Honouring the Queen of Heaven during the Easter Season
The Coronation of the Virgin Blessed Fra Angelico, Musée du Louvre, Paris [ 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 caeli is the Easter anthem, sung from Easter Sunday through Friday within the Octave of Pentecost. The best known 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. Regina Caeli Sung by Schola Gregoriana Medioalanensis, under Giovanni Vianini Continue at Bangor to Bobbio .