Ave Regina Caelorum

Hail, Queen of Heaven Ave Regina Caelorum (Hail, Queen of Heaven) is an anonymous Latin hymn from the 12th century. It was traditionally sung as a Marian antiphon after Compline in the Roman Breviary and used from the Feast of the Presentation (Feb. 2) to the Wednesday of Holy Week. The collect (included below) that is associated with the hymn was said by St. Jerome (c.347-420) to have originated with St. Ephrem the Syrian (c.306-373). In the Liturgy of the Hours and the Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Ave Regina Caelorum is sung or recited at the conclusion of Night Prayer. Ave, Regina Caelorum,Ave, Domina Angelorum:Salve, radix, salve, portaEx qua mundo lux est orta:Gaude, Virgo gloriosa,Super omnes speciosa,Vale, o valde decora, Et pro nobis Christum exora.V. Dignare me laudare te, Virgo sacrata.R. Da mihi virtutem contra hostes tuos.Oremus: Concede, misericors Deus, fragilitati nostrae praesidium: ut, qui sanctae Dei Genitricis memoriam agimus; intercessionis eius auxilio, a nostris iniquitatibus resurgamus. Per eundem Christum Dominum nostrum. Amen.