About this prayer
Also known by its Latin opening, Salve Regina, this Marian prayer is customarily said at the end of the Rosary. It expresses trust in Mary’s intercession and asks her to lead us to Jesus.
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Prayer text
Everyone
Hail, holy Queen, Mother of mercy, our life, our sweetness and our hope. To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve. To thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears.
Everyone
Turn then, most gracious advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us, and after this our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus. O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.
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