Guds moder är inte bara jungfru före och efter utan även under Vår Herres födelse. Hur kan detta ske? Ja det frågade sig Maria då hon hörde Gabriels budskap. För människor är det omöjligt men för Gud är allting möjligt. I trosbekännelse säger vi ...född av jungfru Maria. Visst är det ett under. Hans födelse förminskade inte utan helgade hans moders jungfrulighet. De tre stjärnorna på ikonen visar på detta, jungfru före under och efter födelsen, alltid jungfru.
O Jesu parvule, Profugans ad te Per tuam matrem precor te: Angustiis eripe me, Credentem sincere in te, O Deus custodiente me. Confidens spem pono in te, Ut gratiam tuam dones me. Ex animo diligens te, Paenitet peccatorum me, Ex quibus, precor supplice, O Jesu mi, extrahas me. Stat mihi meliorare me, Non iam afficere dolore te. Itaque tibi tradam me, Ut patiens patiar pro te, Venerans sempiterne te. Alterum sicuti me, Amabo tuo nomine. Tribulationibus, O Jesule. Rogo te, eripias me, Ut exsultem aliquando, Laetitia et gaudio,Cum Joseph et Maria, Et angelorum gloria, In saeculorum saecula. Amen.
Frälsarens milda moder, du som är och förblir den port genom vilken vi kan gå in i himlen, och havets stjärna, res upp dem som fallit. Hjälp Guds folk som faller och strävar efter att resa sig på nytt. Du som medan skapelsen häpnade födde din helige Skapare, du som är jungfru både före och efter födelsen, du som fick höra "Ave" ur Gabriels mun, förbarma dig över syndarna.
Holy Mary, help the helpless, strengthen the fearful, comfort the sorrowful, pray for the people, plead for the clergy, intercede for all women consecrated to God; may all who keep your sacred commemoration experience the might of your assistance. Amen.
Drop down dew, ye heavens, from above, and let the clouds rain the Just One.
Be not angry, O Lord, and remember no longer our iniquity : behold the city of thy sanctuary is become a desert, Sion is made a desert. Jerusalem is desolate, the house of thy holiness and of thy glory, where our fathers praised thee.
Drop down dew, ye heavens, from above, and let the clouds rain the Just One.
We have sinned, and we are become as one unclean, and we have all fallen as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast crushed us by the hand of our iniquity.
Drop down dew, ye heavens, from above, and let the clouds rain the Just One.
See, O Lord, the affliction of thy people, and send him whom thou hast promised to send. Send forth the Lamb, the ruler of the earth, from the rock of the desert to the mount of the daughter of Sion, that he himself may take off the yoke of our captivity.
Drop down dew, ye heavens, from above, and let the clouds rain the Just One.
Be comforted, be comforted, my people; thy salvation shall speedily come. Why wilt thou waste away in sadness? why hath sorrow seized thee? I will save thee; fear not: for I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Redeemer.
Drop down dew, ye heavens, from above, and let the clouds rain the Just One.
"Christ has no body now on earth but yours, No hands, no feet on earth but yours, Yours are the eyes with which he looks Compassion on this world, Yours are the feet with which he walks to do good, Yours are the hands, with which he blesses all the world. Yours are the hands, yours are the feet, Yours are the eyes, you are his body. Christ has no body now but yours, No hands, no feet on earth but yours, Yours are the eyes with which he looks compassion on this world."
