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Benedict, precious jewel of the King of Heaven,

Model for the just and way for monks,

Call us forth

From this troubled world.

Spurning what was base,

you set your heart on the stars.

You made heirs of your parents,

For you, God's perfect vessel,

Were fit to repair a shattered one.

Great among a small company of hermits

You overcame your youthfulness

and excelled in your labor

As you fervently undertook

The narrow beginnings of the strict life.

When a youth was buried

in the rubble of a collapsing wall,

He was raised up as soon as you prayed;

With your prayer you restored

Sense to his flesh and health to his body.

You saw your sister's soul, unknown to sin,

Attain the very heights

Of starry heaven

In the form of a gentle dove.

After this marvel you in turn

Sought starry heights, having mastered this life;

Your cloak shone forth

A flaming path charged with light.

Glory to the Father, to the Only Begotten,

And to you, loving Spirit,

Always their equal,

One God for all ages. Amen.

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1. O Three in One, and One in Three, Who rulest all things mightily: Bow down to hear the songs of praise Which, freed from bonds of sleep, we raise.
2. While lingers yet the peace of night, We rouse us from our slumbers light: That might of instant prayer may win The healing balm for wounds of sin.
3. If, by the wiles of Satan caught, This night-time we have sinned in aught, That sin Thy glorious power to-day, From heaven descending, cleanse away.
4. Let naught impure our bodies stain, No laggard sloth our souls detain, No taint of sin our spirits know, To chill the fervor of their glow.
5. Wherefore, Redeemer, grant that we Fulfilled with Thine own light may be: That, in our course, from day to day, By no misdeed we fall away.
6. Grant this, O Father ever One With Christ, Thy sole-begotten Son, And Holy Ghost, whom all adore, Reigning and blest forevermore.

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1. O light of dawn, O rosy glow, O Light from Light, all ages show Your beauty, and the martyrs fame, That gain us pardon from our blame.

2. The heavens' porter, and earth’s sage,The world’s bright lights who judge the age. One wins by cross, and one by sword, And life on high is their reward.

3. These are your princes, happy Rome! Their precious blood clothes you, their home. We praise not you, but praise their worth, Beyond all beauty of the earth.

4. Kind Shepherd, Peter, unto thee was given The keys to close and ope the gates of heaven; Strike from our souls the galling chain of crime, And gain the grace for which our hearts have striven.

5. O learned Paul, inspire us from above With all the graces of the Heavenly Dove; Bring us the faith to see the truth of God, And brighten earth with the sweet reign of love.

6. One love, one faith, twin olive trees, One great strong hope filled both of these. Full fonts, in your matched charity,Pray that we may in heaven be.

7. Give glory to the Trinity And honor to the Unity, And joy and pow’r, for their reign stays Today and through all endless days.

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‘Let us sing with joyful hearts

And bearing the praise which we owe

Of eternal gifts of Christ

And the victories of the martyrs

Princes of the churches, [5]

triumphal leaders of the war,

soldiers of the heavenly court,

and true lights of the world,

After the terrors of the world are conquered,

And the punishment of the body scorned, [10]

They take hold of the blessed light

Through a direct path: holy death.

Martyrs are handed over to the flames,

and to the teeth of beasts;

the frenzied executioner’s hand [15]

armed with claws rages at them.

Their exposed entrails hang,

their holy blood pours out,

but they remain unmoving

by the grace of eternal life. [20]

The devoted faith of the saints,

the unconquered hope of believers,

the perfect charity of Christ

conquers the prince of the world.

In them is the Father’s glory, [25]

in them is the desire of the Spirit,

in them the Son exults,

heaven is filled with joy.

Now we beg you, Redeemer,

that you join your praying servants [30]

in a fellowship of martyrdom,

Forever and ever.’

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The God whom earth, and sea, and sky

adore, and laud, and magnify,

who o'er their threefold fabric reigns,

the Virgin's spotless womb contains.

The God whose will by moon, and sun,

and all things in due course is done,

is borne upon a Maiden's breast,

by fullest heavenly grace possessed.

How blest that Mother, in whose shrine

the great Artificer Divine,

whose hand contains the earth and sky,

vouchsafed, as in His ark, to lie.

Blest, in the message Gabriel brought;

blest, by the work the Spirit wrought;

from whom the great Desire of earth

took human flesh and human birth.

All honour, laud, and glory be,

O Jesu, Virgin-born, to Thee,

whom with the Father we adore,

and Holy Ghost for evermore.

Amen.

O Heaven's glorious mistress,

elevated above the stars,

thou feedest with thy sacred breast

him who created thee.

What miserable Eve lost

thy dear offspring to man restores,

the way to glory is open to the wretched

for thou has become the Gate of Heaven.

Thou art the door of the High King,

the gate of shining light.

Life is given through a Virgin:

Rejoice, ye redeemed nations.

Glory be to Thee, O Lord,

Born of a Virgin,

with the Father and the Holy Spirit,

world without end. Amen.