May Procession
Opening Hymn – sung as children process from school, led by the May Queen
As I kneel before you
As I bow my head in prayer
Take this day, make it yours And fill me with your love
Ave Maria Gratia plena Dominus tecum Benedicta tu
All I have I give you
Every dream and wish are yours Mother of Christ, Mother of mine, present them to my Lord
Ave Maria…
As I kneel before you
And I see your smiling face
Every thought, every word Is lost in your embrace
Ave Maria…
Immaculate Mary!
Our hearts are on fire, that title so wondrous fills all our desire.
Ave, ave, ave Maria! Ave, ave, ave Maria!
We pray for our mother the church upon earth, and bless, sweetest Lady, the land of our birth.
Ave, ave, ave Maria! Ave, ave, ave Maria!
And crown thy sweet mercy with this special grace, to behold soon in heaven God's ravishing face. Ave, ave, ave Maria! Ave, ave, ave Maria!
To God be all glory
and worship for aye, and to God's virgin mother an endless Ave.
Ave, ave, ave Maria! Ave, ave, ave Maria!
Reading from the Gospel According to Luke
Holy Virgin, by God’s decree, You were called eternally; That he could give his Son to our race. Mary, we praise you, hail, full of grace.
Ave, Ave, Ave, Maria.
By your faith and loving accord, as the handmaid of the Lord, You undertook God’s plan to embrace. Mary, we thank you, hail full of grace.
Ave, Ave, Ave, Maria.
Joy to God you gave and expressed, of all women none so blessed, when in mankind your Son took his place, Mary, we love you, hail full of grace.
Ave, Ave, Ave, Maria.
Prayers led by Year 4 The response is: Hear our prayer.
Crowning of Mary by the May Queen
Bring flowers of the rarest bring blossoms the fairest, from garden and woodland and hillside and dale; our full hearts are swelling, our glad voices telling the praise of the loveliest flower of the vale!
O Mary we crown thee with blossoms today! Queen of the Angels and Queen of the May.
O Mary we crown thee with blossoms today, Queen of the Angels and Queen of the May.
Our voices ascending, in harmony blending, Oh! thus may our hearts turn, dear Mother, to thee; Oh! thus shall we prove thee how truly we love thee, How dark without Mary, life's journey would be.
O Mary we crown thee with blossoms today! Queen of the Angels and Queen of the May.
O Mary we crown thee with blossoms today, Queen of the Angels and Queen of the May. (x2)
Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary
led by Year 2
Hail holy Queen enthroned above
Oh, Maria
Hail Mother of Mercy and of love
Oh, Maria
Triumph all ye cherubim
Sing with us ye seraphim
Heaven and earth resound the hymn
Salve, salve, Salve Regina
(Repeat first two verses)
Our life, our sweetness here below
Oh, Maria
Our hope in sorrow and in woe
Oh, Maria
Triumph all ye cherubim
Sing with us ye seraphim
Heaven and earth resound the hymn
Salve, salve, Salve Regina
Alleluia
Mater amata intemerata
Sanctus sanctus dominus
Virgo respice, mater respice
Sanctus sanctus dominus
Alleluia
Our life, our sweetness here below
Oh, Maria
Our hope in sorrow and in woe
Oh, Maria
Triumph all ye cherubim
Sing with us ye seraphim
Heaven and earth resound the hymn
Salve, salve, Salve Regina
Salve, salve, Salve Regina
