OFFICE OF THE B.V.M
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THE LITTLE OFFICE
VESPERS
Ave Maria, etc., in silence.
The Ave Maria is always said at the beginning of each of the Hours of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
O God, ✠ hasten to mine aid.
R. O Lord, ✠ make haste to help me.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Alleluia.
From Septuagesima Sunday until Holy Saturday, instead of Alleluia, is said:
Praise be to Thee, O Lord, King of glory everlasting.
From Candlemas until Advent
Ant. While the King * was at table, my spikenard yielded a sweet smell.
