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Friday, September 7, 2012

Beneath your Compassion






Sub tuum praesidium
Beneath your Compassion
Ὑπὸ τὴν σὴν εὐσπλαγχνίαν

Latin Text

Sub tuum praesidium
confugimus,
Sancta Dei Genetrix.
Nostras deprecationes ne despicias
in necessitatibus nostris,
sed a periculis cunctis
libera nos semper,
Virgo gloriosa et benedicta


English Translation

Beneath your compassion,
We take refuge, O Mother of God:
do not despise our petitions in time of trouble:
but rescue us from dangers,
only pure, only blessed one.


Greek Text

Ὑπὸ τὴν σὴν εὐσπλαγχνίαν,
καταφεύγομεν, Θεοτόκε.
Τὰς ἡμῶν ἱκεσίας,
μὴ παρίδῃς ἐν περιστάσει,
ἀλλ᾽ ἐκ κινδύνων λύτρωσαι ἡμᾶς,
μόνη Ἁγνή, μόνη εὐλογημένη.



Sub tuum praesidium is the Church's Oldest Prayer to Our Lady dated to 250A.D.





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1 comment:

  1. AnonymousMarch 10, 2013 at 12:48 PM

    The proper translation into Latin of "Theotokos" is Deipara. It is the term used in the Latin translation of the Greek term in the minutes of the Council of Ephesus.

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