Bulletins
March 9, 2014
Download the Bulletin as a PDFYou may have noticed that our chanted prayer at the end of Mass changed after Christmas. During Advent and Christmas we followed the conclusion of Holy Mass with:
Alma Redemptoris Mater, quae pervia caeli
porta manes, et stella maris, succurre cadenti,
surgere qui curat, populo: tu quae genuisti,
natura mirante, tuum sanctum Genitorem,
Virgo prius ac posterius, Gabrielis ab ore,
sumens illud Ave, peccatorum miserere.
Loving mother of the Redeemer,
gate of heaven, star of the sea,
assist your people who have fallen yet strive to rise again.
To the wonderment of nature you bore your Creator,
Yet remained a virgin after as before.
You who received Gabriel's joyful greeting,
have pity on us poor sinners.
After Christmastide we started using:
Ave, Regina caelorum,
ave, Domina angelorum,
salve, radix, salve, porta,
ex qua mundo lux est orta.
Gaude, Virgo gloriosa,
super omnes speciosa;
vale, o valde decora,
et pro nobis Christum exora.
Hail, O Queen of Heaven.
Hail, O Lady of Angels
Hail! thou root. Hail! thou gate
from whom unto the world, a light has arisen.
Rejoice, O glorious Virgin,
Lovely beyond all others,
Farewell, most beautiful maiden,
and pray for us to Christ.
This prayer remains the Marian antiphon throughout the Season of Lent. In the Liturgy of the Hours it concludes Night Prayer from the Feast of the Presentation (Feb. 2) through the Wednesday of Holy Week. Worthy of our humble voices, it can be found as number 443 in the St. Michael Hymnal. Its rhythm and rhyme are exquisite.
At Easter we will pick up the more familiar Regina Caeli and then between Easter and Advent we shall return to Salve Regina with full gusto.
Just image how warm it will be then. Ahhhhh.
God bless you.
Fr. Christopher J. Pollard
