Have no anxiety at all, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, make your requests known to God. Then the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
Phil 4:6-7



Monday, May 05, 2014

Regina cæli, lætare, alleluia









Romano Giulio
Coronation of the Virgin (Madonna of Monteluce)
1505-25







Regina Coeli

V. Queen of Heaven, rejoice, alleluia.

R. For He whom you did merit to bear, alleluia.


V. Has risen, as he said, alleluia.


R. Pray for us to God, alleluia.


V. Rejoice and be glad, O Virgin Mary, alleluia.


R. For the Lord has truly risen, alleluia.


Let us pray. O God, who gave joy to the world through the resurrection of Thy Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, grant we beseech Thee, that through the intercession of the Virgin Mary, His Mother, we may obtain the joys of everlasting life. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.




About the Regina Coeli:  The opening words of the Eastertide anthem of the Blessed Virgin, the recitation of which is prescribed from Compline of Holy Saturday until Afternoon Prayer of the Saturday after Pentecost inclusively. Substitute this prayer for the Angelus during the Paschal (Easter) season.


 The authorship of the "Regina Caeli" being unknown, legend says the St. Gregory the Great (d. 604) heard the first three lines chanted by angels on a certain Easter morning in Rome while he walked barefoot in a great religious procession and that the saint thereupon added the fourth line: "Ora pro nobis Deum. Alleluia." — Fr. Gant, moderator, Catholic News (Catholic Culture)



Regina Coeli in Latin

Regina cæli, lætare, alleluia:
R. Quia quem meruisti portare, alleluia,
Resurrexit, sicut dixit, alleluia,
R. Ora pro nobis Deum, alleluia.
Gaude et lætare, Virgo Maria, alleluia.
R. Quia surrexit Dominus vere, alleluia.

Oremus.Deus, qui per resurrectionem Filii tui, Domini nostri Iesu Christi,
mundum lætificare dignatus es:
præsta, quæsumus, ut per eius Genitricem Virginem Mariam,
perpetuæ capiamus gaudia vitæ.
Per eundem Christum Dominum nostrum. R. Amen.




1 comment:

  1. The Regina Caeli is such a gorgeous prayer! I love saying it and remembering our Easter joy throughout Easter---when I remember. I recently got out of the habit of saying the Angelus, and I forgot about this one, too. Drat. Starting today---since it's still Easter!

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