THE HYMN AVE MARIS STELLA.
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Ave maris Stella,
Dei mater alma,
Atque semper virgo,
Felix cæli porta.
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Bright Mother of our Maker, hail,
Thou virgin ever blest,
The ocean's star by which we sail,
And gain the port of rest.
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Sumens illud Ave,
Gabrielis ore,
Funda nos in pace,
Mutans Hevæ nomen.
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Whilst we this Ave thus to thee.
From Gabriel's mouth rehearse:
Prevail that peace our lot may be,
And Eva's name reverse.
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Solve vincla reis,
Profer lumen cæcis,
Mala nostra pelle,
Bona cuncta posce.
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Release our long entangled mind,
From all the snares of ill;
With heavenly light instruct the blind,
And all our vows fulfil.
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Monstra te esse matrem,
Sumat per te preces,
Qui pro nobis natus,
Tulit esse tuus.
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Exert for us a mother's care.
And us thy children own.
Prevail with him to hear our prayer.
Who chose to be thy son.
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Virgo singularis,
Inter omnes mitis,
Nos culpis solutos.
Mites fac et castos.
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O spotless maid! whose virtues shine.
With brightest purity:
Each action of our lives refine.
And make us pure like thee.
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Vitam præsta puram,
Iter para tutum,
Ut videntes Jesum,
Semper collætemur.
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Preserve our lives unstained with ill,
In this infectious way;
That heaven alone our souls may fill,
With joys that ne'er decay.
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Sit laus Deo Patri,
Summo Christo decus,
Spiritui Sancto,
Tribus honor unus. Amen.
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To God the Father, endless praise;
To God the Son, the same;
And Holy Ghost, whose equal rays,
One equal glory claim. Amen.
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His Holiness, Leo XIII,, by a rescript of the S. Congr. of Indulgences, January 27, 1 888, granted to the faithful who shall recite the above hymn
An indulgence of three hundred days, once a day.