In this way, you too must consider yourselves to be dead to sin — but alive to God in Christ Jesus Christ has in fact been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep. For since death came through one human being, in the same way the resurrection of the dead has come through one human being. Just as in the first human all die, so in Christ all will come to life again. Canticle 15 Magnificat Luke 1: For you have looked with favor upon your lowly servant, and from this day forward all generations will call me blessed. For you, the Almighty, have done great things for me, and holy is your Name.
Your mercy reaches from age to age for those who fear you. You have shown strength with your arm; you have scattered the proud in their conceit; you have deposed the mighty from their thrones and raised the lowly to high places.
Opening Sentence (choose one depending on the occasion/liturgical season):
You have filled the hungry with good things, while you have sent the rich away empty. You have come to the aid of Israel your servant, mindful of your mercy — the promise you made to our ancestors — to Sarah and Abraham and their descendants forever. Canticle 17 The Song of Simeon Luke 2: Mighty and wonderful are your works, O God Almighty! Just and true are your ways, O Ruler of the nations!
Who would dare refuse your honor, or the glory due your Name, O God? Since you alone are holy, all nations will come and worship in your presence. Your mighty deeds are clearly seen. Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by? Praised be the Maker of our Savior Jesus Christ, who has bestowed on us in Christ every spiritual blessing in the heavens!
God our Mother: An Inclusive Morning Prayer Liturgy
God has taken pleasure in revealing the mystery of the plan through Christ, 10 to be carried out in the fullness of time; namely, to bring all things—in heaven and on earth—together in Christ. Those who do not love have known nothing of God, for God is love. Love, then, consists in this: Beloved, if God has loved us so, we must have the same love for one another.
I bring with me the reward that will be given to all people according to their conduct. Happy are they who wash their robes so as to have free access to the tree of life and enter the city through its gates. Outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, debaucherers, murderers, idolaters and the deceitful. Let all who desire it accept the gift of life-giving water. God is the true father and mother of natures.
Born of the bad-ass womanist liberation theologian, Mary, suffered under the systems of oppression of this world, was crucified, died, and was buried, forever joining in solidarity with those murdered by Empire. Jesus points to God our Mother Bear, who works in this world, calling for justice for the poor and oppressed.
We believe in the presence of God in the world. She is our mother, source of deep wisdom, who: She is our lover and is allowed to touch our pain: She is our friend who stands alongside us: We believe in the presence of God in our world. We meet her as people met her in Jesus, in countless relationships which are at once human and divine: We believe in the presence of God in our world, whose truth is denied, in anguish, like that of Jesus on the cross, whenever: Together we affirm the truth and goodness of God, our mother, lover and friend and commit ourselves to her in following the way of our brother Jesus.
Loving God, in whom is heaven: The hallowing of your name echo through the universe!
Holy Mother of God - Prayers - Catholic Online
The way of your justice be followed by the peoples of the world! Your heavenly will be done by all created beings! Your commonwealth of peace and freedom sustain our hope and come on earth. With the bread we need for today, feed us. As I give myself to You, help me to be an instrument of your salvation to those who come to me in need. May I find my healing in this giving. May I find my true self by living for others in a spirit of sacrifice. May I die more fully to myself, and love more fully in You.
More Marian (Mary) Prayers
For You are Holy our God, and we give glory to You, to your eternal Father, and your life-giving Spirit, now and ever and forever. Bethlehem, make ready, Eden has been opened for all. Ephrathah, prepare yourself, for the Tree of Life has blossomed from the Virgin in the cave.
Her womb has become a spiritual paradise in which divinity was planted. If we partake of it, we shall live and not die like Adam. Christ is born to raise up the likeness that had fallen. May Our Lord Jesus Christ be in your heart and on your lips that you may confess your sins worthily … or another similar prayer. It has been … since my last confession, and these are my sins …. For these and all the other sins which I cannot remember or call to mind, I am very sorry that I have offended God.
I am truly repentant; and I promise, with the help of God, to better my life. For this, I humbly ask of you, Father, salutary penance and absolution.
The penitent should feel free to ask any questions they may have about sin, penance, absolution etc. May our Lord, God and Savior Jesus Christ, through the grace and mercy of His love for mankind, forgive you all of your transgressions; and I a priest, although unworthy, by His power given to me, forgive and absolve you of all of your sins, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. The penitent should venerate the icon of Christ, and depart to perform the penance. Prayer Before Meals May the poor eat and be satisfied May those who seek the face of the Lord rejoice And may their hearts find life.
Inspired with this confidence, I fly to thee, O Virgin of virgins, my Mother; to thee do I come; before thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in thy mercy hear and answer me. The actual author of the Memorare is unknown. It has been traditionally attributed to the abbot St. Bernard of Clairvaux from the 12th century. This is possibly because it was championed by another Bernard, the French priest Claude Bernard, who used it extensively in his ministry to the poor and to prisoners including some quite hardened criminals!
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Claude Bernard credited reciting the Memorare with curing him of a serious illness. He had some , copies of the prayer printed up and distributed in leaflets in various languages during his lifetime. Louis De Montfort, the celebrated 18th century French priest best known as a champion of devotion to Mary. Still, we are always welcome to ask His mother to help us.