Prayer of Thanksgiving to Mary

 

(Madonna on Floral Wreath by Peter Paul Rubens and Jan Brueghel the Elder, circa 1619)

Prayer of Thanksgiving to Mary

By St. Augustine of Hippo

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.

Have a Blessed Thanksgiving!

Dawn Pisturino

Thanksgiving Prayer

 

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Thanksgiving Prayer

Holy Mother,

Please help us today to remember

All the blessings bestowed on us by the Father Almighty.

Please help us draw closer to your son, Jesus Christ,

And remember all his sufferings on the cross.

Please intercede for us 

In granting our prayers

And fulfilling our needs.

Please shower your love upon the people of Israel

And safeguard them from harm.

Please protect our fortress, the Catholic Church,

From obscene changes

And strengthen the resolve of all devout Catholics

To protect her from the devil's influence.

Please give us the strength and will

To stand up to all evil in the world.

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

Amen.

Dawn Pisturino

November 23, 2023

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I STAND WITH ISRAEL!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving Blessings

A Blessing for the House and Family

Visit, we beseech you, O Lord, this house and family,
and drive far from it all the snares of the enemy; let
your holy angels dwell therein, who will keep us in
peace, and let your blessing be always upon us:
through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

A Blessing for the Less Fortunate

O God, our Father, we ask you to bless those for
whom there will be no sleep tonight; those who must
work throughout the night to maintain the public
services, doctors who must wake to usher new life into
the world, to close the eyes of those for whom this life
is passing away, to ease the sufferer's pain; nurses and
all who watch by the bedside of those who are ill; those
who this night will not sleep because of the pain of
their body or the distress of their mind; those in
misfortune, who will lie down in hunger and in cold;
those who are far from home and far from friends, and
who are lonely as the shadows fall. Grant that in our
own happiness and comfort we may never forget the
sorrow and the pain, the loneliness and the need of
others in the slow, dark hours. This we ask for your
love's sake.  Amen.

~ William Barclay ~

General Blessings

May the Lord bless us, and preserve us from all evil,
and bring us to life everlasting; and may the souls of
the faithful, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
Amen.

~ Manual of Our Lady ~

Prayer to Mary

O, that the spirit of Mary were in us to glorify the Lord!
That the spirit of Mary were in us to rejoice in God.

~ Saint Ambrose ~

Pray for our nation and an end to hatred and strife. Help President Trump and Congress do what is right for our Nation and the American people -- and bring America back to God.

Happy Thanksgiving!

 

Dawn Pisturino

November 16, 2017

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