Catholic Activity: Salve Regina
Words to a beautiful hymn to Mary that can be sung for all her feast days. The text is by Hermann the Cripple, 1013-1054, monk of Reichenau; melody fifth (Lydian) mode.
DIRECTIONS
Hail, Queen most noble, Hail Thou Mother most merciful, Thou life's true sweetness, Thou our hope, we greet Thee. To Thee we're crying, from paradise banished children. To Thee we come weeping, sorrowing and sighing in this dark and tearful valley. Ah, turn Thine eyes, Advocate, in mercy, Turn in loving and kind compassion These Thine eyes upon us sinners. And Jesus, the blessed fruit of Thy virginal womb, Show unto us when our exile is ended. Thou'rt clement, Thou'rt loving, Thou art sweet, O Virgin Mary.
Activity Source: Around the Year with the Trapp Family by Maria Augusta Trapp, Pantheon Books Inc., New York, New York, 1955
