Queenship of Mary

Our very mother, the Blessed Virgion Mary, is Queen of Heaven! Go to her!

The words above were my rosary meditation (see the Assumption of Mary post for more details) for the 5th Glorious Mystery-which we celebrate today.

My Liturgy of the Hours instructions say for this day:

At the end of Night Prayer on this day, it is appropriate to recite or sing the Ave, Regina caelorum.

So in anticipation of that (coutesy of Thesaurus Precum Latinarum):

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.

V. Dignare me laudare te, Virgo sacrata.
R. Da mihi virtutem contra hostes tuos.

Oremus
Concede, misericors Deus, fragilitati nostrae praesidium; ut, qui sanctae Dei Genetricis memoriam agimus; intercessionis eius auxilio, a nostris iniquitatibus resurgamus. Per eundem Christum Dominum nostrum. Amen.

(and in the vernacular):

HAIL, O Queen of Heav'n enthron'd,
Hail, by angels Mistress own'd
Root of Jesse, Gate of morn,
Whence the world's true light was born.

Glorious Virgin, joy to thee,
Lovliest whom in Heaven they see,
Fairest thou where all are fair!
Plead with Christ our sins to spare.

V. Allow me to praise thee, holy Virgin.
R. Give me strength against thy enemies.

Let us pray
Grant, O merciful God, to our weak natures Thy protection, that we who commemorate the holy Mother of God may, by the help of her intercession, arise from our iniquities. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.

I have heard references to this prayer, but until today have read it or prayed. Sounds like a new Bethany tradition in the making...

Oremus pro invicem!