima, Virga e radíce gérminans Nostro medélam vúlneri.  Turris dracóni impérvia, Amíca stella náufragis, Tuére nos a fráudibus, Tuáque luce dírige.  Erróris umbras díscute, Syrtes dolósas ámove, Fluctus tot inter, déviis Tutam reclúde sémitam.  Glória tibi, Dómine, Qui natus es de Vírgine, Cum Patre, et almo Spíritu In sempitérna sǽcula. Amen.	Blest guardian of all virgin souls, Portal of bliss to man forgiven, Pure Mother of Almighty God, Thou hope of earth and joy of heaven!  Fair Lily found among the thorn, Most beauteous Dove with wings of gold, Rod from whose tender root upsprang That healing Flower so long foretold.  Thou Tower against the dragon proof, Thou Star to stormtossed voyagers dear; Our course lies o’er a treacherous deep, Thine be the light by which we steer.  Scatter the mists that round us hang; Keep far the fatal shoals away; And while through darkling waves we sweep, Open a path to light and day.  O Lord, born of the Virgin bright, Immortal glory be to Thee; Praise to the Father infinite And Holy Ghost eternally. Amen.
Nocturn I	Genesis 3:1-15
Sérpens erat callídior cunctis animántibus terræ quæ fécerat Dóminus Deus. Qui dixit ad mulíerem: Cur præcépit vobis Deus ut non comederétis de omni ligno paradísi? Cui respóndit múlier: De fructu lignórum, quæ sunt in paradíso, véscimur: de fructu vero ligni quod est in médio paradísi, præcépit nobis Deus ne comederémus, et ne tangerémus illud, ne forte moriámur. Dixit autem serpens ad mulíerem: Nequáquam morte moriémini. Scit enim Deus quod in quocúmque die comedéritis ex eo, aperiéntur óculi vestri, et éritis sicut dii, sciéntes bonum et malum. Vidit ígitur múlier quod bonum esset lignum ad vescéndum, et pulchrum óculis, aspectúque delectábile: et tulit de fructu illíus, et comédit: dedítque viro suo, qui comédit. Et apérti sunt óculi ambórum; cumque cognovíssent se esse nudos, consuérunt folia ficus, et fecérunt sibi perizómata. Et cum audíssent vocem Dómini Dei deambulántis in paradíso ad auram post merídiem, abscóndit se Adam et uxor ejus a fácie Dómini Dei in médio ligni paradísi. Vocavítque Dóminus Deus Adam, et dixit ei: Ubi es? Qui ait: Vocem tuam audívi in paradíso, et tímui, eo quod nudus essem, et abscóndi me. Cui dixit: Quis enim indicávit tibi quod nudus esses, nisi quod ex ligno de quo præcéperam tibi ne comderes, comedísti? Dixítque Adam: Múlier, quam dedsti mihi sóciam, dedit mihi de ligno, et comédi. Et dixit Dóminus Deus ad mulíerem: Quare hoc fecísti? Quæ respóndit: Serpens decépit me, et comédi. Et ait Dóminus Deus ad serpéntem: Quia fecísti hoc, maledíctus es inter ómnia animántia, et béstias terræ: super pectus tuum gradiéris, et terram comédes cunctis diébus vitæ tuæ. Inimicítias ponam inter te et mulíerem, et semen tuum et semen illíus: ipsa cónteret caput tuum, et tu insidiáberis calcáneo ejus.	Now the serpent was more subtle than any of the beasts of the earth which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman: Why hath God commanded you, that you should not eat of every tree of paradise? And the woman answered him, saying: Of the fruit of the trees that are in paradise we do eat: But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of paradise, God hath commanded us that we should not eat; and that we should not touch it, lest perhaps we die. And the serpent said to the woman: No, you shall not die the death. For God doth know that in what day soever you shall eat thereof, your eyes shall be opened: and you shall be as Gods, knowing good and evil. And the woman saw that the tree was good to eat, and fair to the eyes, and delightful to behold: and she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave to her husband who did eat. And the eyes of them both were opened: and when they perceived themselves to be naked, they sewed together fig leaves, and made themselves aprons. And when they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in paradise at the afternoon air, Adam and his wife hid themselves from the face of the Lord God, amidst the trees of paradise. And the Lord God called Adam, and said to him: Where art thou? And he said: I heard Thy voice in paradise; and I was afraid, because I was naked, and I hid myself. And He said to him: And who hath told thee that thou wast naked, but that thou hast eaten of the tree whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldst not eat? And Adam said: The woman, whom Thou gavest me to be my companion, gave me of the tree, and I did eat. And the Lord God said to the woman: Why hast thou done this? And she answered: The serpent deceived me, and I did eat. And the Lord God said to the serpent: Because thou hast done this thing, thou art cursed among all cattle, and beasts of the earth: upon thy breast shalt thou go, and earth shalt thou eat all the days of thy life. I will put enmities between thee and the woman, and thy seed and her seed: she shall crush thy head, and thou shalt lie in wait for her heel.
Nocturn II	Sermo sancti Hieronymi Presbyteri. De Assumptione B. M. V.
Qualis et quanta esset beáta, et gloriósa semper Virgo María, ab Ángelo divínitus declarátur, cum dícitur: Ave grátia plena, Dóminus tecum: benedícta tu in muliéribus. Tálibus namque decébat Vírginem oppignorári munéribus, ut esset grátia plena, quæ dedit cœlis glóriam, terris Dóminum, pacémque refúdit, fidem Géntibus, finem vítiis, vitæ órdinem, móribus disciplínam. Et bene plena, quia céteris per partes præstátur: Maríæ vero simul se tota infídit plenitúdo grátiæ. Vere plena, quia etsi in sanctis Pátribus, et Prophétis grátia fuísse créditur, non tamen eátenus plena: in Maríam vero totíus grátiæ, quæ in Christo est, plenitúdo venit, quamquam áliter. Et ídeo inquit: Benedícta tu in muliéribus: id est plus benedícta, quam omnes mulíeres. Ac per hoc quidquid maledictiónis infúsum est per Hevam, totum ábstulit benedíctio Maríæ. De ipsa Sálomon in Cánticis, quasi in laudem ejus: Veni, inquit, colúmba mea, immaculáta mea. Jam enim hiems tránsiit, imber ábiit, et recéssit. Ac deínde inquit: Veni de Líbano, veni, coronáberis. Non immérito ígitur veníre de Líbano jubétur, quia Líbanus candidátio interpretátur. Erat enim candidáta multis meritórum virtútibus, et dealbáta nive candídior, Spíritus sancti munéribus, simplicitátem colúmbæ in ómnibus repræséntans, quóniam, quidquid in ea gestum est, totum púritas et simplícitas, totum véritas et grátia fuit; totum misericórdia et justítia, quæ de cælo prospéxit: et ídeo immaculáta, quia in nullo corrúpta. Circúmdedit enim virum in útero, sicut Jeremías sanctus testátur, et non aliúnde accépit. Fáciet, inquit, Dóminus novum super terram, et múlier circúmdabit virum. Vere novum, et ómnium novitátum superéminens nóvitas virtútum, quando Deus (quem ferre non potest mundus, neque vidére áliquis, ut vívere possit) sic ingréssus est hospítium ventris, ut córporis claustrum nescíret: sicque gestátus, ut totus Deus in eo esset: et sic exívit inde, ut esset (sicut Ezéchiel fatétur) porta omníno clausa. Unde cánitur in eísdem Cánticis de ea: Hortus conclúsus, fons signátus, emissiónes tuæ paradísus. Vere hortus deliciárum, in quo cónsita sunt univérsa florum génera, et odoraménta virtútum: sicque conclúsus, ut nésciat violári, neque corrúmpi ullis insidiárum fráudibus. Fons ítaque signátus sígillo totíus Trinitátis.	Who and what was the blessed and glorious Mary, always a Virgin, hath been revealed by God by the message of an Angel, in these words, Hail, thou that art full of grace, the Lord is with thee blessed art thou among women. It was fitting that a fulness of grace should be poured into that Virgin who hath given to God glory and to man a Savior, who hath brought peace to earth, who hath given faith to the Gentiles, who hath killed sin, who hath given law to life, who hath made the crooked ways straight. Verily, she is full of grace. To others grace cometh measure by measure; in Mary grace dwelleth at once in all fulness. Verily, she is full of grace. We believe that the holy Fathers and Prophets had grace; but they were not full of grace. But into Mary came a fulness of all the grace which is in Christ, albeit otherwise (than as it is in Him.) Therefore, is it said Blessed art thou among women, that is, Blessed art thou above all women. The fulness of blessing in Mary utterly neutralized in her any effects of the curse of Eve. In her praise Solomon writeth in the Song of Songs, Rise up, my dove, my fair one, for the winter is past, the rain is over and gone. And again, Come from Lebanon, my Spouse, come, thou shalt be crowned. Not unjustly then is she bidden to come from’ Lebanon, for Lebanon is so named on account of its stainless and glistening whiteness. The earthly Lebanon is white with snow, but the lonely heights of Mary’s holiness are white with purity and grace, brilliantly fair, whiter far than snow, sparkling with the gifts of the Holy Ghost she is undefiled like a dove, all clean, all upright, full of grace and truth. She is full of mercy, and of the righteousness that hath looked down from heaven, and therefore is she without stain because in her hath never been any corruption. She hath compassed a man in her womb, saith holy Jeremiah, but she conceived not by the will of fallen man. The Lord, saith the Prophet, hath created a new thing in the earth; a woman shall compass a man. Verily, it is a new thing. Verily, it was a new work of power, greater than all other works, when God, Whom the world cannot bear, and Whom no man shall see and live, entered the lodging of her womb, breaking not the blissful cloister of her virgin flesh. And in her body He was borne, the Infinite enclosed within her womb. And from her womb He came forth, so that it was fulfilled which was spoken of the Prophet Ezekiel, saying, This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it; because the Lord, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut. Hence also in the Song of Songs it is said of her, A garden enclosed is my sister, my spouse, a garden enclosed, a fountain sealed, thy perfumes are a garden of delights. Verily a garden of delights, filled with the perfumes of all flowers, rich with the sweet savor of grace. And the most holy Virgin herself is a garden enclosed, whereinto sin and Satan have never entered to sully the blossoms, a fountain sealed, sealed with the seal of the Trinity.
Ex Actis Pii Papæ IX
Deíparæ autem Vírginis in sua Conceptióne de tetérrimo humáni géneris hoste victóriam, quam divína elóquia, veneránda tradítio, perpétuus Ecclésiæ sensus, singuláris episcopórum ac fidélium conspirátio, insígnia quoque summórum Pontíficum acta atque constitutiónes mirífice jam illustrábant, Pius nonus Póntifex Máximus totíus Ecclésiæ votis ánnuens státuit suprémo suo atque infallíbili oráculo solémniter proclamáre. Itaque sexto Idus Decémbris anni millésimi octingentésimi quinquagésimi quarti in basílica Vaticána ingénti sanctæ Románæ Ecclésiæ patrum Cardinálium, et Episcopórum ex díssitis étiam regiónibus astánte cœtu, universóque plaudénte orbe solémniter pronuntiávit ac definívit: Doctrínam quæ tenet beatissímam Vírginem Maríam in primo instánti suæ Conceptiónis fuísse, singulári Dei privilégio, ab omni originális culpæ labe præservátam immúnem, esse a Deo revelátam, ac proínde ab ómnibus fidélibus fírmiter constantérque credéndam.	The fact that the Virgin Mother of God had at the moment of her conception triumphed over the foul enemy of man, hath ever been borne out by the Holy Scriptures, by the venerable tradition of the Church, and by her unceasing belief, as well as by the common conviction of all Bishops and faithful Catholics, and by marked acts and constitutions of the Holy See. At length the Supreme Pontiff Pius IX, in compliance with the wishes of the Universal Church, determined to publish it as a truth of faith, on his own absolute and unerring authority, and accordingly, on the 8th day of December, 1854, in the Vatican Basilica, in presence of a great multitude composed of the Fathers Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, and Bishops from all parts of the earth, he, with the consent and jubilation of the whole world, declared and defined as follows That doctrine which declareth that the most blessed Virgin Mary was in the first instant of her Conception preserved, by a special privilege granted unto her by God, from any stain of original sin, is a doctrine taught and revealed by God, and therefore is to be held by all faithful Christians firmly and constantly.
Nocturn III	Luke 1:26-28
In illo témpore: Missus est Ángelus Gábriel a Deo in civitátem Galilǽæ, cui nomen Názareth, ad Vírginem desponsátam viro, cui nomen erat Joseph, de domo David, et nomen Vírginis María. Et réliqua.	In that time the angel Gabriel was sent from God into a city of Galilee, called Nazareth, to a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary. And so on.
Homilía sancti Germáni Epíscopi. In Præsentatióne Deipáræ	Homily by St German, Patriarch of Constantinople On the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin
Ave María, grátia plena, Sanctis sánctior, et cœlis excélsior, et Chérubim gloriósior, et Séraphim honorabílior, et super omnem creatúram venerabílior. Ave colúmba, quæ nobis et fructum fers olívæ, et Servatórem a spiritáli dilúvio, ac portum salútis annúntias, cujus pennæ deargentátæ, et posterióra dorsi in pallóre auri sanctíssimi et illuminántis Spíritus fulgóre irradiántur. Ave amœníssimus et rationális Dei paradísus, benevolentíssima et omnipoténti eiúsdem dextra hódie ad Oriéntem plantátus, et ipsi suáve olens lílium, et rosam immarcescíbilem gérminans in eórum medélam, qui pestíferam animǽque exitiálem amaritúdinem mortis ad Occidéntem ebíberant: paradísus, in quo ad veritátis agnitiónem lignum vivíficum effloréscit, e quo qui gustáverint, immortalitátem consequúntur. Ave sacrosáncte ædificátum, immaculátum, purissimúmque Dei summi Regis palátium, eiúsdem Dei Regis magnificéntia circumornátum, omnésque hospítio recípiens, ac mýsticis refíciens delíciis; in quo non manufáctus et vário decóre nitens situs est spirituális sponsi thálamus; in quo Verbum errántem humánam stirpem revocáre volens, carnem sibi desponsávit, ut eos, qui voluntáte própria extórres facti fúerant, Patri reconciliáret. Ave Dei mons præpínguis et umbrósus, in quo enutrítus Agnus rationális peccáta atque infirmitátes nostras portávit: mons, e quo devolútus ille, nulla manu præcísus lapis, contrívit aras idolórum, et factus est in caput ánguli, mirábilis in óculis nostris, Ave sanctus Dei thronus divínum donárium, domus glóriæ, perpúlchrum ornaméntum, cimélium eléctum, et totíus orbis propitiatórium, cœlúmque Dei glóriam enárrans. Ave urna ex puro auro conflata, et suavíssimam animárum nostrárum dulcédinem, Christum scílicet, qui manna est, cóntinens. O puríssima et omni laude et obséquio digníssima Virgo, Deo dicátum donárium omni creaturárum conditióni præcéllens, terra non secta, inarátus ager, vitis floridíssima, fons aquas effúndens, virgo génerans: et mater viri néscia, innocéntiæ thesáurus abscónditus, et sanctimóniæ decus; acceptíssimis tuis ac matérna auctoritáte válidis précibus ad Dóminum ac Deum ómnium Conditórem Fílium tuum ex te sine patre génitum, ecclesiástici órdinis gubernácula fac dírigas, et ad portum tranquíllum perdúcas. Sacerdótes justítia, et probátæ, immaculátæ ac sincéræ fidei exsultatióne splendidíssime indúito. Orthodóxis princípibus, qui præ omni púrpuræ aut auri splendóre, et præ margarítis ac lapídibus pretiósis, te nacti sunt diadéma et induméntum ac firmíssimum regni sui ornaméntum, in tranquíllo ac próspero statu sceptra dírige. Male fidas natiónes in te, ac Deum ex te génitum blasphemántes, eórum pédibus sternens subjícito: subjectúmque pópulum, ut secúndum Dei præcéptum in suávi obediéntiæ obséquio persevéret, confirmáto. Tuam hanc civitátem, quæ te tamquam turrim ac fundaméntum habet, victóriæ triúmphis coronáto, et fortitúdine circumcíngens custodíto Dei habitatiónem, templi decórem semper conserváto; laudatóres tuos ab omni discrímine et ánimi angóre éxime; captívis redemptiónem tribúito; peregrínis tecto, et quovis præsídio destitútis, solámen te éxhibe. Univérso mundo auxiliatrícem manum tuam pórrige, ut in lætítia et exsultatióne solemnitátes tuas simul cum ista, quam modo celebrámus, festivitáte splendidíssimo éxitu transigámus, in Christo Jesu universórum Rege ac vero Deo nostro, cui glória et fortitúdo una cum sancto vitǽque princípio Patre, et coætérno et consubstantiáli et conregnánte Spíritu, nunc et semper et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.	Hail, Mary, full of grace, holier than the Saints, higher than the heavens, more glorious than the Cherubim, more honorable than the Seraphim, and the most worshipful thing that the hands of God have made. Hail, O dove, bearing in thy beak the olive-branch of peace that telleth us of salvation from the spiritual flood, dove, blessed omen of a safe harbor, whose wings are of silver, and thy feathers of gold, shining in the bright beams of the Most Holy and Light-giving Spirit. Hail, thou living garden of Eden, planted towards the East by the right hand of the Most Merciful and Mighty God, wherein do grow to His glory rich lilies and unfading roses, for the healing of them that have drunk in death from the blighting and pestilential breezes of the bitter West; Eden, wherein hath sprung that Tree of life, Whereof if any man eat he shall live forever. Hail, stately Palace of the King, most holy, stainless, purest, House of the Most High God, adorned with His Royal splendor, open to all, filled with Kingly dainties; Palace wherein is that spiritual bridal chamber, not made with hands, nor hung with divers colors, in the which the Eternal Word, when He would raise up fallen man, wedded flesh unto Himself, that He might reconcile unto the Father them who had cast themselves away. Hail, O rich and shady Mountain of God, whereon pastured the True Lamb, Who hath taken away our sins and infirmities, mountain, whereout hath been cut without hands that Stone which hath smitten the altars of the idols, and become the head-stone of the corner, marvelous in our eyes. Hail, thou holy Throne of God, thou divinest store-house, thou temple of glory, thou bright crown, thou chosen treasure, thou mercy-seat for the whole world, thou heaven declaring the glory of God. Hail, thou vessel of pure gold, made to hold the manna that came down from heaven, the sweet food of our souls, even Christ. Hail, O purest Virgin, most praiseworthy and most worshipful, hallowed treasury for the wants of all creatures; thou art the untitled earth, the ploughed field; thou art the vine full of flowers, the well overflowing with waters, Maiden and Mother; thou art the Mother that knew not a man, the hidden treasure of guilelessness, and the clear, bright star of holiness; by thy most acceptable prayers, strong from thy motherly mouth, obtain for all estates of men in the Church that they may continually tend unto Him Who is the Lord, and God, and Maker of thee, and of them, and of all, but of thee the Son also, conceived without man’s intervention; obtain this, O Mother, pilot them to the harbor of peace. Be it thine to clothe God’s priests with righteousness, and to make them shout aloud for joy, in approved and stainless, and upright and glorious faith. thine be it to guide in peace the scepters of orthodox princes, even of princes who put their trust in thee to be the crown of their Majesty, and the Royal Robe of their greatness, and the firm foundation of their dominion, more than in purple, or fine gold, or pearls, or precious stones; thine be it to put under their feet the unfaithful nations, nations that blaspheme thee, and the God That was born of thee; thine be it to keep in meek obedience the people that are under them, according to the commandment of God. Behold, this is thine own city, which hath thee for her towers and her foundations, crown her with victory, gird the house of God with strength, keep undefiled the loveliness of His tabernacles, as for them that praise thy name, be thou their deliverer from strife and bitterness of spirit. Free thou the prisoner, protect the wanderer, and if there be any that hath no refuge, be thou to him a consolation. Stretch forth thine hand and help the whole earth so shall we year by year keep this and all thy feasts, and at last be found with thee in Christ Jesus, Who is Lord of all, and verily our God. To Him, with the Holy Father, Who is the Fountain of Life, and the coeternal Spirit, Three Persons and One Substance, even as there is one Kingdom, be glory and strength, now and forever. Amen.
Introitus	Psalm 24:1-3
Gaudens gaudébo in Dómino, et exsultábit ánima mea in Deo meo: quia índuit me vestiméntis salútis: et induménto justítiæ circúmdedit me, quasi sponsam ornátam monílibus suis. Psalm 29:2 Exaltábo te, Dómine, quóniam suscepísti me: nec delectásti inimícos meos super me. V. Glória Patri.	I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, and my soul shall be joyful in my God: for He hath clothed me with the garments of salvation: and with the robe of justice He hath covered me, as a bridegroom decked with a crown, and as a bride adorned with her jewels. Psalm 29:2 I will extol Thee, O Lord, for Thou hast upheld me: and hast not made my enemies to rejoice over me. V. Glory be.
Oratio
Deus, qui per immaculátam Vírginis Conceptiónem dignum Fílio tuo habitáculum præparásti: quǽsumus; ut, qui ex morte ejúsdem Filii tui prævísa eam ab omni labe præservásti, nos quoque mundos ejus intercessióne ad te perveníre concédas. Per eundem Dominum.	O God, Who by the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin, prepared a worthy dwelling for Thy Son, and Who, by Thy Son’s death, foreseen by Thee, preserved her from all taint, grant, we beseech Thee, through her intercession, that we too may come to Thee unstained by sin. Through the same, our Lord.
Lectio	Proverbs 8:22-35
Dóminus possedit me in inítio viárum suárum, ántequam quidquam fáceret a princípio. Ab ætérno ordináta sum, et ex antíquis, ántequam terra fíeret. Nondum erant abýssi, et ego jam concépta eram: necdum fontes aquárum erúperant: necdum montes gravi mole constíterant: ante colles ego parturiébar: adhuc terram non fécerat et flúmina et cárdines orbis terræ. Quando præparábat cœlos, áderam: quando certa lege et gyro vallábat abýssos: quando ǽthera firmábat sursum et librábat fontes aquárum: quando circúmdabat mari términum suum et legem ponébat aquis, ne transírent fines suos: quando appendébat fundaménta terræ. Cum eo eram cuncta compónens: et delectábar per síngulos dies, ludens coram eo omni témpore: ludens in orbe terrárum: et delíciæ meæ esse cum filiis hóminum. Nunc ergo, filii, audíte me: Beáti, qui custódiunt vias meas. Audíte disciplínam, et estóte sapiéntes, et nolíte abjícere eam. Beátus homo, qui audit me et qui vígilat ad fores meas cotídie, et obsérvat ad postes óstii mei. Qui me invénerit, invéniet vitam et háuriet salútem a Dómino.	The Lord possessed me in the beginning of His ways, before He made any thing from the beginning. I was set up from eternity, and of old before the earth was made. The depths were not as yet, and I was already conceived. neither had the fountains of waters as yet sprung out: The mountains with their huge bulk had not as yet been established: before the hills I was brought forth: He had not yet made the earth, nor the rivers, nor the poles of the world. When he prepared the heavens, I was present: when with a certain law and compass He enclosed the depths: When He established the sky above, and poised the fountains of waters: When He compassed the sea with its bounds, and set a law to the waters that they should not pass their limits: when He balanced the foundations of the earth; I was with Him forming all things: and was delighted every day, playing before Him at all times; Playing in the world: and my delights were to be with the children of men. Now therefore, ye children, hear me: Blessed are they that keep my ways. Hear instruction and be wise, and refuse it not. Blessed is the man that heareth me, and that watcheth daily at my gates, and waiteth at the posts of my doors. He that shall find me, shall find life, and shall have salvation from the Lord.
Graduale	Judith 13:23
Benedícta es tu. Virgo María, a Dómino, Deo excélso, præ ómnibus muliéribus super terram, Judith 15:10 Tu glória Jerúsalem, tu lætítia Israël, tu honorificéntia pópuli nostri.	Blessed art thou, O Virgin Mary, by the Lord the most high God, above all women upon the earth. Judith 15:10 Thou art the glory of Jerusalem, thou art the joy of Israel, thou art the honor of our people.
Allelúia, allelúia, Cant 4:7 Tota pulchra es, María: et mácula originális non est in te. Allelúia.	Alleluia, alleluia. Canticle 4:7 V. Thou art all fair, O Mary, and there is no stain of original sin in thee. Alleluia.
Evangelium	Luke 1:26-28
In illo témpore: Missus est Ángelus Gábriël a Deo in civitátem Galilǽæ, cui nomen Názareth, ad Vírginem desponsátam viro, cui nomen erat Joseph, de domo David, et nomen Vírginis María. Et ingréssus Ángelus ad eam, dixit: Ave, grátia plena; Dóminus tecum: benedícta tu in muliéribus.	At that time the angel Gabriel was sent from God into a city of Galilee, called Nazareth, to a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary. And the angel being come in, said unto her: Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.
Offertorium	Luke 1:28
Ave, María, grátia plena; Dóminus tecum: benedícta tu in muliéribus, allelúia.	Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women. Alleluia
Secreta
Salutárem hóstiam, quam in sollemnitáte immaculátæ Conceptiónis beátæ Vírginis Maríæ tibi, Dómine, offérimus, súscipe et præsta: ut, sicut illam tua grátia præveniénte ab omni labe immúnem profitémur; ita ejus intercessióne a culpis ómnibus liberémur. Per Dóminum.	Accept, O Lord, the sacrifice of salvation which we offer Thee on the feast of the Immaculate Conception of the blessed Virgin Mary; and grant that as we profess that she was kept from all taint of evil, by Thy anticipating grace, so, through her intercession, may we be freed from all sin. Through our Lord.
Prӕfatio	de Beata Maria Virgine
Vere dignum et justum est, ӕquum et salutáre, not tibi semper, et ubíque grátias ágere: Dómine sancte, Pater omnípotens, ӕtérne Deus: Et Te in Conceptióne Immaculáta beátӕ Maríӕ Víginis collaudáre, benedícere et prӕdicáre. Quӕ et Unigénitum Tuum Sancti Spíritus obumbratióne concépit: et virginit”atis glória permanénte, lumen ӕtérnum mundo effúdit, Jesum Christum Dóminum nostrum. Per quem majestátem tuam laudant Ángeli, adórant Dominatiónes, tremunt Potestátes. Cӕli, cӕlorúmque Virútes, ac beáta Séraphim, sócia exultatióne concélebrant. Cum quibus et nostras voces, ut admítti júbeas, deprecámur, súpplici confessióne dicéntes:	It is truly meet and just, right and availing unto salvation, that we should at all times and in all places give thanks unto Thee, O holy Lord, Father almighty and evelasting God. That on the Immaculate Conception of the blessed Virgin Mary, we should praise, bless, and proclaim Thee. For she conceived Thine only-begotten Son by the overshadowing of the Holy Ghost; and losing not the glory of her virginity, gave forth to the world the everlasting light, Jesus Christ our Lord. Through whom the angels praise Thy majesty, the dominions worship it, and the power stand in awe. The heavens and the heavenly hosts, and the blessed seraphim join together in celebrating their joy. With these we pray Thee join our voices also, while we say with lowly praise:
Communio	Psalm 84:13
Gloriósa dicta sunt de te, María: quia fecit tibi magna qui potens est.	Glorious things are said of thee, O Mary, for He Who is mighty has done great things for thee.
Postcommunio
Sacraménta quæ súmpsimus, Dómine, Deus noster: illíus in nobis culpæ vúlnera réparent; a qua immaculátam beátæ Maríæ Conceptiónem singuláriter præservásti. Per Dóminum.	May the sacrament we have received, O Lord our God, heal in us the wounds of that sin from which by a singular privilege, Thou kept immaculate the conception of blessed Mary. Through our Lord.
In II Vesperis	Magnificat Antiphon
Hodie egressa est * virga de radíce Jesse: hódie sine ulla peccáti labe concepta est Maria: hódie contrítum est ab ea caput serpentis antiqui, allelúia.	This day is a rod sprung from the root of Jesse: this day is Mary conceived without any stain of sin: this day hath she bruised the head of the old serpent, alleluia.