Upon this woman, the masterpiece of God's creation, 
would be bestowed many titles, each vying with the other to reflect 
in some manner her beauty, her dignity, her uniqueness, the qualities of her love. 
She will be called  'Mother of Divine Grace . . . Seat of Wisdom . . . 
Cause of our Joy . . . Spiritual Vessel . . . Mystical Rose . . . House of Gold . . . 
Ark of the Covenant . . . Gate of Heaven . . . 
Queen of Angels, Prophets and Apostles . . .' 
But no title will be greater than 'Mother of God.'"

~Marian Prayers~

Prayer is commanded by God as a duty and a privilege.
Its power is unlimited.
Our Lord says,  "Ask and it shall be given unto you."
And again, "If ye shall ask anything in My Name I will do it."
St. James writes: "the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much,"
and Saint Paul says:  
"by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God."
Even the poet sings "more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of."

Prayer must be made in the Name of Jesus Christ, 
and joined to His Merits and Mediation, for
"he ever liveth to make Intercession for us."
If so made, and that which we ask is in accordance with God's will 
our petitions assuredly will be granted.  Prayer gains added force "when two or three
are gathered together,"  or at least praying the same petitions, and above all
is it effective when made at the offering of the Holy Eucharist.

We may pray in direct formal words or "by intention," that is, by saying
the Lord's Prayer, with the object in mind.  
Prayer is best made to God direct, but the Invocation of the Saints or asking
them to pray for and with us is a very ancient practice, based on the principle of both
living and dead helping one another in the Communion of Saints.

Prayer is a test of our religious life. 

This Prayer Page is Dedicated to All Our Members 
who Have Gone Before Us...

and live within our hearts as a guiding light in making our 
Parish a Traditional Anglican Catholic Church, for all who enter in.

May their souls and the souls of all the faithfully departed 
Rest in Peace and may light perpetual shine upon them.

    
Carolyn Coker
Connie Cook
Elizabeth Davis
Jack Galloway
Jessie Brower Galloway
Vic Gill
Jean Heiskill
Freddie Hunt
Howard Malone, Sr.
Howard Malone, Jr.
Betty Martin
O.W. Martin
Dee Plotz
Kaye Rheinlander
Weldon Richardson
Harless Strawn
   Lucille Strawn  
Bill Underhill 
Leonard Wilkerson
Henry Wilson
Rubye Wilson
Dan Wolfe

Pray without ceasing...

"The Apostle Paul had a purpose in saying: 
'Pray without ceasing'. Are we then to ceaselessly bend our knees, 
to lie prostrate, or to lift up our hands? .... there is another, 
interior kind of prayer without ceasing, namely, the desire of the heart. ... 
The constancy of your desire will itself be the ceaseless voice of your prayer."
Augustine of Hippo

"The Angelus" 
or
"The Memorial of the Incarnation"

In the Mystery of the Incarnation we worship and adore Our Lord as God of God,
we honour and reverence Saint Mary as "blessed among women."
In honouring Mary, the Instrument of the Incarnation,
we really honour Christ, Whom became Incarnate.
The "Angelus," which is said morning, noon and night, expresses the inspired
Salutation of the Angel and Elizabeth as recorded in the Gospel of St. Luke.

The Angel of the Lord declared unto Mary and spake unto her.
 And she conceived by the Holy Ghost.

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the
fruit of thy womb, Jesus.  Holy Mary, Mother of God,
pray for us sinners, now and the hour of our death.  Amen.

And Mary said:  Behold the handmaid of the Lord:
Be it done unto me according to thy word.
Hail Mary, etc.

And the Word was made Flesh and dwelt among us.
Hail Mary, etc.

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

LET US PRAY

Pour forth, we beseech Thee, O Lord, Thy grace into
our hearts, that we to whom the Incarnation of Christ
Thy Son was made known by the message of an angel, may
by His Passion and Cross be brought to the glory of
His Resurrection. Through the same Christ Our Lord.
Amen.

"Regina Coeli"

Queen of Heaven rejoice, alleluia:

For He whom you merited to bear, alleluia,

Has risen as He said, alleluia.

Pray for us to God, alleluia.

V. Rejoice and be glad, O Virgin Mary, alleluia.
R. Because the Lord is truly risen, alleluia.

 Let us pray:
O God, who by the Resurrection of Thy Son, our Lord
Jesus Christ, granted joy to the whole world:
grant we beseech Thee, that through the intercession
of the Virgin Mary, His Mother, we may lay hold of the
joys of eternal life. Through the same Christ our
Lord.

R. Amen.

To be said from Easter to Whitsunday...

O QUEEN Of heaven, rejoice! Alleluia.

For He whom thou did merit to bear, Alleluia,

Has arisen, as He said, Alleluia.

Pray for us to God. Alleluia.

V. Rejoice and be glad, O Virgin Mary. Alleluia.

R. For the Lord has risen indeed. Alleluia.

Let us pray.

O God, Who through the Resurrection of Thy Son our
Lord Jesus Christ, did
vouchsafe to fill the world with joy; grant, we
beseech Thee, that, through His
Virgin Mother, Mary, we may lay hold on the joys of
everlasting life. Through
the same Christ our Lord. Amen.

"Marian Issues and Final Document"
Anglican - Roman Catholics
"Mary: Grace and Hope in Christ"

 "Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, 

and from the Lord Jesus Christ."  Phil.i.2

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