Psychological Healing
in the Roman Catholic Mystic Tradition

Audio Recordings of Latin Prayers

 
The Sign of the Cross | The Gloria Patri | The Lord’s Prayer | Ave Maria | The Apostles’ Creed | Anima Christi | The Magnificat | Alma Redemptoris | Ave Regina Coelorum | Regina Coeli | Salve Regina

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have made these recordings for their teaching value. Aside from my inevitable American accent, I try to speak simply and clearly, so that you can discern each syllable. Nothing is worse than trying to imitate a language when a speaker’s heavy accent overshadows the basic linguistic sounds. After you learn the basic sounds, you can add your own accent as you prefer.

N.B. The accent marks in the texts tell where to place the stress in words of three or more syllables. The marks are a convention developed by the Church, not an integral part of the Latin language itself.

THE SIGN OF THE CROSS

IN nómine Patris, et Fílii, et Spíritus Sancti. Amen.

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THE GLORIA PATRI

GLORIA Patri, et Fílio, et Spíritui Sancto.

R. Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper et in saécula sæculórum. Amen.

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THE LORD’S PRAYER

PATER noster, qui es in coelis,
sanctificétur nomen tuum.
Advéniat regnum tuum.
Fiat volúntas tua,
sicut in coelo et in terra.
Panem nostrum quotidiánum
  da nobis hódie.
Et dimítte nobis débita nostra,
  sicut et nos dimíttimus
  debitóribus nostris.
Et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem:
sed líbera nos a malo. Amen.

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THE ANGELIC SALUTATION

AVE María, grátia plena,
Dóminus tecum;
benedícta tu in muliéribus,
et benedíctus fructus ventris tui, Iesus.
Sancta María, Mater Dei,
ora pro nobis peccatóribus,
nunc et in hora mortis nostræ. Amen.

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THE APOSTLES’ CREED

CREDO in Deum,
Patrem omnipoténtem,
Creatórem cœli et terræ.
Et in Jesum Christum,
Fílium ejus únicum,
Dóminum nostrum;
qui concéptus est
de Spíritu Sancto;
natus ex María Vírgine;
passus sub Póntio Piláto,
crucifíxus, mórtuus,
et sepúltus:
Descéndit ad inféros;
tértia die
resurréxit a mórtuis:
ascéndit ad cœlos,
sedet ad déxteram
Dei Patris omnipoténtis;
inde ventúrus est
judicáre vivos et mórtuos.
 
Credo in Spíritum Sanctum,
sanctam Ecclésiam cathólicam,
Sanctórum communiónem,
remissiónem peccatórum,
carnis resurrectiónem,
vitam ætérnam.
Amen.

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ANIMA CHRISTI

ANIMA Christi, sanctífica me.
Corpus Christi, salva me.
Sanguis Christi, inébria me.
Aqua láteris Christi, lava me.
Pássio Christi, confórta me.
O bone Iesu, exáudi me.
Intra tua vúlnera abscónde me.
Ne permíttas me separári a te.
Ab hoste malígno defénde me.
In hora mortis meæ voca me.
Et iube me veníre ad te,
Ut cum Sanctis tuis laudem te
In saécula sæculórum.
Amen.

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THE MAGNIFICAT

MAGNIFICAT ánima mea Dóminum:

Et exultávit spíritus meus
in Deo salutári meo.

Quia respéxit humilitátem ancíllæ suæ:
Ecce enim ex hoc beátam me dicent omnes generatiónes.

Quia fecit mihi magna qui potens est:
et sanctum nomen eius.

Et misericórdia eius a progénie in progénies
timéntibus eum.

Fecit poténtiam in bráchio suo:
dispérsit supérbos mente cordis sui:

Depósuit poténtes de sede
et exaltávit húmiles.

Esuriéntes implévit bonis;
et dívites dimísit inánes.

Suscépit Israël púerum suum,
recordátus misericórdiæ suæ.

Sicut locútus est ad patres nostros,
Abraham et sémini eius in saécula.

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ALMA REDEMPTORIS

The Alma Redemptóris is said in the period from Evening Prayer of the Saturday before first Sunday in Advent to Evening Prayer II of the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord.

ALMA Redemptóris Mater, quae pérvia caeli
porta manes, et stella maris, succúrre cadénti,
súgere qui currat, pópulo: tu quae genuísti
natúra miránte, tuum sanctum Genitórem:
virgo prius ac postérius, Gabriélis ab ore
sumens illud Ave, peccatórum miserére.

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AVE REGINA COELORUM

The Ave Regina Cœlorum is said in the period from Night Prayer on the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord to Holy Saturday.

AVE Regina Cœlórum!
Ave Dómina Angelórum!
Salve, radix, salve porta,
ex qua mundo lux est orta.
 
Gaude, Virgo gloriósa,
super omnes speciósa.
Vale, o valde decóra.
Et pro nobis Christum exóra.

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REGINA COELI

The Regina Cœli is said in the period from Night Prayer of Holy Saturday through Evening Prayer II of Pentecost.

REGINA cœli, lætáre, allelúia,
Quia quem meruísti portáre, allelúia,
Resurréxit sicut dixit, allelúia;
Ora pro nobis Deum, allelúia.
 
V. Gaude et lætáre, Virgo María, allelúia.
R. Quia surréxit Dóminus vere, allelúia.

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SALVE REGINA

The Salve Regina is said in the period after Evening Prayer II of Pentecost until Advent begins.

SALVE Regína,
mater misericórdiæ;
vita dulcédo, et spes nostra, salve.
Ad te clamámus, éxsules fílii Hevæ;
ad te suspirámus,
geméntes et flentes
in hac lacrymárum valle.
Eia ergo, Advocáta nostra,
illos tuos misericórdes óculos ad nos convérte:
Et Iesum, benedíctum fructum ventris tui,
nobis post hoc exsílium osténde.
O clemens, O pia, O dulcis Virgo María.

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