Monday, January 1 : Book of hours of Sinai

Most rightly we confess you as our God’s Birthgiver, we who through you have been saved, O Virgin most pure; with choirs of bodiless Angels, we magnify you. The strange wonder of thy divine birthgiving striketh every ear with wonder and awe, O all-immaculate one: how thou didst conceive the Creator of the cherubim; how thou didst bear in the flesh Him Who is life, and for the whole world didst give birth to life: the God and Man! Do not reject the torrent of my tears, for you gave birth to Him Who takes away all tears from every face, O Virgin, for He is Christ indeed. Fill my heart, O Virgin Maiden, with gladness, for you are she who received all the fullness of joy, and made all sorrow of sinfulness to vanish. Most Holy Theotokos save us. A haven and protection, and an unshaken wall, and a rejoicing and shelter and place of retreat you become, O Virgin, for those who flee to you. Illumine with the radiance of your light, O Virgin, all those who piously call you the Mother of God, and banish away all darkness of ignorance.

Roman Catholic Ordinary Calendar – rosary,team