In view of today's opinion of the United States Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade on the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, it seems quite appropriate to pray the Te Deum:
We praise you, O God, we acknowledge you to be the Lord.
You, the Father everlasting, all the earth does worship. To you all angels, to you the heavens, and all the powers, to you the cherubim and seraphim cry out without ceasing: Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts.
Full are the heavens and earth of the majesty of your glory.
You, the glorious choir of the apostles, You, the admirable company of the prophets, You the white-robed army of martyrs do praise. You, the holy Church throughout all the world confess: The Father of an incomprehensible majesty; Your adorable, true, and only Son; And the Holy Spirit the Paraclete.
You, O Christ are the King of glory. You are the everlasting Son of the Father. Having taken upon yourself to deliver man, you did not disdain the Virgin's womb. Having overcome the sting of death, you have opened to believers the kingdom of heaven. You sit at the right hand of God, in the glory of the Father.
You, we believe, are the Judge to come. We beseech you, therefore, to help your servants whom you have redeemed with your precious blood. Make them to be numbered with your saints in glory everlasting.
O Lord, save your people : and bless your inheritance. And govern them, and exalt them for ever. Day by day we bless you. And we praise your name forever; yes, for ever and ever.
Vouchsafe, O Lord, this day, to keep us without sin. Have mercy on us, O Lord; have mercy on us. Let your mercy, O Lord, be upon us; as we have trusted in you.
In you, O Lord, have I trusted : let me never be confounded for ever.
V. Blessed are you, O Lord, the God of our fathers.
R. And worthy to be praised, and glorified for ever.
V. Let us bless the Father, and the Son, with the Holy Spirit.
R. Let us praise and exalt him for ever.
V. Blessed are you, O Lord, in the firmament of heaven.
R. And worthy of praise, and glorious, and exalted above all for ever.
V. Bless the Lord, O my soul. R. And forget not all his benefits.
V. O Lord, hear my prayer.
R. And let my cry come to you.
(Version in Latin published in post just below this post.)
Image: Botticini's "The Assumption of the Virgin" (with choirs of angels), from Wikimedia Commons. In the public domain.
