Motet adapted from a Sequence Hymn (c. 1100) for feasts of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Lady Chapel Altar Centerpiece
by E. Thomann, ca. 1800.
Dominus tecum, Virgo serena.
Ave, cuius Conceptio,
Solemni plena gaudio,
Caelestia, Terrestria,
Nova replet laetitia.
Ave, cuius Nativitas
Nostra fuit solemnitas,
Ut lucifer lux oriens
Verum solem praeveniens.
The Lord is with thee, Virgin fair.
Hail, thou whose Conception,
Our feast of great joy,
Fills heaven and earth
With new gladness.
Hail, thou whose Nativity
Became our celebration;
Bright as the Morning Star
Thou precedest the true Sun.
Sine viro fecunditas,
Cuius Annuntiatio
Nostra fuit salvatio.
Ave vera virginitas,
Immaculata castitas,
Cuius Purificatio
Nostra fuit purgatio.
Inviolate fecundity,
Whose Annunciation
Became our salvation.
Hail, true virginity,
Immaculate chastity,
Whose Purification
Became our expiation.
Angelicis virtutibus,
Cuius Assumptio
Nostra fuit glorificatio.
O Mater Dei,
Memento mei. Amen.
With all angelic virtues,
Whose Assumption
Became our glorification.
O Mother of God,
Be mindful of me. Amen.