Mother, help our faith!
Open our ears to hear God’s word
and to recognize his voice and call.
Awaken in us a desire to follow
in his footsteps, to go forth
from our own land
and to receive his promise.
Help us to be touched by his love,
that we may touch him in faith.
Help us to entrust ourselves fully
to him and to believe in his love,
especially at times of trial,
beneath the shadow of the cross,
when our faith is called to mature.
Sow in our faith the joy
of the Risen One.
Remind us that those who believe
are never alone.
Teach us to see all things
with the eyes of Jesus,
that he may be light for our path.
And may this light of faith
always increase in us,
until the dawn of that undying day
which is Christ himself,
your Son, our Lord! AMEN!The image with this post is the Mary Mother of the Church mural in the Church of the Visitation in Ein Keren, Jerusalem, Israel, artist unknown by Cesare Vagarini (The church’s location is believed to be built at the home of Zechariah and Elizabeth where Mary visited, and was also where Elizabeth and infant John the Baptist hid, when Herod ordered the killing of the innocents under two).
