When In Despair, Pray for our Lady of Mount Carmel
Prayers to Our Lady of Mount Carmel
O Most Beautiful Flower of Mt. Carmel, Fruitful Vine, Splendor of Heaven, Blessed Mother of the Son of God, Immaculate Virgin, assist me in this my necessity.
O Star of the Sea, help me and show me herein you are my mother.
O Holy Mary, Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and Earth, I humbly beseech you from the bottom of my heart to succor me in this necessity.
There are none that can withstand your power.
O show me herein you are my mother. O Mary conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee. (three times)
Sweet Mother, I place this cause in your hands. (three times)
Amen.
Prayers to Our Lady Of Mount Carmel
To the Carmel Flower
O Beautiful Flower of Carmel, Fruitful Vine, Brightness of Heaven,
Singular Mother of the Son of God, Virgin Ever Pure!
Blessed Mother, after conceiving the Son of God, you remained intact and without any stain.
O Blessed and Ever-Virgin, assist me in this need!
O Star of the Sea, help me and protect me!
O Mary, sinless conceived, pray for us who have recourse to you!
O Mother and beauty of Carmel, pray for us!
Virgin, Carmel Flower, pray for us!
Virgin, Carmel Flower,
Patron of those who wears the Holy Scapular, pray for us!
Saint Joseph, the faithful friend of the Sacred Heart, pray for us!
Saint Joseph, the Most Chaste Spouse of Mary Most Holy, pray for us!
St. Joseph, our Great Protector, pray for us!
Sweet Heart of Mary, be our Salvation!
Amen.
(Attributed to Saint Simão Stok)
Prayer to Ask for Strength
O Most Holy and Immaculate Virgin Mary, ornament and glory of Carmel, you who watch so particularly over those who wear your sacred Scapular,
Watch over us, too, and cover us with the mantle of your maternal protection.
Strengthen our weakness with your power and dispel with your Infinite light the darkness of our hearts.
Increase in our faith, hope, and charity.
Decorate our soul with all the virtues so that it may become ever more loved by your divine Son.
Assist us throughout life, comfort us with your loving presence at the hour of death, and present us to the Holy Trinity as your faithful servants so that we may praise you eternally in heaven.
Amen.
(Three Hail Marys)
Prayer To Ask for Grace
Oh, Gracious Lady of Mount Carmel, Queen of the Angels, the channel of God’s tenderest mercy to men.
Refuge and Advocate of sinners, with confidence I prostrate myself before you, begging you to obtain… (make your petition).
In recognition, I solemnly promise to turn to you in all my difficulties, sufferings, and temptations. I will do everything in my power to induce others to love you, reverence you, and invoke you in all their needs.
I thank you for the countless blessings I have received from your mercy and powerful intercession.
Continue to be my shield in danger, my guide in life, and my consolation in the hour of death.
Amen.
O Divine Lady, pray for us who have recourse to you.
(Pray 3 Hail Marys and 1 Hail Holy Queen)
ANOTHER PRAYER TO OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL
O all Blessed and Immaculate Virgin, ornament, and glory of Mount Carmel.
Thou who dost look with the most gracious countenance on those who have been clothed with thy venerable livery,
look kindly also on me and take me under the mantle of thy maternal protection.
Strengthen my weakness with thy might; enlighten the darkness of my heart with thy wisdom; increase in me faith, hope, and charity.
So adorn my soul with graces and virtues, that it may be always dear to thy Divine Son and thee.
Assist me during life, comfort me in death with thy most sweet presence,
and present me as thy child and faithful servant to the Most Holy Trinity,
that I may be enabled to praise and extol thee in heaven forever.
Amen.
3 Hail Marys. 1 Glory Be.
(Indulgence 200 days. Pope Leo XIII)
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The Devotion of Mount Carmel