The Handbook of Prayers Hail, holy Queen, mother of mercy, our life, our sweetness, and our hope. To you do we cry, poor, banished children of Eve. To you do we send up our sighs, mourning and ...

In the second, the soul repeats the greeting and, in the name of all people, calls to holy Mary, whom we beg to look upon us with eyes of mercy and to love us with her son, Jesus. In the third ...

Do you know the story behind Hail Holy Queen? Or St. Francis’ Peace ... with minor discrepancies between the two versions. St. Matthew’s version is the one used universally by all Christians ...

The opening words Hail Queen of Heaven, form one of four Marian antiphons contained ... It was formerly called a “processional antiphon”. The verse “Rejoice, Virgin most renowned” is very early. The ...