Mary, Help of Christians

Today is the feast of Our Lady, Help of Christians, which was instituted in was instituted by Pope Pius VII.


Prayers to Mary, Help of Christians

Most Holy Virgin Mary, Help of Christians,
how sweet it is to come to your feet
imploring your perpetual help.
If earthly mothers cease not to remember their children,
how can you, the most loving of all mothers forget me?
Grant then to me, I implore you,
your perpetual help in all my necessities,
in every sorrow, and especially in all my temptations.
I ask for your unceasing help for all who are now suffering.
Help the weak, cure the sick, convert sinners.
Grant through your intercessions many vocations to the religious life.
Obtain for us, O Mary, Help of Christians,
that having invoked you on earth we may love and eternally thank you in heaven.

Mary, most powerful Virgin,
You are the mighty and glorious Protector of the Church,
You are the marvelous Help of Christians,
You are awe-inspiring as an army in battle array.
You have destroyed heresy in the world.
In the midst of our anguish, our struggle and our distress defend us from the power of the enemy, and at the hour of our death receive our soul into heaven.
Amen.


~Saint John Bosco, Franciscan Tertiary and modern Apostle of young people (1815-1888)

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