Sub Tuum Praesidium

We fly to thy patronage, O holy Mother of God; Despise not our petitions in our necessities, but deliver us always from all dangers, O glorious and blessed Virgin. Amen.

A Prayer

Grandmothers' Rosary for Families

At Saint John Henry Newman, Victoria, a Catholic community of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter, grandmothers gather on Wednesdays after Mass and pray the Holy Rosary for families. They add the following prayer to the list of requests for Our Lady's intercession.

Dear Holy Mother Mary, we gather this morning as grandmothers and friends, with our guardian angels, to bring to you, Holy Mother, all the cares and concerns of our families. Please protect them from the traps of Satan. Please turn their hearts to your Son, Jesus. And please, beg of the Eternal Father, grace for them to know and honour Him as Creator and Lord of all! We lift up our families and ask for your intercession.

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O Mary conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.
O Blessed Virgin Mary, Our Lady of Walsingham, Mother of God and our most gentle Queen and Mother, look down in mercy upon us, our parish, our country, our homes, and our families, and upon all who greatly hope and trust in thy prayers. By thee it was that Jesus, our Saviour and hope, was given to the world; and He has given thee to us that we may hope still more. Plead for us your children, whom thou didst receive and accept at the foot of the Cross, O sorrowful Mother. Intercede for our separated brethren, that with us in the one true fold they may be united to the Chief Shepherd, the Vicar of thy Son. Pray for us all, dear Mother, that by faith, fruitful in good works, we all may be made worthy to see and praise God, together with thee in our heavenly home. Amen.