Traditional Catholic prayer
Prayer of St. Alphonsus to the Blessed Virgin Mary
Lasance attributes this prayer to St. Alphonsus de Liguori. It thanks Our Lady for her help and asks her intercession for love of Jesus, victory over temptation, and a holy death.
Source: With God: A Book of Prayers and Reflections (1911), Rev. F. X. Lasance, pages 683-684.
Most holy and immaculate Virgin! O my Mother! thou who art the Mother of my Lord, the Queen of the world, the advocate, hope, and refuge of sinners! I, the most wretched among them, now come to thee. I worship thee, great Queen, and give thee thanks for the many favors thou hast bestowed on me in the past; most of all do I thank thee for having saved me from hell, which I had so often deserved. I love thee, Lady most worthy of all love, and, by the love which I bear thee, I promise ever in the future to serve thee, and to do what in me lies to win others to thy love. In thee I put all my trust, all my hope of salvation. Receive me as thy servant, and cover me with the mantle of thy protection, thou who art the Mother of mercy! And since thou hast so much power with God, deliver me from all temptations, or at least obtain for me the grace ever to overcome them. From thee I ask a true love of Jesus Christ, and the grace of a happy death. O my Mother! by thy love for God I beseech thee to be at all times my helper, but above all at the last moment of my life. Leave me not until thou seest me safe in heaven, there for endless ages to bless thee and sing thy praises. Amen.
About this prayer
Prayer source
With God: A Book of Prayers and Reflections (1911), Rev. F. X. Lasance, pages 683-684.
View the printed prayer page.About our prayer sources- What it is
- Lasance attributes this prayer to St. Alphonsus de Liguori. It thanks Our Lady for her help and asks her intercession for love of Jesus, victory over temptation, and a holy death.
- Prayer intention
- Mary’s intercession, perseverance, and love of Jesus.
- When to pray
- During Marian prayer or when asking help against temptation. The older word “worship” means honor here.
- Connection with a saint
St. Alphonsus Liguori: Traditional attribution. With God (1911), page 683, names St. Alphonsus Liguori in the heading of this prayer. Read the source.
- Languages
- English
- English prayer source
- With God: A Book of Prayers and Reflections (1911), Rev. F. X. Lasance, pages 683-684. View the historical source. View the printed prayer page. Novena Regina provides the explanations above. The prayer text follows the source named here.
Traditional Catholic prayer
Prayer of St. Alphonsus to the Blessed Virgin Mary
Source: With God: A Book of Prayers and Reflections (1911), Rev. F. X. Lasance, pages 683-684.
Most holy and immaculate Virgin! O my Mother! thou who art the Mother of my Lord, the Queen of the world, the advocate, hope, and refuge of sinners! I, the most wretched among them, now come to thee. I worship thee, great Queen, and give thee thanks for the many favors thou hast bestowed on me in the past; most of all do I thank thee for having saved me from hell, which I had so often deserved. I love thee, Lady most worthy of all love, and, by the love which I bear thee, I promise ever in the future to serve thee, and to do what in me lies to win others to thy love. In thee I put all my trust, all my hope of salvation. Receive me as thy servant, and cover me with the mantle of thy protection, thou who art the Mother of mercy! And since thou hast so much power with God, deliver me from all temptations, or at least obtain for me the grace ever to overcome them. From thee I ask a true love of Jesus Christ, and the grace of a happy death. O my Mother! by thy love for God I beseech thee to be at all times my helper, but above all at the last moment of my life. Leave me not until thou seest me safe in heaven, there for endless ages to bless thee and sing thy praises. Amen.