religioso

1.
What a sea of tears and sorrows
Did the soul of Mary toss
To and fro upon its billows
While she wept her bitter loss;
In her arms her Jesus holding,
Torn so newly from the Cross.

2.
Oh, that mournful Virgin Mother,
See her tears how fast they flow
Down upon His mangled Body
Wounded Side and thorny Brow;
While His Hands and Feet she kisses,
Picture of immortal woe.

3.
Oft, and oft His Arms and Bosom,
Fondly straining to her own;
Oft, her pallid lips imprinting
On each Wound of her dear Son:
Till at last in swoons of anguish,
Sense and consciousness are gone.

4.
Gentle Mother, we beseech thee,
By thy tears and troubles sore;
By the death of thy dear Offspring,
By the bloody Wounds He bore;
Touch our hearts with that true sorrow
Which affected thee of yore.

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No. 147

GENERAL
The Divine Praises

Organ sustains chords in recitations
J. Lewis Browne

Slowly

Blessed be God!
Blessed be His Holy Name!
Blessed be Jesus Christ, true God and true Man!
Blessed be the Name of Jesus;
Blessed be His most Sacred Heart,
Blessed Jesus in the most Holy Sacrament of the Altar!
Blessed be the great Mother of God, Mary most holy!
Blessed be her Holy and Immaculate Conception;
Blessed be the Name of Mary, Virgin and Mother.
Blessed be Saint Joseph her most chaste spouse.
Blessed be God in His angels and in His Saints

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No. 148

GENERAL

The Lord's Prayer
Our Father, Who Art in Heaven

Nicola A. Montani

Andante religioso

Our Father Who art in heaven,
Hallowed be Thy Name;
Thy Kingdom come;
Thy will be done on earth, as it is heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread;
And forgive us our trespasses,
As we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation;
But deliver us from evil.
Amen.

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No. 149

GENERAL

Hail. Mary, full of Grace
The Angelical Salutation

Nicola A. Montani

Devoto (Slowly) Con espressione

Hail Mary, full of grace;
The Lord is with thee:
Blessed art thou amongst women,
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God,
Pray for us sinners, now,
And at the hour of our death.
Amen.

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No. 150

HOLY MATRIMONY

Lord, Who at Cana's Wedding Feast

A. Thrupp
J. Lewis Browne

Moderato

1.
Lord, who at Cana's wedding feast
Didst as a guest appear,
Thou, dearer far than earthly gues