J.M.J.
Cardinal Newman's Prayer for a Priest to pray
before offering Holy Mass
O Holy Mother, stand by me now at Mass time, when Christ comes to me,
as thou didst minister to Thy infant Lord –
as Thou didst hang upon His words when He grew up,
as Thou wast found under His cross.
Stand by me, Holy Mother,
that I may gain somewhat of thy purity, thy innocence, thy faith,
and He may be the one object of my love and my adoration,
as He was of thine.
Thanksgiving Prayer to
Our Lady
by Saint Augustine
O Blessed Virgin Mary, who can worthily give you the just
dues of praise and thanksgiving, you who by the wondrous assent of your will
rescued a fallen world? What songs of praise can our weak human nature recite
in your honor, since it is by your intervention alone that it has found the way
to restoration?
Accept, then, such poor thanks as we have to offer here,
though they be unequal to your merit; and, receiving our vows, obtain by your
prayers the remission of our offenses. Carry our prayers within the sanctuary
of the heavenly audience and bring forth the gift of our reconciliation.
Take our offering, grant us our requests, obtain pardon for
what we fear, for you are the sole hope of sinners. Holy Mary, help the
miserable, strengthen the fainthearted, comfort the sorrowful, pray for your
people, plead for the Clergy, intercede for all women consecrated to God.
Be ever ready to assist us when we pray and bring back to us
the answers to our prayers. Make it your continual care to pray for the People
of God, you who, blessed by God, merited to bear the Redeemer of the world who
lives and reigns, world without end. Amen.
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