Day 7 / 100 day Gregorian Chant Challenge
This the oldest known hymn to Mary.
There is a slightly different Roman version, but we picked up the Monastic version at the Maternal Heart of Mary Church, Lewisham and it has stuck.
Here are the words:
Sub tuum praesídium confúgimus Sancta Dei Génitrix
nostras deprecatiónes ne despícias in necessitátibus
sed a periculus cunctis libera nos semper
Virgo gloriosa et benedicta
And here is the translation:
Under thy patronage we fly, O Holy Mother of God
Don't reject our prayers in our necessities
but deliver us always from all dangers
O glorious and blessed Virgin
More info here: https://newbookoldhymns.brandt.id.au/hymns/subtuum.html
