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The Hymn of Lourdes
Ave,
Ave, Ave Maria!
Ave,
Ave, Ave Maria!
O
Mary, our Mother we come to this place where you who are
sinless appeared full of grace.
As
Bernadette waited there came to her sight a
radiant Lady surrounded by light.
She gave her a
message: "let penance be done, and pray that all sinners may turn
to my son".
"Come here in
procession to praise God and sing, to wash in these waters and drink at
this spring".
She asked that a
chapel be built in this place, that all be encouraged to pray for God's
grace.
The Lady responded
when asked for her name: "conceived
without sin is the title I claim".
Salve
Regina
Salve Regina,
Mater isericordiae, vita dulcedo et spes nostra, salva.
Ad
te clamamus, exsules filii Evae.
Ad
te suspiramus, gementes et flentes, in hac lacrimarum valle.
Eia ergo,
advocata nostra, illos tuos, misericordes oculos ad nos converte.
Et Jesum,
benedictum fructum ventris tui, nobis post hoc exilium, ostende.
O clemens, o
pia, o dulcis Virgo Maria.
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