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There is a prayer in Portugal known by the faithful as Stella Coeli. It began with nuns who followed the way of St. Clare of Assisi in the ancient university city of Coimbra in Portugal. At a time when disease was killing so many, the nuns began the invocation and prayer to the Star of the Sea.
Here is an English translation of that prayer from years ago in which "the Star" refers to Saint Mary the Mother of God (Theotokos). With the COVID-19 coronavirus traversing the globe, I offer it here for all Catholics and those whose trust and love of the Lord Jesus includes love and trust for His Mother Mary:
Stella Coeli
The Star of Heaven that nourished the Lord
drove away the plague of death
which the first parents of man brought into the world.
May this bright Star now vouchsafe
to extinguish that foul constellation
whose battles have slain the people
with the wound of death.
O most pious Star of the Sea,
preserve us from pestilence;
hear us, O Lady, for Thy Son honours Thee
by denying Thee nothing.
Save us, O Jesus,
for whom Thy Virgin Mother supplicates Thee.
V: Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God.
R: That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Let us pray
O God of mercy, God of pity, God of benign clemency,
Thou Who hast had compassion on the affliction of Thy
people, and hast said to the angel striking them, “Stop thy
hand;” for the love of this glorious Star, whose breasts
Thou didst sweetly drink as antidote for our crimes,
grant the assistance of Thy grace, that we may be safely freed
from all pestilence, and from unprovided death; and mercifully
save us from the gulf of eternal perdition: through Thee,
Lord Jesus Christ, King of Glory, who livest and reignest,
world without end. Amen.
