Text:Be Joyful, Mary, Heavenly Queen
Tune:REGINA CAELI

409. Be Joyful, Mary, Heavenly Queen

1 Be joyful, Mary, heav'nly Queen,
Be joyful, Mary!
Your Son who died was living seen,
Alleluia,
Rejoice, rejoice, O Mary!

2 The Son you bore by heaven's grace,
Be joyful, Mary!
Did all our guilt and sin efface,
Alleluia,
Rejoice, rejoice, O Mary!

3 The Lord has risen from the dead,
Be joyful, Mary!
He rose with might as he had said,
Alleluia,
Rejoice, rejoice, O Mary!

4 Now pray to God, O Virgin fair,
Be joyful, Mary!
That he our souls to heaven bear,
Alleluia,
Rejoice, rejoice, O Mary!

Text Information
First Line: Be joyful, Mary, heav'nly Queen
Title: Be Joyful, Mary, Heavenly Queen
Latin Title: Regina Caeli, jubila
Meter: 85 84 7
Language: English
Publication Date: 2012
Scripture: ; ; ; ; ;
Topic: Paschal Mystery; Resurrection; The Liturgical Year: Easter (Sundays and Weekdays)
Source: Latin, 17th cent.; Tr. anon in Psalite, 1901, alt.
Tune Information
Name: REGINA CAELI
Meter: 85 84 7
Key: F Major or modal
Source: Johann Leisintritt's Catholicum Hymnologium, 1584



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