Hymn, Ave Maris Stella
No. 213. The Raccolta (1910).
Ave Maris Stella
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AVE maris Stella, DEI Mater alma Atque semper virgo, Felix cæli porta. |
HAIL thou star of ocean! Portal of the sky! Ever Virgin Mother Of the LORD most high! |
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Sumens illud Ave Gabrielis ore, Funda nos in pace, Mutans Evæ nomen. |
Oh! by Gabriel’s Ave, Utter’d long ago, Eva’s name reversing, Stablish peace below. |
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Solve vincla reis, Prefer lumen cæcis, Mala nostra pelle, Bona cuncta posce. |
Break the captive’s fetters; Lighten blindness pour; All our ills expelling, Every bliss implore. |
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Monstra te esse matrem, Sumat per te preces, Qui pro nobis natus, Tulit esse tuus. |
Show thyself a Mother Offer Him our sighs, Who for us incarnate Did not thee despise. |
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Virgo singularis, Inter omnes mitis, Nos culpis solutos, Mites fac et castos. |
Virgin of all virgins! To thy shelter take us: Gentlest of the gentle! Chaste and gentle make us. |
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Vitam præsta puram, Iter para tutum, Ut videntes JESUM, Semper collætemur. |
Still as on we journey, Help our weak endeavour; Till with thee and JESUS We rejoice for ever. |
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Sit laus DEO PATRI, Summo CHRISTO decus, SPIRITUI SANCTO, Tribus honor unus. Amen. |
Through the highest heaven, To the Almighty Three, FATHER, SON, and SPIRIT, One same glory be. Amen. |
Indulgences
300 Days, once a day.
Decrees of the Sacred Congregation of Indulgences:
Leo XIII. January 27, 1888.