Marian Prayers

Blessed be the mind, the heart, the hand, That drew this icon fair, Of beauty unsurpassable, yet sweet, God’s Mother, rapt in prayer. All pure her face, her hands, her heart unseen, Chaste, white rapture, as morning glow: She ponders deep. Her sorrow shows, She bears the weight of souls on earth below! Awesone, yet […]

Knowest thou, sweet Mary, Whereto I aspire? It is my hope to love thee, This is my desire. I would ever be near thee, Queen most fair and sweet! Do not, do not drive me From my Mother’s feet. Then, O Rose most lovely! Let me hear from thee. Loving Mother! tell me What thou

Virgin of Fatima, my dearly beloved Mother, I entrust myself today, in a very special way, to your Immaculate Heart. By this solemn act, I offer my whole life to you, my heart, my soul, my body and especially this time of my youth in which I am now living. Guide me along the way

Ah, my Blessed Mother, it is not one sword only with which I have pierced thy heart, but I have done so with as many as are the sins which I have committed. Ah, Lady, it is not to thee, who art innocent, that sufferings are due, but to me, who am guilty of so

Father in heaven, all creation rightly gives you praise, for all life and all holiness come from you. In the plan of your wisdom she who bore the Christ in her womb was raised body and soul in glory to be with him in heaven. May we follow her example in reflecting your holiness and

Most holy, immaculate Virgin Mary, to your motherly heart Jesus entrusted his disciples and to us He has given you. I thank you, O most beautiful and noble of women, that you have always loved me as a mother, and I want to provide afresh for you an honored place in my life. Obtain for

O Most Holy Virgin, and Our Mother, we listen with grief to the complaints of your Immaculate Heart surrounded with the thorns placed therein at every moment by the blasphemies and ingratitude of ungrateful humanity. We are moved by the ardent desire of loving you as Our Mother and of promising a true devotion to

August Queen of Heaven! Sovereign Mistress of the angels! Thou who from the beginning hast received from God the power and mission to crush the head of Satan, we humbly beseech thee to send thy holy Legions, that, under thy command and by thy power, they may pursue the evil spirits, encounter them on every

O Immaculate Virgin Mary, Mother of God and Our Mother: Queen of Heaven and Earth, Mediatrix of every grace! Thou through whom dost shine the whole splendor and magnificence of the Trinity! O Fount of Light! O Light of all lights! O shining Brightness of the Eternal Light! O spotless Mirror of the Divine Majesty!