page_title: Regina caeli
section_title: Text
hierarchical_section_title: Regina caeli / Text
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Psalterium cum antiphonis et hymnis", Stadtbibliothek Lübeck, Ms.theol.lat.2°4 , fol. 2 v, Kolophon + Regina caeli, laetare
context_page_description: "Regina caeli" is a musical antiphon addressed to the Blessed Virgin Mary that is used in the liturgy of the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church during the Easter season, from Easter Sunday until Pentecost. During this season, it is the Marian antiphon that ends Compline and it takes the place of the traditional thrice-daily Angelus prayer.
  In the past, the spelling "Regina coeli" was sometimes used, but this spelling is no longer found in official liturgical books.
context_section_description: The antiphon itself consists of four lines:
  Regina caeli, laetare, alleluia;
  Quia quem meruisti portare, alleluia,
  Resurrexit, sicut dixit, alleluia:
  Ora pro nobis Deum, alleluia.
  Queen of heaven, rejoice, alleluia.
  
  The Son you merited to bear, alleluia,
  
  Has risen as he said, alleluia.
  
  Pray to God for us, alleluia.
  Compline, as revised in 1969 after the Second Vatican Council, ends with the antiphon alone. In the earlier Roman Breviary and in recitation at Angelus time during Eastertide, the following  versicle (℣) and response (℟) and the following prayer are added to the antiphon:
  ℣. Gaude et laetare, Virgo Maria, alleluia.
  
  ℟. 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 Christum, Dominum nostrum. ℟. Amen.
  ℣. Rejoice and be glad, O Virgin Mary, alleluia.
  
  ℟. For the Lord has truly risen, alleluia.
  
  Let us pray.
  
  O God, who have been pleased to gladden the world by the Resurrection of your Son our Lord Jesus Christ, grant, we pray, that through his Mother, the Virgin Mary, we may receive the joys of everlasting life. Through Christ our Lord. ℟. Amen.
  A verse translation in 7.7.7.7 metre used in some Anglican churches is usually sung to the hymn tune known as Easter Hymn, "Christ the Lord is Risen Today" or the hymn tune "Ave Virgo Virginum" (Hail Virgin of virgins):
  ℣. Joy to thee, O Queen of Heaven. Alleluia!
  ℟. He whom Thou wast meet to bear. Alleluia!
  ℣. As He promised hath arisen. Alleluia!
  ℟. Pour for us to God thy prayer. Alleluia!
  ℣. Rejoice and be glad, O Virgin Mary, alleluia.
  ℟. For the Lord is risen indeed, alleluia.
  Let us pray:
  O God, who through the resurrection of Thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ didst vouchsafe to give joy to the world: grant, we beseech thee, that through His Mother, the Virgin Mary, we may obtain the joys of everlasting life. Through Christ our Lord. ℟. Amen.
caption: A 1359 manuscript with the text and plainchant melody
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