Alma Redemptoris Mater

Kind Mother of the Redeemer

Benson, Robert (b. 1942)

Voicing:
Mixed Choir → SATB

Accompaniment:
Organ → With Instruments
Piano → With Instruments

Function/Language(s):
Latin

Occasion:

Proper of Time → Advent → General Advent Season
Commons → Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary → In Advent
Commons → Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary → In Christmas Time

Publication Information:
Trinitas (Oregon Catholic Press) — 4562 (2000)

Text Information:
Reference: Marian Antiphon at Compline, Advent through Feb. 1
Source: Liturgy of the Hours

Lyrics:

Alma Redemptoris Mater, quae pervia caeli porta manes,
et stella maris, succurre cadenti surgere qui curat populo:
Tu quae genuisti, natura mirante, tuum sanctum Genitorem:
Virgo prius ac posterius, Gabrielis ab ore sumens illud Ave,
peccatorum miserere.

English translation:
Kind Mother of the Redeemer, our open gateway to heaven
and star of the sea, help your fallen people who strive to rise again:
You who gave birth to your holy Son, while all nature marvelled:
Ever Virgin Mother, who received God’s greeting from the
mouth of Gabriel, have mercy on us sinners.

Notes: SATB with Tenor divisi. Piano (adaptable to organ) and Cello accompaniment. Cello part included at back of score.
Submitted by: Brian Luckner Added: Feb 4, 2022