Saturday in honor of Our Lady.
Holy Mother of God; please listen to our petitions and needs, and deliver us from all dangers, ever glorious and blessed Virgin Mary.
Mary, our model and mother, by your obedience and patience you have taught us how to be true children of God. Please help us by your powerful assistance to overcome all our weaknesses, and to fulfill perfectly our tasks in life.
By your compassionate aid may we ever stand in spirit with you beneath the cross of Christ so that we may also rejoice with you in your divine Son’s triumphant victory over sin and death.
In your maternal kindness help us to be faithful to prayers in the company of God’s Church as you were one with the Apostles in the upper room as you waited for the promised Spirit of Pentecost.
With your gracious assistance may we be near you in the glory of Christ’s kingdom come to sing with you and all the faithful the eternal praise of God. Amen.
V. O Mary, conceived without sin,
R. Pray for us who have recourse to you.
Why Saturday?
The Marian Catechist Apostolate gives this reasoning based on historical research:
Saturday is the day when creation was completed; therefore it is also celebrated as the day of the fulfillment of the plan of salvation, which found its realization through Mary. Sunday is the Lord’s Day, so it seemed appropriate to observe the preceding day as Mary’s day.
In addition, as Genesis describes, God rested on the seventh day, Saturday. The seventh day, and the Jewish Sabbath, is Saturday; we rest on Sunday, because we celebrate the Resurrection as our Sabbath Day.
In parallel, Jesus rested in the womb and then in the loving arms of Mary from birth until she held His lifeless body at the foot of the Cross; thus the God-head rested in Mary.
Saturday is a great day to honor our Blessed Mother and if we are not able to go to morning Mass where it is offered, we can always pray a rosary or another Marian prayer to honor her.
She is our spiritual mother and deserves our love and devotion (as do all mothers) and so dedicating an entire day of the week to her is most fitting.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us who have recourse to Thee.
Thank you, very much.
Mary Mother of Jesus please be a mother to me. Amen
Amen
MARY MOTHER OF JESUS I NEED PROTECTION FOR MY FAMILY AND CLOSE FRIENDS FROM THE TERRIBLE ISSUES FACING THEM LIKE THE HURRICANE, LACK OF CLIENTS , PAYING FOR VEHICLE ISSUES IN COLORADO. ILLNESSES OF ALL AND MY BLOOD SUGAR AND TO BE LOW ENOUGH TO NOT HAVE O BE DECLARED A DIABETIC WHEN AT MY DR ON MONDAY AS I HAVE CUT OFF ALL SWEETS EXERCISE AND EAT BETTER AND HAVE LOST WEIGHT. I JUST CANT HANDLE BLOOD PRICKS THREE TIMES DAY. ALSO I NEED PRAYERS FOR POOR SOULS IN PURGATORY TO GO HEAVEN,I ALSO PRAY FOR THOSE WITH MENTAL CONDITONS
Mary my mother do not abandon us. Guide us onto heaven. Help all who ever called on the name of your son in their lifetime to enter into the glory of His. Help us to endure all the challenges of this world which stand on the way of our salvation. We pray for healing of our spiritual and physical illnesses. Amen