ora pro nobis
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Presently, however, from the open windows of the church comes a song, faint at first, but swelling louder and stronger, on the evening breeze: "Maria, Maria, ora pro nobis, Ora, ora pro nobis, Sancta Maria."
From Marie Gourdon A Romance of the Lower St. Lawrence by Maud Ogilvy
"Ave Maria, ora pro nobis, nunc et in hora--" murmured the girl, making the sign of the cross.
From In Paradise A Novel. Vol. I. by Paul Heyse
One of the 6 bells contained in the tower is inscribed "Sancte Johannes Baptiste ora pro nobis;" on the tower are the arms of Lyons, in stone.
From Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. by Thomas Cantrell Dugdale
Higher and higher one treble voice goes like the cry of a soul in agonized entreaty: "Maria, Maria, Sancta Maria, Ora, ora pro nobis."
From Marie Gourdon A Romance of the Lower St. Lawrence by Maud Ogilvy
In the supplications of that holy, intrepid, and blessed servant and child of God, we search in vain for any thing approaching in spirit to the invocation, "Sancte Gabriel, ora pro nobis."
From Primitive Christian Worship Or, The Evidence of Holy Scripture and the Church, Against the Invocation of Saints and Angels, and the Blessed Virgin Mary by James Endell Tyler
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