Mary, Queen Assumed into Heaven, I rejoice that after years of heroic
martyrdom on earth, you have at last been taken to the throne prepared for
you in Heaven by the Holy Trinity.
Lift my heart with you in the glory of your Assumption above the dreadful
touch of sin and impurity. Teach me how small earth becomes when viewed
from Heaven. Make me realize that death is the triumphant gate through which
I shall pass to your Son, and that someday my body shall rejoin my soul in the
unending bliss of Heaven.
From this earth, over which I tread as a pilgrim, I look to you for help. In
honor of your Assumption into Heaven I ask for this favor:
(Mention your
request here).
When my hour of death has come, lead me safely to the presence of Jesus
to enjoy the vision of my God for all eternity together with you.
Mary, my dear Mother and mighty Queen, take and receive my poor heart
with all its freedom and desires, all its love and all the virtues and graces with
which it may be adorned. All I am, all I might be, all I have and hold in the
order of nature as well as of grace, I have received from God through your
loving intercession, my Lady and Queen. Into your sovereign hands I entrust
all, that it may be returned to its noble origin.
Mary, Queen of every heart, accept all that I am and bind me to you with
the bonds of love, that I may be yours forever, and may be able to say in all
truth: "I belong to Jesus through Mary."
My Mother, assumed into Heaven, I love you. Give me a greater love for
Jesus and for you.
Mary, Assumed into Heaven and Queen of the Universe, ever-Virgin
Mother of God, obtain peace and salvation for us through your prayers, for
you have given birth to Christ the Lord, the Savior of all mankind.
Almighty, ever-living God, You raised to eternal glory the body and soul
of the Immaculate Virgin Mary, Mother of Your Son. Grant that our minds
may always be directed Heavenward and that we may deserve to share in her
glory. Amen.
