Canticles: Magnificat (Canticle of Mary)

Watercolour by James Tissot (1836-1902) - WikipediaThe Magnificat is the Canticle of Mary from Luke 1:46-55. It takes it's title from the opening line of the Latin Vulgate translation by St. Jerome: "Magnificat anima mea, Dominum" (My soul doth magnify the Lord). From earliest times, it has been used as a hymn in the Church and is perhaps the oldest Marian hymn. In the Roman Breviary it is sung at Vespers (Evening Prayer). Magnificat (Tone 2, D, g.)MAGNIFICATMagníficat ánima mea Dóminum.Et exultávit spíritus meus: in Deo salutári meo.Quia respéxit humilitátem ancíllae suae:Ecce enim ex hoc beátam me dicent omnes generatiónes.Quia fécit mihi mágna qui pótens est: et sánctum nómen eius.Et misericórdia eius in progénies et progénies timéntibus eum.Fécit poténtiam in bráchio suo: dispérsit supérbos mente cordis sui.Depósuit poténtes de sede: et exaltávit húmiles.Esuriéntes implévit bonis: et dívites dimísit inánes.Suscépit Ísrael púerum suum: recordátus misericórdiae suae.Sicut locútus est ad patres nostros:Ábraham, et sémini eius in saecula.Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto,Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, et in sæcula sæculórum. Amen. Contemporary English Version: "My Soul Rejoices" by Jackie Francois.Song begins at 2:35.