Winning the heart and soul of South Africa for Mary by spreading the Fatima Message

Winning the heart and soul of South Africa for Mary by spreading the Fatima Message

Die Angelus Gebed

V. Die Engel van die Here het aan Maria die boodskap gebring.

A. En sy het ontvang van die Heilige Gees. Wees gegroet Maria…

V. Aanskou die diensmaagd van die Here.

A. Laat dit met my gaan volgens u woord. Wees gegroet Maria…

V. En die Woord het vlees geword.

A. En het onder ons gewoon. Wees gegroet Maria…

V. Bid vir ons, heilige Moeder van God.

A. Dat ons die beloftes van Christus waardig mag word.

V. Laat ons bid: Ons smeek U, Here, stort u genade in ons harte uit, sodat ons wat deur die boodskap van die Engel die menswording van Christus, u Seun, leer ken het, deur sy lyding en kruis tot die heerlikheid van die opstanding gebring mag word. Deur dieselfde Christus, onse Here. Amen.

Koningin van die Hemel Regina Caeli Gebed

 

V. Koningin van die Hemel, verheug u, halleluja!
R. Want Hy, wat u waardig was om te dra, halleluja!
V. Het opgestaan soos Hy gesê het, halleluja!
R. Bid vir ons tot God, halleluja!
V. Verheug en verbly u, Maagd Maria, halleluja!
R. Want die Here het waarlik opgestaan, halleluja!


V. Laat ons bid: God onse Vader, deur die opstanding van u Seun, onse Here Jesus Christus, het U die wêreld met groot blydskap geseën. Ons smeek U: laat ons, deur die gebede van sy moeder, die Maagd Maria, die vreugde van die ewige lewe verkry. Ons bid dit deur onse Here Jesus Christus, u Seun, wat met U en die Heilige Gees, leef en regeer, één God, vir ewig en altyd. Amen.

Wees Gegroet Heilige Koningin Gebed

V. Wees gegroet Koningin, Moeder van deernis; wees gegroet ons lewe, ons troos en ons hoop. Ons, die banneling kinders van Eva, roep u aan; tot u smeek ons, sugtend en wenend in hierdie tranedal. Wend u barmhartige oë tot ons, O Voorspreekster, en toon aan ons ná hierdie ballingskap, Jesus, die geseënde vrug van u skoot. O goeie, O liefdevolle, O soete Maagd Maria.

V. Bid vir ons, o Heilige Moeder van God.

R. Dat ons die beloftes van Christus waardig mag word.

V. Laat ons bid: Ons smeek U, Here, stort u genade in ons harte uit, sodat ons wat deur die boodskap van die Engel die menswording van Christus, u Seun, leer ken het, deur sy lyding en kruis tot die heerlikheid van die opstanding gebring mag word. Deur dieselfde Christus, Onse Here.

R. Amen.

Infant Jesus of Prague Novena

Patron Saint of Financial Distress


The feast day is 14 January, but you can pray this novena any time.

“The more you honour Me, the more I will bless you” has been a popular devotional line associated with the Infant Jesus of Prague for centuries.

Devotion to the Infant Jesus of Prague is especially popular among the Carmelites, and it was something that St. Therese of Lisieux was also well known for.

The Novena prayers are the same for all the nine days.

(Pray for nine days or nine consecutive hours.)


In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

O Jesus, Who has said, “Ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened,” through the intercession of Mary, Your Most Holy Mother, I knock, I seek, I ask that my prayer be granted.

(Mention your request here…)

O Jesus, Who has said, “All that you ask of the Father in My Name, He will grant you,” through the intercession of Mary Your Most Holy Mother, I humbly and urgently ask your Father in your name that my prayer will be granted.

(Mention your request here…)

O Jesus, Who has said, “Heaven and earth shall pass away but My word shall not pass away,” through the intercession of Mary Your Most Holy Mother, I feel confident that my prayer will be granted. 

(Mention your request here…) 

Say one Our Father…  Say one Hail Mary… Say one Glory Be…

 

Then pray the following Prayer of Thanksgiving:


Prayer of Thanksgiving for Graces Received from the Infant Jesus

I prostrate myself before Your holy image, O most gracious Infant Jesus, to offer You
my most fervent thanks for the blessings You have bestowed on me. I shall
incessantly praise Your Ineffable Mercy and confess that You alone are my God, my
helper, and my protector. Henceforth my entire confidence shall be placed in You!
Everywhere I will proclaim aloud Your mercy and generosity, so that Your great love
and the great deeds which You perform through this miraculous image may be
acknowledged by all. May devotion to Your Most Holy Infancy increase more and
more in the hearts of all Christians; and may all who experience Your assistance
persevere with me in showing unceasing gratitude to Your Most Holy Infancy, to
which be praise and glory forever. Amen.

Holy Souls Pledge

The souls in purgatory are suffering in a very real and painful way, a way we cannot fully comprehend. We have the ability to help them and relieve them by our prayers and actions.

THREE REASONS TO PRAY FOR THE HOLY SOULS

  1. They are our relatives – Many of us have blood relations—grandparents, aunts and uncles, and parents, brothers and sisters—who have died and are likely in purgatory. We should be praying for their souls out of love and compassion for them. But even if we have no dead relatives that we know of, the souls in purgatory are still our spiritual brothers and sisters. We are related by baptism in Christ, and this familial relationship should spur us to act on their behalf.
  2. You will probably go there – Let’s be honest, the best of us are simply not holy enough to bypass purgatory, and most us will experience its purifying fires. When you pray for the Holy Souls, they will pray for you and me when our time comes.
  3. It will bring you joy – Praying for the souls in purgatory is not without its rewards. Can you imagine the joy of meeting brothers and sisters in Christ one day in heaven and realizing that you helped them with your humble prayers?

Your pledge will be for continuous prayer, whatever you choose. It can be a simple Hail Mary every day for the souls or a full 5 decades of the Rosary. (We will email you some prayer suggestions after you submit your pledge)

List of names on the Registry will not be published for privacy reasons!

SIGN THIS PLEDGE

MY PLEDGE FOR HOLY SOULS:

I agree to pledge a daily prayer of my choice for all the Holy Souls listed in the South Africa Needs Our Lady Holy Souls Registry.

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Acts of Faith, Hope and Charity

Act of Faith

O my God, I firmly believe that Thou art one God in three Divine Persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. I believe that Thy Divine Son became man and died for our sins, and that He will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe these and all the truths which the Holy Catholic Church teaches, because Thou hast revealed them, Who canst neither deceive nor be deceived. Amen.

Act of Hope

O my God, relying on Thy almighty power and infinite mercy and promises, I hope to obtain pardon of my sins, the help of Thy grace, and life everlasting, through the merits of Jesus Christ, my Lord and Redeemer. Amen.

Act of Charity (Love)

O my God, I love Thee above all things, with my whole heart and soul, because Thou art all good and worthy of all my love. I love my neighbour as myself for the love of Thee. I forgive all who have injured me, and ask pardon of all whom I have injured. Amen.

 

Litany of the Infant Jesus

A beautiful litany prayer to the Infant Jesus that offers a wonderful meditation throughout the year but especially during Christmas season.

 

Litany

 

Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy,

Christ, have mercy, Christ, have mercy,

Lord have mercy, Lord, have mercy.

Infant Jesus, hear us, Infant Jesus, graciously hear us.

God the Father of heaven, have mercy on us.

God the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us.

God the Holy Ghost, have mercy on us.

Holy Trinity, One God, have mercy on us.

 

Infant Jesus, have mercy on us.

Infant, very God, have mercy on us.

Infant, Son of the Living God, have mercy on us.

Infant, Son of the Virgin Mary, have mercy on us.

Infant, begotten before the morning star, have mercy on us.

Infant, Word made flesh, have mercy on us.

Infant, Wisdom of your Father, have mercy on us.

Infant, Purity of your mother, have mercy on us.

Infant, only Son of your Father, have mercy on us.

Infant, First-Born of you mother, have mercy on us.

Infant, Image of your Father, have mercy on us.

Infant, Creator of your mother, have mercy on us.

Infant, Splendour of your Father, have mercy on us.

Infant, Honour of your mother, have mercy on us.

Infant, equal to your Father, have mercy on us.

Infant, subject to your mother, have mercy on us.

Infant, Joy of your Father, have mercy on us.

Infant, Riches of your mother, have mercy on us.

Infant, Gift of your Father, have mercy on us.

Infant, Offering of your mother, have mercy on us.

Infant, precious fruit of a virgin, have mercy on us.

Infant, Creator of man, have mercy on us.

Infant, Power of God, have mercy on us.

Infant, our God, have mercy on us.

Infant, our Brother, have mercy on us.

Infant, perfect Man from your conception, have mercy on us.

Infant, ancient in wisdom from your childhood, have mercy on us.

Infant, Father of ages, have mercy on us.

Infant, of days, have mercy on us.

Infant, giving life, and nourished at the breast, have mercy on us.

Infant, Eternal Word, and making yourself dumb, have mercy on us.

Infant, weeping in the crib, have mercy on us.

Infant, thundering in heaven, have mercy on us.

Infant, terror of hell, have mercy on us.

Infant, Joy of Paradise, have mercy on us.

Infant, dreaded by tyrants, have mercy on us.

Infant, desired by the Magi, have mercy on us.

Infant, exiled from your people, have mercy on us.

Infant, King in exile, have mercy on us.

Infant, Destroyer of idols, have mercy on us.

Infant, Vindicator of the glory of God, have mercy on us.

Infant, strong in weakness, have mercy on us.

Infant, powerful in abasement, have mercy on us.

Infant, Treasure of Grace, have mercy on us.

Infant, Fountain of Love, have mercy on us.

Infant, Author of the blessings of heaven, have mercy on us.

Infant, Repairer of the evils of earth,have mercy on us.

Infant, Head of the angels, have mercy on us.

Infant, Stem of the patriarchs, have mercy on us.

Infant, Word of the prophets, have mercy on us.

Infant, Expectation of nations, have mercy on us.

Infant, Joy of the shepherds, have mercy on us.

Infant, Light of the Magi, have mercy on us.

Infant, Salvation of children, have mercy on us.

Infant, Hope of the just, have mercy on us.

Infant, Teacher of doctors, have mercy on us.

Infant, First-fruits of the saints, have mercy on us.

 

Be merciful, spare us, O Infant Jesus.

Be merciful, graciously hear us, O Infant Jesus.

 

From the bondage of the children of Adam, Infant Jesus, deliver us.

From the slavery of the devil, Infant Jesus, deliver us.

From the corruption of the world, Infant Jesus, deliver us.

From the lust of the flesh, Infant Jesus, deliver us.

From the pride of life, Infant Jesus, deliver us.

From the immoderate desire of knowledge, Infant Jesus, deliver us.

From the blindness of mind, Infant Jesus, deliver us.

From the perversity of will, Infant Jesus, deliver us.

From our sins, Infant Jesus, deliver us.

Through your most pure conception, deliver us.

Through your most humble birth, deliver us.

Through your tears, deliver us.

Through your most painful circumcision, deliver us.

Through your most glorious epiphany, deliver us.

Through your most devout presentation, deliver us.

Through your most innocent conversation in the world, deliver us.

Through your most holy life, deliver us.

Through your poverty, deliver us.

Through your sorrows, deliver us.

Through your labours and travails, deliver us.

 

Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, spare us, O Infant Jesus.

Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, graciously hear us, O Infant Jesus.

Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, have mercy on us, O Infant Jesus.

 

Infant Jesus, hear us, Infant Jesus, graciously hear us.

 

Let us pray:

O Lord Jesus, who allowed the greatness of your incarnate divinity and most sacred humanity to be born in time, to become a little child, and to suffer bitter death, grant that we may acknowledge infinite wisdom in the silence of a child, power in weakness, majesty in abasement, so that adoring your humility and littleness on earth we may contemplate your glories in heaven. We ask this of you, who, with the Father and the Holy Spirit, lives and reigns God, forever and ever. Amen.

The Chaplet of the Holy Infant Jesus

 

Divine Infant Jesus, I venerate Your cross and accept all the crosses You will be pleased to send me.

Adorable Trinity, I offer You for the glory of the Holy Name of God, all the adorations of the Sacred Heart of the Holy Infant Jesus.

“And the Word was Made Flesh and dwelt among us.”

Our Father… (3 times, in honour of the Holy Family)

“And The Word was made flesh and dwelt among us”

Hail Mary… (12 times, in honour of the twelve years of the Holy Infancy)

 

The Divine Infant promised Ven. Marguerite that He would grant special graces, above all, purity of heart and innocence, to all who carried this chaplet on their person and recited it in honour of the mysteries of His Holy Infancy.

Efficacious prayer to the Holy Child Jesus

O Child Jesus, I have recourse to Thee by Thy Holy Mother; I implore Thee to assist me in this necessity, for I firmly believe that Thy Divinity can assist me. I confidently hope to obtain Thy holy grace. I love Thee with my whole heart and my whole soul. I am heartily sorry for my sins, and I entreat Thee, O good Jesus, to give me strength to overcome them.

I firmly resolve never to offend Thee again and to suffer everything rather than displease Thee. Henceforth, I wish to serve Thee faithfully. For love of Thee, O divine Child, I will love my neighbour as myself. O Jesus, omnipotent Child, I entreat Thee again to come to my assistance in this necessity. (Here mention the necessity.) Grant me the grace of possessing Thee eternally with Mary and Joseph, and of adoring Thee with Thy Holy Angels and Saints. Amen.

 

Prayer from a revelation said to have been made by the Blessed Mother to the Ven. Servant of God, Father Cyril of the Mother of God, who died in the odour of sanctity in 1675.