Songs in Mary's Honor
Page 24 in "Marian Devotions in the Domestic Church"
Ave Maria Stella
Hail, bright star of ocean,
God's own Mother blest,
Ever sinless
Virgin,
Gate of heavenly rest.
Taking that sweet Ave,
Which from Gabriel came,
Peace confirm within
us,
Changing Eva's name.
Break the captives' fetters,
Light on blindness pour,
All our ills
expelling,
Every bliss implore.
Show thyself a Mother;
May the Word Divine,
Born for us thine
Infant,
Hear our prayers through thine.
Virgin all excelling,
Mildest of the mild,
Freed from guilt, preserve
us,
Pure and undefiled.
Keep our life all spotless,
Make our way secure,
Till we find in
Jesus
Joy for evermore.
Through the highest heaven,
To the Almighty Three,
Father, Son and
Spirit,
One same glory be. Amen.
Hail, Queen of Heaven
Hail, Queen of Heav'n the Ocean Star!
Guide of the wanderer here below!
Thrown on life's surge we claim thy care,
Save us from peril and
from woe.
Mother of Christ! Star of the Seal
Pray for the wanderer,
pray for me.
O gently, chaste and spotless Maid,
We sinners send our prayers through
thee;
Remind thy Son that He has paid,
The price of our
iniquity.
Virgin most pure, Star of the Sea,
Pray for the sinner,
pray for me.
And while to Him who reigns above
In Godhead one, in Persons
three;
The source of life, of grace, of love,
Homage we pay on
bended knee,
Do though O Queen, Star of the Sea,
ray for thy
children, pray for me.