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In Praise of St. Anne         Hymn to Saint Anne   Spotless Anna! Juda’s glory! Through the church, from East to West, Ev’ry tongue proclaims thy praises, Holy Mary’s Mother blest.   Saintly kings and priestly sires Blended in thy sacred line; Thou in virtue, all before thee Didst excel by grace divine.   Linked in bonds of purest wedlock, Thine it was for us to bear, By the favour of high heaven Our eternal Virgin Star.   From thy stem in beauty budded Ancient Jesse’s mystic rod; Earth from thee received the Mother Of th’almighty Son of God.   All the human race benighted In the depths of darkness lay, When in Anne it saw the dawning Of the long expected day.   Honour, glory, virtue, merit, Be to The, O Virgin’s Son! With to Thee, O Virgin’s Son! With the father and the Spirit, While eternal ages run   ----Edward Caswall, from ‘ The Dominican Hymn Book’ published by Burns and Oates, London, 1881.   St. Anne , Pray for Us!. Compiled by Fr. Nascimento Mascarenhas, Vasco da Gama, 27-07-2004.