Prayer to Our Mother
of Perpetual Help
Prayer to Our Mother
of Perpetual Help
Dear Mother of Perpetual Help,
from the cross Jesus gave you to us for our Mother.
You are the kindest, the most loving of all mothers.
Look tenderly on us your children as we now ask you
to help us in all our needs especially this one:
(Pause to recall your petitions).
While you were on earth, dear Mother,
you willingly shared in the sufferings of your Son.
Strengthened by your faith and confidence in the fatherly love of God, you accepted the mysterious designs of His Will.
We, too, have our crosses and trials.
Sometimes they almost crush us to the ground.
Dearest Mother, share with us your abundant faith
and confidence in God.
Make us aware that God never ceases to love us;
that He answers all our prayers in the way that is best for us.
Strengthen our hearts to carry the cross
in the footsteps of your Divine Son.
Help us to realize that anyone who shares the cross of Christ will certainly share His resurrection.
Dearest Mother, as we worry about our own problems
let us not forget the needs of others. You always love others so much; help us to do the same. While praying for our own intentions
and for the intentions of all, we earnestly ask you, our Mother,
to help us comfort the sick and the dying, give hope
to the poor and unemployed, heal the broken-hearted,
walk in solidarity with the oppressed,
teach justice to their oppressors,
and bring back to God
all those who have
offended Him.
Dearest Mother, help us to avoid sin which separates us
from our heavenly Father and from one another.
Full of trust in you we place ourselves under the mantle
of your protection and confidently hope
for your compassionate intersession.
Amen.