ora pro nobis
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He soon recognised the evening hymn to the Virgin— "Mater amata, intemerata, ora, ora, pro nobis."
From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 by John Roby
Chanting was heard in the church, muffled at first and then loud, as the door was thrown open: "Sancta Maria, ora pro nobis."
From The Saint by William Roscoe Thayer
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
Adieu! for three weeks I shall say, Sancte Michael, ora pro nobis!
From The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 by Horace Walpole
Also, under Prayers, "Sancta Dei Genitrix," for each line after the first, "ora pro nobis" replaces ditto marks.
From Ortus Christi Meditations for Advent by Mother St. Paul
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