| Magnificat anima mea Dominum,
| My soul magnifies the Lord,
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| et exsultavit spiritus meus in Deo salutari meo.
| and my spirit rejoiced in God my Saviour.
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| Quia respexit humilitatem ancillae suae.
| Because he has respected the humility of his handmaid.
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| Ecce enim ex hoc beatam me dicent omnes generationes.
| For behold from this time all generations will declare me blessed.
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| Quia fecit mihi magna, qui potens est,
| Because he who is powerful has done great things for me
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| et sanctum nomen eius.
| and his holy name.
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| Et misericordia eius a progenie in progenies
| And his mercy is from progeny to progeny
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| timentibus eum.
| those who fear him.
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| Fecit potentiam in brachio suo,
| He did power with his arm
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| dispersit superbos mente cordis sui.
| he has scattered the proud in the mind of his heart.
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| Deposuit potentes de sede
| He put down the powerful from his seat
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| et exaltavit humiles.
| He exalted the humble.
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| Esurientes implevit bonis
| Hungry fills with good things
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| et divites dimisit inanes.
| and he sent the emissaries away empty-handed.
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| Suscepit Israel puerum suum,
| Israel took his servant
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| recordatus misericordiae suae.
| remembering his mercy.
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| Sicut locutus est ad patres nostros,
| As I said to our fathers
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| Abraham et semini eius in saecula.
| Abraham and his descendants in the world.
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| Gloria Patri et Filio
| Glory to the Father and the Son
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| et Spiritui Sancto,
| and the Holy Spirit
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| sicut erat in principio et nunc et semper
| as it was in the beginning, and now, and always
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| et in saecula saeculorum. | and in the ages of the ages. |
| Amen. | Amen. |