There came to me assistance, Mary fair and Bride; As Anna bore Mary, As Mary bore Christ, As Eile bore John the Baptist Without flaw in him, Aid thou me in mine unbearing, Aid me, O Bride! As Christ was conceived of Mary Full perfect on every hand, Assist thou me, foster-mother, The conception to bring from the bone; And as thou didst aid the Virgin of joy, Without gold, without corn, without kine, Aid thou me, great is my sickness, Aid me, O Bride. from the Carmina Gadelica, 1900 translated from the Gaelic by Alexander Carmichael, 1832-1912 O God, who to the blessed Abbess Brigid gavest grace to imitate Christ in his poverty, and with humble heart to follow him in the end: grant that all who enter the path of Gospel perfection may neither look back nor go astray from the way; but hastening to thee without stumbling, may attain the crown of eternal life whereunto thou dost call them; through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen. - Divine Worship: The Missal.
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