12 Powerful Prayers to the Blessed Virgin Mother
Published January 17, 2023
Growing up Catholic, I’ve been taught prayers to the Blessed Mother since I first learned to speak. I never really thought much about it until one of my theology professors made me realize and appreciate the importance of keeping a devotion to the Blessed Virgin.
As we all know, Mary is the earthly Mother of God. So if there’s one person who can intercede for us, it’s her.
I mean, think about the time your mother asked you a favor on behalf of someone. It might be inconvenient, but because it’s your mother who’s asking, you ended up helping the person anyway.
The same is true for Jesus. If the Blessed Mother speaks to Him for our behalf, He’s more likely to hear our prayers.
Remember His miracle at the wedding in Cana where he turned water into wine (John 2:1-11)? It was His mother who told Him that the wine had ran out. Then He clearly told her that His time has not yet come. But despite this, He still performed a miracle – His very first. All because His mother asked Him to.
Besides, as the scriptures say, the earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results (James 5:16). You can’t find anyone more righteous than the woman who unequivocally accepted God’s plan and allowed Him to use her for His purpose even if she doesn’t yet understand what it entails (Mary’s fiat).
So if you want to start a devotion to the Blessed Mother, here are some prayers for you:
Hail Mary
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God. Pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death, Amen.
Hail Holy Queen (Salve Regina)
Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy,
our life, our sweetness and our hope.
To you do we cry,
poor banished children of Eve.
To you do we send up our sighs,
mourning and weeping in this valley of tears
Turn then, most gracious advocate,
your eyes of mercy toward us,
and after this exile
show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb,
Jesus.
O clement, O loving,
O sweet Virgin Mary.
Lead: Pray for us, O holy Mother of God.
Response: That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
The Memorare Prayer to the Blessed Virgin
Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary,
that never was it known that anyone who fled to your protection,
implored your help, or sought your intercession, was left unaided.
Inspired by this confidence, I fly unto you,
O Virgin of virgins, my Mother.
To you do I come, before you I stand, sinful and sorrowful.
O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions,
but in your mercy hear and answer me.
Amen.
Prayer to Mother Mary for Protection
We fly to your protection, most holy Mother of God; please listen to our petitions and needs, and deliver us from all dangers, ever glorious and blessed Virgin Mary.
Mary, our model and mother, by your obedience and patience you have taught us how to be true children of God. Please help us by your powerful assistance to overcome all our weaknesses, and to fulfill perfectly our tasks in life.
By your compassionate aid may we ever stand in spirit with you beneath the cross of Christ so that we may also rejoice with you in your divine Son’s triumphant victory over sin and death.
In your maternal kindness help us to be faithful to prayers in the company of God’s Church as you were one with the Apostles in the upper room as you waited for the promised Spirit of Pentecost.
With your gracious assistance may we be near you in the glory of Christ’s kingdom come to sing with you and all the faithful the eternal praise of God. Amen.
Lead: O Mary, conceived without sin,
Response: Pray for us who have recourse to you.
Morning Prayer to Mother Mary
My queen, my mother,
I offer myself to you.
And to show my devotion to you,
I offer you this day, my eyes,
my ears, my mouth, my heart,
my whole being without reserve.
Wherefore, good Mother, as I am your own,
Keep me, guard me as thy property and possession.
Act of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary
O most pure heart of Mary, full of goodness, show your love towards us. Let the flame of your heart, O Mary, descend on all people. We love you im- mensely. Impress on our hearts true love so that we may long for you. O Mary, gentle and humble of heart, remember us when we sin. You know that all people sin. Grant that through your most pure and motherly heart, we may be healed from every spiritual sickness. Grant that we may always experience the goodness of your motherly heart, and that through the flame of your heart we may be converted. Amen.
The Magnificat (Canticle of Mary)
My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord,
my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,
for he has looked with favor on his lowly servant.
From this day all generations will call me blessed:
the Almighty has done great things for me,
and holy is His Name.
He has mercy on those who fear him
in every generation.
He has shown the strength of his arm,
he has scattered the proud in their conceit.
He has cast down the mighty from their thrones,
and has lifted up the lowly.
He has filled the hungry with good things,
and the rich he has sent away empty.
He has come to the help of his servant Israel
for he has remembered his promise of mercy,
the promise he made to our fathers,
to Abraham and his children forever.
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.
Regina Caeli (Queen of Heaven)
V. Queen of Heaven, rejoice, alleluia.
R. For He whom you did merit to bear, alleluia.
V. Has risen, as he said, alleluia.
R. Pray for us to God, alleluia.
V. Rejoice and be glad, O Virgin Mary, alleluia.
R. For the Lord has truly risen, alleluia.
Let us pray. O God, who gave joy to the world through the resurrection of Thy Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, grant we beseech Thee, that through the intercession of the Virgin Mary, His Mother, we may obtain the joys of everlasting life. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
A Prayer to the Heart of Mary
O Heart of Mary, Mother of God, and our Mother, most amiable Heart,
object of the complacency of the most adorable Trinity,
and worthy of all the veneration and affection of Angels and men;
Heart most conformable to that of Jesus,
of which you are the most perfect likeness;
Heart full of goodness and compassion for our miseries,
vouchsafe to melt our frozen hearts,
and grant that they may be entirely turned
towards the Heart of our Divine Savior.
Infuse into them the love of your virtues;
inflame them with that sacred fire with which you continually burn.
Take under your protection the Holy Catholic Church;
defend it,and be always its consolation, its asylum
and its invincible fortress against every assault of its enemies.
Be our way to come to Jesus, and the channel through which
we receive all graces necessary for our salvation.
Be our help in our wants, our relief under afflictions,
our comfort in temptations, our refuge in persecutions,
and our support in all dangers;
but especially in our last conflict at the time of death,
when all the powers of hell will use their utmost endeavors
to seize our souls in that awful moment, in that terrible crisis,
on which depends our eternal lot.
At that time, O most pious Virgin,
make us experience the sweetness of your maternal Heart,
and the efficacy of your influence with Jesus,
your all-powerful Son, by opening unto us,
a secure refuge in the source itself of mercy, a secure refuge,
that we may enjoy the happiness of blessing Him in Heaven for all eternity.
Amen.
Prayer to Our Lady of Fatima
O Most Holy Virgin Mary, Queen of the most holy Rosary, you were pleased to appear to the children of Fatima and reveal a glorious message. We implore you, inspire in our hearts a fervent love for the recitation of the Rosary. By meditating on the mysteries of the redemption that are recalled therein may we obtain the graces and virtues that we ask, through the merits of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Redeemer.
Prayer for Healing to Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal
Mary Immaculate, you have given yourself to us as Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal. You have asked us to pray with confidence, and we will receive great graces. We know your compassion, because you saw your Son suffer and die for us. In your union with his suffering you became the mother of us all.
Mary, my mother teach me to understand my suffering as you do and to endure it in union with the suffering of Jesus. In your motherly love, calm my fears and increase my trust in God’s loving care.
According to God’s plan, obtain for me the healing I need. Intercede with your Son that I may have the strength I need to work for God’s glory and the salvation of the world.
Amen.
Mary, health of the sick, pray for us.
Prayer to Mother Mary for Family
O Mary, loving Mother of Jesus, and our Mother, pray to Jesus for our family, for all the families of the world, to guard the cradle of the newborn, the schools of the young, and their vocations.
Blessed Saint Joseph, holy guardian of Jesus and Mary, assist us by your prayers in all the necessities of life. Ask of Jesus that special grace which He granted to you, to watch over our home at the pillow of the sick and dying, so that with Mary and you, heaven may find our family unbroken in the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Amen.
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