{"id":24648,"date":"2009-05-24T11:15:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-24T15:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2009\/05\/mary-help-of-christians\/"},"modified":"2009-05-24T11:15:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-24T15:15:00","slug":"mary-help-of-christians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2009\/05\/mary-help-of-christians\/","title":{"rendered":"Mary, Help of Christians"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n\"Mary<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Most Holy and
\nImmaculate Virgin, Help of Christians, we place ourselves under your motherly
\nprotection. Throughout the Church’s history you have helped Christians in times
\nof trial, temptation and danger. Time and time again, you have proven to be the
\nRefuge of sinners, the Hope of the hopeless, the Consoler of the afflicted, and
\nthe Comforter of the dying. We promise to be faithful disciples of Jesus
\nChrist, your Son, to proclaim His Good News of God’s love for all people, and
\nto work for peace and justice in our world. With faith in your intercession, we
\npray for the Church, for our family and friends, for the poor and abandoned,
\nand all the dying.<\/span><\/p>\n

Grant, O Mary, Help of Christians, the graces of which we
\nstand in need. (me<\/span>ntion your intentions<\/span>. May we serve Jesus with fidelity and
\nlove until death. Help us and our loved ones to attain the boundless joy of
\nbeing forever with our Father in heaven. Amen.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

Mary, Help of
\nChristians, pray for us!<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

Mary, Help of Christians, pray for Belmont Abbey!<\/span><\/p>\n

Mary, Help of Christians, pray for China!<\/span><\/p>\n

Mary, Help of Christians, pray for the Salesians of Don Bosco!<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

Consecration of
\nthe Home to Our Lady, Help of Christians<\/span><\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

Most holy Virgin
\nMary, appointed by God to be the Help of Christians, we choose you as the
\nMother and protectress of our home. Favor us with your powerful protection.
\nPreserve our home from fire, flood, lightning, storm, earthquake, thieves,
\nvandals, and every other danger. Bless us, protect us, defend us, keep as your
\nown all who dwell in this home: protect them from all accidents and
\nmisfortunes, and obtain for them the grace of avoiding sin. Mary, Help of
\nChristians, pray for us. Amen.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

The Novena to Our Lady, Help of Christians<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Most Holy and Immaculate Virgin, Help of Christians, we place ourselves under your motherly protection. Throughout the Church’s history you have helped Christians in times of trial, temptation and danger. Time and time again, you have proven to be the Refuge of sinners, the Hope of the hopeless, the Consoler of the afflicted, and the … Continue reading Mary, Help of Christians<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[32088],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24648"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24648"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24648\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}