Saint Peter Canisius, Priest and Doctor

8Bride to Chorus: The voice of my beloved! Behold, he arrives leaping along the mountains, jumping across the hills. 9My beloved is like a doe and like a young stag. 10Lo, he stands beyond our wall, gazing through the windows, watching through the lattices. 11Lo, my beloved speaks to me: 12Groom to Bride: Rise up, quickly, my love, my dove, my shapely one, and advance. 13For winter has now past; the rain has decreased and gone away. 14The flowers have appeared in our land; the time for pruning has arrived. The voice of the turtledove has been heard in our land.

2Confess to the Lord with stringed instruments; sing psalms to him with the psaltery, the instrument of ten strings.

3Sing to him a new song. Sing psalms to him skillfully, with loud exclamation.

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11But the counsel of the Lord remains for eternity, the thoughts of his heart from generation to generation.

12Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people whom he has chosen as his inheritance.

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20Our soul remains with the Lord. For he is our helper and protector.

21For in him, our heart will rejoice, and in his holy name, we have hoped.

39And in those days, Mary, rising up, traveled quickly into the hill country, to a city of Judah. 40And she entered into the house of Zechariah, and she greeted Elizabeth. 41And it happened that, as Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the infant leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. 42And she cried out with a loud voice and said: “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. 43And how does this concern me, so that the mother of my Lord would come to me? 44For behold, as the voice of your greeting came to my ears, the infant in my womb leaped for joy. 45And blessed are you who believed, for the things that were spoken to you by the Lord shall be accomplished.”