Ave Maria:
AVE Maria, gratia plena,
Dominus tecum, virgo serena !
Benedicta tu in mulieribus,
Que peperisti pacem hominibus,
Et angelis gloriam.
Et benedictus fructus ventris tui
Qui cohaeredes ut essemus sui
Nos fecit per gratiam.
Per hoc autem Ave
Mundo tam suave,
Contra carnis jura
Genuisti prolem,
Novum Stella solem
Nova genitura.
ALL to thee, Mary, richly grace-laden !
Heaven be with thee, beautiful maiden !
Blest indeed art thou 'mongst women, for 'tis thou
Who hast brought forth peace for men on earth below,
Glory for the Angel-race :
And blest too is the fruit thy womb hath given,
Who thus with Him to be co-heirs of heaven
Hath allowed us of His grace.
Through this salutation,
Sweet to all creation,
Thou, new Star ! hast given
'Gainst the law of nature
Birth to a new creature.