[Rank]
In Visitatione B. Mariae Virginis;;Duplex II classis;;5.1;;ex C11

[Rank1960]
In Visitatione B. Mariae Virginis;;Duplex II classis;;5;;ex C11

[Rule]
ex C1;
9 lectiones
Ipsa Virgo Virginum
Doxology=Nat
Antiphonas horas
Psalmi Dominica

[Ant Vespera]
Mary arose * and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Judah;;109
Mary entered * into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elizabeth;;112
When Elizabeth heard * the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb, and she was filled with the Holy Ghost. Alleluia;;121
Blessed art thou among women, * and blessed is the Fruit of thy womb;;126
As soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy. Alleluia;;147

[Versum 1]
V. Blessed art thou among women.
R. And blessed is the Fruit of thy womb.

[Ant 1]
O Mary * blessed art thou that didst believe for there shall be a performance~
of those things which were told thee from the Lord. Alleluia.

[Oratio]
Grant, O Lord, we beseech thee, unto all thy servants, the gift of thine~
heavenly grace, that even as the Blessed Virgin being made a Mother hath been~
unto them the first step unto their salvation, so the godly and solemn memorial~
of her Visitation may be the bringer of an increase of peace.
$Per Dominum

[Invit]
Let us keep holiday for the Visitation of the Virgin Mary. * Let us worship Christ, her Son, and her Lord and ours.

[Lectio1]
De Canticis canticorum.
!Song 2:1-7
1 I am the flower of the field, and the lily of the valleys.
2 As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
3 As the apple tree among the trees of the woods, so is my beloved among the~
sons. I sat down under his shadow, whom I desired: and his fruit was sweet to my~
palate.
4 He brought me into the cellar of wine, he set in order charity in me.
5 Stay me up with flowers, compass me about with apples: because I languish with~
love.
6 His left hand is under my head, and his right hand shall embrace me.
7 I adjure you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and the harts of the,~
fields, that you stir not up, nor make the beloved to awake, till she please

[Responsory1]
R. Rise up, make haste, my love my fair one and come away For, lo, the~
winter is past, the rain is over and gone.
* The voice of the turtle-dove is heard in our land.
V. Mary entered into the house of Zacharias and saluted Elizabeth.
R. The voice of the turtle-dove is heard in our land.

[Lectio2]
!Song 2:8-13
8 The voice of my beloved, behold he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping~
over the hills.
9 My beloved is like a roe, or a young hart. Behold he standeth behind our wall,~
looking through the windows, looking through the lattices.
10 Behold my beloved speaketh to me: Arise, make haste, my love, my dove, my~
beautiful one, and come.
11 For winter is now past, the rain is over and gone.
12 The flowers have appeared in our land, the time of pruning is come: the voice~
of the turtle is heard in our land:
13 The fig tree hath put forth her green figs: the vines in flower yield their~
sweet smell.

[Responsory2]
R. Who is this that cometh up like the sun This, comely as Jerusalem
* The daughters of Zion saw her, and called her blessed the queens also, and~
they praised her.
V. And about her it was as the flower of roses in the spring of the year, and~
lilies of the valleys.
R. The daughters of Zion saw her, and called her blessed the queens also, and~
they praised her.

[Lectio3]
!Song 2:13-17
13 Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come:
14 My dove in the clefts of the rock, in the hollow places of the wall, show me~
thy face, let thy voice sound in my ears: for thy voice is sweet, and thy face~
comely.
15 Catch us the little foxes that destroy the vines: for our vineyard hath~
flourished.
16 My beloved to me, and I to him who feedeth among the lilies,
17 Till the day break, and the shadows retire. Return: be like, my beloved, to a~
roe, or to a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.

[Responsory3]
R. Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost and she spake out with a loud~
voice, and said: Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the Fruit of thy~
womb
* And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
V. For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the~
babe leaped in my womb for joy.
R. And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
&Gloria
R. And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?

[Lectio4]
From the Sermons of St John Chrysostom, Patriarch of Constantinople.
!In Metaphrast. July.
As soon as our Redeemer was come among us, He went with haste, while as yet He~
was in His mother's womb, to visit His friend John. And John, in the one womb,~
becoming conscious of the Presence of Jesus in the other womb, dashed himself~
impatiently against the narrow walls of his natural prison, as though crying out I~
see the very Lord who hath given nature her bounds, and I wait not for the due~
season of my birth. There is no need for me to linger here till nine months are~
ended, for He That is Eternal is with me I will break out of my dark cell I will~
proclaim my full knowledge of many wonders. I am the sign. I will show that the~
Christ is here. I am the trumpet let me peal forth the news that the Son of God~
is come in the flesh. Let me give my trumpetnote, let me bless my father's~
tongue, and make it to speak again. Let me give my trumpet-note, let me quicken~
my mother's womb.

[Responsory4]
R. Behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills
* My beloved is like a gazelle or a young roe-buck!
V. He rejoiceth as a giant to run his course, his going-forth is from the end of~
the heavens.
R. My beloved is like a gazelle or a young roe-buck!

[Lectio5]
Thou seest, O beloved, how new and how strange a mystery is here John is not~
born, but by leaping he speaketh he is yet unseen, and he giveth warning he~
is not yet able to cry, but by his acts he is heard he draweth not yet the~
breath of life, but he preacheth God he seeth not yet the light, but he maketh~
known the Sun he is not come out of the womb, but he hasteth to play the~
Fore-runner in the Presence of the Lord he cannot restrain himself he~
rebelleth against the bounds set by nature, and struggleth to break out of the~
prison of the belly his longing is to herald the coming Saviour. He saith, as~
it were Behold, the Deliverer cometh and am I to remain still bound to abide~
here The Word cometh, that He may set right all things and am I still to tarry~
in prison I will go forth. I will run before Him, and cry aloud to all men, '~
Behold the Lamb of God Which taketh away the sin of the world '

[Responsory5]
R. Rejoice with me, rejoice with me, all ye that love the Lord, for, while I was~
yet a little one, I pleased the Most High,
* And I have brought forth from my bowels God and man.
V. All generations shall call me blessed, for God hath regarded the low estate~
of His hand-maiden.
R. And I have brought forth from my bowels God and man.

[Lectio6]
But do thou tell us, O John, how it came to pass that while thou wast still in~
the darkness of thy mother's womb, thou didst see and hear How didst thou~
behold the things of God How didst thou leap and bound for joy? Great, saith~
John, is the mystery of that which taketh place here, far from the understanding~
of men are these doings. It is meet that I should do a new thing in nature for~
the sake of Him Who is making new things which are beyond nature. I see in the~
womb, because I see the Sun of righteousness in a womb. I hear, because I am~
coming as the herald of the Great Word. I cry out, because I espy the~
Only-begotten Son of the Father clad in Flesh. I bound for joy, because I see~
that He by Whom all things were made, hath taken upon Him the form of a servant. I~
leap, because I think of the Redeemer of the world being made Flesh. I run~
before His coming, and herald His approach unto you with this, as it were, my~
confession.

[Responsory6]
R. Blessed art thou that hast believed, for there shall be a performance of~
those things which were told thee from the Lord. And Mary said
* My soul doth magnify the Lord.
V. Come, hear, and I will declare what God hath done for my soul.
R. My soul doth magnify the Lord.
&Gloria
R. My soul doth magnify the Lord.

[Lectio7]
From the Holy Gospel according to Luke
!Luke 1:39-47
And Mary arose in those days and went into the hill-country with haste, into a~
city of Judah. And entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elizabeth.~
And so on.
_
Homily by St Ambrose, Bishop of Milan.
!Bk. ii. Comm. on Luke i.
We must here consider that the greater cometh unto the lesser, Mary unto~
Elizabeth, Christ unto John. And again afterwards, to hallow the baptism of John,~
the Lord came unto him to be baptized. It was soon that the blessings of the~
coming of Mary and of the Presence of God were made manifest. Have regard here~
to the distinction made, and to the special weight of every word. Elizabeth was~
the first to hear the voice of Mary's salutation, but John was the first to~
receive grace. She heard naturally, but he leaped mystically. She hailed the~
coming of Mary, he that of the Lord, Mary and Elizabeth spake words full of~
grace, but Jesus and John worked, and commenced their mystery of godliness from~
their mothers' beginnings, and so by twin miracles the mothers prophesied from~
the spirit of their unborn offspring. The babe leaped, and the mother was filled~
with the Holy Ghost. The mother was not filled before the son, but when the son~
was filled with the Holy Ghost, he filled his mother also.

[Responsory7]
R. All generations shall call me blessed,
* For the Lord, That is mighty, hath done to me great things, and holy is His~
Name.
V. And His mercy is on them that fear Him, from generation to generation.
R. For the Lord, That is mighty, hath done to me great things, and holy is His~
Name.

[Lectio8]
And whence is this to me, that the Mother of my Lord should come to me That is~
to say, How cometh it to pass that so great a good should befall me, as that the~
Mother of my Lord should come to me I feel the miracle, I acknowledge the~
mystery the Mother of my Lord, pregnant with the Word, is full of God. And~
Mary abode with her about three months, and returned to her own house. It is~
meet to record how Mary showed this kindness, and abode this mystic number of~
months. She tarried long, not only for friendship's sake, but also for the~
good of the Great Prophet. For if the first coming of Mary so blessed him, that~
even as a babe in the womb he leapt for joy, and his mother was filled with the~
Holy Ghost, what blessedness must we not deem to have flowed upon him from so~
long neighbourhood of Mary Thus was the Prophet anointed, and trained by~
exercise like a strong wrestler, in his mother's womb, for his sinews were being~
braced for a hard battle.

[Responsory8]
R. O Holy Virgin Mary, happy indeed art thou, and right worthy of all praise,
* For out of thee rose the Sun of righteousness, even Christ our God.
V. Pray for the people, plead for the clergy, make intercession for all women~
vowed to God may all that make remembrance of thine holy Visitation feel the~
might of thine assistance.
R. For out of thee rose the Sun of righteousness.
&Gloria
R. For out of thee rose the Sun of righteousness.

[Lectio93]
!Commemoratio for the Holy Martyrs Processus and Martinian.
At what time Peter and Paul were kept in the Mamertine Prison, at the foot of~
the Tarpeian Rock, two of the gaolers, named Processus and Martinian, along with~
other forty, were moved by the preaching and miracles of the Apostles to believe~
in Christ, and were baptized in a spring which suddenly brake forth out of the~
rock. These men let the Apostles depart if they willed it. But Paulinus, Prefect~
of the soldiers, when he heard what was come to pass, strove to turn away~
Processus and Martinian from their purpose. And when he found that he but wasted~
time, he ordered their faces to be bruised and their teeth to be broken, with~
stones. Moreover, when he had had them led to the image of Jupiter, and they~
still boldly answered that they would not worship the gods, he caused them to be~
tormented on the rack, and white-hot plates of metal to be put to their flesh,~
and that they should be beaten with sticks. Whileas they were suffering all~
these things they were heard to say only this one word Blessed be the Name of~
the Lord. They were afterwards cast into prison, and in a little while they were~
taken outside the city, and slain with the axe, upon the Aurelian Way. The Lady~
Lucina buried their bodies upon her own farm, upon the 2nd day of July, but they~
were afterwards brought into the City, and are buried in the Church of the~
Prince of the Apostles.
&teDeum

[Ant Laudes]
Mary arose * and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Judah.
Mary entered * into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elizabeth.
When Elizabeth heard * the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb, and she was filled with the Holy Ghost. Alleluia.
Blessed art thou among women, * and blessed is the Fruit of thy womb.
As soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy. Alleluia.

[Versum 2]
V. Blessed art thou among women
R. And blessed is the Fruit of thy womb.

[Ant 2]
When Elizabeth heard the salutation * of Mary, she spake out with a loud voice~
and said Whence is this to me, that the Mother of my Lord should come to me~
Alleluia.

[Commemoratio 2]
!Commemoratio Ss. Martyrum.
Ant. Even the very hairs of your head are all numbered * fear not there fore~
ye are of more value than many sparrows.
_
V. The saints shall rejoice in glory:
R. They shall be joyful in their beds.
_
$Oremus.
O God, Who dost encompass and shield us with the glorious witnessing of thine~
holy Martyrs Processus and Martinian, grant unto us the grace to improve by~
their ensample, and the happiness to rejoice because of their intercession.
$Per Dominum
