The Blessing of Mary, Help of Christians


V. Our help is in the Name of the Lord.

R. Who made heaven and earth.


Hail Mary...


We fly to thy patronage, O holy Mother of God; despise not our petitions in our necessities, but deliver us always from all dangers, O glorious and blessed Virgin.


V. Mary, Help of Christians,

R. Pray for us.


V. O Lord hear my prayer.

R. And let my cry come unto You.


V. The Lord be with you.

R. And with your spirit.


Let us pray: Almighty and everlasting God, Who by the cooperation of the Holy Spirit did prepare the body and soul of the glorious Virgin Mother Mary to become a worthy dwelling for Your Son, grant that as we rejoice in her commemoration, we may, by her loving intercession, be delivered from present evils and from everlasting death. Through Christ Our Lord. Amen.


+ May the blessing of Almighty God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, descend on you and remain with you forever.


R. Amen.

Invocation to Our Lady, Help of Christians

Invocation composed by St. John Bosco 


O Mary, powerful Virgin,
great and illustrious rampart of the Church,
wonderful Help of Christian,
terrible as an army drawn up in battle array;
you alone overcome every error in the world;
in anxieties, in struggles,
in every difficulty defend us from the enemy
and at the hour of our death receive our souls into paradise.
Amen.