Diocesan-wide Regina Coeli on Easter Sunday

At 9 am on Easter Sunday, church bells across the diocese will ring. At this time, Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades askes the faithful of the diocese to join in the Regina Coeli ("Queen of Heaven") prayer of praise to Mary and petition to God. The words to the Regina Coeli are:

Queen of heaven, rejoice, alleluia. 
The Son whom you merited to bear, alleluia, 
has risen as he said, alleluia. 
Rejoice and be glad, O Virgin Mary, alleluia! 
For the Lord has truly risen, alleluia. 

Let us pray: 
O God, who through the resurrection of your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, 
did vouch safe to give joy to the world; 
grant, we beseech you, that through his Mother, the Virgin Mary, 
we may obtain the joys of everlasting life. 
Through the same Christ our Lord.  Amen.