Hail Holy Queen

Mary, Queen of Heaven

The Hail Holy Queen, or the Salve Regina, is a Catholic prayer honoring the Virgin Mary, Queen of Heaven. It is one of the four Marian anthems and goes like this:

Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of mercy. 

Hail 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 weeping in this valley of tears. 

Turn then, O most gracious advocate, 

your eyes of mercy toward us, 

and after this, our exile, 

show unto us the blessed fruit of your womb, Jesus. 

O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.