- a Marian antiphon/hymn said or sung during the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord (Feb 2) through Wednesday of Holy Week (before Easter)
- is one of four Marian antiphons, with following versicles and prayers, traditionally said or sung after each of the canonical hours of the Liturgy of the Hours. The prayer is used especially after Compline, the final canonical hour of prayer before going to sleep.
- The origins of the prayer are unknown but it can be found included in a twelfth-century manuscript.
- The prayer is associated with indulgences and is listed as Ave Regina Coelorum in the Raccolta book of indulgenced prayers.
LATIN:
- 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.
- V. Dignare me laudare te, Virgo sacrata.
- R. Da mihi virtutem contra hostes tuos.
- Oremus: Concede, misericors Deus, fragilitati nostrae praesidium: ut, qui sanctae Dei Genitricis memoriam agimus; intercessionis eius auxilio, a nostris iniquitatibus resurgamus. Per eundem Christum Dominum nostrum. Amen.
ENGLISH:
- Hail, O Queen of Heaven.
- Hail, 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.
- V. Allow me to praise thee, O sacred Virgin.
- R. Against thy enemies give me strength.
- Let us pray: Grant unto us, O merciful God, a defense 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.
links/ sources:
- "Ave, Regina caelorum: English and Latin" (EWTN):
- "Ave Regina Caelorum" (with piano/Gregorian chords) (The Mary Page- University of Dayton):
http://campus.udayton.edu/mary/resources/antiph2.html#AveRegina
- "Ave Regina Caelorum" (Wikipedia):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ave_Regina_Caelorum
