Music for May Crowning
(tracks 23 - 32 omit 27)

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CHOIR: 
Mary help us help we pray. Mary help us help we pray, 
Help us in our care and sorrow. Mary help us help we pray.

Alto: 
Mother, help in pain.and sorrow, soothe those racked on bed of pain, 
May the golden light of morrow, bring them health and joy again.

CHOIR: 
Mary help us help we pray. Mary help us help we pray, 
Help us in our care and sorrow. Mary help us help we pray.

Alto: 
We come to you today. * We thank God for all the graces received through your intercession. * 
Mother of Perpetual Help, we promise to love you always * and to do all we can to lead others to you.

Tenor: 
Mother of Perpetual Help * confident of your powerful influence with God, * 
obtain for us the graces we are so reverently seeking. 

Alto: 
The strength to overcome temptation, * a perfect love for Jesus Christ, * and a holy death * 
so that we will live with you and your Son for all eternity.

Tenor: 
Let us pray to be open to God's Word. 

Alto: 
Mother of Perpetual Help, * you continually sought the meaning of God's words and actions in your life. * 
As we listen to God's Word, * may the Holy Spirit enlighten our understanding * and give us the courage * 
to put his Word into practice in our daily lives. 

Tenor: 
Through Jesus Christ Our Lord. *

CHOIR: 
Amen. 

CHOIR: 
But speak the words of comfort, my spirit healed shall be. 

Alto: 
And humbly Iíll receive Thee, the Bridegroom of my soul, 

CHOIR: 
No more by sin to grieve Thee, or fly Thy sweet control. 

Tenor: 
Our Father who art in heaven, * hallowed be Thy Name * Thy Kingdom come, * 
Thy will be done, * on earth as it is in heaven. 

Alto: 
Give us this day our daily bread, * and forgive us our trespasses, * 
as we forgive those who trespass against us, * and lead us not into temptation * 
but deliver us from evil, * Amen. 

Tenor: 
Hail Mary full of grace, * the Lord is with Thee. * Blessed are Thou among women * 
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, * Jesus. 

Alto: 
Holy Mary, Mother of God, * pray for us sinners, * now and the hour of our death. * Amen. 

Tenor: 
Hail Mary full of grace, * the Lord is with Thee. * Blessed are Thou among women * 
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, * Jesus. 

Alto: 
Holy Mary, Mother of God, * pray for us sinners, * now and the hour of our death. * Amen. 

Tenor: 
Hail Mary full of grace, * the Lord is with Thee. * Blessed are Thou among women * 
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, * Jesus. 

Alto: 
Holy Mary, Mother of God, * pray for us sinners, * now and the hour of our death. * Amen. 

Tenor: 
Hail Mary full of grace, * the Lord is with Thee. * Blessed are Thou among women * 
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, * Jesus. 

Alto: 
Holy Mary, Mother of God, * pray for us sinners, * now and the hour of our death. * Amen. 

Tenor: 
Glory be to the Father, * to the Son.* and to the Holy Spirit. 

Alto: 
As it was at the beginning, * now and forever shall it be, * world without end. * Amen. 

CHOIR: 
O God, * who by the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin, * 
prepared a worthy dwelling for Your Son, * we beseech You, * Who in view of the death of Your Son, *

preserved her from all stain of sin, * grant that we may through her intercession, * 
come to You cleansed from all sin, * 

Tenor: 
Through Jesus Christ Our Lord. *

CHOIR: 
Amen. 

CHOIR: 
Mother of Perpetual Help, * with the greatest confidence we kneel before you. * 

We implore your help in the problems of our daily lives. Trials and sorrows often depress us; * 
misfortunes and privations bring misery into our lives; * everywhere we meet the cross. * 

Comforter of the Afflicted, * beg your Son Jesus * to strengthen us as we bear our burdens * 
and to free us from our sufferings. * Or if it be the will of God * that we should suffer still longer, * 

help us endure all with love and patience. * May we follow the example of your Son, * 
and through him, with him, and in him * commend ourselves to the care of our heavenly Father. 

Tenor: 
Let us call upon Our Ladyís most reverend name. * Mary, all generations have called you blessed, * 
and the Almighty has done great things for you. 

CHOIR: 
Mother of Perpetual Help, * we call upon your most powerful name. * Your very name inspires confidence and hope. * 
May it always be on our lips, * especially in time of temptation * and at the hour of our death. * 

Blessed Lady, help us whenever we call on you. * Let us not be content with merely pronouncing your name. * 
May our daily lives proclaim * that you are our Mother and our Perpetual Help. 

CHOIR: 
Hear us, Lord, * through Mary our Mother. 

Tenor: 
Grant discernment to world leaders * as they make decisions * about peace and unity * 
throughout the world. 

CHOIR: 
Hear us, Lord, * through Mary our Mother. 

Tenor: 
Grant teachers, benefactors and parents * an awareness of the presence of God in their lives, * 
as they lead lives of service for others. 

CHOIR: 
Hear us, Lord, * through Mary our Mother. 

Tenor: 
Grant that young people respond generously to the call of the Holy Spirit * as they profess their faith *
and choose vocations that will give Glory to God. 

CHOIR: 
Hear us, Lord, * through Mary our Mother. 

Tenor: 
Grant us the courage to exhibit our acts of faith * for the encouragement of others and to further 
increase devotion to Our Lady of Perpetual Help. 

CHOIR: 
Hear us, Lord, * through Mary our Mother. 

Tenor: 
Grant continued health of mind, body, and spirit * to those who are sick, * and their caregivers. * 
Give them inner strength * to wake up each day * with patience, trust and hope. 

CHOIR: 
Hear us, Lord, * through Mary our Mother. 

Tenor: 
Grant that the souls of all the faithful departed * through Godís mercy * may rest in heavenly peace. * 
Help those souls who desperately yearn * to live in the presence of the angels and saints. 

CHOIR: 
Hear us, Lord, * through Mary our Mother. 

Tenor: 
Let us pause now * to silently present our own petitions to Our Lady of Perpetual Help. 

CHOIR: 
Hear us, Lord, * through Mary our Mother

DOMINUS TECUM BENEDICTA TU IN MULI ERIBUS 

ET BENEDICTUS FRUCTUS VENTRIS TUI JESUS 

SANCTA MARIA MATER DEI 

ORA PRO NOBIS PECCATORIBUS 

NUNC ET IN HORA MORTIS NOSTRAE AMEN

CHOIR: 
We thank you, Lord, * through Mary our Mother. 

Tenor: 
Accept our thanks * for the spiritual and material blessings we have received. 

CHOIR: 
We thank you, Lord, * through Mary our Mother. 

Tenor: 
Accept our thanks * for the world; heaven and earth, and all your creation. 

CHOIR: 
We thank you, Lord, * through Mary our Mother. 

Tenor: 
Accept our thanks * for our family and friends, * and for our community of faith. 

CHOIR: 
We thank you, Lord, * through Mary our Mother. 

Tenor: 
Let us pause now * to silently thank Our Mother of Perpetual Help * for our own answered prayers. 

CHOIR: 
We thank you, Lord, * through Mary our Mother.

DOMINUS TECUM BENEDICTA TU IN MULI ERIBUS 

ET BENEDICTUS FRUCTUS VENTRIS TUI JESUS 

SANCTA MARIA MATER DEI 

ORA PRO NOBIS PECCATORIBUS 

NUNC ET IN HORA MORTIS NOSTRAE AMEN

Be then my refuge and my hope. * Help me for the love of Jesus Christ, * stretch forth your hand to me a sinner * 
who recommend and dedicate myself to you * as your perpetual servant. * I bless and thank God for having in His mercy * 

given me this confidence in you, * the pledge as I believe of my eternal salvation. * Alas, too often in the past 
I have miserably fallen * because I have not had recourse to you. * I fear, in the occasion of falling, * 

I may cease to call upon you * and thus lose my soul. * This then, is the grace I seek from you * 
and beg of you to obtain for me: * in the assaults of hell to always have recourse to you. * 

O Mary, help me; * Mother of Perpetual Help assist me to never lose my God. * Amen. 

CHOIR:
Holy Mary, Mother of God, * pray for us sinners, * now and the hour of our death. * Amen. 

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Tenor: 
Let us pray.

CHOIR: 
O Lord Jesus Christ, * who has given us your Mother Mary, * whose wondrous image we venerate * 
to be our Mother ever ready to help us, * grant we beseech you, * that we who earnestly implore her maternal aid * 
may deserve to enjoy perpetually * the fruit of your redemption. * 

Tenor:
Who lives and reigns * world without end. * 

CHOIR:
Amen.

Tenor: 
Our Father who art in heaven, * hallowed be Thy Name * Thy Kingdom come, * Thy will be done, * on earth as it is in heaven. 

CHOIR:
Give us this day our daily bread, * and forgive us our trespasses, * as we forgive those who trespass against us, * 
and lead us not into temptation * but deliver us from evil, * Amen. 

Alto: 
Hail Mary full of grace, * the Lord is with Thee. * Blessed are Thou among women * 
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, * Jesus. 

CHOIR:
Holy Mary, Mother of God, * pray for us sinners, * now and the hour of our death. * Amen. 

Tenor: 
Glory be to the Father, * to the Son.* and to the Holy Spirit. 

CHOIR:
As it was at the beginning, * now and forever shall it be, * world without end. * Amen. 

CHOIR: 
Mother of Christ, Star of the Sea, pray for the wanderer, pray for me.

Alto: 
O gentle, chaste and spotless maid, we sinners make our prayers through Thee. 
Remind thy Son, that He has paid the price of our iniquity.

CHOIR: 
Virgin most pure, Star of the Sea, pray for the sinner, pray for me.

DOMINUS TECUM BENEDICTA TU IN MULI ERIBUS 

ET BENEDICTUS FRUCTUS VENTRIS TUI JESUS 

SANCTA MARIA MATER DEI 

ORA PRO NOBIS PECCATORIBUS 

NUNC ET IN HORA MORTIS NOSTRAE AMEN

CHOIR: 
Mother of Perpetual Help, * you have been blessed and favored by God. * You became not only the Mother of the Redeemer * 
but the Mother of the redeemed as well. * We come to you today as your loving children. * Watch over us and take care of us, * 

As you held the child Jesus in your loving arms, * so take us in your arms. * Be a mother ready at every moment to help us. * 
For God who is mighty * has done great things for you, * and His mercy is from age to age * on those who love Him. * 

Our greatest fear is * that in time of temptation, * we may fail to call out to you, * and become lost children. * 
Intercede for us, dear Mother, * in obtaining pardon for our sins, * love for Jesus, * final perseverance, * 
and the grace always to call upon you, * 

Tenor: 
Through Jesus Christ Our Lord. *

CHOIR: 
Amen. 

CHOIR: 
United with the members of your fraternity * here and throughout the world, * we consecrate ourselves to your service. * 
We promise to renew this dedication * every time we turn to your Perpetual Help * and frequently to receive the sacraments. * 

We follow in the footsteps * of the countless legions of your great servants, * to imitate the enlightening example * 
of their love for you and your Son. * 

Tenor: 
Through Jesus Christ Our Lord. *

CHOIR: 
Amen. 

CHOIR: 
And also with you. *

Tenor:
Let us pray. * O Lord of all creation, * Lamb of God, * you take away the sin of the world. *

CHOIR:
Grant us peace. *

Tenor: 
Let there be peace on earth * and let it begin with me. *

CHOIR: 
Let there be peace on earth * the peace that was meant to be. *

With God as our Father, * we are family. *
Let us walk with each other * in perfect harmony. *

Tenor: 
Let peace begin with me * let this be the moment now. *

CHOIR:
With every step we take * let this be our solemn vow. *
To take each moment * and live each moment * in peace eternally. *

Tenor: 
Let there be peace on earth * and let it begin with me. *

CHOIR:
Let there be peace on earth. * Amen, Alleluia. *

Tenor: 
You have been made for us, * O Lady, a refuge.

CHOIR: 
A helper in need * and tribulation.

Tenor: 
Our help is * in the name of the Lord.

CHOIR: 
Who made heaven * and earth.

Tenor: 
O Lord, * hear my prayer.

CHOIR: 
And let my cry * come unto you.

Tenor: 
The Lord be with you.

CHOIR: 
And also with you.

Tenor: 
Let us pray: * O Lord, * look upon.your servants, * laboring under bodily weakness. * Cherish and revive the souls * 
which you have created, * so that purified by our sufferings, * we may soon find ourselves * healed by your mercy.

CHOIR:
Amen.

O Virgin of Virgins, my Mother. * To you I come, * before you I stand, * sinful and sorrowful. * O Mother of the Word Incarnate, * 
despise not my petitions, * but in your clemency * hear and answer me. * Amen. 

Tenor: 
May the Lord Jesus Christ * be among you to defend you, * within you to preserve you, * before you to guide you, * 
after you to guard you, * above you to bless you. * Through the intercession of our Mother of Perpetual Help, * 
may the blessing of Almighty God, * Father, Son and the Holy Spirit, * descend upon you * and remain with you always. * 

CHOIR: 
Amen.

CHOIR: 
Fairest child of fairest mother, God the Lord who came to earth. 
Word made flesh our very Brother takes our nature by His birth.

Alto: 
Sing of Jesus, Son of Mary in the home of Nazareth. 
Toil and labor can not weary love enduring unto death. 

CHOIR: 
Constant was the love He gave her, though He went forth from her side. 
Sing of Mary pure and lowly, Virgin other undefiled.

Faith for all defects supplying, where the feeble senses fail.
To the everlasting Father, and the Son who reigns in high. 

With the Holy Ghost proceeding, forth from each eternally. 
Be salvation, honor, blessing, might and endless majesty. Amen.

Tenor: 
You have given them bread from Heaven.

CHOIR: 
Having in itself all sweetness.

Tenor: 
Let us pray: * O God who under a wonderful Sacrament * has left us a memorial of your passion * 
grant we beseech you, * so to venerate the Sacred mysteries * of your Body and Blood, * 
that we may ever feel within ourselves * the fruit of your Redemption, * who lives and reigns, * 
world without end, * 

CHOIR: 
Amen.

Blessed be Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar. * Blessed be the Holy Spirit the Paraclete. * 
Blessed be the great Mother of God, Mary most Holy. * Blessed be her Holy and Imaculate Conception. * 

Blessed be her glorious Assumption. * Blessed be the Name of Mary, Virgin and Mother. * 
Blessed be St. Joseph, her most chase spouse. * Blessed be God, in his Angels and in his Saints.

CHOIR: 
Ave, Ave, Ave Maria. Ave, Ave, Ave Maria.

Alto: 
In heaven the blessed your glory proclaim. On earth we your children invoke your fair name.

CHOIR: 
Ave, Ave, Ave Maria. Ave, Ave, Ave Maria.

Alto: 
We pray for our Mother the Church upon earth, and bless Holy Mary the land of our birth.

CHOIR: 
Ave, Ave, Ave Maria. Ave, Ave, Ave Maria.

Alto: 
Immaculate Mary, our hearts are all thine. Protect us your children, who kneel at your shrine.

CHOIR: 
Ave, Ave, Ave Maria. Ave, Ave, Ave Maria.

CHOIR: 
Every voice in your domain, sings with joy this glad refrain: Be our Queen, forever reign. 
Salve, Salve, Salve Regina.

SOLO: 
Hail holy Queen enthroned above, O Maria, Hail Mother of mercy and of love, O Maria.

CHOIR: 
Every voice in your domain, sings with joy this glad refrain: Be our Queen, forever reign. 
Salve, Salve, Salve Regina.

SOLO: 
Our life our sweetness here below, O Maria, our hope in sorrow and in woe, O Maria.

CHOIR: 
Every voice in your domain, sings with joy this glad refrain: Be our Queen, forever reign. 
Salve, Salve, Salve Regina.

Mother of joy and sorrow, * Mother of the Word Incarnate, * Mother of the Great promise of Salvation, *

Mother of the only Son of the Most High, * Mother of our Lord Jesus Christ * who reigns over heaven and earth, * 
whose kingdom there will be no end. * The humble maid from a lowly state, * who consented to God's plan, * 

You went on the pilgrimage of faith, * You listened to God's Word and kept it in your heart, * You remained 
steadfastly in close union with your Son, * all the way to the foot of the Cross, * 

You persevered in prayer  with the Church. * You opened your heart to the Holy Spirit, * 
You won the crown of glorious righteousness, * and the reward of the everlasting life. * 

You are truly our Queen for ever. * Amen.

The fields are gold and em’rald and all is here to stay,
For ‘tis the Month of Mary the lovely Month of May.

CHOIR: 
O Mary dear Mother we sing a hymn to Thee.
You are the Queen of Heaven you too our Queen will be,
O rule us and guide us into eternity.

SOLO: 
There’s music in the heavens for birds are singing there,
And nature’s songs and praises are sounding through the air.

We gather all together to sing for you and pray,
For ‘tis the Month of Mary the lovely Month of May.

CHOIR: 
O Mary dear Mother we sing a hymn to Thee.
You are the Queen of Heaven you too our Queen will be,
O rule us and guide us into eternity.

SOLO: 
And when the night takes over and twinkling stars appear,
The moon is calmly shining in skies so bright and clear.

Oh how that sight reminds us of heaven far away,
For ‘tis the Month of Mary the lovely Month of May.

CHOIR: 
O Mary dear Mother we sing a hymn to Thee.
You are the Queen of Heaven you too our Queen will be,
O rule us and guide us into eternity.

CHOIR: 
O Mary we crown thee with blossoms today, 
Queen of the Angels and Queen of the May.

SOLO: 
Their lady they name thee, their mistress proclaim thee, 
Ah, grant that thy children on earth be as true as long as the bowers
are radiant with flowers, as long as the azure shall keep its bright hue. 

CHOIR: 
O Mary we crown thee with blossoms today, 
Queen of the Angels and Queen of the May.

SOLO: 
Sing gaily in chorus; the bright angels o'er us re-echo the strains 
we begin upon earth; their harps are repeating the notes 
of our greeting, for Mary herself is the cause of our mirth 

CHOIR: 
O Mary we crown thee with blossoms today, 
Queen of the Angels and Queen of the May.

Many times have I fallen today, Mother Dear.
Many graces neglected, since last I knelt here.
Wilt thou not in pity, my own Mother Mild.
Ask Jesus to pardon the sins of thy child.

I am going to rest for the day’s work is done.
Its hours and its moments have passed one by one.
And the God who will judge me has noted them all.
He has numbered each grace. He has counted each fall.

In His book they are written against the last day.
O Mother, ask Jesus to wash them away.
For one drop of His blood which for sinners was spilt.
Is sufficient to cleanse the whole world of its guilt.

And if ere the dawn I should my last breath.
And the sleep that I take be the passage to death
Be near me, Dear Mother, for Dear Jesus’ sake.
When my soul on eternity’s shore shall awake.

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