# Verified against Divinum Officium (Monastic Tridentinum 1617), Lauds,
# St. Anne's own real day (2026-07-26) -- see lauds-capitulum-common-of-
# a-holy-woman.yml's header. "Fortem viríli péctore" -- the classic
# Common-of-a-Holy-Woman hymn, same text both hours here.
id: lauds-hymn-common-of-a-widow
text:
  la: >-
    Fortem viríli péctore

    Laudémus omnes féminam,

    Quæ sanctitátis glória

    Ubíque fulget ínclita.


    Hæc Christi amóre sáucia,

    Dum mundi amórem nóxium

    Horréscit, ad cæléstia

    Iter perégit árduum.


    Carnem domans jejúniis,

    Dulcíque mentem pábulo

    Oratiónis nútriens,

    Cæli potítur gáudiis.


    Rex Christe, virtus fórtium,

    Qui magna solus éfficis,

    Hujus precátu, quǽsumus,

    Audi benígnus súpplices.


    Deo Patri sit glória,

    Ejúsque soli Fílio,

    Cum Spíritu Paráclito,

    Nunc, et per omne sǽculum. Amen.
  en: >-
    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. Amen.
status:
  la: verified
  en: verified