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Hail Holy Queen

The Virgin with Angels, William Adolphe Bouguereau, 1900

The Virgin with Angels, William Adolphe Bouguereau, 1900

HAIL HOLY QUEEN (English)
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.
 

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

Amen.

SALVE REGINA (Latin)
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. Ora pro nobis, sancta Dei Genitrix, 
R. ut digni efficamur promissionibus Christi.

Amen.