O Most Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of Christ and Mother of the Church, With joy and wonder we seek to make our own your Magnificat, joining you in your hymn of thankfulness and love. With you we give thanks to God, “whose mercy is from generation to generation”, for the exalted vocation and the many …
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Thou art all fair, O Mary. And the original stain is not in thee. Thou art the glory of Jerusalem. Thou art the joy of Israel. Thou art the honour of our people. Thou art the advocate of sinners. O Mary, virgin most prudent, mother most tender, pray for us. Intercede for us with Jesus …
O Mary! Most humble Daughter of the Father, most pure Mother of the Son, most faithful Spouse of the Holy Ghost, I venerate thee with profound humility. Mother most merciful, secure refuge and sweet Advocate of sinners! I bow before thine Immaculate Heart, Tabernacle of the Most Holy Trinity, Seat of Wisdom and Goodness; by …
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Under thy patronage, dear Mother, and calling on the mystery of thine Immaculate Conception, I desire to pursue my studies and my literary labours: I hereby solemnly declare that I am giving myself to these studies chiefly to the following end: that I may the better contribute to the glory of God and to the …
“I chose this place and made it holy, in order that my name might be honored, and my eyes and heart might remain there forever.” [2 Chr. 7:16] “Who is this that comes forth like the dawn, as beautiful as the moon, as resplendent as the sun..?” (Sg. 6:10) Hail Mary… Mary speaks: “I am …
To the refuge of thine Immaculate Heart, O Heavenly Mother Mary, I come to be enclosed as in a most choice garden of sweetness and delight. I am the [son/daughter] of thine Immaculate Heart, O Mother of God. Thou, O Spouse of the Holy Ghost, Daughter of God the Father, Mother of the Son, in …
To you, O Mary, are known all the needs of your people and of the whole Church. Mother of Truth and Seat of Wisdom, dissipate the clouds of error which darken our minds. Amend the strayings of our hearts and inspire in us love for truth and the desire to do good. Obtain for all …
Thou art clement, thou art chaste, Mary, thou art fair; Of all mothers sweetest, best, None with thee compare. O Mother blest! whom God bestows On, sinners and on just, What joy, what hope, thou givest those Who in thy mercy trust! Thou art clement, thou art chaste, Mary, thou art fair; Of all mothers …
Grant, we beseech Thee, O Lord Jesus Christ, that the Most Blessed Virgin Mary, Thy Mother, whose most holy soul was transfixed with the sword of sorrow in the hour of Thy Own Passion, may intercede for us before the throne of Mercy, now and at the hour of our death. Amen. Imprint, O Lady, …
