A prayer in honor of the Immaculate Conception

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN

ANT. This is the rod in which was neither knot of original sin,

nor rind of actual guilt.

V. In thy conception, O Virgin! Thou wast immaculate.

R. Pray for us to the Father, Whose Son thou didst bring forth.

Let us Pray

O GOD, Who, by the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin, didst

prepare a worthy habitation for Thy Son, we beseech Thee, that as

by the foreseen death of that same Son, Thou didst preserve her

from all stain, so too thou wouldst permit us, purified through

her intercession, to come unto Thee. Through the same Christ our

Lord. Amen.

Prayer to Our Lady Immaculate

Most holy Virgin, who wast pleasing to the Lord and became His

Mother, immaculate in body and spirit, in faith and in love, look

kindly on the wretched who implore thy powerful patronage. The

wicked serpent, against whom was hurled the first curse, continues

fiercely to attack and ensnare the unhappy children of Eve. Do

thou, then, O Blessed Mother, our queen and advocate, who from the

first instant of thy conception didst crush the head of the enemy,

receive the prayers which, united with thee in our single heart,

we implore thee to present at the throne of God, that we may never

fall into the snares which are laid out for us, and may all arrive

at the port of salvation; and, in so many dangers, may the Church

and Christian society sing once again the hymn of deliverance and

of victory and of peace. Amen.

Ejaculations

In Thy conception, O Virgin Mary, thou wast immaculate; pray for

us to the Father, Whose Son, Jesus Christ conceived of the Holy

Ghost, thou didst bring forth.