Prayer to Our Lady
O MOTHER of mercy, help of Christians, faithful handmaid of divine providence, treasurer of all graces, remember that never was it known that those who devoutly had recourse to thee were left without consolation. Wherefore, I prostrate myself humbly before thee, trusting in thy heart of pity and in thy most generous watchfulness, and beg of thee to hear my prayers. Obtain for me holy prudence, and graces in all my spiritual needs, and also that temporal prudence necessary for spending my days in this vale of tears. I commend most fervently to thy loving and maternal heart Holy Church, the Supreme Pontiff, the conversion of souls, the propagation of the Catholic Faith, as well as the chosen spouses of our LORD who are suffering in the cruel flames of Purgatory, that they may quickly be consoled with eternal refreshment. Amen.
229.Prayer to Our Lady. 300 Days. T.Q. (See Instructions.)
MARY, Mother of mercy. Mother and daughter of Him who is the Father of mercies and the GOD of all consolation, 1 Dispenser of the treasures of thy Son, 2 Handmaiden of God, 3 Mother of the supreme High-Priest, CHRIST, at once Priest and Altar, 4 immaculate Treasure house of the Word of GOD, 5 Mistress of all the Apostles and Disciples of CHRIST; 6 protect the Supreme Pontiff, intercede for us and for our priests, that the High Priest JESUS CHRIST may purify our consciences, so that we may worthily and piously approach his holy banquet. O Immaculate Virgin, who not only gavest us CHRIST, to be our bread from Heaven, for the remission of sins, 7 but art thyself a most acceptable victim offered to GOD, 8 and the glory of the priesthood, 9 who according to the testimony of thy most blessed servant St Antoninus, although thou didst not receive the Sacrament of Order, art filled with whatever of dignity and grace is conferred by it; wherefore deservedly art thou proclaimed Virgin Priest; 10 look down upon us and on the priests of thy Son; purify, sanctify, save us, that receiving the ineffable gifts of the sacraments, we may deserve to obtain the eternal salvation of our souls. Amen. Mother of mercy, pray for us. Mother of the eternal Priest, CHRIST JESUS, pray for us. Queen of the clergy, pray for us. Mary, Virgin Priest, pray for us. 1 Richard of St Laurence. 2 St Bernard. 3 Bernard de Busto. 4 St Epiphanius. 5 Blosius. 6 St Thomas of Villanova. 7 St Epiphanius. 8 St Andrew of Crete. 9 St Ephrem. 10 Br. of Pius IX, August 25, 1873.
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