Favorite Catholic Prayers

Lovely Gardenia has tagged me in a meme about my favorite prayer.

The rules are as follows:

"Name your three most favorite Catholic devotional prayers, and explain why they're your favorites. Then tag five bloggers - give them a link, and then go and tell them they have been tagged. Finally, tell the person who tagged you that you've completed the meme. The Liturgy and the Sacraments are off limits here. I'm more interested in people's favorite devotional prayers."

Here are mine:

1. Hail, Holy Queen!
Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of mercy, our life, our sweetness and our hope. To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve. To thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears. Turn then, most gracious advocate, thine eyes of mercy towards us. And after this our exile, show unto us the blessed Fruit of thy womb, Jesus. O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary. Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God, that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ. Amen.

2. Memorare
Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, or sought thy intercession was left unaided. Inspired by this confidence, I fly unto thee, O Virgin of virgins, my mother; to thee I come, before thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in thy mercy hear and answer me. Amen.

3. St. Michael the Archangel
Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle, be our protection against the malice and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him we humbly pray; and do thou, O Prince of the Heavenly host, by the power of God, thrust into hell Satan and all evil spirits who wander through the world for the ruin of souls. Amen.


Now, who do I tag?

1. Therese at Aussie Coffee Shop
2. Sarah at Prayer for the Journey
3. Jamie at Lord, Make me a Saint
4. Sarah at With a Hopeful Heart
5. Christine at, well, Christine
6. Anne at Imprisoned in my Bones

More

I hope I am not annoying everyone with all of the prayer requests, but I am guessing that Advent is a busy time for needs. I have a couple more.

My sister, Mary, who has a defect with her aortic valve (it's bicuspid instead of tricuspid), is scheduled to have a cardiac cathaterization this morning. She had an abnormal stress test during the summer, and had a bit of a scare when she was in Rome last week involving some chest pain. The doctor wants to rule out blockages and get a good look at her valve. Please pray for good results, as well as steady hands for her doctor.

Secondly, when I was speaking to my sister this morning, she told me of a little girl named Mia (Mia is a friend of a friend's daughter). Mia is 9 months old, and has been diagnosed with brain cancer. If I get more information on this situation, I will let you know.

Thank you so much for all of the prayers. Please know that I carry all of your intentions spoken and unspoken with me. I truly love and appreciate the community we are building when we help each other like this! God Bless!

Prayers!

I emailed a few of you about this last night, but I was informed of a family that is in dire need of prayer. The mother, Becky, is the sister of someone at my parish. She has 4 children, age 5 and under, with the youngest being 12 days old. Becky had a massive heart attack and aortic dissection a couple of days ago. Her brother has blogged an update here. Later today, they will be setting up a CaringBridge site. I will let you know when I get it. Let's storm Heaven with prayers for this family! At this time of year, I am so thankful for such a wonderful blogging community! God Bless!