Beautiful Prayers in Honor of

Our Blessed Mother

The Memorare   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 unto 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 petition, but in thy mercy hear and answer me.  Amen.

The Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary    Lord, have mercy      Lord, have mercy.   Christ, have mercy      Christ, have mercy.   Lord, have mercy      Lord, have mercy.   Christ, hear us       Christ, graciously hear us.   God the Father of Heaven     Have mercy on us.   God the Son, Redeemer of the world    Have mercy on us.   God the Holy Spirit      Have mercy on us.   Holy Trinity, One God      Have mercy on us.

Holy Mary       Pray for us,  Holy Mother of God      Pray for us,   Holy Virgin of virgins      Pray for us,   Mother of Christ      Pray for us,   Mother of divine grace      Pray for us,   Mother most pure      Pray for us,   Mother most chaste      Pray for us,   Mother inviolate      Pray for us,   Mother undefiled      Pray for us,   Mother most amiable      Pray for us,   Mother most admirable      Pray for us,   Mother of good counsel      Pray for us,   Mother of our Creator      Pray for us,   Mother of our Saviour      Pray for us,   Virgin most prudent      Pray for us,   Virgin most venerable      Pray for us,   Virgin most renowned      Pray for us,   Virgin most powerful      Pray for us,   Virgin most merciful      Pray for us,   Virgin most faithful      Pray for us,   Mirror of justice      Pray for us,   Seat of wisdom       Pray for us,   Cause of our joy      Pray for us,   Spiritual vessel       Pray for us,   Vessel of honour      Pray for us,   Singular vessel of devotion     Pray for us,   Mystical rose       Pray for us,   Tower of David       Pray for us,


Tower of ivory       Pray for us,, House of gold       Pray for us,   Ark of the covenant      Pray for us,   Gate of Heaven       Pray for us,   Morning star       Pray for us,   Health of the sick      Pray for us,   Refuge of sinners      Pray for us,   Comforter of the afflicted     Pray for us,   Help of Christians      Pray for us,   Queen of Angels      Pray for us,   Queen of Patriarchs      Pray for us,   Queen of Prophets      Pray for us,   Queen of Apostles      Pray for us,   Queen of Martyrs      Pray for us,   Queen of Confessors      Pray for us,   Queen of Virgins      Pray for us,   Queen of all Saints      Pray for us,   Queen conceived without original sin    Pray for us,   Queen assumed into Heaven     Pray for us,   Queen of the most Holy Rosary     Pray for us,   Queen of Peace       Pray for us.

Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world,  Spare us, O Lord.   Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world,  Graciously hear us O Lord.   Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world,  Have mercy on us.

V.  Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God.   R.  That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Let us pray:  Lord God, give to Your people the joy of continual health in mind and body.  With the prayers of the Virgin Mary to help us, guide us through the sorrows of this life to eternal happiness in the life to come.  Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son, who lives and reigns, with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever.  Amen. 

ACT OF CONSECRATION

Total Consecration to Jesus through Mary

by St. Louis de Montfort

O ETERNAL and incarnate Wisdom! O sweetest and most adorable Jesus! True God and true man, only Son of the Eternal Father, and of Mary, always virgin! I adore Thee profoundly in the bosom and splendors of Thy Father during eternity; and I adore Thee also in the virginal bosom of Mary, Thy most worthy Mother, in the time of Thine incarnation.

I give Thee thanks for that Thou hast annihilated Thyself, taking the form of a slave in order to rescue me from the cruel slavery of the devil. I praise and glorify Thee for that Thou hast been pleased to submit Thyself to Mary, Thy holy Mother, in all things, in order to make me Thy faithful slave through her.

But, alas! Ungrateful and faithless as I have been, I have not kept the promises which I made so solemnly to Thee in my Baptism; I have not fulfilled my obligations; I do not deserve to be called Thy child, nor yet Thy slave; and as there is nothing in me which does not merit Thine anger and Thy repulse, I dare not come by myself before Thy most holy and august Majesty.

It is on this account that I have recourse to the intercession of Thy most holy Mother, whom Thou hast given me for a mediatrix with Thee. It is through her that I hope to obtain of Thee contrition, the pardon of my sins, and the acquisition and preservation of wisdom.

Hail, then, O immaculate Mary, living tabernacle of the Divinity, where the Eternal Wisdom willed to be hidden and to be adored by angels and by men! Hail, O Queen of Heaven and earth, to whose empire everything is subject which is under God. Hail, O sure refuge of sinners, whose mercy fails no one. Hear the desires which I have of the Divine Wisdom; and for that end receive the vows and offerings which in my lowliness I present to thee.

I, ________________, a faithless sinner, renew and ratify today in thy hands the vows of my Baptism; I renounce forever Satan, his pomps and works; and I give myself entirely to Jesus Christ, the Incarnate Wisdom, to carry my cross after Him all the days of my life, and to be more faithful to Him than I have ever been before.

In the presence of all the heavenly court I choose thee this day for my Mother and Mistress. I deliver and consecrate to thee, as thy slave, my body and soul, my goods, both interior and exterior, and even the value of all my good actions, past, present and future; leaving to thee the entire and full right of disposing of me, and all that belongs to me, without exception, according to thy good pleasure, for the greater glory of God in time and in eternity.

Receive, O benignant Virgin, this little offering of my slavery, in honor of, and in union with, that subjection which the Eternal Wisdom deigned to have to thy maternity; in homage to the power which both of you have over this poor sinner, and in thanksgiving for the privileges with which the Holy Trinity has favored thee. I declare that I wish henceforth, as thy true slave, to seek thy honor and to obey thee in all things.

O admirable Mother, present me to thy dear Son as His eternal slave, so that as He has redeemed me by thee, by thee He may receive me! O Mother of mercy, grant me the grace to obtain the true Wisdom of God; and for that end receive me among those whom thou lovest and teachest, whom thou leadest, nourishest and protectest as thy children and thy slaves.

O faithful Virgin, make me in all things so perfect a disciple, imitator and slave of the Incarnate Wisdom, Jesus Christ thy Son, that I may attain, by thine intercession and by thine example, to the fullness of His age on earth and of His glory in Heaven. Amen.

 






The Canticle of Mary

(The Magnificat)

Luke 1:39-56

And Mary rising up in those days, went into the hill country with haste into a city of Juda. And she entered into the house of Zachary and saluted Elizabeth. And it came to pass that when Elizabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the infant leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost. And she cried out with a loud voice and said: Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. And whence is this to me that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For behold as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in my ears, the infant in my womb leaped for joy. And blessed art thou that hast believed, because those things shall be accomplished that were spoken to thee by the Lord.

And Mary said:

My soul doth magnify the Lord.

And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.

Because he hath regarded the humility of his handmaid: for behold from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.

Because he that is mighty hath done great things to me: and holy is his name.

And his mercy is from generation unto generations, to them that fear him.

He hath shewed might in his arm: he hath scattered the proud in the conceit of their heart.

He hath put down the mighty from their seat and hath exalted the humble.

He hath filled the hungry with good things: and the rich he hath sent empty away.

He hath received Israel his servant, being mindful of his mercy.

As he spoke to our fathers: to Abraham and to his seed for ever.

And Mary abode with her about three months. And she returned to her own house.



Pope Saint John Paul II's

Prayer to Our Lady

You are blessed among all women!  Blessed are you who have believed.  The Mighty One worked marvels for you: the marvel of your Divine Motherhood; the marvel of your Immaculate Conception; the marvel of your "let it be done to me!" 

You were so continually associated with the work of our redemption, associated with the cross of our Savior - that even your heart was pierced at the side of His Heart!  And now in the glory of your Son, you unceasingly intercede for us poor sinners.  You watch over the Church whose mother you are.  You watch over each of your children.  You obtain from God, for us, all these graces symbolized by the rays of light streaming from you open hands.  If only we dare to ask them from you and come to you with the confidence and simplicity of a child, and so guide us unceasingly toward your Son, Jesus.  Amen.