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St Richard of Wessex
O ho-ly fath-^er ^~~~Rich-<^ard/
you had ^great ^~faith ^in ^the <^Lord/1
for when your _~son ^Wil-^li-^bald ^fell <^sick/
you went ^and ^stood ^be-^fore ^the <^Cross/
to ask for <^~Heal-^ing> from the <^Lord ^of ^all/
_^and <^>lo ^your ^wish ^was <^>grant-^ed by <^God/1
In re-turn ^you ^~~made ^a <^vow/
to de-^di-^cate ^your ^life ^to <^Christ/5
help $<^>us^ to do ^the <^>same ^by ^your <^prayers/1


O ho-ly fath-^er ^~~~Rich-<^ard/
you did ^re-^nounce ^your  ^earth-^ly<^throne/1
to un-der-take ^a ^~~pil-^grim-<^age/
to ho-^ly ^~Pe-^ter ^in <^Rome/
but then at <^~Luc-^ca> you were <^>ta-^ken by <^God/
for in ^that <^>~place ^~your <^>bo-^dy re-<^posed/1
but from it ^most ^~won-^der-^ful-<^ly/
a stream ^of ^mi-^ra-^cles ^came <^forth/5
to tell ^the <^>world ^of ^your <^>hea-^ven-^ly <^crown/1

<O> ^strange ^~~~wond-<^er/
for as ^the ^mir-^a-^cles ^poured <^forth/1
from your tomb ^O ^~~~Rich-<^ard/
_^so ^al-^so ^from ^your <^seed/
came forth <^ho-^li-^ness> and fer-vent <^~preach-^ing/
for ^your <^>sons ^and ^daugh-ter are ^now <^>hon-^oured with <^you/1
<Come> ^O ^~~~peo<^ple/
and let ^us ^~~ce-^le-<^brate/5
this $<^>fam-^i-ly ^un-<^>i-^ted ^by <^faith/#



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Come let us hast-en ^in ^~~~spi-<^rit/2
 to en-kin-dle ^our ^~~lamps ^with <^faith/1
Let us es-cort ^the ^~~~Vir-<^gin/2
as we ^ac-^com-^pan-^~y <^Her/ 
at Her <^~en-^trance> for she <^~en-^ters/
 the Tem-ple ^of <^>~God ^~in <^>~glo-<^ry/1
 to be-come the Bride of ^the ^~~~Spi-<^rit/2 
let us ce-le-brate ^to-^~ge-^ther ^with <^joy /5
 the $<^>feast ^of ^Her <^>~~en-<^trance/


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Jo-a-chim ^and ^~~~An-<^na/ pre-sent the Vir-^gin ^~~~Mar-<^y/1
the <_>~hand-^~~maid ^of <^God/ as a tru-ly ^ac-^cep-^ta-^ble ^first <^fruit/
to the one who had al-lowed <^them ^to ^bear> His di-<^~vine ^fruit/
_~through <^Her>^the ^sad debt  ^is <^>wiped ^a-<^way/1
<let> ^us ^sing ^to ^her ^with <^joy/ _~O ^~~~faith-<^ful/5
 for she ^brought <^>joy ^to ^the <^>~~whole <^world/  
#<O> ^new ^~~~won-<^der/ the in-eff-a-^ble ^my-^ster-^y ^to <^come/1
is <shown> ^be-^~~~fore-<^hand/ by vis-i-^ble ^~~signs ^to-<^day/
for she who brings the <^Light ^of ^God> in-<^to ^the ^world/
is led  as ^a <^Bride> ^in-^to ^the <^>Tem-^ple of <^God>/1
let us ^ac-^~~~claim <^her/ as the Ho-^ly ^Tem-^ple ^of ^our <^God/5
the Ho-ly dwel-ling place ^of <^>Christ  ^~the <^>Gi-^ver ^of <^Light / #