A prayer
Posted by Miri barak on March 19, 2003
In Reply to: a prayer posted by TheFallen on March 19, 2003
: : I need
your excellent services again:
: : I have a prayer, taken from a movie "the
others", I could not find and interested to know if it is a known prayer or just
an improvised one.
: : "Blessed be, at light of day,
: : Jesus, to whom
now I pray.
: : Blessed be the Virgin pure
: : Whom I greet with faith so
sure.
: : Jesus, Mary, Spotless Rose,
: : Keep us till this day doth close.
:
: Thank you very much
: : miri
: I searched for this with not much hope of finding it as an existing prayer, simply because I'd not heard of the term "spotless rose" ever being used in a religious setting. However, although I couldn't find the words as quoted above, after a little Googling, I did manage to establish that the use of the rose as an image of the Virgin Mary has been around since mediaeval times, and that an English composer, Herbert Howell, composed a Christmas carol in 1919 called "A spotless rose", allegedly adapting the words from an old prayer. Sadly I couldn't find the lyrics to this either. Maybe someone else will be able to be more definitive.
Thank you the fallen, for your search. I came
to the conclusion that it is not one of the well known prayers, I found something
similar which is reffered to Columbus when he came to the shore:
Blessed be
the light of day, and the Holy Cross we say; and the Lord of Verity, and the Holy
Trinity. Blessed be the light of day, and He who sends the dark away."
Therefore
I've decided to make a free translation of my own (into Hebrew).
Thank you
again
miri