Alma Redemptoris Mater
Ave Regina Caelorum
Regina Caeli
Salve Regina
A Marianist Litany to Mary


Alma Redemptoris Mater


From Advent until February 2, The Purification of the Virgin (or Presentation in the Temple)
The Alma Redemptoris Mater is one of the four seasonal antiphons prescribed to be sung or recited in the Liturgy of the Hours after night prayer (Compline or Vespers). It is usually sung from the eve of the first Sunday of Advent until the Friday before the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord 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.

(during Advent)
V. The Angel of the Lord brought tidings to Mary.
R. And she conceived be the Holy Spirit.

Lord, Pour your grace into our hearts, that as we have whom Incarnation of you Son Jesus Christ,
by the message of an angel, so by His cross and passions may we be brought to the glory,
of His Resurrection. Through the same Christ Our Lord. Amen.

(after Christmas)
 V. After Childbearing, O Virgin, you remained inviolate.
R. Intercede for us, O Mother of God.

O God, Who by the fruitful virginity of Blessed Mary hast bestowed upon mankind
the reward of eternal salvation, grant, we beseech thee, that we may know the help
of her intercession, through whom we have been made worthy to receive the Author of our life,
Our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son: Who lives and reigns with You,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit, One God, world without end. Amen.

Ave Regina Caelorum


(Lent)
The antiphon, Ave Regina Caelorum, is sung as the concluding antiphon in the The Liturgy of the Hours from the Presentation of the Lord until Holy Thursday.)

Hail, Queen of heaven; Hail, Mistress of the Angels; Hail, root of Jesus; Hail, the gate through which the Light rose over the earth. Rejoice, Virgin most renowned and of unsurpassed beauty, 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.

V. Vouchsafe that I may praise thee, O Holy Virgin.
R. Give me strength against thine enemies.
Grant us, O merciful God, protection in our weakness: that we who celebrate the memory of the Holy Mother of God may, through the aid of her intercession, rise again from our sins. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.


Regina Caeli


The Regina Coeli is one of the four seasonal antiphons of the Blessed Virgin Mary prescribed to be sung or recited in the Liturgy of the Hours after night prayer (compline or vespers) from Holy Saturday to the Saturday after Pentecost.)

Queen of heaven, rejoice, alleluia: For He whom you merited to bear, alleluia, Has risen, as He said, alleluia. Pray for us to God, alleluia. V. Rejoice and be glad, O Virgin Mary, alleluia. R. For the Lord has truly risen, alleluia.

Regina coeli laetare, Alleluia, Quia quem meruisti portare. Alleluia, Resurrexit sicut dixit, Alleluia. Ora pro nobis Deum. Alleluia.
Gaude et laetare, Virgo Maria, alleluia. Quia surrexit Dominus vere, alleluia.<br

O God, who by the resurrection of your Son Jesus Christ gave gladness to the world; grant that we, being helped by the Virgin Mary, may attain to the joys of eternal life. Through Christ our Lord, Amen.

Salve Regina


Marian Antiphon for Ordinary Time [Easter to Advent].)

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 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.

V. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God.
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Almighty and everlasting God who by the co-operation of the Holy Spirit prepared the body and soul of the glorious Virgin Mother Mary to become a habitation fit for thy Son: grant that as we rejoice in her commemoration, we may be delivered by her loving intercession from our present evils and from eternal death. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.


A Marianist Litany to Mary


– Reverend Joseph H. Lackner, S.M.

Opening prayer


Mary, God chose you as the mother of his Son and called all nations and generations
to bless the gift of grace he gave you. In the company of those who have gone before us,
with people of all races and languages, we call upon you in prayer.

Litany

Response for the following: Pray for us.
Holy Mary
Mother of God
Mother of our redemption
Mother of a lost child
Mother of comfort and understanding
Mother who shares our joys
Mother who endures our sorrows
Mother whose heart was pierced by a sword
Mother most merciful
Woman responsive to God's word
Woman willing to believe the impossible
Woman who rejoices in her lowliness
Woman with an undivided heart
Woman of perfect freedom
Woman wrapped in mystery
Woman moved by the Spirit
Woman champion of the poor and lowly
Woman graced by a husband's love
Woman widowed by a husband's death
Woman at the cross
Woman patient and waiting
Woman clothed with the sun
Queen of the fullness of times
Queen of beauty unalloyed
Queen of integrity
Queen of painful meetings
Queen of all our heart's treasure
Queen of our destiny
Queen of peace

Let us pray:
Mary, you are mother and virgin, wife and widow,
peasant and queen—blessed for all time.
We need the comfort of your prayers. Remember us always to our Father through your Son,
Jesus Christ, who is our Lord for ever and ever. Amen.