| Hail Star of the Sea 
Hail, thou Star of ocean, Portal of the sky !
 Ever Virgin Mother
 Of the Lord most high !
 
 Oh ! by Gabriel's Ave,Uttered long ago,
 Eva's name reversing,
 Stablish peace below.
 
 Break the captive's fetters ;Light on blindness pour ;
 All our ills expelling,
 Every bliss implore.
 
 Show thyself a Mother ;Offer Him our sighs,
 Who for us Incarnate
 Did not thee despise.
 
 Virgin of all virgins !To thy shelter take us :
 Gentlest of the gentle !
 Chaste and gentle make us.
 
 Still, as on we journey, Help our weak endeavor ;
 Till with thee and Jesus
 We rejoice forever.
 
 Through the highest heaven, To the Almighty Three,
 Father, Son, and Spirit,
 One same glory be.  Amen.
 
 | Ave Maris Stella 
Ave, Maris Stella, Dei Mater alma,
 Atque semper virgo,
 Felix coeli porta.
   
Sumens illud Ave Gabrielis ore,
 Funda nos in pace,
 Mutans Evae nomen.
   
Solve vincia reis  Profer lumen caecis,
 Mala nostra pelle,
 Bona cuncta posce.
   
Monstra te esse Matrem, Sumat per te preces
 Qui pro nobis natus,
 Tulit esse tuus.
   
Virgo singularis, Inter omnes mitis,
 Nos culpis solutos
 Mites fac et castos.
   
Vitam praesta puram,Iter para tutum;
 Ut videntes Jesum
 Semper collaetemur.
   
Sit laus Deo Patri,  Summo Christo decus,
 Spiritui Sancto,
 Tribus honor unus.  Amen.
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