Mary Sullivan

Dear Blessed Mother, to you we come,

You are our Mother most pure and the one,

From among all of our race,

Is our mother most prudent, our mother most chaste.

Our Mother most powerful and merciful too,

Our tainted nature’s one boast is you.

Our Mother so meek, our mother so mild

Our mother most powerful and undefiled.

Our gate of heaven, as told from of old

You’re the Ark of the covenant, and House of gold.

You’re the health of the sick, upon you we lean.

You are our Mother.  You are our Queen!

Mystical rose, like you there’s no other,

We give all to Jesus, through you, our Mother.

Take our feeble works, and when we are done

Shine them all up and give them to your Son.

Be with those who wander, are lost and astray,

Touch their troubled hearts, in your motherly way.

Comfort their souls, confused and undone.

Show us all the way to true joy in your Son.

Show us how Mary, with grace from above

to reach out to others with your motherly love.

We honor you Mary, our Mother most pure.

We thank you for being our Mother and more.

We thank you for granting us so many graces.
Aiding us all as we run through life’s races,
May we please you Mother.  When all is said and done,
May we honor you by doing the will of your Son.

GRANT TO US THE LOVE OF YOUR SACRED HEART

“Love is patient, love is kind.
It is not jealous, it is not pompous,
It is not inflated, it is not rude,
it does not seek its own interests,
it is not quick-tempered, it does not brood over injury,
it does not rejoice over wrongdoing
but rejoices with the truth.
It bears all things, believes all things,
hopes all things, endures all things.
Love never fails.”

(1 Cor. 12)

Lord, we pray Thee grant to us a love pleasant and kind.

A love that brings us truth and joy and also peace of mind.

Take from us jealous feelings. In truth may we abide.

Free us from all selfishness; free us from pompous pride.

We pray that over injuries, we may never ruminate or brood.

Help us control our tempers, and be mild, never rude.

Grant us the grace to hear Your loving Words, to answer Your loving call.

Grant us the grace to speak the truth with love and peace to all.

May we have the grace to bear all troubles, to bear all unpleasant things,

Grant us grace to soar in faith; give to us holy wings,

That we may fly above our troubles, as we face so many trials.

That we may lend to another a loving hand or share a gentle smile.

Love bears all things; so, grant us grace that all things we may bear.

Love hopes all things; grant us the grace to hope and always care.

May it be Your love that our open hearts readily receive.

May it be Your truths to which we cling; Your truths which we believe.

May we keep within our hearts, in a way that’s ever pure

a true love that lasts through time, that always will endure.

Faith, hope and love will remain—all given from above

But the greatest gift will always be Your precious gift of love.

Dear Jesus grant to us true love, a love that will prevail.

A love which lasts forever; a love that never fails.

Give now to each one of us, a pure and holy love.

Give to us the true love, that comes only from above.

Dear Jesus, walk now with us; beside us always stay.

Call us back to You, may we no more be led astray.

May loved ones now live in truth, from truth no more depart.

May all at last find true love in Your Sacred Heart.

Lord, Your sheep hear Your voice.  You said: “they follow me.”

Open up our eyes that at last we may see:

To follow You is to walk the way towards eternal life.

To walk the path of peace; the path that’s free from strife.

Your sheep cannot be taken out of Your loving hand.

Or dragged to some evil place.  This we understand.

The Father gave the sheep to You.  With the Father You are one.

You are the Good Shepherd.  Your sheep follow You, God’s Son.

May we all follow You as our Shepherd and our Lord.

May Your voice be the One we hear.  Your words. may we adore.

May we honor You in all we do; stay safe within Your hands.

May we be protected by You, in homes built on rock and not on sand.

You are the Good Shepherd.  You seek and save the lost.

Go now to all our loved ones.  Go now at any cost.

Take from them their stony hearts.  Fill their hearts with Your love.

Help them repent from all their sins, with grace from up above.

Go to them now Lord Jesus, no matter where they’ve roamed.

Bring our loved ones back to the Church.  Bring each loved one home.

Lord, may we love each other, in the way that You love us.
May we love You as You love the Father, as in You we trust.
Each of Your commandments, may we now and always keep.
Over sins for which You grieve, may we too grieve and weep.

Lord Jesus, if in Your love we can always remain,
We will bear fruit for You, though sometimes through much pain.
What his Master is about, a slave may have no clue.
But Master You teach us the truths which the Father spoke to You.

And that is why Lord Jesus, upon You we so depend.
You no longer call us slaves.  You call us Your friends.
As we defend Your truths, as we lift Your truthful swords.
May we love You Master, as You love us, gracious Lord.

May the love which You have shown pierce our hardened hearts.
May loving others with Your love be our goal from the start.
Show us how to give that love, to loved ones gone astray.
May they receive Your love, through our steadfast love today.

Fill them with Your love dear Lord.  Reveal Yourself as friend.
Let them know that they can trust You.  On You they can depend.
May they rest in Your strong arms.  May You they now adore.
May we all love You Master, as You love us, gracious Lord.

(Based on John 15:9-17)

Do not let your hearts be troubled.  That’s what Jesus said,

To His disciples not long after He had risen from the dead.

We must have faith in Him, as we run life’s races,

For in His Father’s house, there are many dwelling places.

He would prepare a place for us.  That’s what Jesus had to say.

He’d take us to Himself.  He would come back one day.

He wanted us to know, and He wanted us to see.

That He would be in heaven.  By believing, so would we.

To Thomas the disciple, the way to heaven was not plain.

How to get where Christ was going, Christ needed to explain:

Christ Himself is the way, He is the truth and life.

The way to the Father, is through Jesus Christ.

Let us journey toward the Father, through the way which Jesus walked:

When our Lord shows to us the way, may we no longer balk.

Let us follow in His footsteps, and how He lived His life.

That one day we’ll find glory in a land that’s void of strife.

Dear Jesus, help our loved ones, find their way back to You.

May they see You as the path, to a glory life anew.

May they make their way to heaven, though the road be barren dry.

May they no longer question.  To themselves may they now die.

(Based on John 14:1-6)