Prayers
to Mary on the feast of the Immaculate Conception
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on the feast of the Immaculate
Conception on Monday prayed to Our Lady at Piazza di Spagna in Rome, asking her
to invoke her maternal
protection "for us, our families, this city and the whole world." He also prayed that humanity would be free from
every form of spiritual and material slavery.
Please find below a full
Vatican Radio translation of Pope Francis’ prayer on the Feast of the
Immaculate Conception.
Mary our Mother, today the
People of God celebrate you and venerate you as Immaculate, preserved forever
from the stain of sin.
Accept the homage I offer you in the name of the Church in Rome
and throughout the world.
Knowing that you, who are
our Mother, are totally free from sin, is of great comfort to us.
Knowing that evil has no
power over you, fills us with hope and strength in the daily struggle we have
to face against the threats of the evil one.
But we are not alone in
this struggle, we are not orphans because Jesus, before dying on the Cross,
gave you to us as our Mother.
Even though we are sinners,
we are still your children, children of the Immaculate, called to that holiness
that shines in you by the grace of God since the beginning.
Inspired by this hope,
today we invoke your maternal protection for us, our families, this city and
the whole world.
Through your intercession,
may the power of God’s love that preserved you from original sin, free humanity
from every form of spiritual and material slavery and make God’s plan of
salvation be victorious in both hearts and in history.
May grace prevail over
pride in us too, your children.
May we become merciful as
our heavenly Father is merciful.
During this time leading to
the celebration of Jesus’ birth, teach us to go against the flow: to strip
ourselves, to be humble and giving, to listen and be silent, to go out of
ourselves, giving space to the beauty of God, source of true joy.
Pray for us, our Immaculate
Mother!
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