Beautiful hymns to St. Mary Mother of God.

[Athanasias]

One of my favorites.

In latin first then in english what the hymn means.

Salve, Regina, mater misericordiae:
Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra, salve.
Ad te clamamus, exsules, filii Hevae.
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.

Ora pro nobis, sancta Dei Genitrix.
R. Ut digni efficamur promissionibus Christi.

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.

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

 

[mark46]

For those who might want the CD with many more hymns to the Blessed Mother.

http://www.amazon.com/Mother-Dearest-Fairest-Vol/dp/B00BC3AHE8/ref=pd_sim_dmt_340_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=0EWTFQ5H57VAP5XA08P8&dpID=51Qy97QLQWL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR160,160_

BTW, the couple recording this has many more wonderful CD's (great for the car!).

 

[Athanasias]

For those who might want the CD with many more hymns to the Blessed Mother.

http://www.amazon.com/Mother-Dearest-Fairest-Vol/dp/B00BC3AHE8/ref=pd_sim_dmt_340_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=0EWTFQ5H57VAP5XA08P8&dpID=51Qy97QLQWL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR160,160_

BTW, the couple recording this has many more wonderful CD's (great for the car!).

Amen to that Mark. I have many c'ds by this couple. My favorite traditional hymn they do is the Te Deum and Veni Creator Spiritus.

 

[prodromos]

Search for "agni parthene" on youtube