Prayers Consacration

“Cling to the Rosary as the creeper clings to the tree -
for without Our Lady we cannot stand.” (MT)

Of special importance in Mother Teresa’s prayer life was the rosary said in union with Our Lady. In fact, it can be said that Mother Teresa's one great method and means of prayer was the rosary, to which she clung with all her heart, whether before the Blessed Sacrament, or walking the streets of Calcutta. Our Lady’s heart was her school and her “place,” her “atmosphere” of prayer – staying with her at the cross of Jesus to hear and satiate his thirst.

Mother Teresa saw the rosary as the means par excellence for penetrating prayerfully the mysteries of God’s love, in particular the thirst of Jesus, hand in hand with Our Lady. This was her preferred prayer, even in times of silent adoration, when others would have opted for a more contemplative form of prayer. But for Mother Teresa, the rosary was itself eminently contemplative. It was the simple prayer of the poor – It was through the rosary that Mother Teresa applied to her prayer life her request that Our Lady lend her heart [to be able fulfill her mission of quenching Our Lord’s thirst for love and souls]– so that in the praying of the rosary she and her sisters would be entering the mysteries of Jesus with and through the heart of Our Lady, who had lived and “turned them over in her heart” as no one else [Lk 2, 19]. Through the rosary, they shared in her sharing of the mystery of “God’s thirsting love.” For this reason, she held fast to this practice, both for herself and for her sisters.

MOTHER’S PRAYER

Together with the rosary, the following prayer ought to be prayed daily during the preparation.

MOTHER TERESA’S PRAYER TO HEAR JESUS’ CRY OF THIRST

you were the first one to hear Jesus cry, "I Thirst."
You know how real, how deep is His longing
for me and for the poor.
I am yours – the whole Family of God is yours -
Teach me; bring me face to face
with the love in the Heart of Jesus Crucified.

With your help, Mother Mary,
I will listen to Jesus' Thirst
and it will be for me a Word of Life.

Standing near you, I will give Him my love,
and I will give Him the chance to love me,
and so be the cause of your joy
and so to satiate Jesus' Thirst for Love of souls.”

The invocation, Mother's Prayer, the Rosary and the LITANY TO OUR LADY (LORETO LITANY)

LITANY OF OUR LADY (LORETO LITANY)

Lord, have mercy on us		Lord, have mercy on us
Christ, have mercy on us		Christ, have mercy on us
Lord, have mercy on us		Lord, have mercy on us
Christ, hear us		Christ, hear us
Christ, graciously hear us		Christ, graciously hear us
God the Father of 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
Holy Mother of God		“
Holy Virgin of virgins		“
Mother of Christ		“
Mother of the Church		“
Mother of divine grace		“
Mother most pure		“
Mother most chaste		“
Mother inviolate		“
Mother undefiled		“
Mother most amiable		“
Mother most admirable		“
Mother of good counsel		“
Mother of our Creator		“
Mother of our Savior		“
Virgin most prudent		“
Virgin most venerable		“
Virgin most renowned		“
Virgin most powerful		“
Virgin most merciful		“
Virgin most faithful		“
Mirror of justice		“
Seat of wisdom		“
Cause of our joy		“
Spiritual vessel		“
Vessel of honor		“
Singular vessel of devotion		“
Mystical rose		“
Tower of David		“
Tower of ivory		“
House of gold		“
Ark of the covenant		“
Gate of heaven		“
Morning star		“
Health of the sick		“
Refuge of sinners		“
Comforter of the afflicted		“
Help of Christians		“
Queen of Angels		“
Queen of Patriarchs		“
Queen of Prophets		“
Queen of Apostles		“
Queen of Martyrs		“
Queen of Confessors		“
Queen of Virgins		“
Queen of all Saints		“
Queen conceived without original sin		“
Queen assumed into heaven		“
Queen of the most holy Rosary		“
Queen of the family		“
Queen of Peace		“

Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world		spare us, O Lord
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world		graciously hear us, O Lord
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world		have mercy on us

Pray for us, O holy Mother of God		That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ

LET US PRAY Grant, we beseech Thee, O Lord God, that we Thy servants, may enjoy lasting health of mind and body, and by the glorious intercession of the Blessed Mary, ever Virgin, be delivered from present sorrow and enter into the joy of eternal happiness. Through Christ our Lord. Amen