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Thread #16333   Message #151709
Posted By: Mary G
19-Dec-99 - 09:43 PM
Thread Name: Lyr/Tune Add: Advent, Christmas
Subject: Lyr Add: STAR OF THE SEA
Oh...I am not an especially good Catholic...and not terribly naturally religious...hope God is not reading the Internet...but our nuns were by and large (the Irish ones) actually quite nice...the ones in high school were not as nice...

And whoever did the Star of the Sea one...here is another Star of the Sea...we only sang it probably twice a year...always sang if for the May processions...see if I can remember a bit...

Ave Maria thou virgin and mother
Softly thy children are calling to thee
Thine are the graces unclaimed by another
Sinless and beautiful Star of the Sea

Ave Maria the night shades are calling
Words of endearment are whispered to thee
Earth's lonely exiles for succor are calling
Sinless and beautiful star of the sea

Ave amabilis ora pro nobis
...
Ave sanctissima ave purissima
Sinless and beautiful star of the sea

Ave Maria thou portal of heaven
Pray for thy children adrift on the sea
Tossed in the ocean by stormy winds driven
Shine on our pathway oh star of the sea