Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost
Click to viewMagnificat anima mea Dominum; | My soul doth magnify the Lord.
Et exsultavit spiritus meus in Deo salutari meo, | And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
Quia respexit humilitatem ancillae suae; ecce enim ex hoc beatam me dicent omnes generationes. | For he hath regarded : the lowliness of his handmaiden: For behold, from henceforth : all generations shall call me blessed.
Quia fecit mihi magna qui potens est, et sanctum nomen ejus, | For he that is mighty hath magnified me: and holy is his Name.
Et misericordia ejus a progenie in progenies timentibus eum. | And his mercy is on them that fear him: throughout all generations.
Fecit potentiam in bracchio suo; | He hath shewed strength with his arm:
Dispersit superbos mente cordis sui. | He hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
Deposuit potentes de sede, et exaltavit humiles. | He hath put down the mighty from their seat: and hath exalted the humble and meek.
Esurientes implevit bonis, et divites dimisit inanes. | He hath filled the hungry with good things: and the rich he hath sent empty away.
Suscepit Israel, puerum suum, recordatus misericordiae suae, | He remembering his mercy hath holpen his servant Israel :
Sicut locutus est ad patres nostros, Abraham et semini ejus in saecula. | As he promised to our forefathers, Abraham and his seed for ever.
Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto, | Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost;
sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper: et in Saecula saeculorum. Amen. | As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be : world without end. Amen.