The Marian Antiphons: Alma Redemptoris Mater (sung from the first Sunday of Advent until the Feast of the Purification on February 2).Here are links to posts about all four antiphons on Chantblog: Hail, O very fair one, and plead for us to Christ.
Rejoice, glorious Virgin, beautiful above all. Hail, root, hail the door through which the Light of the world is risen. Hail, queen of heaven, hail lady of the angels. Rudolph Masciantonio, president of the Philadelphia Latin Liturgy Association: This translation was done for our monastery by Dr. Its earliest appearance was in the 12th century, although some also attribute this text to Herimann the Lame.Īve 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. This anthem is sung from after Purification (February 2 or Candlemas) until Easter Vigil.
Here's something about this hymn - including a translation - from " Singing the Four Seasonal Marian Anthems," by Lucy Carroll, published in Adoremus:
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