Ave Regina coelorum

Said during Candlemas to Maunday Thursday.

Queen of the heavens, we hail thee,
Hail thee, Lady of the Angels;
Thou the dawn, the door of morning
Whence the world's true Light is risen:
Joy to thee, O Virgin glorious,
Beautiful beyond all other;
Hail and farewell, O most gracious,
Intercede for us alway to Jesus.

V. Vouchsafe that I may praise thee, I holy Virgin.
R. Give me strength against thine enemies.

Let us pray:

Grant us, O merciful God, protection in our weakness: that we who celebrate the memory of the holy Mother of God may, through the aid of her intercession, rise again from our sins, through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.

From The Anglican Service Book. (Pennsylvania: Church of the Good Shepherd, 1991), 731.