Prayers
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 do we send up our sighs,
mourning and weeping in this vale 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, everlasting God, who by the
co-operation of the Holy Ghost didst prepare the body
and soul of the glorious Virgin-Mother Mary to become
a dwelling-place meet for thy Son: grant that as we
rejoice in her commemoration; so by her fervent
intercession we may be delivered from present evils
and from everlasting death. Through the same Christ
our Lord. Amen.
SING IT!
Hail, Holy Queen enthroned above, O Maria!
Hail, Mother of mercy and of love, O Maria!
Triumph all ye cherubim!
Sing with us ye seraphim!
Heaven and earth resound the hymn!
Salve, salve, salve, Regina!
Our life, our sweetness here below, O Maria!
Our hope in sorrow and in woe, O Maria!
Triumph all ye cherubim!
Sing with us ye seraphim!
Heaven and earth resound the hymn!
Salve, salve, salve, Regina!
And when our last breath leaves us, O Maria!
Show us thy son Christ Jesus, O Maria!
Triumph all ye cherubim!
Sing with us ye seraphim!
Heaven and earth resound the hymn!
Salve, salve, salve, Regina!
As with many hymns, many more verses exist, but are rarely printed or
sung. The Latin text from which these verses are translated is:
Salve Regina coelitum, O Maria!
Sors unica terrigenum, O Maria!
Jubilate, Cherubim,
Exsultate, Seraphim!
Consonante perpetim:
Salve, Salve, Salve Regina.
Mater misericordiae, O Maria!
Dulcis parens clementiae, O Maria!
Jubilate, Cherubim,
Exsultate, Seraphim!
Consonante perpetim:
Salve, Salve, Salve Regina.
The origin of this prayer is unclear, although it is usually attributed either
to St. Anselm of Lucca (d. 1080) or St. Bernard. It was set down in its
current form at the Abbey of Cluny in the 12th century, and has been
widely used in Catholic liturgy since that time. It is said after the
completion of the rosary.
Liturgically, it is one of four prescribed Marian anthems recited after the
office of Compline, and, in some uses, after Lauds or other Hours.
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