PILGRIMAGE PRAYERS
AND SONGS
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Immaculate Mother
Immaculate Mother to you do we pleadto ask God our Father; for help in our need.
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We pray for our country the land of our birth we pray for all nations, that peace on earth.
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Amen
Pilgrims prayer
I step into secret places of prayer
before the image of my mother
My mother who is ever ready to help me
I can feel your presence here today
Help meto see your presence at home
Help me to see your presence
Help me to see you
Help me to love you
Help me to come back
to your Son with all my heart
Will all my sins washed away
Will all my faults removed
Strong in your love, gifted by your mercy
Circle me, O God.
Dear Mother, take me in your arms.Amen.
Prayer to Mother of Perpetual Help
Dear Mother of Perpetual Help from the cross Jesus gave you to us for our Mother. You are the kindness, the most loving of all mothers. Look tenderly on us your children as we now ask you to help us in all our needs especially this one…
(Pause to recall your petitions)
While you were on earth, dear Mother you willing shared in the sufferings of your Son. Strengthened by your faith and confidence in the fatherly love of God you accepted the mysterious designs of His Will. We too have our crosses and trials. Sometimes they almost crush us to the ground. Dearest Mother, share with us your abundant faith and confidence in God. Make us aware that God never ceases to love us; that He answers all our prayers in the way that is best for us. Strengthen our hearts to carry the cross in the footsteps of your Divine Son. Help us to realize that he who shares the cross of Christ will certainly share His resurrection. Dearest Mother, as we worry about our own problems let us not forget the needs of others. You always love others so much; help us to do the same. While praying for our own intentions and for all the intentions of all here present at this Novena we earnestly ask you, our Mother, to help us comfort the sick and the dying give hope to the poor and unemployed, heal the broken- hearted lighten the burden of the oppressed, teach justice to their oppressors and bring back to God all those who have offended Him. Dearest Mother, help us to avoid sin which separates us from our heavenly Father and from one another. Full of trust in you, we place ourselves under the mantle of your maternal protection and confidently hope for your powerful help.
Amen.
Prayer for the Home
Mother of Perpetual Help, we choose you as Queen of our homes.
We ask you to bless all our families with your tender motherly love. May the Sacrament of Marriage bind husbands and wives so closely together that they will always be faithful to each other and love one another as Christ love His Church. We ask you to bless all parents, may they love and cherish their children whom God has entrusted to them. May they always give them the example of a truly Christian life. Help them to bring up their children in the love and fear of God. Bless all children that they may love, honor, and obey their fathers and mothers. To your loving care we especially entrust the youth of today. Give us all a sense of responsibility that we may do our part in making our home, a haven of peace like your own home at Nazareth. We take you as our model. Help us to grow daily in genuine love of God and neighbor so that justice and peace may happily reign in the entire family of mankind.Amen.
Blessings of Pilgrims
Guardian of my soul,
guide me on my way that day.
Keep me safe from harm.
Deepen my relationship with you,
your Earth, and all your family.
Strengthen your love within me
that I may be a presence of your peace
and reconciliation in our world.Amen.
Closing Prayer
What have I seen and where have I walked?
I have seen places I have only dreamed about.
I have seen places I have only dreamed about.
I have seen places I have only heard about.
I have seen places I have only prayed about.
Now, I have walked into places
where the footsteps of God
are deep and yet new to you and me.
May I walk the pilgrim’s way again.