The Blessed Virgin Mary is our Mother, Teacher and Queen,
and she remains with us always. She helps us continuously so that we may live
in a world that is corrupted without being contaminated and to continue
faithful to our commitment. She gives us daily maternal assistance, and so,
daily our prayers of praise and supplication must “ascend to her
unceasingly.
How can we do this?
1)
Say her chaplet
2)
Say her special Mysteries: 1st
Joyful, 5th Sorrowful, and the 3rd, 4th, and 5th
Glorious Mysteries
3)
Once in a while read the Mass of the Queen of
Apostles.
4)
Imitate her virtues: prudence, zeal, love of God
for souls.
5)
Ask for her help every day of your lives
And don’t forget to thank her.
~Concord
July, August, September 2017
To The Queen Of The
Apostles
The purpose of the first
Saturday is to know, love, imitate and pray always more to Mary, our Queen,
Mother and Teacher.
1. Most loving Queen of heaven
and of earth, favored Daughter of the Father, sublime Mother of the divine Son,
illustrious Spouse of the Holy Spirit, I honor and praise you for your unique
privilege. You pleased God in your humility and faith, and so, while preserving
your spotless virginity, you became the great Mother of the divine Savior, our
Master, true Light of the world, uncreated Wisdom, Source of all truth and
first Apostle of truth. You gave the world the book to read: the Eternal Word.
For the indescribable joy you felt and for the privilege so sublime, I bless
the august Trinity. I ask you to obtain for me the grace of heavenly wisdom, to
be a humble and fervent disciple of Jesus, a devoted child of the Church, the
pillar of truth. Make the light of the Gospel shine to the farthest bounds of
the earth, overcome errors, gather everyone around the See of Peter. Enlighten
doctors, preachers and writers, Mother of Good Counsel, Seat of Wisdom, Queen
of All Saints.
~Queen of the Apostles, pray
for us.
2. Mary, Queen of all the
angels, full of grace, conceived without sin, blessed among creatures, living
tabernacle of God, remember that painful and solemn moment in which the dying
Jesus from the cross gave you John as your son, and in him all humanity and
especially all the apostles. What tender love flooded your heart at that
moment, for those consecrated to the apostolate, to the following of the cross,
to the love of Jesus. In virtue of your unspeakable sufferings and those of
your divine Son, through the love of your motherly heart, Mary, increase the
number of apostles, missionaries, priests and virgins. May those called be
resplendent for sanctity of life, integrity of morals, solid piety, the deepest
humility, the most firm faith, the most ardent charity. May they all be holy,
purifying salt of the earth and light of the world.
~ Queen of the Apostles, pray
for us.
3. Virgin most pure, noble
Queen of Martyrs, Morning Star, safe Refuge of sinners, rejoice for the days in
which you were Teacher, Comforter and Mother of the apostles in the Cenacle.
You invoked and received the divine Paraclete, the Spirit with the seven gifts,
Love of the Father and of the Son, Transformer of the apostles. With your
all-powerful intercession and your humble and irresistible prayers, which
always move God’s heart, obtain for me the grace to realize the value of every
human person ransomed from hell with Jesus’ most precious Blood. May each one
of us be enthusiastic about the beauty of the Christian apostolate. May the
charity of Christ urge us on. May the spiritual misery of poor humanity move
us. Grant that we may feel in our hearts the needs of childhood, of
adolescence, of adulthood, of old age. Grant that vast Africa, immense Asia,
promising Oceania, troubled Europe, the two Americas may exercise a powerful
attraction in our being. May the apostolate of example and word, of prayer and
the press, of films, radio and television, of the souls in purgatory, may win
over the hearts of many generous persons, even to the point of the most heroic
sacrifices. Mother of the Church, Queen of the Apostles, our Advocate, to you
we sigh, mourning in this valley of tears.
~Queen of the Apostles, pray
for us.
4. Our tender Mother Mary, Gate
of heaven, source of peace and happiness, Help of Christians, trust of the
dying and hope even of the desperate, I recall the blessed moment for you in
which you left the earth to fly to the loving embrace of Jesus. It was the
omnipotent favor of God which assumed you into heaven, beautiful and immortal.
I see you exalted above the angels and saints, confessors and virgins, apostles
and martyrs, prophets and patriarchs, and even I, from the midst of my faults,
dare to add the voice of an unworthy but repentant sinner to praise and bless
you. Mary, convert me once and for always. Give me a repentant life, that I may
have a holy death and one day join my voice to that of the saints to praise you
in heaven. I entrust myself to you and through you to Jesus. With full
awareness and here in the presence of all the heavenly court, I renew the
resolution, which I place in your heart, to fight my self-love and to combat
unceasingly against my principal defect, which so often has cast me into sin.
Mary, gain for yourself the greatest glory: change a great sinner into a great
saint, Refuge of sinners, Morning Star, Comforter of the afflicted.
~Queen of the Apostles, pray
for us.
5. Mary, Star of the Sea, my
gentle sovereign, our life and Queen of peace, how great and how wonderful the
day on which the august Trinity crowned you Queen of heaven and earth,
dispenser of all graces, our most lovable Mother – what a triumph for you! What
happiness for the angels, for the saints, for the earth, for purgatory! I know,
Mary, that those who love you will be saved, and that those who love you
greatly will be holy and will participate one day in your triumph in heaven. I
do not doubt your clemency nor your power; I fear my inconstancy in praying to
you. Obtain for me perseverance, Mary; be my salvation. I feel my passions, the
devil, the world. Mary, hold me close to you and to your Jesus! Do not permit
me to fall, do not leave me even for an instant, Mother. It is consoling to
cast the first glance upon you in the morning, to walk under your mantle during
the day, to fall asleep under your gaze at night. You have smiles for innocent
children, strength for struggling youth, light for working men and women,
comfort for the elderly awaiting heaven. Mary, to you I entrust my entire life;
pray for me now and in the final battle at the hour of my death. Receive my
soul when it breathes its last and do not leave me until I kneel before your
throne in heaven, to love you for all eternity. Mary, my Queen, my advocate, my
sweetness, obtain for me holy perseverance.
~Queen of the Apostles, pray
for us.
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