OUR LADY OF MANTARA - 11 JUNE

 

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JUNE

Saints celebrated on the 11th of June

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 MANTARA 

Since the early Christian era, the inhabitants of Magdhdouche, Lebanon, have venerated the cave where the Virgin Mary rested while she waited for her son, Jesus, to finish preaching in Sidon. 

THE VIRGIN MARY WAITED FOR HER SON

St Helena asked the Bishop of Tyre to consecrate a little chapel at the cave in Magdhdouche. She sent the people of Magdhdouche an icon of the mother and child and some altar furnishings. 

ST HELENA ASKED THE PEOPLE TO NAME THE CHAPEL

Historians believe that St Helena asked the people to name the chapel, and they named it "Our Lady of Awaiting" because it was there that the holy mother waited for her son. Mantara is derivative of the Semitic root ntr, which means “to wait." 

(Information from Wikipedia - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Awaiting)