Salve Regina

 

 

Hail, holy Queen,

Mother of mercy, our life, our sweetness and our hope.

To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve.

To thee to we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears.

Turn, then, most gracious advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us, and after this, our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus. O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.

 

Pray for us, O holy Mother of God.
That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

 

Let us pray.

Almighty and everlasting God,

Who by the working of the Holy Spirit

didst prepare both body and soul of the glorious Virgin Mother, Mary,

that she might deserve to be made a worthy dwelling for Thy Son,

grant that we who rejoice in her memory,

may, by her loving intercession,

be delivered from present evils and from lasting death,

through the same Christ our Lord.

Amen.

 

Alma Redemptoris Mater

 

 

O loving Mother of our Redeemer, gate of heaven, star of the sea,
Hasten to aid thy fallen people who strive to rise once more.
Thou who brought forth thy holy Creator, all creation wond'ring,
Yet remainest ever Virgin, taking from Gabriel's lips
that joyful "Hail!": be merciful to us sinners.

 

The Angel of the Lord declared unto Mary.
    And she conceived by the Holy Spirit.

 

Let us pray.

Pour forth, we beseech Thee, O Lord,

Thy grace into our hearts, that we, to whom the incarnation of Christ,

Thy Son, was made known by the message of an angel,

may by His passion and cross be brought to the glory of His resurrection,

through the same Christ our Lord.

Amen.

 

Thou gavest birth without loss of thy virginity:
  Intercede for us, O holy Mother of God.

 

Let us pray.

O God, Who by the fruitful virginity of blessed Mary

hast offered unto the human race the rewards of eternal salvation,

grant, we beseech thee, that we may know the effects of her intercession,

 through whom we have deserved to receive the author of life, 

   our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son.

Amen.

 

Ave Regina Caelorum

 

 

 

Welcome, O Queen of Heaven.
Welcome, O Lady of Angels
Hail! thou root, hail! thou gate
From whom unto the world, a light has arisen:

 

Rejoice, O glorious Virgin,
Lovely beyond all others,
Farewell, most beautiful maiden,
And pray for us to Christ.

 

Allow me to praise thee, O sacred Virgin.
   Against thy enemies give me strength.

 

Grant unto us, O merciful God,

a defence against our weakness,

that we who remember the holy Mother of God,

by the help of her intercession,

may rise from our iniquities,

through the same Christ our Lord.

Amen.