To our Blessed Lady the Advocate of Sinners – Modernized Edition

All hail, O Virgin crowned with stars,
          And moon under thy feet;¹“And a great sign appeared in heaven: A woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars” (Apocalypse 12:1, Douay-Rheims Bible).
Obtain us pardon of our sins
          Of Christ, our Savior sweet;
For though th’art²Thou art. Mother of my God
          Yet thy humility
Disdaineth not this simple wretch,
          That flies for help to thee.
 
Thou knowest thou art more dear to me
          Than any can express,
And that I do congratulate
          With joy thy happiness;
Thou who art Queen of heaven & earth,
          Thy helping hand me lend
That I may love & praise my God,
          And have a happy end.
 
And though my sins me terrify,
          Yet, hoping still in thee,
I find my soul refreshed much
          When to thee I do fly;
For thou most willingly to God
          Petitions dost present,
And dost obtain much grace for us
          In this our banishment.
 
The honor and the glorious praise
          By all be given thee,
Which Jesus, thy beloved son,
          Ordain’d eternally
For thee, whom he exalts in heaven
          Above the angels all,
And whom we sinners find a Mother
          When unto thee we call.
 
O Mater Dei, memento Mei.³“O Mother of God, remember me.”
                              Amen.