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ALMA Redemptoris
From the Saturday before the first Sunday of Advent to Candlemas inclusive.
MOTHER of Christ! hear
thou thy people's
cry, Star of the deep, and
portal of the sky.
Mother of Him Who
thee from nothing made.
Sinking we strive and
call to thee for aid.
Oh, by that joy which
Gabriel brought to thee,
Pure Virgin, first and
last, look on our misery.
In Advent
V. The angel of the Lord declared unto Mary.
R. And she conceived of the Holy Ghost.
Let us pray
POUR forth, we beseech Thee, O Lord, Thy grace into our hearts, that we, to whom the Incarnation of Christ, Thy Son, was made known by the message of an angel,