Sunday, May 8, 2022

Mother's Day

 



Respect, love and joy to our mothers, not least the great Mother of God, Mary most holy. Here's a prayer:


Hail, holy Queen, Mother of mercy, hail, 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 vale 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 merciful, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary! Amen.


And in the better and martial 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.


To Motherhood, life and the Blessed Virgin,

LSP

4 comments:

  1. Amen, Parson. You all be safe and God bless.

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  2. Your earthly mother is as beautiful as our heavenly mother. God bless you...

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  3. Happy Mothers Day, Linda. Bless you.

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  4. I'll pass that on, Adrienne! Hope you had a beautiful day.

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