Our Mother of Perpetual Help Devotion – Mp3 downloadable audio and text – Discerning Hearts

Summary: <a href="https://www.discerninghearts.com/catholic-podcasts/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Our-Lady-of-Perpetual-Help.jpg"></a><br> PRIEST:<br> Most holy and Immaculate Virgin and our Mother Mary,<br> you are our Perpetual Help, our refuge and our hope.<br> ALL:<br> We come to you today.<br> We thank God for all the graces received through your intercession.<br> Mother of Perpetual Help, we promise to live you always<br> and to do all we can to lead others to you.<br> PRIEST:<br> Mother of Perpetual Help, confident of your powerful influence with God, obtain for us these graces:<br> ALL:<br> The strength to overcome temptation,<br> a perfect love for Jesus Christ,<br> and a holy death<br> so that we will live with you and your Son for all eternity.<br> PRIEST:<br> Let us pray as a community of faith.<br> Mary, all generations have called you blessed,<br> and the Almighty has done great things for you.<br> ALL:<br> Mother of Perpetual Help,<br> we call upon your most powerful name.<br> Your very name inspires confidence and hope.<br> May it always be on our lips,<br> especially in time of temptation<br> and, at the hour of our death.<br> Blessed Lady, help us whenever we call on you.<br> Let us not be content with merely pronouncing your name.<br> May our daily lives proclaim<br> that you are our Mother and our Perpetual Help.<br> PRIEST:<br> Let us pray for our temporal wants:<br> ALL:<br> Mother of Perpetual Help,<a href="https://www.discerninghearts.com/catholic-podcasts/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Our-Lady-of-Perpetual-Help1.jpg"></a><br> with the greatest confidence we kneel before you.<br> We implore your help in the problems of our daily lives.<br> Trials and sorrows often depress us;<br> misfortunes and privations being misery into our lives;<br> everywhere we meet the cross.<br> Comforter of the Afflicted<br> beg your Son, Jesus,<br> to strengthen us as we bear our burdens<br> and to free us from our sufferings.<br> Or if it be the will of God<br> that we should suffer still longer,<br> help us endure all with love and patience.<br> May we follow the example of your Son,<br> and through him,<br> with him,<br> and in him,<br> commend ourselves to the care of our heavenly Father.<br> PRIEST:<br> Let us now present our petitions and our thanks.<br> Lord Jesus Christ, at a word from Mary your Mother,<br> you changed water into wine at Cana of Galilee.<br> Listen now to the People of God gathered here<br> to honor Our Mother of Perpetual Help.<br> Grant our petitions and accept our sincere thanks.<br> PRIEST:<br> Grant wisdom and guidance to our Holy Father, Pope . . .,<br> our Bishop . . ., our priest,<br> and all the leaders of our nation, state, and community.<br> ALL:<br> Hear us, Lord, through Mary our Mother.<br> PRIEST:<br> Grant peace and unity throughout the world, especially in our homes and families.<br> ALL:<br> Hear us, Lord, through Mary our Mother.<br> PRIEST:<br> Grant that young people respond generously to the call of the Holy Spirit<br> in deepening their faith and choosing their vocation in life.<br> ALL:<br> Hear us, Lord, through Mary our Mother.<br> PRIEST:<br> Grant us continued health of mind and body, and help the sick,<br> especially . . ., to regain their health according to your holy will.<br> ALL:<br> Hear us, Lord, through Mary our Mother.<br> PRIEST:<br> Grant eternal rest to all our deceased,<br> especially . . ., and to the souls of all the faithful departed.<br> ALL:<br> Hear us, Lord, through Mary our Mother.<br> PRIEST:<br> Let us pause now to silently present our own petitions to<a href="https://www.discerninghearts.com/catholic-podcasts/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Our-Lady-of-Perpetual-Help-.jpg"></a><br> Our Mother of Perpetual Help.<br> PRIEST:<br> Lord, accept our thanks for the new life of grace you gave us.