Sancta et immaculata virginitas

LATIN

Sancta et immaculáta virgínitas,
quibus te láudibus éfferam, néscio:
quia quem caeli cápere non póterant,
tuo grémio contulísti.

PHONETIC

SAHNG-tah eht eem-mah-koo-LAH-tah veer-JEE-nee-tahs,
KWEE-boos teh LAHOO-dee-boos EHF-feh-rahm, NEH-shee-awh:
KWEE-ah kwehm CHEH-lee KAH-peh-reh nawhn PAWH-teh-rahnt,
TOO-awh GREH-mee-awh kawhn-too-LEE-stee.

TRANSLATION

O holy and immaculate virginity,
I know not by what praises I may extol thee:
for he whom the heavens could not contain,
thou hast born in thy womb.

SOURCE

Matins, Christmas Eve

USE

Christmas Time, Marian feasts

Pine Bluff, Wisconsin · Holy Cross Pastorate · Roman Catholic Diocese of Madison