“As mariners are guided into port by the shining of a star, so Christians are guided to heaven by Mary.”
Saint Thomas Aquinas
In honor of the Mother of the Crucified Christ, here is a video reflection on 'Star of the Sea' represented by fantastical imagery.
| AVE maris stella, Dei Mater alma, atque semper Virgo, felix caeli porta. |
HAIL, O Star of the ocean, God's own Mother blest, ever sinless Virgin, gate of heav'nly rest. |
| Sumens illud Ave Gabrielis ore, funda nos in pace, mutans Hevae nomen. |
Taking that sweet Ave, which from Gabriel came, peace confirm within us, changing Eve's name. |
| Solve vincula reis, profer lumen caecis mala nostra pelle, bona cuncta posce. |
Break the sinners' fetters, make our blindness day, Chase all evils from us, for all blessings pray. |
| Monstra te esse matrem: sumat per te preces, qui pro nobis natus, tulit esse tuus. |
Show thyself a Mother, may the Word divine born for us thine Infant hear our prayers through thine. |
| Virgo singularis, inter omnes mites, nos culpis solutos, mites fac et castos. |
Virgin all excelling, mildest of the mild, free from guilt preserve us meek and undefiled. |
| Vitam praesta puram, iter para tutum: ut videntes Iesum semper collaetemur. |
Keep our life all spotless, make our way secure till we find in Jesus, joy for evermore. |
| Sit laus Deo Patri, summo Christo decus, Spiritui Sancto, tribus honor unus. Amen. |
Praise to God the Father, honor to the Son, in the Holy Spirit, be the glory one. Amen. |
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