Sub tuum praesidium confugimus, confugimus
We fly to your patronage
Sancta Dei Genetrix, Sancta Dei, Genetrix,
O Holy Mother of Gods
Nostras deprecationes ne despicias, ne despicias
Despise not our prayers
In necessitatibus nostris,
But deliver us from all dangers
Sed a periculis cunctis
But deliver us from all dangers
Libera nos semper,
we fly to your patronage
Virgo gloriosa et benedicta
O Holy Mother of Gods
Lyrics adapted from the John Therry Catholic College and motto which itself is based on a Marist prayer.
Lord God, instruct our hearts
to be truly wise and to know your love
Recta Sapere, Recta Sapere
Recta Sapere to be truly wise
And to know and relish what's right and just
By the light of the Holy Spirit
Lord God, instruct our hearts to be truly just and to love like you
Recta Sapere, Recta Sapere
Recta Sapere to be truly wise
And to know and relish what's right and just
By the light of the Holy Spirit
Recta Sapere to be truly wise
And to know and relish what's right and just
By the light of the Holy Spirit
Instruct our hearts,
Instruct our hearts,
Instruct our hearts
Instruct our hearts