Joye VII
Joy at the Presentation
The faithful recall Mary's joy when she offered Jesus in the Temple, asking her protection and guidance, and conclude with an Ave Maria.
For that joy you had, dear Lady, when you offered your dear, most worthy Son at the Temple: please keep my body and my soul from evil, and grant me to live by your good example.✦ Hail Mary.
Read the original Middle French
Pour ycelle joye qu'eus, chiere dame, Quant ton chier filz trés digne offris au Temple, De mal garder vueilles mon corps et m'ame Et me donnes vivre a ton bon exemple. Ave Maria.
Scripture echoes
- ↩Luke.2.22-Luke.2.24 — And when the days of their purification were fulfilled according to the law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord. Luke.2.23 — As it is written in the law of the Lord, "Every male that opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord." Luke.2.24 — and to offer a sacrifice according to what is stated in the law of the Lord, a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.
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