Mother Mary, surely you can provide

My own eyes have begun to see the injustice against your suffering Son, the Savior and Lord of the human race. . .

He is poor, He is broken, He is hungry and desperately needy - and the world has all but abandoned Him.

Mother Mary, as surely as you live and reign in splendor with your Divine Son, open the doors through Holy Mother Church such that the desperate family I have been called to help will find relief and comfort, physical and spiritual, via your maternal intercession and the provision it leads the Catholic Church to miraculously create.

If only all knew. . .

what joy it is to have an Immaculate Virgin Mother.

What peace it brings to young men who struggle with impure thoughts toward young women. . .

What hope it brings to young women seeking a sure role model of devotion to God. . .

Our Blessed Mother, pray for us! Especially for the young singles and adolescents of our faith communities!

Be my strength, be my joy

Especially as I experience the brokeness of weakness, the lowliness of sorrows. . .

When I am pierced, Mother Mary, be my hope and my refuge of mercy. . .

Make me your child again today.

Mother Mary, give me compassion for the poor!

You care deeply and tenderly for the poor and desperately needy, as only a mother can care so much about her children. . .

Please have mercy on me, that I may become a vessel of mercy to those who need a lifeline. . .

Give me this gift: of preferential option for the poor, as you so earnestly express in your Magnificat. Make the poor rich in the poverty of Christ - and accomplish this through me, as God wills!

True holiness is not cheap

Blessed Mother,

Is it not true that the sanctity you wish your children to attain is as a priceless jewel hidden in the middle of a vast desert? That all the world has to offer is literally worthless compared to the holiness of your Immaculate Heart?

Grant me courage and strength, that I may seek after this sanctity and throw off all that hinders this pursuit.

Give me the gift of. . . incessant prayer

My Blessed Virgin Mother,

Grant that I may have one of your cardinal virtues - incessant prayer. May I become more worthy to draw down your intercession, that my spare time will be spent offering up the incense of petitions that draw myself and others close to your Divine Son.

Give me the spirit of self-denial, physical and spiritual alike, to make my prayers more constant and effective. May I, like so many of your sons and daughters have over the generations, discover the joys of penance, fasting and mortification of the senses, and a deep brokeness of spirit marked by pure contrition.

Have mercy on me, for your Son's sake - for the sake of His sorrowful Passion.

Holy Mary, pray for your children. . .

Especially those who do not yet know the tender love of a Heavenly Mother, who do not yet know that they need intimate contact with your Divine Son in the sacrament of the Eucharist.

Draw them close, Blessed Mother of God, to give glory to your Son and bring honor to your Immaculate Heart. . .