Ortus Christi: Meditations for Advent - Mother St. Paul

St. Beuno's College.

NOTE.

Although there are twenty-eight Meditations given in this book they will not all be needed every year, for the length of Advent varies between twenty-two and twenty-eight days. The Third Sunday of Advent may fall as late as December 17^th (the first day of the "Great O's") and the Fourth Sunday of Advent be Christmas Eve. The plan suggested, which will suit all years, is to use No. 1 on Advent Sunday and the rest according to choice till December 17^th; from then to December 24^th Nos. 21-28 should be used.

CONTENTS.

			PAGE
1.	[Ortus Christi]	(Advent I)	1
2.	[Our Lady's Rest]		6
3.	[My Sins—A Triptych]		11
4.	[The Last Judgment]		16
5.	[Traders and Talents]		21
6.	[Stir up!]		27
7.	[St. John the Baptist, 1 His Preparation]		33
8.	[St. John the Baptist, 2 His Mission]		39
9.	[St. John the Baptist, 3 His Testimony]		44
10.	[St. John the Baptist, 4 His Martyrdom]		49
11.	[St. John the Baptist, 5 His Character]		53
12.	["Incarnatus est"]		58
13.	["Ex Maria Virgine"]		63
14.	["The Lord is nigh"]	(Advent III)	67
15.	[The Interior Life, 1 Humility]		73
16.	[The Interior Life, 2 Oblation]		77
17.	[The Interior Life, 3 Imprisonment]		81
18.	[The Interior Life, 4 Hiddenness]		85
19.	[The Interior Life, 5 Prayer]		89
20.	[The Interior Life, 6 Zeal]		93
21.	[O Sapientia!]	December 17^th.	99
22.	[O Adonai! (Expectation of Our Lady)]	December 18^th.	104
23.	[O Radix Jesse!]	December 19^th.	110
24.	[O Clavis David!]	December 20^th.	114
25.	[O Oriens! (Feast of St. Thomas)]	December 21^th.	118
26.	[O Rex Gentium!]	December 22^nd.	123
27.	[O Emmanuel!]	December 23^d.	127
28.	[Christmas Eve]	December 24^th.	130

PRAYERS.

Deus, qui de beatae Mariae Virginis utero, Verbum Tuum, Angelo nuntiante, carnem suscipere voluisti: praesta supplicibus Tuis ut qui vere eam Genitricem Dei credimus, ejus apud Te intercessionibus adjuvemur.

O God Who didst please that Thy Word should take flesh, at the message of an Angel, in the womb of the Blessed Virgin Mary; grant to Thy suppliants that we who believe her to be truly the Mother of God, may be helped by her intercession.