St Anne, Mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Double of the 2nd Class · White
Kept on July 26
The next eight years
Each date opens that day, with its hours.
Proper of the feast
Proper to the feast; texts marked Common are from the Common of Holy Women not Virgins. As said on Monday, July 26, 2027.
At I Vespers · Antiphon
The kingdom of heaven * is likened unto a merchantman seeking goodly pearls; who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.
Versicle at I Vespers Common
℣.In thy grace and in thy beauty.
℟.Go forth, ride prosperously, and reign.
At Lauds · Benedictus Common
Give her * of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.
Versicle at Lauds and II Vespers Common
℣.Full of grace are thy lips.
℟.Because God hath blessed thee for ever.
At II Vespers · Magnificat
She stretcheth out * her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy; she eateth not the bread of idleness.
Collect
O God, who didst bestow such grace upon blessed Anne that she became the worthy mother of her who brought forth thine only-begotten Son: mercifully grant that we who celebrate her festival may be aided by her prayers before thee. Through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who with thee in the unity of the Holy Spirit, liveth and reigneth God, world without end.
℟.Amen.
The whole office: the hours of Monday, July 26, 2027