Lent 2013: “Hail Holy Queen”

Confession: I learned this hymn from Sister Act.

Despite this, I actually like it in its traditional sung form, both Latin and English. 🙂

The Latin words:

Salve Regina coelitum, O Maria!
Sors unica terrigenum, O Maria!

Jubilate, Cherubim,
Exsultate, Seraphim!
Consonante perpetim:
Salve, Salve, Salve Regina.

Mater misericordiae, O Maria!
Dulcis parens clementiae, O Maria!

Jubilate, Cherubim,
Exsultate, Seraphim!
Consonante perpetim:
Salve, Salve, Salve Regina.
(HT: AveMariaSongs.Org)

Here is Beth Nielsen Chapman’s lovely and reverent version:

Here is the version from Sister Act sung by a female acapella group at Brown University: