VirginMary

HAIL MARY

Hail Mary full of Grace, the Lord is with thee.

Blessed are thou among women

and blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus.

Holy Mary Mother of God,

pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death.

Amen.

RETURN TO TOP PAGE

Our Lady of Perpetual Help

O Mother of Perpetual Help, grant that I may ever invoke thy most

powerful name, which is the safeguard of the living and the salvation of the

dying. O Purest Mary, O Sweetest Mary, let thy name henceforth be ever

on my lips. Delay not, O Blessed Lady, to help me whenever I call on thee,

for, in all my needs, in all my temptations I shall never cease to call on

thee, ever repeating thy sacred name, Mary, Mary.

O what consolation, what sweetness, what confidence, what emotion fill my

soul when I pronounce thy sacred name, or even only think of thee. I thank

God for having given thee, for my good, so sweet, so powerful, so lovely a

name. But I will not be content with merely pronouncing thy name: let my

love for thee prompt me ever to hail thee, Mother of Perpetual Help.

RETURN TO TOP PAGE

PRAYER TO OUR LADY OF QUADALUPE

O most gracious Virgin Mary of Guadalupe, in your heavenly appearance on the

mount of Tepeyac, you made a promise to show your compassion and pity on all who,

loving and trusting you, seek your help and call upon you in their necessities and

affiliations. You promised to hear our supplications, to dry our tears and give us

consolation and relief.

Dear Lady of Guadalupe, we place our trust in your motherly love and kindness.

You have desired to remain with us through thy miraculous image on Juan Diego's

tilma. We place ourselves beneath thy motherly gaze and have recourse to you in all

our necessities.

O Virgin of Guadalupe, Empress of America, keep forever under your patronage

the purity and integrity of our holy faith and help us to share it with all in the entire

American continent, and with the whole world.

Fill us with the same love you have for Jesus; with the same faith by which you

said, "Be it done unto me according to Your word;" with the same hope in which you

endured the sorrow in your life; and with the gift of final perseverance. Amen.

RETURN TO TOP PAGE

St. Louis De Montfort's Prayer to Mary

Hail Mary, beloved Daughter of the Eternal Father! Hail Mary, admirable

Mother of the Son! Hail Mary, faithful spouse of the Holy Ghost! Hail

Mary, my dear Mother, my loving Mistress, my powerful sovereign! Hail my

joy, my glory, my heart and my soul! Thou art all mine by mercy, and I am

all thine by justice. But I am not yet sufficiently thine. I now give

myself wholly to thee without keeping anything back for myself or others.

If thou still seest in me anything which does not belong to thee, I

beseech thee to take it and to make thyself the absolute Mistress of all

that is mine. Destroy in me all that may he displeasing to God, root it up

and bring it to nought; place and cultivate in me everything that is

pleasing to thee.

May the light of thy faith dispel the darkness of my mind; may thy

profound humility take the place of my pride; may thy sublime

contemplation check the distractions of my wandering imagination; may thy

continuous sight of God fill my memory with His presence; may the burning

love of thy heart inflame the lukewarmness of mine; may thy virtues take

the place of my sins; may thy merits be my only adornment in the sight of

God and make up for all that is wanting in me. Finally, dearly beloved

Mother, grant, if it be possible, that I may have no other spirit but

thine to know Jesus and His divine will; that I may have no other soul but

thine to praise and glorify the Lord; that I may have no other heart but

thine to love God with a love as pure and ardent as think I do not ask

thee for visions, revelations, sensible devotion or spiritual pleasures.

It is thy privilege to see God clearly; it is thy privilege to enjoy

heavenly bliss; it is thy privilege to triumph gloriously in Heaven at the

right hand of thy Son and to hold absolute sway over angels, men and

demons; it is thy privilege to dispose of all the gifts of God, just as

thou willest.

Such is, O heavenly Mary, the "best part," which the Lord has given thee

and which shall never be taken away from thee--and this thought fills my

heart with joy. As for my part here below, I wish for no other than that

which was thine: to believe sincerely without spiritual pleasures; to

suffer joyfully without human consolation; to die continually to myself

without respite; and to work zealously and unselfishly for thee until

death as the humblest of thy servants. The only grace I beg thee to obtain

for me is that every day and every moment of my life I may say: Amen, So

be it--to all that thou didst do while on earth; Amen, so be it--to all

that thou art now doing in Heaven; Amen, so be it--to all that thou art

doing in my soul, so that thou alone mayest fully glorify Jesus in me for

time and eternity. Amen.

RETURN TO TOP PAGE

The Memorare of St. Bernard

Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary,

that never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection,

implored thy help, or sought thy intercession was left unaided.

Inspired by this confidence, I fly to thee, O Virgin of virgins, my Mother.

To thee I come, before thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful.

O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my intentions,

but in thy mercy, hear and answer me.

Amen.

RETURN TO TOP PAGE

The Salve Regina

Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of mercy;

hail, our life, our sweetness and our hope.

To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve:

to thee do we sign, mourning and weeping in this vale of tears.

Turn then, most gracious Advocate, thine eyes of mercy towards us and,

after this our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.

RETURN TO TOP PAGE

The Stations of the Cross