To the Queen!
Almighty God, we pray that your servant Elizabeth, our Queen who, by
your providence has received the governance of this realm, may continue
to grow in every virtue, that, imbued with your heavenly grace, she may
be preserved from all that is harmful and evil and, being blessed with
your favour may, with her consort and the royal family, come at last
into your presence,through Christ who is the way, the truth and the life
and who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one
God, for ever and ever. Amen
V. O Lord, save Elizabeth, our Queen.
R. And hear us on the day we call upon you.
V. O Lord, hear my prayer.
R. And let my cry come before you.
V. The Lord be with you.
R. And with your spirit.
Let us pray.
Almighty God, we pray, that your servant Elizabeth, our Queen, who, by
your providence has received the governance of this realm, may continue
to grow in every virtue, that, imbued with your heavenly grace, she may
be preserved from all that is harmful and evil and, being blessed with
your favour may, with her consort and the royal family, come at last
into your presence,
Through Christ who is the way, the truth and
the life and who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy
Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
Amen.
Thank you for providing the text of this prayer. I believe it was recited after High Mass on Sundays in England and Wales. I hope many people make use of it on April 21!
ReplyDeleteIt probably was in Canada as well, which in those days was perhaps more considered to be part of England. I have my grandpa's old Missal from 1952, which happened to be the year of her coronation, and includes the slightly different prayer below in both Latin and English versions as the first prayers on the page directly after the Last Gospel. This prayer is still very relevant and I have said it after Mass on occasion.
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V. Domine, salvum fac reginam nostram Elisabeth.
R. Et exaudi nos in die, qua invocaverimus te.
Oremus.
Quaesumus, omnipotens Dues, ut famula tua Elisabeth regina nostra, quae tua miseratione suscepit regni gubernacula, virtutum etiam omnium percipiat incrementa; quibus decenter ornata, et vitiorum monstra divitare (hostes superare,) et ad te, qui via, veritas, et vita es, cum principe consorte, et prole regia, gratiosa valeat pervenire: per Christum Dominum nostrum.
R: Amen.
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V: God save Elizabeth our Queen.
R: Graciously hear us when we call upon thee.
Let us pray.
Almighty God, we pray for thy servant Elizabeth our Queen, upon whom thy mercy has laid the government of this kingdom. May she be given still greater measure of every virtue. Thus worthily adorned, may she turn aside from all wickedness, (may she overcome her enemies,) and with her Consort and the Royal Family may she come at last in grace to thee, the way, the truth, and the life.
Amen.
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I wonder if my missal was perhaps a traveling mini altar Missal for priests as on the outside it is simply labeled "Roman Missal" and on the inside "The Missal: In Latin and English" printed by Burns, Oates, and Washbourne of London, publishers to the Holy See. My grandpa was in the seminary in the 1950s. This book was $12 when it was bought; quite expensive in the 1950s! It was in nearly perfect condition when I got it but sadly I dropped it having slipped and fallen on the icy stairs leaving the church once though it is still in overall great shape for its age. My Liber Brevior reprint didn't quite fare as well though that is easily replaceable and certainly without the sentimental attachment of this Missal.