The Handbook of Prayers Hail, holy Queen, mother of mercy, our life, our sweetness, and our hope. To you do we cry, poor, banished children of Eve. To you do we send up our sighs, mourning and ...

In the first part, the soul greets the Mother of God, invoking her mercy. In the second, the soul repeats the greeting and, in the name of all people, calls to holy Mary, whom we beg to look upon ...

“From this moment, we entrust this holy year to the Mother of Mercy, that she might turn her gaze upon us and watch over our journey.” In Catholic tradition, a year of jubilee is a time of ...