Journeysongs (3rd ed.) ‎#512

512. Immaculate Mary

1 Immaculate Mary, your praises we sing;
You reign now with Jesus, our Savior and King.

Refrain:
Ave, ave, ave, María!
Ave, ave, María!

2 In heaven the blessed your glory proclaim;
On earth we, your children, invoke your fair name. [Refrain]

3 Your name is our power, your virtures our light;
Your love is our comfort, your pray'rs our might. [Refrain]

4 We pray for the Church, our true mother on earth,
And ask you to watch o'er the land of our birth. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Immaculate Mary, your praises we sing
• Title: Immaculate Mary
• Alterer: Anon.
• Author: Jeremiah Cummings, 1814-1866 (alt.)
• Refrain First Line: Ave, ave, ave, Maria!
• Meter: 11 11 with refrain
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2012
• Scripture:
  Luke 1:26-32
  ;
  John 19:25
  ;
  Revelation 12:1-6
• Topic: Devotions: Rosary; Mary; The Liturgical Year: Mary, the Holy Mother of God; The Liturgical Year: Our Lady of Guadalupe (December 12); The Liturgical Year: The Annunciation of the Lord (March 25); The Liturgical Year: The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (December 8)
• Source: Parochial Hymn Book, Boston, 1877; Rev. of "Hail Virgin of virgins"

Tune Information

• Name: LOURDES HYMN
• Adapter: Augustus Edmonds Tozer, 1857-1910
• Arranger: Randall DeBruyn, b. 1947
• Meter: 11 11 with refrain
• Key: G Major or modal
• Source: Trad. Pyrenean melody; pub. Grenoble, 1882
• Copyright: Arr. © 1990, OCp