Prayers
Our Father
Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name;
thy kingdom come,
thy will be done
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread,
and forgive us our trespasses,
As we forgive those who trespass against us;
and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Amen.
Hail Mary
Hail Mary, full of grace,
the Lord is with Thee.
Blessed art 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.
Glory be
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Memorare to Our Lady of La Salette
Remember, Our Lady of La Salette, true Mother of Sorrows, the tears you shed for us on Calvary.
Remember also the care you have taken to keep us faithful to Christ, your Son. Having done so much for your children, you will not now abandon us.
Comforted by this consoling thought, we come to you pleading, despite our infidelities and ingratitude.
Virgin of Reconciliation, do not reject our prayers, but intercede for us, obtain for us the grace to love Jesus above all else. May we console you by living a holy life and so come to share the eternal life Christ gained by his cross.
Amen.
Hail Holy Queen
Hail, holy Queen, Mother of mercy. our life, our sweetness and our hope. To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve,
to thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears.
Turn then, most gracious Advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us, and after this our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.
Amen
The Angelus
The Angel of the Lord declared unto Mary.
And she conceived by the Holy Spirit.
Hail Mary, full of grace,
the Lord is with Thee.
Blessed art 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.
Behold the handmaid of the Lord.
Be it done unto me according to Thy word.
Hail Mary …
And the word was made flesh
And dwelt among us.
Hail Mary …
Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God.
That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Let us pray:
Pour forth, we beseech thee, O Lord, thy grace into our hearts;
that, we to whom the Incarnation of Christ, thy Son, was made known by the message of an Angel,
may by his Passion and Cross, be brought to the glory of his Resurrection. Through the same Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Lord, Jesus Christ, Son of the living God,
teach us to walk in you ways more trustfully,
to accept your truth more faithfully,
and to share your life more lovingly.
Inspire us by the power of your holy spirit,
for mission within our diocese,
so that your name may be made known,
and that all may come as one family,
to the Kingdom of the Father,
where you live for ever and ever.
Amen.
The Prayer of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary
– by Pope Francis
Holy Mary Virgin of Fatima,
with renewed gratitude for your maternal presence, we join our voice to that of all the generations
who call you blessed.
We celebrate in you the works of God, who never tires of looking down with mercy upon humanity,
afflicted with the wound of sin, to heal it and save it.
Accept with the benevolence of a Mother
the act of consecration that we perform today with confidence, before this image of you that is so dear to us.
We are certain that each of us is precious in your eyes
and that nothing of all that lives in our hearts is unknown to you.
We let ourselves be touched by your most sweet regard and we welcome the consoling caress of your smile.
Hold our life in your arms:
bless and strengthen every desire for good; revive and nourish faith;
sustain and enlighten hope; awaken and animate charity;
guide all of us along the path of holiness.
Teach us your own preferential love for the little and the poor,
for the excluded and the suffering, for sinners and the downhearted: bring everyone under your protection
and entrust everyone to your beloved Son, Our Lord Jesus.
Amen.
