The challenge is on. Write a post each day in April (minus Sundays) using the letters of the alphabet as your guide.
The theme I have chosen is "Why I Love Being Catholic".
Let's continue....
H-Hail, Holy Queen prayer-
Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy, our life, our sweetness and our hope! To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve. To thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears! Turn, then, O most gracious Advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us, and after this, our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus. O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.
V. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God.
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
History: This prayer, most often recited as the concluding prayer of the rosary, has been a prayer of love to our mother Mary for centuries. When we pray this prayer we are asking for Mary's help. Like any mother (John 19: 26-27) she longs to protect us and rescue us.
Personal: The hymn called Hail, Holy Queen (different than the above prayer) was one of my favorites growing up. I always love the Marian hymns sung at mass in the months of May and October and on the Feast Days of the Blessed Mother!
More recently the prayer, which I've come to know through friends who have sparked my love of the rosary, holds a special place in my heart. I've learned that Mary is a confidant who I can turn to at any point in my life. As the prayer suggests, our life will include times of struggles. Mary is there for us, she's our "most gracious advocate."
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Hi Kathleen! It's so amazing that our church history is indeed centuries old. The Hail Holy Queen has been prayed by millions and millions of people. I hope it makes them as filled with grace as Mary is!
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good post
ReplyDeleteLove those Marian hymns as well. In fact, it was while listening to one of those that David came up with our Maria's name. We knew she was going to be a girl, but being one of a billion cousins, well, it was hard to come up with a name. Mary was quite popular in our family, but I still loved it. After one weekday Mass that May of 2003, David walked in and said he had heard some particular song with the word Maria and thought that is what we should go with. :)
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