Our Lady of Guadalupe
Patroness of the Americas
Protectress of the Unborn
Remember, O most gracious Virgin of Guadalupe, that in your celestial apparitions on the mount of Tepeyac, you promised to show your compassion and pity towards all who, loving and trusting you, seeking your help and calling upon you in their necessities and afflictions. You did promise to hearken to our supplications, to dry our tears and to give us consolation and relief. Never has it been known that anyone who fled to your protection, implored your help, or sought your intercession, either for the common welfare or in personal anxieties, was left unaided.
Inspired with this confidence, we fly unto you, O Mary, ever Virgin Mother of God! Though grieving under the weight of our sins, we come to prostrate ourselves in your august presence, certain you will deign to fulfill your merciful promises. We are full of hope, standing beneath your shadow and protection, that nothing will trouble or afflict us, nor need we fear illness or misfortune or any other sorrow. You desired to remain with us through your admirable image.
You are our Mother, our health and our life. Placing ourselves beneath your maternal gaze and having recourse to you in all our necessities, we need do nothing more.
O Holy Mother of God, despise not our petitions, but in thy mercy hear and answer us.
Amen.
