When we wish to obtain some special favor through the intercession of Our Lady, the first disposition to bring to prayer is the humble recognition of our unworthiness, for it is the prayer of the contrite and humble heart that penetrates the skies and rises to the very throne of God.
Prayer Our Lady of Prompt Succor, you are after Jesus our only hope. O Most Holy Virgin, whose merits have raised you high above angel choirs to the very throne of the Eternal and whose foot crushed the head of the infernal serpent, you are strong against the enemies of our salvation. O Mother of God, you are our Mediatrix most kind and loving. Hasten, then, to our help, and as you did once save your beloved City from ravaging flames and our Country from an alien foe, do now have pity on our misery, and obtain for us the graces we beg of You. Deliver us from the wiles of Satan, assist us in the many trials which beset our path in this valley of tears, and be to us truly Our Lady of Prompt Succor now and especially at the hour of our death. Amen!
Our Lady of Prompt Succor, hasten to help us.
(three times)
The Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory be to the
Father,,
with the prayer,,,
O Mary, Mother of God, who amid the tribulations
of the world, watches over us and over the Church of Your Son, be to us
and to the Church, truly, Our Lady of Prompt Succor; make haste to help
us in all our necessities, that in this fleeting life You may be our succor,
and obtain for us (here ask the particular favor you desire). Help
us to gain life everlasting through the merits of Jesus, Your Son, Our
Lord and Redeemer. Amen.
O Mary, Mother of God pray for us sinners
who have recourse to thee. Amen!
Filial resignation to Gods
Holy Will is the second disposition required
for the obtaining of special graces. This disposition
is especially necessary
when we ask for temporal favors, as we cannot
be certain whether they are
conducive to our salvation or not.
Prayer
Our Lady of Prompt Succor,
O Virgin most pure and Mother of the Word
Incarnate, you are the dispenser of all graces
and the refuge of poor
sinners. With lively faith and unbounded
confidence we have recourse to your
maternal love and we beg of you to obtain from
your Divine Son the favors we
now implore...... ( Here name the special grace
desired). With filial trust
we place our hearts under your motherly care
beseeching you to obtain for us
the all-important grace of perfect conformity
to God's Will; and, O Mary,
show yourself to be OUR LADY OF PROMPT SUCCOR,
especially at the hour of our
death. Amen.
Our Lady of Prompt Succor,
hasten to help us. (three times.)
Our Father, Hail Mary, and
Glory Be,,,
with the prayer,,,
O Mary, Mother of God, who amid the tribulations
of the world, watches over us and over the Church of Your Son, be to us
and to the Church, truly, Our Lady of Prompt Succor; make haste to help
us in all our necessities, that in this fleeting life You may be our succor,
and obtain for us (here ask the particular favor you desire). Help
us to gain life everlasting through the merits of Jesus, Your Son, Our
Lord and Redeemer. Amen.
O Mary, Mother of God pray for us sinners
who have recourse to thee. Amen
A profound respect for the
exalted dignity and sublime prerogatives of
Mary is an excellent means to draw down upon
us Heaven's choicest blessings.
Prayer
Our Lady of Prompt Succor.
O Mary Immaculate, you are the model of all
virtues, the path by which we go to Jesus, the
mysterious channel
through which divine favors are imparted to us.
You who have such power over
the Heart of Jesus, hasten to our assistance
and obtain our earnest request...(
Here name the favor desired.) In thee, O Mary,
we put our trust, let it not
be said that our hopes have been frustrated.
O Mother most chaste, be our
strength against temptation, our help in danger,
our consolation in sorrow,
but especially be OUR LADY OF PROMPT SUCCOR,
at the hour of our death. Amen
Out Lady of Prompt Succor, hasten to help us. (Three Times)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory
be,,
with the prayer,,,
O Mary, Mother of God, who amid the tribulations
of the world, watches over us and over the Church of Your Son, be to us
and to the Church, truly, Our Lady of Prompt Succor; make haste to help
us in all our necessities, that in this fleeting life You may be our succor,
and obtain for us (here ask the particular favor you desire). Help
us to gain life everlasting through the merits of Jesus, Your Son, Our
Lord and Redeemer. Amen.
O Mary, Mother of God pray for us sinners
who have recourse to thee. Amen
A filial eagerness in striving
to fathom the treasures of holiness
contained in the heart of Mary, the most loving
and lovable of mothers, is
another means of obtaining Our Lady's special
protection.
Prayer
Our Lady of Prompt Succor,
living temple of the Holy Spirit and Queen of
Heaven and earth, behold us prostrate at your
feet to offer you the filial
homage of our hearts, to thank you for the innumerable
favors you have
obtained for us, and to implore, through your
all-powerful intercession the
graces we need especially.....( Here specify
the favor desired.) O Mary, be
truly to us "Mary," that is, our shield against
the darts of temptation, our
solace in the midst of trials and afflictions,
our firm hope, sweet
consolation and PROMPT SUCCOR at the hour of
death. Amen
Our Lady of Prompt Succor, hasten to help us. (Three times.)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be,,,
with the prayer,,,
O Mary, Mother of God, who amid the tribulations
of the world, watches over us and over the Church of Your Son, be to us
and to the Church, truly, Our Lady of Prompt Succor; make haste to help
us in all our necessities, that in this fleeting life You may be our succor,
and obtain for us (here ask the particular favor you desire). Help
us to gain life everlasting through the merits of Jesus, Your Son, Our
Lord and Redeemer. Amen.
O Mary, Mother of God pray for us sinners
who have recourse to thee. Amen
To aquire a special right to the protection of
Mary, one of the surest means
is to keep ourselves in the state of grace and
endeavor to please her by
imitating her virtues.
Prayer
Our Lady of Prompt Succor, Virgin most powerful
and Mirror of Justice, who
offered yourself totally to God for the perfect
accomplishment of His Holy
Will, make us generous in sacrifice. We have
recourse to you to obtain the
graces we need, especially...(Here name the favor
desired.) O Mary, Our Lady
of Prompt Succor, heavenly protectress of souls
devoted to your Divine Son,
deign to bless us each day of our mortal pilgrimage,
cast upon us your eyes
of mercy, and after our exile, show unto us Jesus,
your Son and our Brother.
Amen
Our Lady of Prompt Succor, hasten to help us. (Three times.)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be,,,
with the prayer,,,
O Mary, Mother of God, who amid the tribulations
of the world, watches over us and over the Church of Your Son, be to us
and to the Church, truly, Our Lady of Prompt Succor; make haste to help
us in all our necessities, that in this fleeting life You may be our succor,
and obtain for us (here ask the particular favor you desire). Help
us to gain life everlasting through the merits of Jesus, Your Son, Our
Lord and Redeemer. Amen.
O Mary, Mother of God pray for us sinners
who have recourse to thee. Amen
A tender love for Mary is another
efficacious means of obtaining her
favors. Since love can be requited only by love,
what should not be our
sentiments of filial affection for so generous
and loving a Mother?
Prayer
O Mary, Our Lady of Prompt
Succor, bright Star of the Sea shining upon
life's stormy ocean, we raise and implore your
speedy help especially to
obtain....(Here specify the desired favor.) Shining
Star of our
tempest-tossed souls, lovingly guide us among
temptation's heaving billows
and treacherous shoals, and lead us safely into
eternity's peaceful harbor. O
sweetest of mothers, we seek your PROMPT SUCCOR
now and at the hour of our
death. Amen
Our Lady of Prompt Succor, hasten to help us. (Three times.)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be,,,
with the prayer,,,
O Mary, Mother of God, who amid the tribulations
of the world, watches over us and over the Church of Your Son, be to us
and to the Church, truly, Our Lady of Prompt Succor; make haste to help
us in all our necessities, that in this fleeting life You may be our succor,
and obtain for us (here ask the particular favor you desire). Help
us to gain life everlasting through the merits of Jesus, Your Son, Our
Lord and Redeemer. Amen.
O Mary, Mother of God pray for us sinners
who have recourse to thee. Amen
Mary's love for us is tender
and generous. Our love for her should have
as characteristics: deep gratitude, filial confidence,
and ardent zeal. We
should endeavor by good example and the spirit
of sacrifice, to propagate
devotion to her under her sweet title of PROMPT
SUCCOR.
Prayer
O Mary, Our Lady of Prompt
Succor, whose protection is so powerful and
whose help is so prompt and efficacious, we come
to lay at your feet all our
cares and sorrows, to place into your hands all
our hopes, to entrust to you
all our interests both spiritual and temporal.
Deign, O Most Holy Virgin, to
assist us and obtain the graces we now ask, especially....(Here
mention the
favor desired.)
O Mother of PROMPT SUCCOR, close not your ears
to our earnest supplications,
but rather hasten to our help now and at the
hour of our death. Amen
Our Lady of Prompt Succor, hasten to help us. (Three times.)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be,,,
with the prayer,,,
O Mary, Mother of God, who amid the tribulations
of the world, watches over us and over the Church of Your Son, be to us
and to the Church, truly, Our Lady of Prompt Succor; make haste to help
us in all our necessities, that in this fleeting life You may be our succor,
and obtain for us (here ask the particular favor you desire). Help
us to gain life everlasting through the merits of Jesus, Your Son, Our
Lord and Redeemer. Amen.
O Mary, Mother of God pray for us sinners
who have recourse to thee. Amen
Confidence is an excellent
and necessary means for obtaining Mary's
protection. Our Lady of Prompt Succor will bestow
favors upon us in
proportion to our filial trust in her all-powerful
intercession.
Prayer
Our Lady of Prompt Succor,
sanctuary of ebery birtue, who was chosen
among all women to be the Mother of our Redeemer,
be our advocate and
protectress. To you do we raise our hearts and
hands inploring your powerful
intercession to obtain the favors we ase, especially....(Here
mention the
grace desired.) Assist us byyour meditation,
O Mary, that your Divine Son
may shower His blessings upon us now and at themoment
of our death. Amen
Our Lady of Prompt Succor, hasten to help us. (Three times.)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be,,,
with the prayer,,,
O Mary, Mother of God, who amid the tribulations
of the world, watches over us and over the Church of Your Son, be to us
and to the Church, truly, Our Lady of Prompt Succor; make haste to help
us in all our necessities, that in this fleeting life You may be our succor,
and obtain for us (here ask the particular favor you desire). Help
us to gain life everlasting through the merits of Jesus, Your Son, Our
Lord and Redeemer. Amen.
O Mary, Mother of God pray for us sinners
who have recourse to thee. Amen
Mary became our Mother
on Calvary's crest. We are the children of her
tears and sorrows. On this last day of our novena,
let us take the resolution
ever to foster a true and tender devotion to
our Immaculate Mother of Prompt
Succor, to cast all our cares and anxieties into
her maternal heart. Our
confidence will not remain un-rewarded.
Prayer
Our Lady of Prompt Succor,
Queen of the Universe and Sovereign full of
kindness, you are the advocate of sinners, a
haven of safety to the
shipwrecked, the health of the sick and infirm,
the consolation of the
afflicted, the refuge and salvation of all on
earth. O Mary, grant us, we
beseech you, the help of your prayers to obtain
the graces we implore, and in
particular.....( Here name the favor desired.)
Let your maternal heart be
touched by our misery: hasten to our assistance
and be to us, now and at the
hour of our death, OUR LADY OF PROMPT SUCCOR.
Amen.
Our Lady of Prompt Succor, hasten to help us. (Three times.)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be,,,
with the prayer,,,
O Mary, Mother of God, who amid the tribulations
of the world, watches over us and over the Church of Your Son, be to us
and to the Church, truly, Our Lady of Prompt Succor; make haste to help
us in all our necessities, that in this fleeting life You may be our succor,
and obtain for us (here ask the particular favor you desire). Help
us to gain life everlasting through the merits of Jesus, Your Son, Our
Lord and Redeemer. Amen.
O Mary, Mother of God pray for us sinners
who have recourse to thee. Amen
Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, hear us.
Christ, graciously hear us.
God, the Father in Heaven, have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world. have mercy
on us.
God the Holy Spirit, have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, one God, have mercy on us.
Holy Mary, Pray for us.
Mother of the Infant Jesus, Pray for us.
Our Lady of Prompt Succor, Pray for us.
Our Lady of Prompt Succor of all who invoke
you with confidence, Pray for us.
Our Lady of Prompt Succor of all who are devout
toward infant Jesus, " .
Our Lady of Prompt Succor for obtaining a
lively faith, " .
Our Lady of Prompt Succor for sustaining the
hope of Christians, " .
Our Lady of Prompt Succor for obtaining and
persevering in charity, " .
Our Lady of Prompt Succor for observing the
law of God, " .
Our Lady of Prompt Succor for observing perseverance
in virtue and good works, " .
Our Lady of Prompt Succor in every special
necessity, " .
Our Lady of Prompt Succor against the revolt
of self will, " .
Our Lady of Prompt Succor in the occasion
of sin, " .
Our Lady of Prompt Succor in every temptation,
" .
Our Lady of Prompt Succor against the evil
spirit, " .
Our Lady of Prompt Succor for obtaining contrition,
" .
Our Lady of Prompt Succor of those wishing
to re-enter the path of salvation,".
Our Lady of Prompt Succor for the conversion
of sinners, " .
Our Lady of Prompt Succor in every temporal
necessity, ".
Our Lady of Prompt Succor in every affliction,
" .
Our Lady of Prompt Succor of afflicted families,
" .
Our Lady of Prompt Succor of the sick and
the poor, " .
Our Lady of Prompt Succor against contagious
diseases and epidemics, ".
Our Lady of Prompt Succor in every accident,".
Our Lady of Prompt Succor against destruction
by fire, " .
Our Lady of Prompt Succor against lightening
and tempest, " .
Our Lady of Prompt Succor against destruction
by flood, ".
Our Lady of Prompt Succor of travelers, ".
Our Lady of Prompt Succor of navigators, ".
Our Lady of Prompt Succor of the ship-wrecked,
" .
Our Lady of Prompt Succor against the enemies
of our country, ".
Our Lady of Prompt Succor in time of war,
" .
Our Lady of Prompt Succor of those aspiring
to the Holy Priesthood and the religious life,".
Our Lady of Prompt Succor of laborers in the
Lord's Vineyard, ".
Our Lady of Prompt Succor of missionaries
who spread the faith, ".
Our Lady of Prompt Succor of of our Holy Father
Pope John Paul II, ".
Our Lady of Prompt Succor for those searching
for the faith,".
Our Lady of Prompt Succor against the enemies
of the Church, " .
Our Lady of Prompt Succor at the hour of death,
" .
Our Lady of Prompt Succor for the deliverance
of the souls in Purgatory.
Lamb of God you take away the sins of the world,
spare us, O Lord,
Lamb of God you take away the sins of the
world, graciously hear us, O Lord,
Lamb of God you take away the sins of the
world, have mercy on us.
V. Our Lady of Prompt Succor, pray for us.
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises
of Christ.
Let Us Pray
O, Almighty and Eternal
God! Who sees us surrounded by so many dangers and miseries, grant in Your
infinite goodness, that the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of your Divine
Son, may defend us from the evil spirit and protect us against all adversities;
that always and with PROMPT SUCCOR, she may deliver us from every evil
of soul and body, and safely guide us the the kingdom of heaven; through
the merits of Our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with
you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God world without end.
Amen.
Our Lady of Prompt Succor,
hasten to help us.
Let us Pray
O Most merciful Jesus,
Who has placed the riches of Your mercy in the heart of your Mother Mary:
propitiously grant that through her patronage we may be delivered from
all evils of mind and body. Who lives and reigns with God the Father in
the unity of the Holy Spirit world without end. Amen
Our Lady of Prompt Succor, hasten to help us.
Introduction:
Devotion to Our Lady of Prompt Succor dates back to 1802, when the Ursuline Order in New Orleans pleaded for help in sustaining the Order with new sisters from France. Their prayers were answered with papal permission for sisters to be transferred from France to New Orleans. In thanksgiving for this favor, the Ursulines dedicated a statue in their convent chapel to Our Lady of Prompt Succor in 1810.
In 1812, a terrible fire broke out in New Orleans, and the wind was blowing the flames toward the convent. Prayers before the statue of Our Lady were answered with a reversal of the wind direction and the convent was spared.
During the Battle of New Orleans, in 1815, the sisters again invoked the assistance of Our Lady of Prompt Succor. As the sound of guns and cannons thundered around the chapel during Mass, they vowed to have a Mass of Thanksgiving sung every year if the Americans were victorious. At Communion time, a messenger arrived with the news that Gen. Andrew Jackson's overmatched army had successfully driven the British from the city. Once again Our Lady had responded promptly.
In 1928, the Holy See approved the selection of Our Lady of Prompt Succor as the Patroness of the city of New Orleans and the state of Louisiana. The Mass of Thanksgiving is offered each January 8 at the Shrine of Our Lady of Prompt Succor in New Orleans.