Traditional Catholic prayer
Hail Holy Queen (Salve Regina)
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Prayer source
With God: A Book of Prayers and Reflections (1911), Francis Xavier Lasance, page 151.
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- Pray Hail Holy Queen (Salve Regina), a Marian prayer from a 1911 edition. Hail, holy Queen, Mother of mercy, our life, our sweetness, and our hope; to thee do…
- Often prayed for
- mary, salve regina, and night prayer
- When to pray
- This prayer may be used in the evening and at any time.
- Languages
- English and Latin
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. Make me worthy to praise thee, holy Virgin. R. Give me strength against thine enemies.
Traditional Catholic prayer
Hail Holy Queen (Salve Regina)
Source: With God: A Book of Prayers and Reflections (1911), Francis Xavier Lasance, page 151.
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. Make me worthy to praise thee, holy Virgin. R. Give me strength against thine enemies.
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