bers who should recite these five psalms in honour of the name of the mighty Virgin, he granted certain Indulgences, confirmed by subsequent Popes.
Pope Pius VII., desirous that all the faithful should practise this devotion, by a decree of the S. Congr. of Indulgences of June 13, 1815, granted them the following fresh Indulgences:
i. The Indulgence of seven years and seven quarantines every time they say these psalms.
ii. The Plenary Indulgence once a month to all who say them daily for a month together, on any one day when, after Confession and Communion, they pray according to the intention of the Sovereign Pontiff.
iii. The Plenary Indulgence on the Sunday in the octave of our Lady's Nativity (the Feast of her Name), provided that on that day, after having Confessed and Communicated, they pray as above.THE FIVE PSALMS.
Ant Mariæ nomen.
M. Cantic. B.M.V. Luc. 1.
Magnificat * anima mea Dominum.
Et exultavit spiritus meus * in Deo salutari meo.
Quia respexit humilitatem ancillæ suæ; * ecce enim ex hoc beatam me dicent omnes generationes.
Quia fecit mihi magna, qui potens est, * et sanctum nomen ejus.
Et misericordia ejus a progenie in progenies * timentibus eum.
Fecit potentiam in brachio suo: * dispersit superbos mente cordis sui.
Deposuit potentes de sede, * et exaltavit humiles.
Esurientes implevit bonis, * et divites dimisit inanes.
