Magnificat ottavo tono (anon, Biffoli-Sostegni)

Text and translation

Magnificat anima mea Dominum;
et exsultavit spiritus meus in Deo
salutari meo, quia respexit humilitatem
ancillæ suæ;
Ecce enim ex hoc beatam me dicent
omnes generationes.
quia fecit mihi magna, qui potens est, et
sanctum nomen eius,
Et misericordia eius a progenie in
progenies timentibus eum.
Fecit potentiam in brachio suo;
dispersit superbos mente cordis sui;
deposuit potentes de sede, et exaltavit
humiles; esurientes implevit bonis et
divites dimisit inanes.
Suscepit Israel puerum suum, recordatus
misericordiæ suæ,
sicut locutus est ad patres nostros,
Abraham et semini eius in sæcula.
Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto,
sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et
semper: et in sæcula sæculorum. Amen.

[Translation: Douay-Rheims Bible]
My soul doth magnify the Lord and my
spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
Because he hath regarded the humility of
his handmaid; for behold from henceforth
all generations shall call me blessed.
Because he that is mighty, hath done great
things to me; and holy is his name.
And his mercy is from generation unto
generations, to them that fear him.
He hath shewed might in his arm: he
hath scattered the proud in the conceit of
their heart.
He hath put down the mighty from their
seat, and hath exalted the humble.
He hath filled the hungry with good things;
and the rich he hath sent empty away.
He hath received Israel his servant, being
mindful of his mercy:
As he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham
and to his seed for ever.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and
to the Holy Spirit,
As it was in the beginning is now, and ever
shall be, world without end. Amen.