PRAY: ACT OF CONSECRATION TO THE VIRGIN OF THE POOR & INVOCATIONS

Our Lady of Banneux, Virgin of the Poor

Banneux, Belgium (1933)

ACT OF CONSECRATION TO OUR LADY OF BANNEUX

(Composed by Monsignor +Aloysius Schwartz, now Venerable and Approved by His Eminence +Jaime Cardinal Sin, D.D.)

O Mary, Virgin of the Poor, Mother of the Saviour,

Mother of God, I am totally yours.

I wish to be your child,

Your friend, your witness,

Your worker, your instrument,

Your servant, your slave.

O Mary, I want you to be my mother,

My friend, my helper, my protector,

My guide, my queen.

O Mary, please lead me to Jesus

In whom is the fullness of grace,

Life and salvation. Amen.

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INVOCATIONS

Blessed Virgin of the Poor,
Lead us to Jesus, Source of grace.

Blessed Virgin of the Poor,
Save all nations.

Blessed Virgin of the Poor,
Relieve the sick. 

Blessed Virgin of the Poor,
Alleviate suffering. 

Blessed Virgin of the Poor,
Pray for each one of us. 

Blessed Virgin of the Poor,
We believe in thee. 

Blessed Virgin of the Poor,
Believe in us. 

Blessed Virgin of the Poor,
We will pray hard. 

Blessed Virgin of the Poor,
Bless us (+).

Blessed Virgin of the Poor, 
Mother of the Saviour, 
Mother of God,
We thank thee. 

Let Us Pray

Our Lady of Banneux, 
Mother of Our Saviour, 
Mother of God, 
Virgin of the Poor, 
since thou hast promised to believe in us 
if we believe in thee, 
I put all my trust in thee.

Deign to listen to the prayers 
that thou hast asked be addressed to thee; 
have pity on all our spiritual and temporal miseries.  
Restore to sinners the treasure of Faith, 
and give to the poor their daily bread.

Deign to relieve suffering, 
to heal the sick and to pray for us, 
so that thus through thy intercession, 
the reign of Christ the King 
may extend over all nations.

Amen.

Father Al: On Christ and Human Suffering

“Good Friday 2020" by Polish Jesuit Vyacheslav Okun (Krakow)

"Christ knows the meaning of pain, poverty, and deprivation not theoretically or speculatively but by personal experience. He drank to the dregs the cup of human suffering of every man. No man, no matter how deep his pain or how crushing his humiliation, can look up to Christ and say, 'You do not know what it is.' He does know what it is because he has experienced it himself." 

- Fr. Aloysius Schwartz, "Poverty: sign of our times", p.39

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Light shines over darkness,
Good triumphs over evil,
Truth prevails over falsehood,
Life overpowers death!

Now, we can only hope and pray

 that this Covid-19 pandemic

 would end the soonest.

This is our Easter prayer!

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Prayers and Gratitude to our brave and generous
frontliners who continue to fight the battle
to end this worldwide pandemic.

May our Risen Christ guide and protect all of you!