Ave maris stella

2 min

Hail, Star of the sea, gracious and ever virgin mother of God; blessed Gate of heaven.

You who received that Ave from Gabriel’s lips, establish us in peace, transforming the name of Eve.

Free sinners from their chains, bring light to the blind, drive away our ills, and ask for us every blessing.

Show yourself a mother: may He who, born for us, deigned to be your Son, through you receive our prayers.

Virgin without equal, meek above all others, make us, freed from sin, meek and chaste.

Keep our life unspotted, procure a safe journey: so that seeing Jesus we might forever rejoice together.

To God the Father be praise, to Christ most high be glory, and to the Holy Spirit; to the Three be one honour. Amen.

Ave maris stella, Dei Mater alma, atque semper Virgo, felix caeli porta.

Sumens illud Ave Gabrielis ore, funda nos in pace, mutans Hevae nomen.

Solve vincula 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 praesta puram, iter para tutum: ut videntes Iesum semper collaetemur.

Sit laus Deo Patri, summo Christo decus, Spiritui Sancto, tribus honor unus. Amen.