Prayer to
Our Lady of Hope
O Mary, my Mother,
I kneel before you with heavy heart.
The burden of my sins oppresses me.
The knowledge of my weakness
discourages me.
I am beset by fears and temptations
of every sort.
Yet I am so attached to the things
of this world that instead
of longing for Heaven I am filled
with dread at the thought of death.
O Mother of Mercy,
have pity on me in my distress.
You are all-powerful with your Divine Son.
He can refuse no request
of your Immaculate Heart.
Show yourself a true Mother to me
by being my advocate before His throne.
O Refuge of Sinners and Hope of the Hopeless,
to whom shall I turn if not you?
Obtain for me, then, O Mother of Hope,
the grace of true sorrow for my sins,
the gift of perfect resignation to God's Holy Will,
and the courage to take up my cross and follow Jesus.
Beg of His Sacred Heart the special favor
that I ask in this novena.
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