Prayer to Mary Immaculate

To Mary Immaculate, Mother of Our Advent
Hail!
Blessed are you, O full of grace.
Today with the greatest veneration, the Church recalls the fullness of this Grace, with which God filled You from the first moment of Your conception.
The Apostle's words fill us with joy, "Despite the increase of sin, grace has far surpassed it" (Rom 5:20). We are glad at this particular abundance of divine grace in You, who bear the name of "Immaculate Conception," Mother.
Accept us, just as we are, here by You.
Accept us! Look into our hearts!
Accept our care and our hopes!
Help us, You, full of grace, to live in grace, to persever in grace and, if it should be necessary, to return to the grace of the living God, which is the greatest and supernatural good of man.
Prepare us for the advent of Your Son!
Accept us with our daily problems, our weaknesses and deficiencies, our crises, and our personal, family and social failings.
Do not let us lose good will! Do not let us lose sincerity of conscience and honest of conduct!
Obtain justice for us through Your prayer.
Save the peace of the whole world!
Be with us, You the Immaculate.
Be with us. Be with Rome. Be with the Church, and with the world. Amen.

Pope John Paul II

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