Regina Caeli

Regina Caeli

It is the Easter prayer to the Virgin: from Easter Sunday until Pentecost, it is prayed in place of the Angelus.

Queen of heaven, rejoice, alleluia.
The Son whom you merited to bear, alleluia,
has risen as he said, alleluia.
Rejoice and be glad, O Virgin Mary, alleluia!
For the Lord has truly risen, alleluia.

Let us pray;
O God, who through the resurrection of your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, did vouchsafe to give joy to the world; grant, we beseech you, that through his Mother, the Virgin Mary, we may obtain the joys of everlasting life. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.

Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, Appendix, “Common Prayers” (vatican.va), USA version