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ALMA R EDEMPTORIS EDEMPTORIS MATER 

Alma Redemptoris Mater (English: Loving Mother of our Saviour) is a Marian h ymn, written in Latin hexameter, and one of four seasonal liturgial Marian antiphons sung at the end of the offie of !ompline (the other three "eing Ave Ave Regina #lorum, the Regina $li  $li and the Salve Regina)% &ermannus !ontratus (also alled &erman the !ripple' *+-) is said to have authored the h ymn  "ased on the writings of Saints .ulgentius, Epiphanius, and /renaeus of Lyon% Lyon% /t is reited at ompline only from the first Sunday in Advent until the .east of the 0urifiation (1 .e"ruary)% Latin Alma Redemptoris Mater, 2u# pervia #li 0orta manes, et stella maris, suurre adenti, Surgere 2ui urat, populo: tu 2u# genuisti,  3atura mirante, tuum santum 4enitorem 5irgo 5irgo prius a posterius, 4a"rielis a" ore Sumens illud Ave, peatorum miserere%  From the first first Sunday of Advent until Christmas Eve

℣% Angelus 6omini nuntiavit Mari# ℟% Et onepit de Spiritu Santo% 7remus 4ratiam tuam 2u#sumus, 6omine, menti"us nostris infunde' ut 2ui, angelo nuntiante, !hristi .ilii tui /narnationem ognovimus, per passionem e8us et ruem, ad resurretionis gloriam perduamur% 0er eumdem !hristum 6ominum nostrum% ℟% Amen%

 From First Vespers of Christmas until the Presentation

℣% 0ost 0artum 5irgo inviolata permansisti% ℟% 6ei 4enitrix, interede pro no"is%

7remus 6eus, 2ui salutis #tern# "eat# Mari# virginitate feunda humano generi pr#mia pr#stitisti: tri"ue, 2u#sumus, ut ipsam pro no"is interedere sentiamus, per 2uam meruimus, Autorem vit# susipere 6ominum nostrum 9esum !hristum .ilium tuum% ℟% Amen% English translation Mother of !hrist &ear thou thy people;s ry, Star of the deep, and portal of the s