- Fortem virili pectore
Laudemus omnes feminam,
Quæ sanctitatis gloria
Ubique fulget inclyta.
- Hæc sancto amore saucia,
Dum mundi amorem noxium
Horrescit, ad cœlestia
Iter peregit arduum.
- Carnem domans jejuniis,
Dulcique mentem pabulo
Orationis nutriens,
Cœli potitur gaudiis.
- Rex Christe virtus fortium,
Qui magna solus efficis,
Hujus precatu, quæsumus,
Audi benignus supplices.
- Deo Patri sit gloria,
Ej usque soli Filio,
Cum Spiritu Paraclito,
Nunc, et per omne sæculum.
| - High let us all our voices raise
In that heroic woman’s praise
Whose name, with saintly glory bright,
Shines in the starry realms of light.
- Filled with a pure celestial glow,
She spurned all love of things below;
And heedless here on earth to stay,
Climbed to the skies her toilsome way.
- With fasts her body she subdued,
But filled her soul with prayer’s sweet food:
In other worlds she tastes the bliss
For which she left the joys of this.
- O Christ, the strength of all the strong;
To whom our holiest deeds belong!
Through her prevailing prayers on high,
In mercy hear Thy people’s cry!
- To God the Father, with the Son,
And Holy Spirit, Three in One,
Be glory while the ages flow,
From all above, and all below.
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