Hail Mary, full of grace,
the Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou amongst 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.

It is traditionally prayed at 6:00 a.m., at 12:00 noon and at 6:00 p.m. During Eastertide it is replaced by the Regina Caeli.

V. The Angel of the Lord declared unto Mary.
R. And she conceived of the Holy Spirit.

Hail Mary…

V. Behold the handmaid of the Lord.
R. Be it done unto me according to thy word.

Hail Mary…

V. And the Word was made flesh.
R. And dwelt among us.

Hail Mary…

V. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God.
R. 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.

See the full page on the Angelus and the Regina Caeli →

During Eastertide, the Church replaces the Angelus with the Regina Caeli.

Queen of Heaven, rejoice, alleluia.
For he whom thou didst merit to bear, alleluia.

Has risen as he said, alleluia.
Pray for us to God, alleluia.

Rejoice and be glad, O Virgin Mary, alleluia.
For the Lord has truly risen, alleluia.

Let us pray:
O God, who through the Resurrection of thy Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, didst vouchsafe to give joy to the world, grant, we beseech thee, that through the intercession of his Mother, the Virgin Mary, we may obtain the joys of everlasting life.
Through the same Christ our Lord.
Amen.

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.

Pray for us, O holy Mother of God,
that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Amen.

We fly to thy protection,
O holy Mother of God;
despise not our petitions
in our necessities,
but deliver us always from all dangers,
O glorious and blessed Virgin.
Amen.

Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary,
that never was it known
that anyone who fled to thy protection,
implored thy help
or sought thy intercession
was left unaided.

Inspired with this confidence,
I fly unto thee,
O Virgin of virgins, my Mother;
to thee do I come, before thee I stand,
sinful and sorrowful.

O Mother of the Word Incarnate,
despise not my petitions,
but in thy mercy hear and answer me.
Amen.

Blessed be thy purity,
and may it ever be so,
for all our God himself delights
in such surpassing grace and beauty.

To thee, O heavenly Princess,
Holy Virgin Mary,
I offer on this day
my soul, my life and my heart.

Look upon me with compassion;
do not leave me, my Mother.
Amen.

O my Lady, O my Mother,
I offer myself entirely to thee;
and in proof of my filial affection
I consecrate to thee this day
my eyes, my ears, my tongue and my heart;
in a word, my whole being.

Since I am all thine own,
O Mother of goodness,
keep me and defend me
as thy property and possession.
Amen.

Sweet Mother, do not depart,
turn not thy gaze away from me;
come with me wherever I go
and never leave me alone.

Since thou dost protect me so
as a true Mother,
obtain for me the blessing of the Father,
the Son and the Holy Spirit.
Amen.

Mary, my Mother;
keep me from falling into mortal sin.

By the power that the Eternal Father granted thee:
Hail Mary…

By the wisdom that the Son granted thee:
Hail Mary…

By the love that the Holy Spirit granted thee:
Hail Mary…

Amen.

By the sign of the Holy Cross,
from our enemies
deliver us, O Lord our God.

In the name of the Father, and of the Son,
and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.

I believe in God, the Father almighty,
Creator of heaven and earth.

And in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died and was buried;
he descended into hell;
on the third day he rose again from the dead;
he ascended into heaven,
and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty;
from there he will come to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic Church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body
and life everlasting.
Amen.

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, full of grace,
the Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou amongst 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 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.

The Virgin taught it to the little shepherds at Fátima, to be prayed after the Glory Be of each mystery.

O my Jesus, forgive us our sins,
save us from the fires of hell,
lead all souls to Heaven,
especially those most in need
of thy mercy.

It is prayed at the end of the five mysteries. See the full Salve Regina, in English and Latin.

The Litany of Loreto is traditionally prayed at the conclusion of the Rosary: a series of invocations to the Virgin («Holy Mary, pray for us; Holy Mother of God, pray for us…») that run through her titles and advocations.

V. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God.
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Let us pray:
O God, whose only-begotten Son, by his life, death and resurrection, has purchased for us the rewards of eternal salvation: grant, we beseech thee, that meditating upon these mysteries of the most holy Rosary of the blessed Virgin Mary, we may imitate what they contain and obtain what they promise.
Through the same Christ our Lord.
Amen.

Loving Mother of the Redeemer, fruitful Virgin,
gate of heaven ever open,
star of the sea:
come to the aid of your people who have fallen
yet strive to rise again.

To the wonderment of heaven and earth,
you bore your holy Creator,
and yet remain ever a virgin.
Receive the greeting of the angel Gabriel,
and have mercy on us sinners.

Hail, Queen of heaven
and Lady of the angels;
hail, root; hail, gate
through which our light has come.

Rejoice, O glorious Virgin,
the most beautiful of all;
hail, lovely maiden,
plead with Christ for us.

It is the paschal antiphon par excellence. See the full Regina Caeli, in English and Latin.

The best known of the Marian antiphons. See the full Salve Regina, in English and Latin.

The oldest and most widespread of the Marian litanies, approved for public recitation of the Rosary.

To each invocation the response is: Pray for us.

Lord, have mercy. (Lord, have mercy.)
Christ, have mercy. (Christ, have mercy.)
Lord, have mercy. (Lord, have mercy.)
Christ, hear us. (Christ, hear us.)
Christ, graciously hear us. (Christ, graciously hear us.)

God the Father of heaven, have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us.
God the Holy Spirit, have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, one God, have mercy on us.

Holy Mary,
Immaculate Heart of Mary,
Heart of Mary, full of grace,
Heart of Mary, vessel of the purest love,
Heart of Mary, wholly consecrated to God,
Heart of Mary, preserved from all sin,
Heart of Mary, dwelling place of the Most Holy Trinity,
Heart of Mary, delight of the Father in Creation,
Heart of Mary, instrument of the Son in the Redemption,
Heart of Mary, spouse of the Holy Spirit,
Heart of Mary, abyss and wonder of humility,
Heart of Mary, mediatrix of all graces,
Heart of Mary, beating in unison with the Heart of Jesus,
Heart of Mary, holocaust of divine love,
Heart of Mary, advocate before divine justice,
Heart of Mary, pierced by a sword,
Heart of Mary, crowned with thorns for our sins,
Heart of Mary, in agony during the Passion of your Son,
Heart of Mary, exulting in the resurrection of your Son,
Heart of Mary, triumphing eternally with Jesus Christ,
Heart of Mary, strength of Christians,
Heart of Mary, refuge of the persecuted,
Heart of Mary, hope of sinners,
Heart of Mary, consolation of the dying,
Heart of Mary, relief of those who suffer,
Heart of Mary, bond of union with Jesus Christ,
Heart of Mary, sure way to Heaven,
Heart of Mary, pledge of peace and holiness,
Heart of Mary, vanquisher of heresies,
Heart of Mary, Queen of Heaven and Earth,
Heart of Mary, Mother of God and of the Church,
Heart of Mary, who will at last triumph.

Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.

V. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God.
R. That we may be made worthy of the divine graces and promises of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Let us pray:
You who have prepared in the Immaculate Heart of Mary a worthy dwelling for your Son Jesus Christ, grant us the grace always to live according to his teachings and to fulfil his desires. Through Christ, your Son, our Lord. Amen.

Composed by Pope Pius VII during his captivity (1809). To each invocation the response is: Pray for us.

Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us.
Jesus Christ, hear us.
Jesus Christ, graciously hear us.

God the Father of heaven, have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us.
God the Holy Spirit, have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, who art one God, have mercy on us.

Holy Mary,
Holy Mother of God,
Holy Virgin of virgins,
Mother of the Crucified,
Sorrowful Mother,
Tearful Mother,
Afflicted Mother,
Forsaken Mother,
Desolate Mother,
Mother bereft of her Son,
Mother pierced by the sword,
Mother consumed by grief,
Mother filled with anguish,
Mother with her heart nailed to the Cross,
Most sorrowful Mother,
Fountain of tears,
Sum of suffering,
Mirror of patience,
Rock of constancy,
Anchor of confidence,
Refuge of the forsaken,
Shield of the oppressed,
Vanquisher of unbelievers,
Comfort of the wretched,
Remedy of the sick,
Strength of the weak,
Harbor of the shipwrecked,
Calm of the storm-tossed,
Resort of the afflicted,
Terror of those who lay snares,
Treasure of the faithful,
Light of the Prophets,
Staff of the Apostles,
Crown of the Martyrs,
Light of the Confessors,
Pearl of Virgins,
Consolation of widows,
Joy of all the Saints.

Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.

Antiphon: Watch over us, defend us, and preserve us from all anguish, through the power of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Prayer:
Imprint, O Lady, your wounds upon my heart, that in them I may find both sorrow and love: sorrow, to bear for you every sorrow; love, to despise for you every love. Amen.

A litany of devotional use in honor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. To each invocation the response is: Pray for us.

Lord, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.
Christ, hear us.
Christ, graciously hear us.

God the Father of heaven, have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us.
God the Holy Spirit, have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, one God, have mercy on us.

Holy Mary, Mother of God,
Mother of those who seek God,
Mother of those who gaze toward heaven,
Virgin of the open horizon,
Virgin holding the helm of faith,
Virgin holding the sail of hope,
Virgin holding the sail of love,
Virgin holding the sail of grace,
Virgin holding the anchor of the fear of God,
Vanquisher of every storm,
Vanquisher of every fear,
Vanquisher in every danger,
Queen of the oceans,
Queen of mariners,
Queen of those who trust in God,
Queen of fishermen,
Star of the seas,
Star that guides to safe harbor,
Star that lights up the night,
Hand that heals wounds,
Hand that raises the downcast,
Hand that succors the lost,
Hand that drives the boat of our faith,
Holy Mary, Virgin of Mount Carmel.

Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.

Let us pray:
O Lord, who from the standard of the Cross gave us Holy Mary the Virgin as our companion and Mother: as we celebrate her memory under the title of Mount Carmel, we ask that Our Lady of Mount Carmel may come to meet us in every circumstance, and present before you our supplication and our desire to follow you and to grow in faithfulness to the Gospel. You who live and reign for ever and ever. Amen.

To each invocation the response is: Pray for us.

Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us.
Jesus Christ, hear us.
Jesus Christ, graciously hear us.

God the Father of heaven, have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us.
God the Holy Spirit, have mercy on us.

Most holy Virgin who, radiant with heavenly beauty, appeared many times in the grotto of Lourdes,
Our Lady, who urged us to pray for the conversion of sinners,
Our Lady, who made it known that it would please you for the miraculous grotto to be visited,
Our Lady, who caused a spring of clear and miraculous water to flow there,
Our Lady, who chose from among all your privileges that of the Immaculate Conception to be especially honored there,
Our Lady, who made yourself known by saying: «I am the Immaculate Conception»,
Our Lady, who obtain the grace of conversion for the most obstinate sinners,
Our Lady of Lourdes, who strengthen the just on the path of virtue,
Our Lady, who obtain sight for the blind, health for the sick and the use of their limbs for the paralyzed,
Our Lady, who more than once have driven away death about to strike its victims,
Our Lady, hope and support of the dying,
Our Lady, Queen of heaven, open to us at our death the gates of the heavenly Jerusalem.

Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.

V. Pray for us, O holy Immaculate Virgin.
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Prayer:
O God, who by the Immaculate Conception of the blessed Virgin Mary prepared a worthy dwelling for your Divine Son, preserving her from all stain by the merits of the foreseen Passion of that same Son; you who willed to choose the grotto of Lourdes that this glorious privilege of your Mother might be especially honored there and the power of her prayers shown forth: deign to cleanse us of our stains and to bring us to your kingdom by the merits of her intercession. Through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

In this litany, each invocation to Our Lady of the Rosary of Fátima carries its own petition.

Lord, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.
Christ, hear us.
Christ, graciously hear us.

God the Father of heaven, have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us.
God the Holy Spirit, have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, one God, have mercy on us.

Our Lady of the Rosary of Fátima, pray for our beloved country.
Our Lady of the Rosary of Fátima, protect the Holy Church.
Our Lady of the Rosary of Fátima, protect our Holy Father the Pope.
Our Lady of the Rosary of Fátima, sanctify the clergy, the religious and consecrated souls.
Our Lady of the Rosary of Fátima, strengthen the apostles of your maternal reign.
Our Lady of the Rosary of Fátima, increase the fervor of Catholics.
Our Lady of the Rosary of Fátima, protect the families of the whole world.
Our Lady of the Rosary of Fátima, guide and inspire those who govern us.
Our Lady of the Rosary of Fátima, console those who suffer and trust in you.
Our Lady of the Rosary of Fátima, help those who call upon you.
Our Lady of the Rosary of Fátima, deliver us from all danger.
Our Lady of the Rosary of Fátima, help us to resist temptation.
Our Lady of the Rosary of Fátima, obtain for us what we beg of you.
Our Lady of the Rosary of Fátima, bring back to the right path our brothers and sisters who have gone astray.
Our Lady of the Rosary of Fátima, forgive our many sins and offenses.
Our Lady of the Rosary of Fátima, obtain the conversion of poor sinners.
Our Lady of the Rosary of Fátima, bring all humanity to the feet of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Our Lady of the Rosary of Fátima, obtain peace for the world.
Our Lady of the Rosary of Fátima, assist the dying.
Our Lady of the Rosary of Fátima, aid the blessed souls in Purgatory.
Our Lady of the Rosary of Fátima, hasten the hour of the triumph of your Immaculate Heart.

V. O Mary, conceived without sin.
R. Pray for us who have recourse to you.

V. Immaculate Heart of Mary.
R. Pray for us, now and at the hour of our death.

Let us pray:
O God of infinite goodness and mercy, we pray that you would inflame our hearts so that they may overflow with confidence in your beloved Mother, whom we invoke under the title of Our Lady of the Rosary of Fátima. Grant us, through her powerful intercession, the spiritual and material graces that we need and ask for. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

A litany proper to the Guadalupan Rosary (Archdiocese of Mexico). To each invocation the response is: Pray for us.

Mother of the true God,
Mother of the God by whom we live,
Mother of the God of closeness,
Mother of the Church in America,
Mother of Mexico,
Mother of those who dwell in this Mexican land,
Mother compassionate to those who suffer,
Mother defender against injustices,
Mother defender of the life of children,
Mother full of love for the indigenous peoples,
Mother who hears our lamentations,
Mother who remedies our miseries,
Mother who consoles our sorrows,
Mother who soothes our pains,
Dark-skinned Lady of Tepeyac.

V. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God.
R. That we may be made worthy of the divine graces and promises of our Lord Jesus Christ.

O my Lady, O my Mother,
I offer myself entirely to thee;
and in proof of my filial affection
I consecrate to thee this day
my eyes, my ears, my tongue and my heart;
in a word, my whole being.

Since I am all thine own,
O Mother of goodness,
keep me and defend me
as thy property and possession.
Amen.

O Mary, Virgin most powerful and Mother of mercy,
Queen of heaven and Refuge of sinners:
we consecrate ourselves to your Immaculate Heart.

We consecrate to you our being and our whole life:
all that we have, all that we love, all that we are.
To you our bodies, our hearts and our souls;
to you our homes, our families and our country.

We desire that all that is within us and around us
may belong to you and share in the benefits of your maternal blessing.
Amen.

I choose you this day, O Mary,
in the presence of all the heavenly court,
for my Mother and Queen.

I deliver and consecrate to you, in all submission and love,
my body and my soul,
my interior and exterior goods,
and even the value of my good actions,
past, present and to come,
leaving to you the entire and full right
of disposing of me and all that belongs to me,
without exception, according to your good pleasure,
for the greater glory of God,
in time and in eternity.
Amen.

O Virgin Mary!
To your Immaculate Heart we consecrate today our home
and all who dwell in it.

May our house be like that of Nazareth,
a dwelling of peace and happiness,
through the fulfillment of the will of God,
through the practice of charity
and through perfect abandonment to Divine Providence.

Watch over all who dwell in it,
help them to live as Christians,
cover them with your maternal protection,
and deign, O gracious Virgin Mary,
to form anew in Heaven this home
that on earth belongs entirely to your Immaculate Heart.
Amen.

O Mary, Queen and Mother of Carmel!
I come today to consecrate myself to you,
for my whole life is but a small tribute
for so many graces and benefits
that I have received from God through your hands.

And because you look with eyes of special benevolence
upon those who wear your scapular,
I beg you to sustain my frailty with your strength,
to enlighten with your wisdom the darkness of my mind,
and to increase in me faith, hope and charity.

May the holy scapular draw upon me your merciful gaze;
may it be for me a pledge of your special protection in the struggles of each day,
and may it constantly remind me of my duty to think of you
and to clothe myself in your virtues.

From this day forward I will strive to live in gentle union with your spirit,
to offer everything to Jesus through you
and to make my life an image of your humility, charity,
patience, meekness and spirit of prayer.

O most loving Mother! Sustain me with your love,
so that to me, an unworthy sinner, it may one day be granted
to exchange your scapular for the eternal nuptial garment
and to dwell with you and with the saints of Carmel
in the kingdom of your Son. Amen.

O Virgin Mary, Mother of Mercy most powerful,
Queen of Heaven and Earth:
according to your wish made known at Fátima,
I consecrate myself today to your Immaculate Heart.
I entrust to you all that I have, all that I am.
Reign over me, dear Mother,
that I may be yours in prosperity and in adversity,
in joy and in sorrow,
in health and in sickness,
in life and in death.

Compassionate Heart of Mary, Queen of Virgins,
watch over my mind and my heart
and preserve me from all that stains the soul.
I want to be pure as you are.
I want to make reparation for the many offenses committed against Jesus and against you.
I want to call down upon my country and the whole world
the peace of God in justice and charity.

Mindful of this consecration,
I promise to strive to imitate you
through the practice of the Christian virtues.
I resolve to receive Holy Communion
on the first Saturday of each month, whenever possible,
and to pray the Rosary every day,
with my sacrifices, in a spirit of penance and reparation.
Amen.

Prayer of Saint John Paul II at the Basilica of Guadalupe (January 1979).

O Immaculate Virgin, Mother of the true God and Mother of the Church!
You, who from this place reveal your clemency and your compassion
to all who seek your protection:
hear the prayer that with filial trust we address to you,
and present it before your Son Jesus, our one Redeemer.

Mother of mercy, Teacher of hidden and silent sacrifice:
to you, who come out to meet us sinners,
we consecrate on this day our whole being and all our love.
We also consecrate to you our life, our work,
our joys, our infirmities and our sorrows.

Grant peace, justice and prosperity to our peoples,
for all that we have and are
we place under your care, our Lady and Mother.

We wish to be wholly yours
and to walk with you the path of full fidelity to Jesus Christ in his Church:
do not let go of us from your loving hand.
Amen.

O Mary, Virgin most powerful!
You, the great and glorious defender of the Church;
you, Help of the Christian people;
you, terrible as an army set in battle array;
you, who alone destroy the errors of the world:

defend us in our distress,
aid us in our struggles,
help us in our needs,
and at the hour of death
receive us into eternal joy.
Amen.

As a personal consecration the «O my Lady, O my Mother» (see Essential prayers) may be added, which Saint John Bosco recommended to his young people.

O Virgin Mother of God, Mary Immaculate:
we offer and consecrate ourselves to you,
under the title of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal,
with our body, our heart, our soul
and all our spiritual and temporal goods.

Grant that this Medal may be for each of us
a sure sign of your affection
and an enduring reminder of our duties toward you.
And as we wear your Medal,
may your kindly protection always guide us
and keep us in the grace of your divine Son.

O most powerful Virgin, Mother of our Savior:
keep us united to you in every moment of our life,
and obtain for all of us, your children, the grace of a happy death,
so that, together with you,
we may one day enjoy the blessedness of heaven.
Amen.

O Mother and most gracious Virgin of the Rosary!
You who planted in the Church,
through your privileged son Dominic,
the mystical tree of the Holy Rosary:
grant that we may all embrace your holy devotion
and enjoy its true spirit;
so that those mystical roses
may be, upon our lips and in our hearts,
medicine for sinners
and an increase of grace for the just.
Amen.

O most holy and Immaculate Virgin,
beauty and splendor of Carmel!
You who look with eyes of special kindness
upon those who wear your blessed scapular,
look kindly upon me
and cover me with the mantle of your maternal protection.

Strengthen my weakness with your power,
enlighten the darkness of my understanding with your wisdom,
increase in me faith, hope and charity.

Adorn my soul with such graces and virtues
that I may always be loved by your divine Son and by you.
Assist me in life, console me in death with your most loving presence,
and present me to the most august Trinity
as your devoted child and servant,
to praise you and bless you eternally in Paradise.
Amen.

Most holy Virgin of Lourdes,
who forsake and cast off no one:
look upon me with eyes of mercy
and obtain for me from your Son the forgiveness of my sins,
that with devout affection I may celebrate
your holy and immaculate Conception
in your miraculous image of Lourdes,
and afterward receive the reward of blessedness
from him whose Mother you are.
Amen.

O most holy Virgin,
who appeared again and again to the children of Fátima:
I too would like to see you, hear your voice and say to you:
my Mother, take me to Heaven.

Trusting in your love, I ask you to obtain for me from your Son Jesus
a living faith, understanding to know and love him,
patience and grace to serve him and my brothers and sisters,
and one day to be united with you there in Heaven.

I ask you for my family, that it may live united in love;
for the conversion of sinners and the peace of the world;
and for children, that they may never lack divine assistance.

O my Mother, I know that you will hear me
and obtain for me these and whatever graces I ask of you,
for I ask them through the love you bear for your Son Jesus.
Amen.

Virgin of Guadalupe, Dark-skinned Lady of Tepeyac, Mother of the true God by whom we live: pray for us.

Pray also the Guadalupan Litany and the consecration of Saint John Paul II, on this same page.

Most holy Virgin, Mother of God:
I, though an unworthy sinner,
prostrate at your feet in the presence of God almighty,
offer you this my heart with all its affections.
To you I consecrate it, and I wish it to be always yours
and your Son Jesus’s.

Accept this humble offering,
you who have always been the Help of the Christian people.
O Mary, refuge of the afflicted,
comfort of the sorrowful:
have compassion on the grief that troubles me.

Queen of heaven, into your hands I place my cause.
Well do I know that in hopeless cases
your mercy shows itself most powerful,
and nothing can resist your power.
Obtain for me, my Mother, the grace I ask of you,
if it is pleasing to my God and Lord.
Amen.

Most holy and ever pure Virgin Mary,
Mother of Jesus Christ, Queen of the world and Lady of all creation:
you who forsake no one, despise no one,
nor leave unconsoled anyone who turns to you
with a humble and pure heart:
cast me not off because of my sins
nor deprive me of your grace and your love, for I am your child.

Hear this sinner who trusts in your mercy and compassion:
come to my aid, most merciful Mother of Perpetual Help.
Obtain for me from your dear Son, our Lord Jesus Christ,
the forgiveness of all my sins,
the grace of his love and fear,
health of soul and body
and freedom from all dangers.

In the last moments of my life, be my merciful helper,
and deliver my soul and the souls of my parents, relatives,
friends and benefactors, and those of all the faithful living and departed,
with the help of him whom you carried for nine months in your most pure womb
and laid with your own hands in the manger:
your Son and our Lord Jesus Christ,
who is blessed for ever and ever.
Amen.

Imprint, O Lady, your wounds upon my heart,
that in them I may find both sorrow and love:
sorrow, to bear for you every sorrow;
love, to despise for you every love.
Amen.

Pray also the Litany of Our Lady of Sorrows and the Stabat Mater, on this same page.

This is the prayer that the Virgin herself asked to be engraved on the Medal (Paris, 1830, to Saint Catherine Labouré).

O Mary, conceived without sin,
pray for us who have recourse to you.

Pray also the consecration to Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, on this same page.

O Virgin of the Pillar, Queen and Mother:
Spain and all the Hispanic nations
acknowledge with gratitude your constant protection
and hope to continue to count on it.

Obtain for us from your Son strength in faith,
steadfastness in hope
and constancy in love.

We wish that in every moment of our life
we may feel that you are our Mother.
Through Christ our Lord.
Amen.

Prayer of Saint John Paul II on the day he dedicated the Cathedral of Almudena (Madrid, June 15, 1993).

Virgin of Almudena, our Mother and Lady:
I come before your holy image
to venerate you with filial devotion.

You, who were hidden in the walls of old Madrid,
reveal yourself today as Mother of immense tenderness.
Your name Almudena refers to the fortress:
give us firm constancy to live always secure in the faith of the Church.

Keep our love alive and strong,
that no obstacle may turn us from the path of salvation.
Teach us always to see you as Mother,
fountain of mercy, lap of forgiveness,
embrace of hope, gate of Glory.

Fill with your maternal presence the harsh loneliness of those who suffer.
Open our hearts to the joy of the spirit.
As exalted Patroness of Madrid, bless and protect
those who utter each day, with devout love,
your holy name and the name of your Son.
Who lives and reigns for ever and ever. Amen.

Beginning of Saint John Paul II’s prayer to the Santina (Covadonga, August 21, 1989).

I have climbed the mountain, I have come to your Cave,
Virgin Mary, to venerate your image,
«Santina of Covadonga».
With your children of Asturias and of all Spain
I wish today to proclaim your glories and to join in your song:
You are the Handmaid of the Lord, our Mother and Queen!

As a pilgrim who longs to strengthen his hope,
I come to this shrine, witness to so much faith and love throughout history,
a secure home, under your shelter, among the mountains,
where you set your House and ceaselessly dispense the gifts of your Son.

To you, who are the sweetness and hope of all who implore you,
I ask for the gift of hope that lights up the future,
the perennial joy of faith,
the radiant ardor of charity.
Amen.

O Holy Mother, Heart of love, Heart of mercy,
who always hear us and console us:
heed our supplications.
As your children, we implore your intercession before your Son Jesus.

Receive with understanding and compassion
the petitions that we present to you today.
What a consolation it is to know that your Heart is always open
to those who turn to you!

We entrust to your tender care and intercession
our loved ones
and all who feel sick, alone or wounded.
Help us, Holy Mother, to bear our burdens in this life
until we come to share in eternal glory
and peace with God.
Amen.

Our Lady of Montserrat, pray for us.

Mother of God and our Mother, Virgin Mary,
whom we devoutly venerate
under the beloved title of El Rocío:
show your children your tenderness,
protecting those who today call upon you with all their heart.

Come to our aid in our needs,
console us in our affliction.
Give us the help of your assistance to leave sin behind,
and obtain for us from the Lord the forgiveness of the faults
by which we have offended your Son Jesus.

Our Lady and Mother:
intercede for us so that, freed from evils
spiritual and temporal,
we may serve the Lord in holiness and justice
all the days of our life.
Thus, under your shelter and patronage,
we may come to share with you
in the joy of the kingdom of Heaven.
Amen.

Virgin Mary of Mercy, gracious Mother of God,
radiant star of the sea:
hear, O Mother, our pleas.

You who kindly heard from heaven
the sorrowful laments of the poor captives
who groaned without consolation under harsh oppression,
and broke the shackles and chains that imprisoned them
through your family of redeemers:

by your ardent charity,
by your virginal womb
in which the Son of God was incarnate for our deliverance,
we beg you, beloved Mother,
to break the chains of our sin,
so that, freed from them,
we may be conformed to your Son, the Lord Jesus.
Amen.

Even when all the world abandons me,
even when science gives me up,
even when heaven hides its clouds,
I take refuge in your protection.

You will not abandon me, O my Mother:
you were, you are and you shall be,
after Jesus,
all my hope.
Amen.

Most holy Mother of Solitude,
fountain of mercy and of consolation:
here is your child, weighed down and dejected by the sorrows of life.
Be always my sweet companion and my refuge;
hide me in your bosom
and cover me at every moment of my life with your divine mantle.

In my discouragement, encourage me;
in my loneliness, accompany me;
from my illnesses, relieve me;
in my sorrows, gladden me;
in my poverty, help me;
in my falls, raise me up;
in my doubts, enlighten me;
in dangers, protect me;
from my enemies, defend me;
when I weep, comfort me.

In short, my Mother:
may your merciful lips open to pray for me,
may your merciful eyes never turn away from me,
and may your maternal hands help me
to follow Christ toward eternal life.
Amen.

Blessed Virgin of Health:
hear my ardent plea.
Relieve my pains,
give me strength and courage,
and help me to heal in body and in soul.

Have mercy on me,
O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary,
and say but one word,
that my soul and my body may be healed.
Amen.

To pray for a particular sick person, pray also the prayer to the Virgin for the sick.

O pure Virgin, full of grace,
you who presented the Child Jesus in the Temple:
light up our lives with the light of your maternal love.

Most beloved Virgin of Candelaria:
we gather beside you with humility and hope,
for we know that you love us, hear us
and give us light in every moment and situation.
May the candle you bear in your hand
guide our steps toward your Son,
the Light of the world.
Amen.

Our Lady and Mother, Holy Virgin Mary, Queen of Peace:
we come to you to beg you for peace.
The peace that the world seeks without finding.
The peace that your Son Jesus Christ came to bring us.
The peace whose only true source is Christ Jesus.

We pray that you would intercede for us
so that we may open ourselves to the peace that comes from God:
the peace that is the fruit of justice,
whose soul is love of God and neighbor;
peace that requires man to renounce
envy and ambition,
pride and selfishness.

We turn to you so that we may receive the peace that God offers us in Jesus,
keep it, and bring it to the world.
Help us to be builders of peace.
Amen.

Holy Mother, I entrust my children to you.
You who held Jesus in your arms,
hold them too in yours.
Keep them from all evil,
accompany them on their ways
and never let them depart from your Son.
Make them good, upright and pure of heart,
and may we all one day meet together in heaven.
Amen.

Virgin Mary, Queen of the family:
bless our home as you blessed the house of Nazareth.
May love, forgiveness and faith reign in our house;
may we know how to be there for one another in joys and in trials,
and may nothing and no one separate us from your Son.
Watch over each member of this family
and teach us to live united in your peace.
Amen.

Mary, Health of the sick:
look with tenderness upon those who suffer in body or in soul,
especially N.

Relieve their pain, sustain their hope,
accompany those who care for them,
and if it is the will of God, obtain for them health.
And to us all, give the peace of knowing that we are in your motherly hands.
Amen.

Mother of mercy,
we entrust to you our deceased brothers and sisters,
especially N.
You who stood by the cross of your Son,
accompany them in their meeting with him.

Grant them, O Lord, eternal rest,
and let perpetual light shine upon them.
May they rest in peace.
Amen.

Mary, Mother of priests:
keep in your Immaculate Heart
those whom your Son has called to be shepherds of his people.
Make them holy, faithful and merciful;
sustain them in weariness,
defend them in temptation,
console them in loneliness,
and may they grow each day more like Jesus, the High and Eternal Priest.
Amen.

Virgin of Nazareth,
who answered God’s call with a generous «yes»:
awaken in the hearts of many young people
the desire to follow your Son closely,
in the priesthood, in the consecrated life and in Christian marriage.
Give them the courage to respond,
and give the Church the shepherds and witnesses she needs.
Amen.

My Mother, you know my sorrow:
I pray to you for my child, who has drifted away from God.
I cannot touch his heart, but you can.
Go out to meet him as a Mother,
accompany him in silence where I cannot reach,
and bring his heart back to your Son.
Into your hands I place him, with all my trust.
Holy Mary, refuge of sinners, pray for him.
Amen.

Queen of peace:
look upon this world wounded by war,
division and resentment.
Obtain from your Son peace for the nations,
harmony for families
and reconciliation for hearts.
Where there is hatred, may we sow love,
and may the peace of Christ reign over all the earth.
Amen.

Mother, I am going through a difficult time.
You know my heart and my weariness.
Give me faith to trust,
patience to wait
and peace to rest in God.
Take my hand and do not let me go;
with you I do not walk alone.
Sweet Mother, do not depart.
Amen.

Thank you, Lord, for the day that is ending.
Forgive my faults,
protect those I love
and grant me rest in your peace.

Mary, my Mother,
watch over me this night,
and may my last thought of the day
be for you and for your Son.
Amen.

Lord, on waking I offer you this new day:
my thoughts, words, deeds and sufferings.

Virgin Mary, my Mother,
place me today under your protection:
that all I do may be for the glory of God,
and that I may walk this day by your hand.
Amen.

Holy Virgin, companion on the way:
as you went in haste to the hills of Judah
and journeyed to Bethlehem and to Egypt with Joseph,
accompany us on this journey.
Deliver us from all danger,
bring us safely to our destination
and bring us home again unharmed.
Amen.

Loving Mother,
you who lived from the humble work of Nazareth
alongside Joseph and Jesus:
I ask you to help me find dignified work
with which to support my loved ones.
Give me patience in the waiting,
strength not to lose heart
and trust in the providence of God,
who does not forsake his children.
Amen.

Mary, Mother of Life,
who carried in your womb the Son of God:
protect this mother and the child she awaits.
Accompany her pregnancy,
keep them both in health,
and may this child come into the world
surrounded by love and faith.
Amen.

Immaculate Virgin,
purest of all creatures:
obtain for me a clean heart,
a transparent gaze
and a faithful and true love.
Keep me from all that stains the soul,
and make me love as you love.
Blessed be your purity.
Amen.

Mary, humble handmaid of the Lord:
you who proclaimed that God looks upon the lowliness of his servants,
teach me not to seek myself,
to serve without expecting reward
and to take the last place with joy.
May I learn from you that only the humble
find grace before God.
Amen.

Mother of Fair Love:
obtain for me from your Son
a firm faith that does not fail in trial,
a joyful hope that always looks to heaven
and an ardent charity that knows how to love God above all things
and my neighbor as myself.
You who believed, hoped and loved like no other,
teach me to live as you did.
Amen.

The song of the Virgin Mary at the house of her cousin Elizabeth (Luke 1:46-55). The Church prays it every evening at Vespers.

My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord,
my spirit rejoices in God my Savior;
for he has looked with favor on his lowly servant.

From this day all generations will call me blessed,
for the Almighty has done great things for me:
holy is his name,
and his mercy reaches his faithful
from age to age.

He has shown the strength of his arm:
he scatters the proud in their conceit,
he casts down the mighty from their thrones
and lifts up the lowly,
he fills the hungry with good things
and sends the rich away empty.

He comes to the help of Israel his servant,
remembering his mercy
—the promise he made to our fathers—
to Abraham and his children for ever.

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.

A most ancient hymn from the Vespers of the feasts of the Virgin.

An ancient antiphon in honor of the Immaculate Conception.

In English:

You are all beautiful, Mary,
and the original stain is not in you.

You are the glory of Jerusalem;
you are the joy of Israel;
you are the honor of our people;
you are the advocate of sinners.

O Mary, O Mary!
Virgin most prudent,
Mother most merciful,
pray for us,
intercede for us
before the Lord Jesus Christ.

A 13th-century sequence attributed to Jacopone da Todi. The Church sings it on the feast of Our Lady of Sorrows (September 15) and during the Stations of the Cross.

In English:

At the Cross her station keeping,
stood the mournful Mother weeping,
while her Son was hanging there.

Through her soul, of joy bereaved,
bowed with anguish, deeply grieved,
now at length the sword had passed.

Oh, how sad and sore distressed
was that Mother highly blessed
of the sole-begotten One!

Christ above in torment hangs;
she beneath beholds the pangs
of her dying glorious Son.

Is there one who would not weep,
whelmed in miseries so deep,
Christ’s dear Mother to behold?

Can the human heart refrain
from partaking in her pain,
in that Mother’s pain untold?

For the sins of his own nation,
she beheld him hang in torment,
given over to the scourges.

She beheld her tender Child,
dying forsaken and desolate,
till he gave up his spirit.

O thou Mother, fount of love,
touch my spirit from above,
make my heart with thine accord.

Make me feel as thou hast felt;
make my soul to glow and melt
with the love of Christ my Lord.

Holy Mother, pierce me through,
in my heart each wound renew
of my Savior crucified.

Let me share with thee his pain,
who for all my sins was slain,
who for me in torments died.

Let me mingle tears with thee,
mourning him who mourned for me,
all the days that I may live.

By the Cross with thee to stay,
there with thee to weep and pray,
is all I ask of thee to give.

Virgin of all virgins blest,
listen to my fond request:
let me share thy grief divine.

Let me, to my latest breath,
in my body bear the death
of that dying Son of thine.

Wounded with his every wound,
steep my soul till it hath swooned
in his very Blood away.

Be to me, O Virgin, nigh,
lest in flames I burn and die,
in that awful judgment day.

Christ, when thou shalt call me hence,
be thy Mother my defense,
be thy Cross my victory.

While my body here decays,
may my soul thy goodness praise,
safe in Paradise with thee. Amen.

A traditional Marian hymn, sung on the solemnities of the Virgin.

In English:

O most holy, O most loving,
sweet Virgin Mary!
Mother beloved, undefiled,
pray, pray for us.

You are all beautiful, O Mary,
and no stain is in you;
Mother beloved, undefiled,
pray, pray for us.

As a lily among thorns,
so is Mary among the daughters;
Mother beloved, undefiled,
pray, pray for us.

In misery, in distress,
pray, O Virgin, for us;
pray for us at the hour of death,
pray, pray for us.

A short traditional prayer, much used at the end of the day.

In English:

Mary, Mother of grace,
sweet Mother of mercy,
protect us from the enemy
and receive us at the hour of death.

Jesus, to you be glory,
who were born of the Virgin,
with the Father and the loving Spirit,
for the eternal ages. Amen.

A Marian hymn of Carmelite tradition; the refrain is repeated after each stanza.

In English:

Refrain:
Hail, Mother of mercy,
Mother of God and Mother of pardon,
Mother of hope and Mother of grace,
Mother full of holy joy.
O Mary!

Hail, glory of the human race,
hail, Virgin worthier than all others,
who surpass all virgins
and are seated higher in the heavens.
O Mary!

Hail, blessed Virgin Mother:
for he who is seated at the right hand of the Father,
ruling heaven, earth and the skies,
enclosed himself within your womb.
O Mary!

Be, O Mother, our consolation;
be, O Virgin, our joy;
and at last, after this exile,
join us in gladness to the heavenly choirs.
O Mary!

Angel of God,
my guardian dear,
do not forsake me
by night or by day.
Do not leave me alone,
for I would be lost.
Amen.