ORATE FRATRES

Virgin Mother of the Church, gateway to eternal glory, pray for each and all of us who celebrate your memory…

St. Gall (VIII century)

150th Jubilee Prayer of Our Lady of Lourdes

Lord, you prepared Mary
to be the Mother of your Son
by her Immaculate Conception.
You kept her free from all sin.
For the fidelity
of her “Yes”, from the Annunciation
to the Crucifixion,
we thank you, Lord.
In Lourdes, Lord,
you prepared Bernadette
to give witness
to the Apparitions of the Virgin.
By the openness and her courage,
her humility and her courage,
she thwarted all the traps of the cunning
and of the naysayer.
For what you made real in Bernadette,
we thank you, Lord.
And now, Lord,
as we prepare for the
Jubilee Year of the Apparitions,
prepare us for this time of great joy.
Help us to listen to the words
of reconciliation and peace.
Open our hearts, our eyes, that we may
embrace the poor and distressed.
That this Jubilee Year
will be a time of Grace
for those who come
to the Grotto of Lourdes
and for those who join with us in prayer.
Like Bernadette,
we want to receive the Eucharist
and to deepen our relationship with Christ
and to live by the Holy Spirit
more and more during this Jubilee Year,
that we offer through the Intercession of Mary,
your humble servant, and with the people
who have gone before us,
who have proclaimed her Blessed.
Gloria Patri et Filio et Spirtui Sancto,
sicut erat in principio, et nunc et semper,
et in sæcula sæculorum. Amen.

Please pray this prayer daily for everyone who goes to Lourdes during this special year of Jubilee.