Prayer to Our Mother of Perpetual Help

Mother of Perpetual Help, today we face so many difficulties. Your picture tells us so much about you. It reminds us to reach out and help those in need. Help us understand that our lives belong to others as much as they belong to us.

Mary, Model of Christian love, we know we cannot heal every ill or solve every problem. But with God’s grace, we intend to do what we can. May we be true witnesses to the world that love for one another really matters. May our daily actions proclaim how fully our lives are modeled after yours, Mother of Perpetual Help.

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Mother of Perpetual Help, you have been blessed and favored by God. you became not only the Mother of the Redeemer, but Mother of the redeemed as well. We come to you today as your loving children. Watch over us and take care of us. As you held the child Jesus in your loving arms, so take us in your arms. Be a mother ready at every moment to help us. For God who is mighty has done great things for you, and God’s mercy is from age to age on those who love God. Intercede for us, dear Mother, in obtaining pardon for our sins, love for Jesus, final perseverance, and the grace always to call upon you, Mother of Perpetual Help.

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Oh Mother of Perpetual Help, grant that I may ever invoke your powerful name, the protection of the living and the salvation of the dying. Purest Mary, let your name henceforth be ever on my lips. Delay not, Blessed Lady, to rescue me whenever I call on you. In my temptations, in my needs, I will never cease to call on you, ever repeating your sacred name, Mary, Mary. What a consolation, what sweetness, what confidence fills my soul when I utter your sacred name or even only think of your! I thank the Lord for having given you so sweet, so powerful, so lovely a name. But I will not be content with merely uttering your name. Let my love for your prompt me ever to hail you Mother of Perpetual Help.

Mother of Perpetual Help, pray for me and grant me the favor I confidently ask of you. {mention your petition}

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The origins of Prayer to Our Mother of Perpetual Help

The Prayer to Our Mother of Perpetual Help is a Catholic prayer that originated in the Byzantine Empire, where it was known as the Gospel of the Passion. It is believed to have been brought to Rome in the late 15th century and was later translated into many other languages.

The prayer’s early history is shrouded in mystery, but it is said to have been found in a church dedicated to Our Mother of Perpetual Help in Rome in the early 19th century. The prayer’s popularity spread, and it was eventually incorporated into Catholic devotions worldwide.

The icon of Our Mother of Perpetual Help features Mary holding the child Jesus while the Archangels Michael and Gabriel present the instruments of Jesus’ passion. The image is meant to be a reminder of the sacrifice that Jesus made for all humanity and the need for repentance and redemption.

The Prayer to Our Mother of Perpetual Help is a powerful prayer that honors Mary’s role as the mother of Christ and asks for her intercession and protection. It is often recited during times of need and acknowledges the power of prayer and faith in helping to bring about healing and salvation. The prayer also calls for an end to violence and war and for peace and harmony in the world.