EHOLD AT THY FEET, O Mother of Perpetual Help, a wretched sinner who has recourse to thee and confidence in thee.
O Mother of mercy, have pity on me. I hear thee called by all the refuge and the hope of sinners; be then my refuge and hope. Succour me, for the love of Jesus Christ; stretch forth thy hand to me, a miserable fallen creature who recommend and dedicate myself to thee as thy perpetual servant.
I bless and thank Almighty God, who in His mercy has given me this confidence in thee, the pledge, as I believe, of my eternal salvation. It is true that in the past I have miserably fallen into sin, because I had not recourse to thee. I know that with thy help I shall conquer. I know that thou wilt assist me if I recommend myself to thee; but I fear lest in time of danger I may neglect to call on thee, and thus should lose my soul.
This grace, then, I ask of thee, and beg of thee, with all the fervour of my soul, namely, in all the attacks of hell, always to have recourse to thee and to say to thee: O Mary, help me. Mother of Perpetual Help, suffer me never to lose my God.
Three Hail Marys.
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LITANY OF OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL SUCCOUR
Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us.
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 Ghost, have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, one God, have mercy on us.
Holy Mary, pray for us.
Holy Mother of God, pray for us.
Holy Virgin, conceived without sin, pray for us.
Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, pray for us.
We sinners call to thee, † O Mary ever help us.
That we may love God with all our hearts, †
That we may be conformable in all things to thy Divine Son Jesus, †
That we may have a tender and heartfelt devotion to thee, most holy Virgin, †
That we may hate with all our strength sin, the only evil, †
That we may frequently remember our last end, †
That we may often and worthily receive the Most Holy Sacrament, †
That we may avoid with all our strength proximate occasions of sin, †
That we may not neglect prayer a single day of our lives, †
That we may have recourse to prayer in the hour of temptation, †
That we may generously forgive our enemies, and wish well to all men, †
That we may not defer our conversion from day to day, †
That we may zealously labour to overcome our bad habits, †
That we may live and die in the grace of God, †
In all concerns of soul and body, †
In sickness and pain, †
In struggles against the inclinations of corrupt nature, †
In temptations against the holy virtue of purity, †
In all danger of sinning, †
When we have reached the end of our earthly course, †
When lying on our deathbed, and the thought of our approaching dissolution shall fill us with fear and horror, †
When in the hour of final separation from all, evil spirits shall try to drive us to despair, †
When the priest of the Lord shall give us the last absolution and blessing, †
When our relations and friends surround our bed, weeping and praying for us, †
When our eyes grow dim, and our hearts cease to beat, †
When we breather forth our spirits into the hands of our Creator, †
When our souls appear before our Divine Judge, †
When the terrible judgement is about to be passed, †
When suffering in the flames of purgatory, and pining for the vision of God, †
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 promises of Christ.
LET US PRAY.
O GOD, Who hast willed that the Mother of Thy only-begotten Son should be the Perpetual Succour of Christians on earth, grant us grace to call on her with confidence in all our necessities of soul and body, so that, saved through her protection and assistance, we may be brought to the everlasting vision of Thy glory in heaven: through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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