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Hymnus ad Fesperas. 

 Lucis Creator optirae, 

 Lncem dieruin profeiens, 

 Priiiiordiis lucis uovae, 

 Mundi pdrans origiuem. 

 Qui maiit junctum vesperi 

 Diem vocati praecipi'i, 

 Illabitur tetriim chaos, 

 Audi preces cum fletibus. 

 Ne mens gravata crimine, 

 Vitae sit exul uiunere, 

 Dum nil peienne cogitat, 

 Seseque culpis illigat. 

 Coeleste piilset ostium: 

 Vitale tollat praeniium : 

 Vitemus onine noxiura r 

 Purgenius omne pessimam. 

 Praesta, Pater piissime, 

 Patrique compar Unice, 

 Cum Spiritu Paraclito, 

 Regnans per omne saeculum. 



\n\. O'CLOCK P.M. Hour for Rosary on the Beads, 



Obs. The Religious, as we find by many old writers and by the 



remains of the custom in certain monasteries, said the Rosary at 



this hour. Others at three, at five, or ad libitum, with more or less 



of the Prayers of the Mysteries. Hence it has been called Hora 



Rosarii. In some of our chapels now the Office of the Rosary is 



said at this hour. 



Hymnus ad fll. horum vel ante liosarium, vel in Off'. Parv. B. M. ^. 

 vel in feslo j^ssumptionis B. V. M. 



Ave Maris Stella, 

 Dei mater alma, 

 Atque semper virgo, 

 Felix coeli porta. 

 Sumens illud Ave, 

 Gabrielis ore, 

 Funda nos in pace, 

 Mutans Hevae nomen. 

 Solve vincla reis. 

 Prefer lumen caecis. 

 Mala nostra pelle. 

 Bona cuncta posce. 

 Monstra te esse matrem, 

 Sumat per te preces. 

 Qui pro nobis natus, 

 Tulit esse tuus. 

 Virgo singularis. 

 Inter oranes mitis, 

 Nos culpis solutos 

 Mites fac & castos. 

 Vitam praesta purum, 

 Iter para tutum, 

 Ut videntes Jesum 

 Semper collaetemur. 

 Sit laus Deo Patri, 

 Summo Cliristo decus, 

 Spiiitui sancto, 

 Tribus honor unus. 



