Evening star., 1948-05-13
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AVE MARIA"

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AVE MARIA"
(From Mrs. A. c. T.. Washington. J
am enclosing my contribution
by Gounod.
AVE MARIA"
Ava Maria. mighty yet lowly,
Pure and most holy.
Hear from thy starry throne our PRAYER;
Wealth Wealth. and 1s fortune i leave s' us, S'ie'' ''
Grant to our grief and to our pain thy
Sancta Maria! Sancta Maria! Maria!
When we are fearful. when We are
: Give to us thine aid. to us thine
aid. thine aid Of prayer.
Ave-. Ays Maria, mother ,,.,t oi the desolstei
Hear from thy starry throne our prayer
Tyrants yex and hate u.s.
Teach us thine own most patient part to
beari
sancta Maria! sancta Maria! Marial
When we are signing, when We are
dying,
Amen.
| From Mrs. B. S. c., BrentiDood.)
Do hope one of the versions of
ave Maria" given will fill the bill.
o Lord most holy,
o God most mighty,
| o loving Saviour
o loving Saviour
| o loving, loving Saviour!
Thou hast redeemed us by Thy grace and
| mercy.
Teach us to know Thee.
Teach us to love Thee. make us to follow,
To follow after holiness.
Loving, loving. loving Saviour.
8 loving Saviour,
Guide us, O Saviour!
So in the hour of sadness
We shall ind comfort and help in Thee,
We shall find comfort and help In Thee
We shall nnd comfort and help in Thee.
By THEo. HoMBERGER. op. 80.
Ave Maria, thou that art highly favourd,
And blessed art thou among women,
And blessed art thou among women.
And-behold. thou shalt bring forth q
And shall call his name Jesus.
o Mary! Mary!
Ave Maria, full Of compassion Ave.
Mother of God! o blessed Mary!
Pray thou for US miserable sinners, miser-
Be with us when the hour Of death.
When the hour of ,death shall come.
o Mary, o Mary!
Pray thou. pray thou for US!
= dsathcshall death = come
Pray thou, pray thou for US; g Mary!
| from Mrs. G. T. G., Grcenbelt.)
Ave Maria. Thou happy mother God is
Blessed. blessed art thou above all moth
erS
Since in Bethlehem came to thee the
Honored and blessed, honored and blessed
| Maria,
Mother Of Jesus. infant, Redeemer
Born to save us from our sins and all
our heavy woes. Amen.
Sung to music by Bach -Gounod.
from E. C. c., Green AcresJ
Answering I. p B., Rockville, re-
garding the English words Of ave
Maria" If she, or he means the
literal translation from the Latin, it
Is the Catholic Hail Mary" or to
give the prayer its official name,
The Angelical Salutation," quote:
Hail Mary, full of grace! The Lord.
Is with Thee. Blessed art thou
among women and blessed is the
fruit of Thy womb, Jesus. Holy
Mary, Mother of God. pray for us
sinners now and at the hour of our
death. Amen"
| You'll find many words some in
rhyme. fitted to the music of all the
different compositions, especially to
the we'll known and most popular,
Schubert's and Gounod'S, but the
above is the correct English transla-
tion of the Latin. write as both
musician and Catholic well in
structed in both music and my
Faith.
Readers might be interested to
know Gounod, one of the composers,
wished to become priest but was
prevented by i'll health. Since he
could not serve God at the altar he
did what was to him next best; he
wrote many beautiful compositions
using the words of Catholic prayers,
especially the Mass, as inspiration.
One of the most beautiful of his
compositions to many THE most
beautiful Is his Missa Solennelle-
the Mass in honor of st. Cecilia. The
Sanctus and Benedictus of this Mass
are frequently used by glee clubs.