Portal of the sky
Ever virgin Mother
Of the Lord Most High
O! by Gabriel's Ave
Uttered long ago,
Eva's name reversing,
Established peace below
Break the captives' fetters,
Light on blindness pour,
All our ills expelling,
Every bliss implore
Show thyself a Mother,
Offer Him our sighs,
Who for us incarnate
Did not thee despise
Virgin of all virgins
To thy shelter take us,
Gentlest of the gentle
Chaste and gentle make us
Still, as on we journey,
Help our weak endeavor,
Till with thee and Jesus
We rejoice forever
Through the highest heaven,
To the almighty Three
Father, Son, and Spirit,
One same glory be.
Amen.
Ave Maris Stella
Ave Maris Stella
Dei Mater alma,
Atque semper virgo,
Felix coeli porta.
Sumens illud ave
Gabrielis ore,
Funda nos in pace,
Mutans Evae nomen
Solve vincia reis
Profer lumen caecis
Mala nostra pelle,
Bona cuncta posce.
Monstra te esse Matrem
Sumat per te preces
Qui pro nobis natus
Tulit esse tuus
Virgo singularis
Inter omnes mitis
Nos culpis solutos
Mites fac et castos.
Vitam presta puram
Iter para tutum,
Ut, videntes Jesum
Semper collaetemur
Sit laus Deo Patri,
Summo Cristo decus
Spiritui sancto:
Tribus honor unus.
Amen.
