The Coronation of the Virgin, Velásquez, 1645
Entrance Antiphon Cf Psalm 44;10
At your right hand stands the queen in robes of gold,
finely arrayed.
Ave Regina caelórum!
Ave, Dómina angelórum;
Salve radix, salve porta
Exqua mundo lux est orta.
Gaude, Virgo gloriósa,
Super omnes speciósa.
Vale, O valde decóra!
Et pro nobis Christum exóra.
Hail, Queen of Heaven, beyond compare,
To whom the angels homage pay;
Hail, Root of Jesse, Gate of Light,
That opened for the world’s new Day.
Rejoice, O Virgin unsurpassed,
In whom our ransom was begun,
For all your loving children pray
To Christ, our Saviour, and your Son.
Stanbrook Abbey.