Antiphons of the Blessed Virgin Mary


Alma Redemptoris Mater
From Advent until February 2, The Purification of the Virgin (or Presentation in the Temple)

Loving mother of the Redeemer,
gate of heaven, star of the sea,
assist your people who have fallen yet strive to rise again.
To the wonderment of nature you bore your Creator,
Yet remained a virgin after as before.
You who received Gabriel's joyful greeting,
have pity on us poor sinners.
Alma Redemptoris Mater,
quae pervia caeli porta manes, et stella maris,
succurre cadenti, surgere qui curat, populo:
tu quae genuisti, natura mirante, tuum sanctum Genitorem, Virgo prius ac posterius,
Gabrielis ab ore, sumens illud Ave,
peccatorum miserere.


Ave Regina Caelorum
For Lent


Hail, Queen of heaven,
hail Lady of the angels.
Hail root and gate
from which the Light of the world was born.
Rejoice glorious Virgin,
fairest of all.
Fare thee well, most beautiful,
and pray for us to Christ.

Ave, Regina caelorum,
ave, Domina angelorum,
salve, radix, salve, porta
ex qua mundo lux est orta.
Gaude, Virgo gloriosa,
super omnes speciosa;
vale, o valde decora,
et pro nobis Christum exora.



Regina Caeli
For Easter Season

Queen of heaven, rejoice, alleluia.
The Son whom you merited to bear, alleluia,
has risen as he said, alleluia.
Pray to God for us, alleluia.

Regina caeli, laetare, alleluia:
quia quem meruisti portare, alleluia.
Resurrexit, sicut dixit, alleluia.
Ora pro nobis Deum, alleluia.


Salve, Regina


Hail, holy Queen, Mother of mercy,
hail, our life, our sweetness, and our hope.
To you we cry, the children of Eve;
to you we send up our sighs,
mourning and weeping in this land of exile.
Turn, then, most gracious advocate,
your eyes of mercy toward us;
lead us home at last
and show us the blessed fruit of your womb, Jesus:
O clement, O loving, O sweet virgin Mary.

Salve, Regina, mater misericordiae;
vita, dulcedo et spes nostra, salve.
Ad te clamamus, exsules filii Evae.
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
in hac lacrimarum valle.
Eia ergo, advocata nostra,
illos tuos misericordes oculos ad nos converte.
Et Iesum, benedictum fructum ventris tui,
nobis post hoc exsilium ostende.
O clemens, o pia, o dulcis Virgo Maria.



Hail Mary

Hail Mary, full of grace,
the Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou amongst women
and blessed
is the fruit of thy womb Jesus.
Holy Mary,
Mother of God, pray for us sinners,
now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
Ave Maria gratia plena
Dominus tecum
Benedicta tu in mulieribus
Et benedictus
Fructus ventris tui Jesus
Sancta Maria
Mater Dei ora pro nobis peccatoribus
Nunc et in hora mortis nostrae. Amen


Antiphon for the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary



Beata Dei Genitrix Maria
Virgo perpetua, templum Domini, sacrarium Spiritus Sancti
solo sine exemplo
placuisti Domino Jesu Christo, alleluia
Blessed Mother of God Mary
Ever-virgin, temple of the Lord, sanctuary of the Holy Spirit
you alone, without compare
were pleasing to the Lord Jesus Christ.

Antiphon for the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, January 1


Rubum quem viderat Moyses incombustum
conservatum agnovimus
tuam laudabilem virginatem
Dei Genitrix intercede pro nobis.
In the bush unconsumed that Moses saw
we have perceived, preserved,
your laudable virginity
Mother of God, intercede for us.


 
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