songs
WHAT WE PRAY
ENGLISH
MARIAN SONGS
immaculate
mother
Immaculate Mother, to you do we plead,
To ask God, our Father, for help in our need.
Refrain:
Ave, Ave, Ave Maria!
Ave, Ave, Ave Maria!
We pray for our country, the land of our birth,
We pray for all nations that peace be on earth.
(Repeat Refrain)
In grief and temptation, in joy and in pain,
We'll seek thee, our Mother, nor seek thee in vain.
(Repeat Refrain)
Mary Immaculate,
Star of the Morning
Mary Immaculate, Star of the Morning
Chosen before the creation began,
Destined to bring, through the light of your dawning
Conquest of Satan and rescue to men.
Refrain:
Bend from your throne at the voice of our crying.
Look to this earth where your footsteps have trod.
Stretch out your arms to us, living and dying,
Mary Immaculate, Mother of God.
We, sinners, honor your sinless perfection;
Fallen and weak, for God’s mercy we plead.
Grant us the shield of your mighty protection.
Measure your aid by the depth of our need.
(Repeat Refrain)
mother of christ
Mother of Christ, Mother of Christ,
What shall I ask of thee?
I do not sigh for the wealth of earth,
For the joys that fade and flee.
But Mother of Christ, Mother of Christ
This do I long to see,
The bliss untold which thine arms enfold,
The treasure upon thy knee.
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Mother of Christ, Mother of Christ,
I toss on a stormy sea.
O, lift thy child as a beacon light
to the port where I fain would be.
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And, Mother of Christ, Mother of Christ,
This do I ask of thee
When the voyage is o’er,
Oh, stand on the shore and show him at last to me.
Hail,
holy queen
enthroned above
Hail, holy Queen enthroned above, O Maria.
Hail, Queen of mercy and of love, O Maria.
Refrain:
Triumph, all ye cherubim,
Sing with us, ye seraphim,
Heaven and earth resound the hymn:
Salve, salve, salve Regina!
Our life, our sweetness, here below, O Maria!
Our hope in sorrow and in woe, O Maria!
(Repeat Refrain)
And when our life breath leaves us, O Maria!
Show us thy Son, Christ Jesus, O Maria!
(Repeat Refrain)