Honouring the Queen of Heaven during Lent
The Coronation of the Virgin Blessed Fra Angelico [ Web Gallery of Art ] Compline, the official Night Prayer of the Church ends with an anthem of antiphon to the Blessed Virgin Mary. In monasteries this is sung. In the traditional liturgical calendar there are four of these, all in Latin. Alma Redemptoris Mater is sung from Saturday before the 1st Sunday of Advent through February 1. The anthem from 2 February, the feast of the Presentation of the Lord, through Wednesday of Holy Week is Ave, Regina caelorum . Regina coeli is the Easter anthem, sung from Easter Sunday through Friday within the Octave of Pentecost. The best known and most widely sung anthem, sung on many occasions apart from Compline, is Salve, Regina . It is the anthem for Compline from Saturday after the Octave of Pentecost through Friday before the 1st Sunday of Advent. Sung by the Choir of the Holy Ghost Fathers (Spiritans), Chevilly, France, conducted by Fr Lucien Deiss CSSp. Ave,...