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My Prayer Book_LASANCE - the Catholic Kingdom!

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706 Vespers for Sundays<br />

Regnavit a ligno Deus.<br />

Arbor decora et fulgida,<br />

Ornata Regis purpura,<br />

Electa digno stipite<br />

Tam sancta membra tangere<br />

Beata, cujus brachiis<br />

Pretium pependit saeculi,<br />

,Statera facta corporis,<br />

Tulitque praedam tartari.<br />

The Lord should all <strong>the</strong><br />

nations sway.<br />

Most royally empurpled<br />

o'er,<br />

How beauteously thy<br />

stem doth shine!<br />

How glorious was its lot<br />

to touch<br />

Those limbs so holy and<br />

divine !<br />

Thrice blest. upon whose<br />

arms outstretch'd<br />

The Saviour of <strong>the</strong> world<br />

reclined ;<br />

Balance sublime l upon<br />

whose beam<br />

Was weigh'd <strong>the</strong> ransom .<br />

of mankind.<br />

The following stanza is said on bended knees.<br />

0 Crux, ave, spes unica,<br />

Hoc Passionis tempore<br />

Piis adauge gratiam,<br />

Reisque dele crimina.<br />

Te, fons salutis, Trinitas,<br />

Collaudet omnis spiritus :<br />

Hail, Cross 1 thou only<br />

hope. of man,<br />

Hail on this holy Passion<br />

day !<br />

To saints increase <strong>the</strong><br />

grace, <strong>the</strong>y have;<br />

From sinners purge <strong>the</strong>ir<br />

guilt away.<br />

Salvation's fount, blest<br />

Trinity,<br />

Be praise to Thee through<br />

earth and skies:<br />

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