Motherhood Of The Blessed Virgin Mary Feast Day - 11 October

A brief history of the feast day, also called the Feast of the Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary [1]:

This feast, observed throughout the Western Church on October 11, honor Mary as Mother of God, and bears the same sort of relation to the Annunciation and to Christmas as does the Synaxis of Our Lady in the Byzantine rite. It was long known in Portugal and elsewhere, but was finally instituted in 1931 by Pope Pius XI in view of the fifteenth centenary of the Council of Ephesus.

The following "is a Marian hymn used at Vespers from about the eighth century" [2], Ave Maria Stella, in English and in Latin, quoted without paragraph numbers [3]:

[English]

Ave, Star of Ocean,

Child Divine who barest,

Mother, Ever-Virgin,

Heaven’s Portal fairest.

Taking that sweet Ave

Erst by Gabriel spoken,

Eva’s name reversing,

Be of peace the token.

Break the sinners’ fetters,

Light to blind restoring,

All our ills dispelling,

Every boon imploring.

Show thyself a Mother

In thy supplication;

He will hear who chose thee

At His Incarnation.

Maid all maids excelling,

Passing meek and lowly,

Win for sinners pardon,

Make us chaste and holy.

As we onward journey

Aid our weak endeavor,

Till we gaze on Jesus

And rejoice forever.

Father, Son, and Spirit,

Three in One confessing,

Give we equal glory

Equal praise and blessing.

 

[Latin] 

Ave maris stella,

Dei Mater alma,

Atque semper Virgo,

Felix cœli porta.

Sumens illud Ave

Gabrielis ore,

Funda nos in pace,

Mutans Hevæ nomen.

Solve vincla reis,

Profer lumen cæcis,

Mala nostra pelle,

Bona cuncta posce.

Monstra te esse matrem,

Sumat per te preces,

Qui pro nobis natus,

Tulit esse tuus.

Virgo singularis,

Inter omnes mitis,

Nos culpis solutos

Mites fac et castos.

Vitam præsta puram,

Iter para tutum,

Ut videntes Jesum,

Semper collætemur.

Sit laus Deo Patri,

Summo Christo decus,

Spiritui sancto,

Tribus honor unus.

[1] https://reginamag.com/feast-of-the-maternity-of-the-blessed-virgin-mary/

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ave_maris_stella, quoted without hyperlinks.

[3] http://cathcorn.org/hotbam/149.html, chanted in Latin "by the Benedictine Monks of the Abbey at Ganagobie" on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlFaO_PdYE8