LIII. O virga mediatrix
O Mediating Rod
An alleluia and prayer to the Virgin as mediating rod, whose chaste womb overcame death and brought forth life in a beautiful flower.
Alleluia! O mediating rod, your holy womb overcame death, and your belly gave birth to creatures in a beautiful flower, from the most tender wholeness of your enclosed chastity now brought forth.
Read the original Latin
Alleluia! O virga mediatrix, sancta viscera tua mortem superaverunt, et venter tuus omnes creaturas illuminavit in pulcro flore de suavissima integritate clausi pudoris tui orto.
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