Friday, August 16, 2019

The Magnificat

Yesterday, August 15, was the Feast of the Assumption of Mary.  Below is The Magnificat, copied from the book entitled True Devotion Mary with Preparation For Total Consecration  by Saint Louis de Montfort [1]:

My soul doth magnify the Lord.
And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour,
Because He hath regarded the lowliness of His hand-
  maid; for behold, 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
  those that fear Him.
He hath showed might with His arm; He hath scattered
  the proud in the conceit of their heart.
He hath put down the mighty from their seat; and
  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.

[1]  Faber, Fr. Frederick William, translator. True Devotion Mary with Preparation For Total Consecration. By Saint Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort, TAN Books, 2010.  The page on which The Magnificat  is printed does not have a page number but it is opposite page 147 which makes it the 146th page.

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