XV. Cum erubuerint (De sancta Maria)
The Fallen Blush and Mary's Cry
The antiphon opens by depicting humanity's shame in the lineage of the Fall and introduces Mary's clear, merciful intercession on behalf of the fallen.
Antiphon: When the unhappy ones blush in their own lineage, walking in the pilgrimage of the Fall, then you cry out with a clear voice, lifting people up out of that malicious fall in this way:
Read the original Latin
Antiphona: Cum erubuerint Infelices in progenie sua procedentes in peregrinatione casus, tunc tu clamas clara voce hoc modo homines elevans de isto malicioso casu.
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