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442 The Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary
8b. Fac ut portem Christi mortem,
Passionis fac consortem,
Et plagas recolere.
9a. Fac me plagis vulnerari,
Fac me cruce inebriari,
Et cruore Filii.
Db. Flammis ne urar succensus,
Per te, Virgo, sim defensus
In die judicii.
THIRD PART
8b. Let me, to my latest breath,
In my body bear the death
Of that dying Son of thine.
9a. Wounded with His every
wound,
Steep my soul till it hath
swooned
In His very Blood away.
9b. Be to me, 0 Virgin, nigh,
Lest in flames I burn and die,
In that awful Judgment Day.
In the conclusion we pray to Christ crucified for a happy death in
the name of His Sorrowful Mother:
10a. Christe, cum sit hinc exire,
Da per Matrem me venire
Ad palmam victoriae.
10b. Quando corpus morietur,
Fac ut animae donetur
Paradisi gloria.
Amen. Alleluia
C. 0., 50, 153 ff.
1. Recordare, Virgo Mater, in
conspectu Dei, 2. ut loquaris pro
nobis bona, 3. et ut avertat indig-
Tiationem suam a nobis.
OFFERTORY (Jer. 18: 20)
10a. Christ, when Thou shalt call me
hence,
Be Thy Mother my defense,
Be Thy Cross my victory.
10b. While my body here decays,
May my soul Thy goodness
praise,
Safe in paradise with Thee.
Amen. Alleluia
1. Remember, O Virgin Mother, of
God, 2. to intercede on our behalf,
3. and to turn away His anger from
us.
In the Offertory we address to the Mother of God the words which
the sorely tried prophet Jeremias speaks to the Lord in behalf of his
ungrateful people. She stood beneath the cross of Jesus and looked into
His glazing eyes. She heard Him pray: "Father, forgive them!" And she
prayed with Him. She intercedes for us, for us who are the cause of those