Great Catholic Prayers

Salve Regina

Le March 10, 2022

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Beloved prayer to Mary, usually recited at the end of the rosary.

Hail, Holy Queen


Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy,
our life, our sweetness and our hope.
To you do we cry,
poor banished children of Eve.
To you do we send up our sighs,
mourning and weeping in this valley of tears
Turn then, most gracious advocate,
your eyes of mercy toward us,
and after this exile
show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb,
Jesus.
O clement, O loving,
O sweet Virgin Mary.


Salve Regina


Salve, Regína, Máter misericórdiæ
Víta, dulcédo, et spes nóstra, sálve.
Ad te clamámus, éxules, fílii Hévæ.
Ad te suspirámus, geméntes et flentes
in hac lacrimárum válle.
Eia ergo, Advocáta nóstra,
íllos túos misericórdes óculos
ad nos convérte.
Et Jésum, benedíctum frúctum véntris túi,
nóbis post hoc exsílium osténde.
Ô clémens, Ô pía, Ô dúlcis Vírgo María.

Salve Regina
Virgin and Child, Murillo (1617-1682), Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. ©Public Domain

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