OUR LADY OF KNOCK - 21 AUGUST

 

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST

Saints celebrated on the 21st August

Marian Feast Days 

O glorious Virgin, Mother of God, blessed among all nations, worthy of praise and the greatest of praise, intercede for me with thy beloved Son. O honoured Lady, Mother of the King of Angels and Archangels, assist and deliver me from every difficulty and danger.

O Blossom of the Patriarchs, the Virgins and the Angels, Hope of Glory, Beauty of Virgins, Admiration of the Angels and Archangels, remember me, and forsake me not, I beseech thee, at the terrible hour of my death. O Star of the Sea, Gate of Heaven, Temple of God, Palace of Jesus Christ, Harbour of Safety, Power of all Nations, Pearl of all Sweetness, Hope of the Faithful; O Queen who shelters the guilty, who surpasses in radiance the Virgins and the Angels, thy presence gives joy to all the hosts of Heaven.

Therefore, O Mother of Mercy, I place in the protection of thy holy hands my going out, my coming in, my sleeping, my waking, the sight of my eyes, the touch of my hands, the speech from my lips, the hearing of my ears, so that in everything I may be pleasing to thine own beloved Son. Amen.

OUR LADY OF KNOCK

In August 1879, outside their church in Knock, Ireland, fifteen people witnessed an apparition of Our Lady accompanied by Saint Joseph, Saint John the Evangelist, and Our Lord as the Lamb of God. The site became an internationally recognised shrine, and was visited by Blessed Pope John Paul II in 1979.

PRAYER:

O God, who give hope to your people in time of distress,

grant that we who keep the memorial

of the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady of Knock

may, through her intercession,

be steadfast in the faith during our earthly pilgrimage to heaven,

and so come to eternal glory with all the Angels and the Saints.

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,

who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,

God, for ever and ever.

Amen.