"Give to us thine aid" sounds like something from one of those Lord's-Prayer-derived sets of English lyrics. They are not translations, or even anything close to such -- they completely change not only the words and sentiments, but the person to whom they are addressed.

You needn't have studied Latin to realize that "Ave MARIA" is addressed to Mary, not to God the Father, or Christ, or any other male figure.

This deliberate suppression of the Catholic prayer to Mary Mother of God sure seems unnecessarily subversive to me -- and I'm an *ex*-Catholic! Smacks of a black-hearted Protestant plot to me... ;^)

I expect all the Goddess-worshipping neo-pagans out there to be with me on this one...