Prayers in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary

  • Mary, Our Queen, Our Mother

    Salve Regina, Mater misericordiae! How great should be our Confidence in Mary, who is the Queen of Mercy. As the glorious Virgin Mary has been raised to the dignity of Mother of the King of kings, it is not without reason that the Church honors her, and wishes her to be honored by all,…

  • Act of Consecration to Our Lady

    Queen of the most holy Rosary, help of Christians, refuge of the human race, victorious in all the battles of God, we prostrate ourselves in supplication before thy throne, in the sure hope of obtaining mercy and of receiving grace and timely aid in our present calamities, not through any merit of our own…

  • O Mary, My Dear Mother and Mighty Queen

    O Mary, my dear Mother and mighty Queen, take and receive my poor heart with all its freedom and desires, all its love and affection, and all the virtues and graces with which it can be adorned. All that I am, all that I might be, my Lady and Queen, all that I have…

  • Novena in Honor of the Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

    Virgin most holy, Mother of the Word Incarnate, Who dost dispense graces, Refuge of us poor sinners; we fly to thy maternal love with lively faith, and we ask thee to obtain for us grace ever to do the will of God and thine own. Into thy most holy hands we commit the keeping…

  • Novena for the Feast of the Rosary

    (Novena to be said for nine consecutive days) O Virgin Mary, grant that the recitation of the Rosary may be for me each day, in the midst of my manifest duties, a bond of unity in my actions, a tribute of filial piety, a sweet refreshment, an encouragement to walk joyfully along the path of…

  • St. John Bosco’s Novena to Our Lady Help of Christians Against the Enemies of God

    To obtain a favor, St. Don Bosco generally advised a Novena to Our Lady Help of Christians. He had a singular devotion to the Hail Holy Queen and advised some work of charity as thanksgiving for graces obtained. O Mary, powerful Virgin, thou art the mighty and glorious protector of holy Church; thou art the…

  • Meditation on Our Lady’s birth by St. Alphonsus de Liguori

      Before the birth of Mary the world was lost in the darkness of sin. “Mary was born and the dawn arose,” says a holy Father. Of Mary it had already been said: Who is she that cometh forth as the morning rising? As the earth rejoices when the dawn appears, because it is…

  • A Poem to Mary in times of Temptation

    Haste, my Mother, run to help me; Mother, haste, do not delay; See from Hell the envious serpent Comes my trembling soul to slay.    Ah! his very look affrights me, And his cruel rage I fear; Whither fly, if he attacks me? See him, see him coming near! Lo! I faint away with…

  • Litany of Loreto

    V. Lord, have mercy. R. Christ have mercy. V. Lord have mercy. Christ hear us. R. 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, pray…

  • The Angels’ Birthday Song to Mary

    The Angels’ Birthday Song to Mary “Thy nativity, O Virgin Mother of God, gives joy to the whole world, because from thee shall rise the Sun of Justice, Christ our Lord.”–The Church. Cant. iii. 6: “Who is she that goeth up by the desert, as a pillar of smoke of aromatical spices, of myrrh…