Sub tuum præsídium

Die 14 Augusti. In Vigilia Assumptionis Beatæ Mariæ Virginis.

Fr. José Miguel here… Marian Antiphon Sub tuum præsídium (ancient antiphon from the III century), in traditional Gregorian chant, sung by yours’ truly, beautifully accompanied by our young Basilica organist, Ramón Villoria Blanco.

In these, our very troubled times for Holy Mother Church, let us always have filial recourse to Our Lady, destroyer of all heresies…

{Latin}:
Sub tuum præsídium confúgimus,
Sancta Dei Génetrix.
Nostras deprecatiónes
ne despícias in necessitátibus.
Sed a perículis cunctis,
líbera nos semper,
Virgo gloriósa et benedícta.

{English}:
We fly to thy patronage, O Holy Mother of God;
despise not our petitions in our necessities,
but deliver us always from all dangers,
O glorious and blessed Virgin.

{Castellano}:
Bajo tu amparo nos acogemos,
Santa Madre de Dios.
No desoigas la oración
de tus hijos necesitados.
Líbranos siempre de todo peligro,
oh Virgen, gloriosa y bendita.