Monday 3 June 2013

Prayer, Marian - Regina Coeli (Queen of Heaven)


Regina Coeli (Queen of Heaven in Latin) 

Regina cæli, lætare, alleluia:
Queen of Heaven, rejoice, alleluia.
Quia quem meruisti portare, alleluia,
For He whom thou didst merit to bear in your womb, alleluia. 
Resurrexit, sicut dixit, alleluia,
Has risen, as He promised, alleluia.
Ora pro nobis Deum, alleluia.
Pray for us to God, alleluia.

In the Office of Paul VI the Regina caeli ends here, but the older usage continues with the following versicle and prayer:
V. Gaude et lætare, Virgo Maria, alleluia.
V. Rejoice and be glad, O Virgin Mary, alleluia.
R. Quia surrexit Dominus vere, alleluia.
R. For the Lord has truly risen, alleluia.
Oremus.
Let us pray
Deus, qui per resurrectionem Filii tui, Domini nostri Iesu Christi,
mundum lætificare dignatus es:
præsta, quæsumus, ut per eius Genitricem Virginem Mariam,
perpetuæ capiamus gaudia vitæ.
Per eundem Christum Dominum nostrum. Amen.

O God, who through the resurrection of your Son Jesus Christ
gave rejoicing to the world,
grant, we pray, that through his Mother, the Virgin Mary,
we may obtain the joy of everlasting life.
Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

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