CAMPAIGN FOR AN END TO THE CORONAVIRUS ARCHDIOCESE OF PHILADELPHIA

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MAY CROWNING OF IMAGES OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY 5TH SUNDAY OF EASTER – 10 MAY 2020 – 8:00 PM

After the Conclusion of the Most Holy Rosary, please join in the italicized portions of the following and prayers.

HYMN: God my savior. For he has looked upon his handmaid’s lowliness; behold, from now on Immaculate Mary, will all ages call me blessed. The Mighty One thy praises we sing; has done great things for me, and holy is his Who reign now in splendor name. His mercy is from age to age to those with our King. who fear him. He has shown might with his arm, dispersed the arrogant of mind and Refrain: Ave, Ave, Ave, Maria! heart. He has thrown down the rulers from Ave, Ave Maria! their thrones but lifted up the lowly. The hungry he has filled with good things; the rich In heaven, the blessed he has sent away empty. He has helped Israel thy glory proclaim; his servant, remembering his mercy, On earth we, thy children, according to his promise to our fathers, to invoke thy fair name. Abraham and to his descendants forever.”

We pray for our Mother, The Gospel of the Lord. the Church upon earth, Praise to You, Lord Jesus Christ. And bless, dearest Lady, the land of our birth. LITANY OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY

READING FROM SACRED SCRIPTURE Lord, have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy on us. The Lord be with you. Christ, have mercy on us. And with your spirit. Christ, have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy on us. A reading from the Holy Gospel, according to Lord, have mercy on us. Luke: (Luke 1:41b-55) Glory to You, O Lord. Christ, hear us. Christ, graciously hear us. Elizabeth, filled with the holy Spirit, cried out in a loud voice and said, “Most blessed are God, the Father of Heaven, you among women, and blessed is the fruit of Have mercy on us. your womb. And how does this happen to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to God the Son, Redeemer of the world, me? For at the moment the sound of your Have mercy on us. greeting reached my ears, the infant in my God the Holy Spirit, womb leaped for joy. Blessed are you who Have mercy on us. believed that what was spoken to you by the Holy Trinity, One God, Lord would be fulfilled.” Have mercy on us. And Mary said: “My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord; my spirit rejoices in Holy Mary, Singular vessel of devotion, Pray for us. Pray for us. Holy Mother of God, Mystical rose, Pray for us. Pray for us. Holy Virgin of virgins, Tower of David, Pray for us. Pray for us. Mother of Christ, Tower of ivory, Pray for us. Pray for us. , House of gold, Pray for us. Pray for us. Mother of divine grace, Ark of the covenant, Pray for us. Pray for us. Mother most pure, Gate of heaven, Pray for us. Pray for us. Mother most chaste, Morning star, Pray for us. Pray for us. Mother inviolate, Health of the sick, Pray for us. Pray for us. Mother undefiled, Refuge of sinners, Pray for us. Pray for us. Mother most amiable, Comfort of the afflicted, Pray for us. Pray for us. Mother admirable, Help of Christians, Pray for us. Pray for us. Mother of good counsel, Queen of Angels, Pray for us. Pray for us. Mother of our Creator, Queen of Patriarchs, Pray for us. Pray for us. Mother of our Savior, Queen of Prophets, Pray for us. Pray for us. Mother of mercy, Queen of Apostles, Pray for us. Pray for us. Virgin most prudent, Queen of Martyrs, Pray for us. Pray for us. Virgin most venerable, Queen of Confessors, Pray for us. Pray for us. Virgin most renowned, Queen of Virgins, Pray for us. Pray for us. Virgin most powerful, Queen of all Saints, Pray for us. Pray for us. Virgin most merciful, Queen conceived without original sin, Pray for us. Pray for us. Virgin most faithful, Queen assumed into heaven, Pray for us. Pray for us. Mirror of justice, Queen of the most holy Rosary, Pray for us. Pray for us. Seat of wisdom, Queen of families, Pray for us. Pray for us. Cause of our joy, Queen of peace. Pray for us. Pray for us. Spiritual vessel, Pray for us. Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the Vessel of honor, world, Pray for us. Spare us, O Lord.

Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the Quidquid optamus, per te speramus; world, ora, ora pro nobis Graciously hear us, O Lord. Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, SOLEMN BLESSING Have mercy on us. The Lord be with you. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God. And with your spirit. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ. Bow down for the blessing.

Let us pray. Grant, we beseech Thee, O Lord May God, who through the childbearing of the God, that we, your servants, may enjoy Blessed Virgin Mary willed in his great perpetual health of mind and body; and by kindness to redeem the human race, be the intercession of the Blessed Mary, ever pleased to enrich you with his blessing. Virgin, may be delivered from present Amen. sorrow, and obtain eternal joy. Through May you know always and everywhere the Christ our Lord. Amen. protection of her, through whom you have been found worthy to receive the author of life. BLESSING OF CROWNS AND OTHER DEVOTIONAL Amen. ITEMS PREPARED TO HONOR OUR LADY May you, who have devoutly honored our Blessed Mother this day, receive through her Let us pray. Eternal Father, in the Blessed intercession the gifts of spiritual joys and Ever Virgin Mary, You have given Your heavenly rewards. Pilgrim Church an image of the glory to come. Amen. May this crown and all the devotional items And may the blessing of almighty God, the prepared by you faithful people for the glory Father, ! and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, of Your Holy Name, and the honor of Mary, come down on you and remain with you for our Mother, be sanctified ! by Your blessing ever. and help us to look to her as a model of all Amen. virtue and holiness. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen. : HAIL HOLY QUEEN

Hail, holy Queen enthroned above, CROWNING OF THE IMAGE OF THE O Maria. BLESSED VIRGIN MARY Hail, Queen of mercy and of love,

O Maria. (As Fr. Brabazon places the blessed crown upon the image of Our Lady, in the Chapel of Refrain: Triumph, all ye cherubim, St. Isidore Church, join in placing your crown, Sing with us, ye seraphim, flowers, , etc.… upon or near the Heaven and earth resound the hymn: image of Our Lady venerated in your home. Salve, Salve, ! Then, as Fr. Brabazon briefly kneels before the crowned image of Our Lady, we will hear Our life, our sweetness, here below, the following traditional hymn sung by those O Maria! present in the Chapel.) Our hope in sorrow and in woe,

O Maria! O sanctissima, o piissima,

dulcis Virgo Maria! Turn then most gracious Advocate, Mater amata, intemerata, O Maria! ora, ora pro nobis. Toward us thine eyes compassionate,

O Maria! Tu solatium et refugium, Virgo Mater Maria.