Prayer
O Holy Virgin, to whose feet we are led by our anxious uncertainty in our search for and attainment of what is true and good, invoking you by the sweet title of Mother of Good Counsel, we beseech you to come to our assistance, when, along the road of this life, the darkness of error and of evil conspires towards our ruin by leading our minds and our hearts astray.
O Seat of Wisdom and Star of the Sea, enlighten the doubtful and the erring, that they be not seduced by the false appearances of good; render them steadfast in the face of the hostile and corrupting influences of passion and of sin. O Mother of Good Counsel, obtain for us from your Divine Son a great love of virtue, and, in the hour of uncertainty and trial, the strength to embrace the way that leads to our salvation.
If your hand sustains us, we shall walk unmolested along the path indicated to us by the life and words of Jesus, our Redeemer; and having followed freely and securely, even in the midst of this world’s strife, the Sun of Truth and Justice under your maternal Star, we shall come to the enjoyment of full and eternal peace with you in the haven of salvation. Amen.
PRAYER TO OUR MOTHER OF GOOD COUNSEL
(Saint John Paul II)
Virgin of Good Counsel!
To you rises the plea of the Christian people who have always loved and honored you.
To you today he gives his hopes and his pains, his desires and needs,
the many tears he shed and the yearning for a better future.
O Mother, turn your gaze to this people,
accept their generous intentions, accompany them on their journey towards a future of justice, solidarity and peace.
You, O Mother, who know the way of life and know well what man’s heart desires,
do not give him fallacious and transitory ideologies but the person of your
Son Jesus, the way, truth and life,
in which the mystery of God and man shines forth.
Mother of Good Counsel open minds and hearts,
for it assures the whole of humanity the gift of harmony and peace.
Amen.