Antiphon from Crowning an Image of Mary
  • RevAMG
    Posts: 162
    We are coming upon the month of May and the Crowning of an Image of Mary (i.e., May Crowning). In the Ordinary Form Order of Crowning an Image of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in the crowning within Mass, there is an antiphon after the image of Mary is crowned. I've never seen it set to music but I would be thrilled if anyone knew (or could compose) a SEP-style setting for it. Granted, the rubric allows for "another suitable song" but the antiphon is beautiful. It is:
    Mary, Virgin for ever,
    most worthy Queen of the world,
    pray for our peace and salvation,
    for you are the Mother of Christ,
    the Lord and Savior of all. [T.P. Alleluia.]


    The antiphon reminds me of the Marian antiphon from By Flowing Waters (O Holy Mother and Virgin, Glorious Queen of the World, Pray for us to the Lord) which, without looking it up, might be directly from the Simplex. This antiphon from BFW always brings back memories of Saturday Masses at my alma mater, the Pontifical North American College in Rome.
  • JulieCollJulieColl
    Posts: 2,465
    Very beautiful words, Father, and I can see why you'd like to set them to music. I'm not much of a composer, but I've had Sir John Tavener's Mother of God Here I Stand Now Praying running through my head the last few days, and now that I'm looking at the score this antiphon fits almost perfectly with the first stanza of that piece (except for the Alleluia.)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAD2PHQ1G3Q

    Lyrics: Mother of God, here I stand now praying,
    Before this icon of your radiant brightness,
    Not praying to be saved from a battlefield,
    Not giving thanks, nor seeking forgiveness
    For the sins of my soul, nor for all the souls.
    Numb, joyless and desolate on earth,
    But for her alone, whom I wholly give you.
    Thanked by 2RevAMG ronkrisman
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