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Common of Feasts of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Lauds Chapter from Ecclesiasticus 24:14

Sirach 24:9-10 provides this extended Wisdom text applied to Mary. The 'habitatio sancta' (holy dwelling) where Wisdom serves identifies both the Temple and Mary herself as God's true temple. The verbs - 'creata sum,' 'non desinam,' 'ministravi' (I was created, I shall not cease, I ministered) - present Wisdom's eternal existence and ongoing ministry. At Lauds, this reading presents Mary as the one in whom divine Wisdom truly dwelt - her service before God continues eternally, her ministry in heaven complementing her earthly fiat.

LATINE
Ab initio et ante saecula creata sum, et usque ad futurum saeculum non desinam, et in habitatione sancta coram ipso ministravi. R. Deo gratias.
ENGLISH
From the beginning, and before the world, was I created, and unto the world to come I shall not cease to be, and in the holy dwelling place I have ministered before him. R. Thanks be to God.
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FONS
Breviarium Romanum (1962)
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Common of Feasts of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Lauds Chapter from Ecclesiasticus 24:14
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Lauds
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