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A sinner striving to be a saint.

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"By her extraordinary charity toward the poor, O Lord, You made the queen St. Margaret an object of admiration."
#Collect

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"Give her a reward of her labors, and let her works praise her at the city gates."
#Benedictus Antiphon

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"V. Grace is poured out upon your lips.
R. Thus God has blessed you forever."
#Lauds

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"Let us praise a valiant and heroic lady, famed and renowned the world over for her glorious holiness."
Hymn #Lauds

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"Who shall find a valiant woman? One must search to the far corners of the world for the means to pay the price of her. Her husband, entrusting his heart to her, has an unfailing prize."
Little chapter #Lauds

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"The Lord sets captives free;
the Lord gives sight to the blind."
Ps 145 #Lauds

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"Woe to the nations that rise against my people!
the Lord of hosts will requite them;
in the day of judgment he will punish them:
He will send fire and worms into their flesh,
and they shall weep and suffer forever."
Canticle of Judith #Lauds

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"My eyes are upon the faithful of the land,
that they may dwell with me."
Ps 100 #Lauds

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"You [O Lord] set the mountains in place by your power,
you who are girt with might;
You still the roaring of the seas,
the roaring of their waves and the tumult of the peoples."
Ps 64 #Lauds

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"Light dawns for the just;
and gladness, for the upright of heart."
Ps 96 #Lauds

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"My spirit rejoices in God my Savior."
#Magnificat Antiphon

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"Let our soul obey Your commands and keep far away from anything evil; let it be thankful that it is filled with good and may it never be struck down by death."
Hymn #Vespers

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"Behold, sons are a gift from the Lord;
the fruit of the womb is a reward."
Ps 126 #Vespers

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"When the Lord brought back the captives of Sion...
Then our mouth was filled with laughter,
and our tongue with rejoicing."
Ps 125 #Vespers

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"They who trust in the Lord are like Mount Sion,
which is immovable; which forever stands."
Ps 124 #Vespers

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"Had not the Lord been with us...
When their fury was inflamed against us,
then would the waters have overwhelmed us;
The torrent would have swept over us;
over us then would have swept
the raging waters."
Ps 123 #Vespers

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"Behold, as the eyes of servants
are on the hands of their masters,
As the eyes of a maid
are on the hands of their masters,
So are our eyes on the Lord, our God,
till he have pity on us."
Ps 122 #Vespers

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"Lord, make us always imitate and venerate Your Martyrs St. Primus and St. Felicianus. May their prayers enable us to feel the benefits of Your protection."
#Collect

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"The Lord has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of David His servant."
#Benedictus Antiphon

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"'Away,' He [the Lord] cries, 'with your beds, you lazy slaves of enervating sleep. Be pure, upright, sober and alert, for now I am near.'"
Hymn #Lauds