Traditional Catholic prayer
Prayer to Our Lady of Sorrows for a Good Death
This prayer recalls Mary’s sorrow at the Cross and asks her intercession for a good death. Its hope is to continue loving Jesus and His Mother in heaven.
Source: With God: A Book of Prayers and Reflections (1911), Rev. F. X. Lasance, page 696.
O Mary! I beseech thee by the sorrows thou didst experience in beholding thy divine Son dying on the cross, procure for me a good death; obtain for me that, having loved Jesus and thee, my most tender Mother, here on earth, I may love you both and bless you eternally in heaven. Amen.
About this prayer
Prayer source
With God: A Book of Prayers and Reflections (1911), Rev. F. X. Lasance, page 696.
View the printed prayer page.About our prayer sources- What it is
- This prayer recalls Mary’s sorrow at the Cross and asks her intercession for a good death. Its hope is to continue loving Jesus and His Mother in heaven.
- Prayer intention
- A holy death and eternal life.
- When to pray
- In regular preparation for death or prayer beside someone who is gravely ill.
- Languages
- English
- English prayer source
- With God: A Book of Prayers and Reflections (1911), Rev. F. X. Lasance, page 696. 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 to Our Lady of Sorrows for a Good Death
Source: With God: A Book of Prayers and Reflections (1911), Rev. F. X. Lasance, page 696.
O Mary! I beseech thee by the sorrows thou didst experience in beholding thy divine Son dying on the cross, procure for me a good death; obtain for me that, having loved Jesus and thee, my most tender Mother, here on earth, I may love you both and bless you eternally in heaven. Amen.