Today is a solemn feast for those of us who are members of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, and for the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem. Today is a perfect day to pray for peace in the Holy Land through Mary’s intercession. Prayers for the ministry of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre throughout the world.
Because we follow the Lex Orandi tradition, the following prayer is the opening collect for the Mass.
Let us pray.
Heavenly Father,
we humbly ask you, through the
intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of Palestine, to help us overcome all the difficulties
which face us in this Holy Land,
the land which your Son has made Holy;
for it is in this land where our Savior took flesh
and brought the entire world to Redemption.
We beseech you Father,
strengthen us in faith, service, and perseverance so that we may be witnesses
to that unending act of love,
you who live and reign forever and ever.
