There are several prayers with which our parishioners are familiar. These are the Prayer for Vocations, the Prayer of Reparation, and the nightly Prayer for the TIme of Covid (aka The 6PM Prayer). All three are listed below, along with the Prayer to Mary, the Immaculate Conception and the Angelus. ICC Parishioners who attend Mass regularly are proud to know the first two by heart!
Heavenly Father,
We, your children, pray for an increase in vocations
to the priesthood, diaconate and consecrated religious life.
Help us to sacrifice, pray and work for strong shepherds of the Church.
Allow us to recognize the moments in which we can plant the seeds of a vocation,
to encourage interest in religious life and to be good examples of the Faith we profess.
Help us to recognize our role in your Church and in seeing the needs of those around us, be of true service.
Mary, Mother of Priests, pray for us.
© RAMANN 2013
Through the Immaculate Heart of Mary,
We beg for the forgiveness of our sins,
And a heartfelt desire to live in the Truth of Christ.
Priest: Oh my Jesus,
Response: I trust in You.
Amen.
© RAMANN 2019
| Mary, our Patron and our Mother, |
Father,
You prepared the Virgin Mary to be the worthy mother of your son. You let her share beforehand in the salvation Christ would bring by his death, and kept her sinless from the first moment of her conception. Help us by her prayers to live in your presence without sin. 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 Liturgy of the Hours
The Angelus is traditionally prayed in a call and response format, with a leader announcing the versicle (V) and everyone present saying the response (R).
V. The Angel of the Lord declared unto Mary.
R. And she conceived of the Holy Spirit.
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you!
Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.
V. Behold the handmaid of the Lord.
R. Be it done unto me according to your word.
Hail Mary . . .
V. And the Word was made Flesh.
R. And dwelt among us.
Hail Mary . . .
V. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God.
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Let us pray:
Pour forth we beseech you, O Lord, your grace into our hearts, that we, to whom the incarnation of Christ your Son was made known by the message of an angel, may by his passion and cross be brought to the glory of his resurrection.
Through the same Christ Our Lord.
Amen.