| Contents | Preces ad Sanctam Matrem Annam Prayers to holy mother Anne |
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A prayer to St. Anne, mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary and grandmother of Jesus.
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| O GRATIOSA DOMINA, o benedicta Mater Anna! bene Annae, id est, Gratiae tibi nomen obtigit; quia tibi caelum vivum, omnibus caelis maius in benedicto utero tuo portare et in hanc lucem edere a Deo concessum est; quem enim caeli caelorum capere non poterant, Filia tua immaculato gremio suo conclusit. Tu es, o electa Mater, radix illa virgae Iesse, ex qua flos pulcherrimus, fructusque vitae nostrae dulcissimus, Christus Iesus ascendit. Laetare, o Anna sterilis! quoniam ex filia tua Filius natus est nobis, cuius nomen vocatum est magni consilii, hoc est, salutis totius mundi Angelus. Fac me, o Mater benedicta, gratiae, quam ex gratiarum fonte abunde hausisti, participem, ut in amore dilectissimi Iesu et protectione dulcissimae Filiae tuae Mariae vivam et moriar. Amen. | O GRACIOUS LADY, O blessed Mother Anne! The name Anna, that is, Grace, was rightly given to thee; for to thee it was granted by God to bear in thy blessed womb and bring into this world the living heaven, greater than all the heavens. For He whom the heavens of heavens could not contain, thy Daughter enclosed in her immaculate womb. Thou art, O chosen Mother, that root of Jesse's rod, from which the most beautiful flower and sweetest fruit of our life, Christ Jesus, arose. Rejoice, O barren Anne! For from thy Daughter a Son has been born to us, whose name is called the Angel of Great Counsel, that is, the salvation of the whole world. Make me, O blessed Mother, a partaker of the grace which thou hast abundantly drawn from the fountain of graces, so that I may live and die in the love of the most beloved Jesus and under the protection of thy sweetest Daughter Mary. Amen. |
| From Gaudentius, ''Orate, Fratres'', 1901 pp 384, Tr. MWM. See also ''Coeleste Palmetum'', 1741, 1872, 1879, and 1890. |
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