Hail, Holy Queen
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 do 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.
Pray for us, O holy Mother of God
That we may be made worthy of the
promises of Christ.
from Catholic Supply
2 comments:
What a lovely prayer to end the day.
At my college, we used to have Sunday Night Prayer using Liturgy of the Hours. It would be followed by Benediction and we'd close with the "Hail Holy Queen." Sometimes we recited it, sometimes we sang it in Latin--it's beautiful.
Teach her the Memorare too. That's one of my very favorites.
Those words, "valley of tears" are sometimes subbed with "vail of tears" ~ which conjured up a most interesting image for me as a child at the end of every rosary. &:o) You know,"Veil of tears"... Love to pray it every evening with the family at the end of the rosary ~ but now say "valley" to avoid confusion...
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