Responsory at First Vespers for St. Ursula and the 11,000 Virgin-Martyrs of Cologne
R. Honor to the Holy Spirit,
who in the Virgin Ursula’s mind
a virginal brood has gathered
like doves.
So too she’s left her homeland like another Abraham.
R. And to embrace the Lamb,
a husband’s troth
she has cast off.
V. For that golden troop so chaste
has crossed the sea with virgin tresses.
O who has ever heard of such a thing?
R. And to embrace the Lamb,
a husband’s troth
she has cast off.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit.
R. And to embrace the Lamb,
a husband’s troth
she has cast off.