Ave Regina caelórum! The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary

The Coronation of the Virgin, Velásquez, 1645

Entrance Antiphon    Cf Psalm 44;10

At your right hand stands the queen in robes of gold,

finely arrayed. 

Ave Regina caelórum!

Ave, Dómina angelórum;

Salve radix, salve porta

Exqua mundo lux est orta.

Gaude, Virgo gloriósa,

Super omnes speciósa.

Vale, O valde decóra!

Et pro nobis Christum exóra.

Hail, Queen of Heaven, beyond compare,

To whom the angels homage pay;

Hail, Root of Jesse, Gate of Light,

That opened for the world’s new Day.

Rejoice, O Virgin unsurpassed,

In whom our ransom was begun,

For all your loving children pray

To Christ, our Saviour, and your Son.  

              

                                                          Stanbrook Abbey.