Vouchsafe to recommend it to your daughter, the Blessed Virgin Mary, and lay it before the throne of Jesus.Bay Area’s Lionheart came to life back in 2007. With Mary and her divine Son, protect me always. Assist me to preserve purity of heart and body. Anne, help me to merit the glorious crown which is given to those who have fought the good fight against the world, the devil and the flesh. I must reflect this love through works of mercy and charity toward my neighbor. God’s great love for me leaves me cold and unresponsive. May I know myself as I really am and learn meekness and simplicity of heart.
Free my heart of pride, vanity, self-love. Anne, do not allow my soul, a masterpiece of God’s creative power, to be lost forever. You will pray for me now and at the hour of my death. Your name alone, which signifies grace, assures me of the help of your prayers, and these prayers will surely procure pardon and mercy from Jesus. Will you then abandon me, who have chosen you as my mother? No, St. Anne, by your influence with Mary’s son Jesus, you have won the gift of conversion for many sinners. Obtain for me success in my temporal affairs especially see to the salvation of my soul. Anne, obtain my deliverance from the punishment which my sins deserve. Procure for them the eternal riches of heaven, and like a good mother, success in their temporal affairs as well. By God’s special favor, grant consolation to those who invoke you. When my soul goes forth, lead it to God’s tribunal so that, by your powerful help and intercession, it may obtain a favorable judgment. Anne, show yourselves to be mothers indeed by obtaining for me the grace of a good death. As I lie on my deathbed, be present with your daughter to console and strengthen me. Deliver me from the temptations which continually assail me. Anne, take me forever under your protection. Offered by you, I will be agreeable in His sight. By the happiness which then filled your heart, I beg you to present me to your Grandson Jesus. Anne, you offered your pure and holy daughter Mary in the temple with faith, piety and love. Help me at the hour of death and open to me the gates of paradise. Deliver me from danger in my time of need. Console me in my trials strengthen me in my struggles. Reconcile me to the God I have so deeply offended. Anne, by the great power that God has given you, show yourself my mother, my consoler, my advocate. Anne, good mother! I rejoice in the marvels you continually perform, because they encourage all to seek your intercession. Joachim, who watched over her infancy, presented her to the Lord in the temple and, according to your promise, consecrated her to the service of God. Anne, who first responded to the needs of Mary, Mother of our Savior and Queen of Angels. In the name of her merits, I humbly recommend myself to Your infinite mercy. Anne for having chosen her, among all women, to be Your grandmother on earth and exalted her in heaven with such great and miraculous powers. Jesus, I thank You for all the graces which in Your infinite goodness You have lavished upon St. Make all my thoughts and desires worthy and righteous. Listen to my prayers, for I place my trust in your gracious bounty. Anne, be pleased to extend your helping hand in all my wants. You know, good mother, how much I love you, how gladly I serve you, how happy I am to praise you, how eager I am to call on you in time of distress.
Anne, I offer you my homage this day and ask you to shelter me under the mantle of your motherly care. (Credit for the novena to the Blessed Sacrament Fathers)įrom the depths of my heart, good St. Anne, help me now and at the hour of my death. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ. Good Jesus, be merciful to the faithful servants of Your grandmother St. She refuses none your requests but welcomes with loving kindness all those for whom you intercede. Please recommend me to her and pray to her for me. Anne, I also beg of you the grace to love, to serve, and to honor your daughter, the most holy Virgin Mary. Obtain for me forgiveness of my sins and the strength to begin a new life that will last forever.īlessed St. See my contrite heart, and show me your unfailing goodness.ĭeign to be my advocate and recommend me to God’s infinite mercy. Please listen to my prayers and grant my requests. Anne, though I am but a prodigal child, I appeal to you and place myself under your great motherly care. Above all, obtain for me the grace to one day meet God face to face, and with you and Mary and all the angels and saints praising Him through all eternity.
Cease not to intercede for me until my request is granted. Vouchsafe to recommend it to your daughter, the Blessed Virgin Mary, and lay it before the throne of Jesus. Heavily laden with the weight of my troubles, I kneel at your feet and humbly beg you to take my present need under your special protection.