HAIL, THOU STAR OF OCEAN - Catholic Hymns and Prayers

Hail, thou star of ocean,
Portal of the sky;
Ever Virgin Mother,
Of the Lord most high.
Oh’ by Gabriel’s Ave,
Utter’d long ago,
Eva’s name reversing,
‘Stablish peace below.
Break the captive’s fetter:
Light on blindness pour;
All our ills expelling,
Every bliss implore.
Show thyself a mother;
Offer him our sighs,
Who for us incarnate,
Did not thee despise.
Virgin of all virgins,
To thy shelter take us;
Gentlest of the gentle,
Chaste and gentle make us.
Still, as on we journey.
Help our weak endeavour;
Till with thee and Jesus
We rejoice for ever.
Through the highest heaven,
To the almighty Three,
Father, Son and Spirit,
One same glory be.