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Legion of Our Lady of Guadalupe Prayer

Hail Mary full of grace the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death, Amen. "Don't you know that I am your mother and I love you"

Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, Señora de Guadalupe never was it known that anyone who fled to Thy protection, implored Thy help, or sought Thy intercession, was left unaided. Inspired with this confidence, I [we] fly unto thee, O Virgin of Virgins, my [our] mother. To Thee do I [we] come, before thee I [we] stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my [our] petitions, but in Thy mercy hear and answer me [us]. Amen.

Membership in the Legion of Our Lady of Guadalupe is free and open to all, the only requirement is to recite once the Prayer with another person or privately. A person who wishes to do so may carry or wear a small button or picture of the Our Lady of Guadalupe image.

Opening Collect of Mass for the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, December 12

God of power and mercy,
You blessed the Americas at Tepeyac
with the presence of the Virgin Mary of Guadalupe. May her prayers help all men and women to accept each other as brothers and sisters. Through your justice present in our hearts may your peace reign in the world.
We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
Amen

The following prayer was given at Guadalupe '87, a U.S. Constitutional Bicentennial Event, joined by celebration of New Mexico's 75th anniversary of statehood, by Fr. Meldon Hickey, OFM, Provincial of the Province of Our Lady of Guadalupe of the Order of Friars Minor:

Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful people and kindle in them the fire of your love.

Send forth your spirit and they shall be created.

And you will renew the face of the earth.

Let us pray: O God, you instructed the hearts of the faithful by the light of the holy Spirit: grant that in the same Spirit we may be truly wise, and ever rejoice in His consolation. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Prayer of Saint Thomas Aquinas (+1274), as printed in the monthly publication, Magnificat, see www.magnificat.net. Aquinas is a Doctor of the Roman Catholic Church, and was an Italian Dominican priest. The prayer combines the cardinal and theological virtues.

Avoiding the Devil’s Beguilements

O God, all powerful and all-knowing, without beginning and without end, you who are the source, the sustainer and the rewarder of all virtues, grant that I may abide on the firm ground of faith, be sheltered by an impregnable shield of hope, and be adorned in the bridal garment of charity. Grant that I may through justice be subject to you, through prudence avoid the beguilements of the devil, through temperance exercise restraint, and through fortitude endure adversity with patience. Grant that whatever good things I have, I may share generously with those who have not and that whatever good things I do not have, I may request humbly from those who do. Grant that I may judge rightly the evil of the wrongs I have done and bear calmly the punishments I have brought upon myself, and that I may never envy my neighbor’s possessions and ever give thanks for your good things. Grant that I may always observe modesty in the way I dress, the way I walk, and the gestures I use, restrain my tongue from frivolous talk, prevent my feet from leading me astray, keep my eyes from wandering glances, shelter my ears from rumors, lower my gaze in humility, lift my mind to thoughts of heaven, contemn all that will pass away, and love you only. Grant that I may subdue my flesh and cleanse my conscience, honor the saints and praise you worthily, advance in goodness, and end a life of good works with a holy death. Plant deep in me, Lord, all the virtues, that I might be devout in divine matters, discerning in human affairs, and burdensome to no one in fulfilling my own bodily needs. Grant to me, Lord, fervent contrition, pure confession, and complete reparation. Order me inwardly through a good life, that I might do what is right and what will be meritorious for me and a good example for others. Grant that I may never crave to do things impulsively, nor disdain to do what is burdensome, lest I begin things before I should or abandon them before finishing. Amen.

Novena Prayer

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