Magnificat

My soul doth magnify the Lord; and my spirit hath

rejoiced in God my Saviour;

Greater in honour than the cherubim, and glorious

incomparably

more than the seraphim;

thou who inviolate didst bring forth God the

Word, and art indeed the Mother of God:

thee do we magnify.

For He hath

regarded the lowliness of His handmaiden.

For behold, from henceforth

all generations shall call me blessed.

For He that is mighty hath

magnified me, and holy is His name.

And His mercy is on them that fear

Him, throughout all generations.

He hath showed strenght with His arm:

He hath scattered the proud in the imagination of

their hearts.

He hath put down the mighty from their seat,

and hath exalted the humble and

meek. He hath filled the hungry with good things,

and the rich He hath

sent empty away.

He remembering His mercy hath holpen His servant

Israel, as He promised to our forefathers,

Abraham and His seed, forever.

Gloru be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy

Ghost.

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,

world without end.

Amen.