This prayer, which dates from the twelfth century, is substituted for the Angelus during Easter Season.
In Latin |
In English |
Regina coeli, laetare, alleluia: Quia quem meruisti portare, alleluia. Resurrexit sicut dixit, alleluia. Ora pro nobis Deum, alleluia.
V. Gaude et laetare, Virgo Maria, Alleluia, R. Quia surrexit Dominus vere, alleluia.
Oremus: Deus qui per resurrectionem Filii tui, Domini nostri Iesu Christi, mundum laetificare dignatus es: praesta, quaesumus, ut per eius Genetricem Virginem Mariam, perpetuae capiamus gaudia vitae. Per eundem Christum Dominum nostrum. R. Amen. |
Queen of Heaven rejoice, alleluia: For He whom you merited to bear, alleluia, Has risen as He said, alleluia. Pray for us to God, alleluia.
V. Rejoice and be glad, O Virgin Mary, alleluia. R. Because the Lord is truly risen, alleluia.
Let us pray: O God, who by the Resurrection of Thy Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, granted joy to the whole world: grant we beseech Thee, that through the intercession of the Virgin Mary, His Mother, we may lay hold of the joys of eternal life. Through the same Christ our Lord. R. Amen. |
Feast Day: | April 27 |
Born: | 1218 at Monsagrati near Lucca, Italy |
Died: | 27 April 1272 at Lucca, Italy |
Canonized: | 5 September 1696 by Pope Leo X and Pope Innocent XII |
Major Shrine: | Basilica di San Frediano, Lucca |
Patron of: | Domestic servants, homemakers, lost keys, people ridiculed for their piety, rape victims, single laywomen, waiters, waitresses |
Feast Day: | April 27 |
Born: | 1218 at Monsagrati near Lucca, Italy |
Died: | 27 April 1272 at Lucca, Italy |
Canonized: | 5 September 1696 by Pope Leo X and Pope Innocent XII |
Major Shrine: | Basilica di San Frediano, Lucca |
Patron of: | Domestic servants, homemakers, lost keys, people ridiculed for their piety, rape victims, single laywomen, waiters, waitresses |