Hymns for Festivals
Hymn for Advent
Alma Redemptoris Mater, quæ pervia cœli porta manes,
Mother of Jesus, heaven’s open gate,
Et stella maris, succurre cadenti;
Star of the Sea, support the falling state
Surgere qui curat populo; tu quæ genuisti,
Of mortals: thou, whose womb thy maker bore,
Natura mirante tuum sanctum genitorem:
And yet, strange thing! a virgin as before;
Virgo priùs ac posteriús, Gabrielis ab ore
Who didst from Gabriel’s hail! the news receive,
Sumens illud Ave, peccatorum miserere.
Repenting sinners by thy prayers relieve.
V. Angelus Domini nuntiavit Mariæ.
V. The angel of the Lord declared to Mary,
R. Et concepit de Spiritu Sancto.
B. And she conceived of the Holy Ghost.