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The Joy of Canada Icon Visitation to Saskatoon Oct. 2005
We magnify thee,/ We magnify thee,/ holy mother of Christ our God,/ and we honour thy most sacred ikon,/ O protectress of Canada,/ pray for us to Christ our God. Verse: O clap your hands, all you nations; shout to God with cries of joy. O royal portal through whom the Eternal King came forth./ O unbroken seal of the promise,/ we thy people rejoice in thy sacred ikon / which has blessed thy sacred monastery / and doth shine forth the light of Grace / to all the land of Canada./ Wherefore we beseech thee,/ open to us the gate of paradise,/ for thou art the hope of all / who take refuge in thee. O thornless rose of ineffable beauty,/ thou didst bud forth on the border of paradise./ For through thine unopened gate, the gate was opened, / and through thy sacred ikon, thou dost call the Canadian people to enter in,/ proclaiming thyself to be their protectress and defence against the enemy./ Wherefore we cry unto thee, rejoice joy of Canada. |