For my second piece of the #OnTheThirdDay challenge, I present “Ave Maria, Star of the Sea,” performed with quarantine buddies Ben and Cherith Yuly.
Thumbnail art by Cherith Yuly.
Ave Maria, Star of the Sea
You are the ocean star that leads us home,
Lead us on to God alone.
O Precious, Guiding Light, Star of the Sea,
Pray for the wanderer and me.
Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum,
Benedicta tu in mulieribus.
O dwelling place of God, humble abode,
Lead us also into your home.
O Mother giving birth to Christ the Child,
Please let us hold him for a while.
Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum,
Benedicta tu in mulieribus.
Sancta Maria, Mater Dei,
Ora pro nobis peccatoribus,
Nunc et in hora mortis nostrae.
Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum,
Benedicta tu in mulieribus.
Amen.
#OnTheThirdDay: To help us all get through coronavirus quarantine with our humanity intact, I will be releasing new works of art every three days and invite all artists to participate.