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about:
- 11th century
- a Gregorian hymn/chant sung from the first Sunday of Advent until the Feast of the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple on February 2
- a Marian antiphon/hymn said or sung from the beginning of Advent (from night before the fourth Sunday before Christmas) through February 1
- is one of the 4 Marian antiphons sung after Night Prayer
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LATIN:
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.
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ENGLISH:
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.
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links/ sources:
- "Alma Redemptoris Mater" (Free MP3 Download) (source: The Adoremus Hymnal):
http://www.ignatius.com/promotions/adoremus-hymnal/downloads/audio/AdoremusHymnal_537_alma-redemptoris-mater.mp3
- "Alma Redemptoris Mater (Simple Tone)" (audio clip with lyrics and chords) (source: YouTube):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iq5CKlOyeMk
- "The Marian Antiphons: Alma Redemptoris Mater" (with audio clip and Gregorian/piano chords) (source: Chantblog - Blogspot):
http://chantblog.blogspot.com/2012/12/the-marian-antiphons-alma-redemptoris.html
- "Alma Redemptoris Mater: English and Latin" (source: EWTN):
http://www.ewtn.com/faith/teachings/maryd6a.htm
- "Alma Redemptoris Mater" (with low resolution piano chords) [source: University of Dayton -> The Mary Page (The Marian Library/ International Marian Research Institute)]:
http://campus.udayton.edu/mary/resources/antiph1.html#Alma
- "Antiphons of the Blessed Virgin Mary" (source: University of Dayton -> The Mary Page):
http://campus.udayton.edu/mary/prayers/antiph.html
- "Alma Redemptoris Mater" (source: Wikipedia):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alma_Redemptoris_Mater
- "Hymns to Mary" (source: Wikipedia):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hymns_to_Mary
