In this long but beautiful prayer, we
pray to Mary under the name Queen of the Most Holy Rosary and call upon the
love of her immaculate heart to intercede for the conversion of the entire
world.
Prayer to the
Immaculate Heart of Mary
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 merits of our own, on which we do not rely, but only through the
immense goodness of thy mother's heart. In thee and in thy Immaculate Heart, at
this grave hour of human history, do we put our trust; to thee we consecrate
ourselves, not only with all of Holy Church, which is the mystical body of thy
Son Jesus, and which is suffering in so many of her members, being subjected to
manifold tribulations and persecutions, but also with the whole world, torn by
discords, agitated with hatred, the victim of its own iniquities. Be thou moved
by the sight of such material and moral degradation, such sorrows, such
anguish, so many tormented souls in danger of eternal loss! Do thou, O Mother
of mercy, obtain for us from God a Christ-like reconciliation of the nations,
as well as those graces which can convert the souls of men in an instant, those
graces which prepare the way and make certain the long desired coming of peace
on earth. O Queen of peace, pray for us, and grant peace unto the world in the truth,
the justice, and the charity of Christ.
Above all, give us peace in our hearts, so that the
kingdom of God may spread its borders in the tranquility of order. Accord thy
protection to unbelievers and to all those who lie within the shadow of death;
cause the Sun of Truth to rise upon them; may they be enabled to join with us
in repeating before the Savior of the world: "Glory to God in the highest,
and on earth peace to men of good will."
Give peace to the nations that are separated from
us by error or discord, and in a special manner to those peoples who profess a
singular devotion toward thee; bring them back to Christ's one fold, under the
one true Shepherd. Obtain full freedom for the holy Church of God; defend her
from her enemies; check the ever-increasing torrent of immorality, arouse in
the faithful a love of purity, a practical Christian life, and an apostolic
zeal, so that the multitude of those who serve God may increase in merit and in
number.
Finally, even as the Church and all
mankind were once consecrated to the Heart of thy Son Jesus, because He was for
all those who put their hope in Him an inexhaustible source of victory and
salvation, so in like manner do we consecrate ourselves forever to thee also
and to thy Immaculate Heart, O Mother of us and Queen of the world; may thy
love and patronage hasten the day when the kingdom of God shall be victorious
and all the nations, at peace with God and with one another, shall call thee
blessed and intone with thee, from the rising of the sun to its going down, the
everlasting "Magnificat" of glory, of love, of gratitude to the Heart
of Jesus, in which alone we can find truth, life, and peace.
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