OPENING HYMN

Immaculate Mother
We join you and call
On God our dear father
The Lord of us all
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Ave, Ave Maria
In God's Holy Spirit
Your children are we
Inspire us, our model
Good Christian to be.
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Ave, Ave Maria

LEADER: In the name of the Father, and of the Son of the Holy Spirit.

ALL: AMEN

LEADER: My brothers and sisters, we are gathered together. Before the picture of our Mother of
Perpetual Help, to praise and thank God our Father for the blessings He has given us through her
intercession. Let us once more ask her to pray for us.

ALL: Mother of Perpetual Help look us your children. We are proud to be your children and happy
to call you our mother. We are not all we ought to be so we come to you our mother. You are e
always ready to accept us as we are, to encourage us to do better, in spite of temptation and
weakness. As we look. at your picture, we remember your life on earth. You have trials but you
knew how to face them. You had faith and trust in God. You relied on his loving, fatherly goodness.
Help us to be like many crosses and you. We too have our trials and troubles. We are often worried
and confuse. Give us courage. Strengthen our falth. Help us make one more effort when we are
Inclined to despair. As you stood at the foot of the cross you found it hard to see how God could
allow his Son to suffer such agony. Yet you never lost our faith.
Help us to learn from your example to face our trials with confidence and trust in God. Sometimes
loving mother, we are so worried about our own problems we forgot about God and needs of others.
We want to be like you. You forgot about yourself and your own problems when you saw others in
need. Help us to remember that the troubles and sorrows of others are sometimes greater than our
own. So Mother Mary, while we pray with you for our own special Intentions we Include those of
all your children in need: the sick and the dying, the lonely and the broken hearted, the poor and the
oppressed, in a word, all which we need your perpetual help. Amen.

Litany Of Petitions
LEADER: Our Mother of Perpetual Help, your children call on you.

RESPONSE: Mother Ever Help Us.

That you may ever be our inspiration...

That we may have our courage to face up to all our difficulties...

That we may see meaning in the joys and sorrows in life...

That our trust in God may help others too..

When faced with difficult decisions...

When we asked to make a Sacrifice for the sake of others...

When put to shame in front of others...

When hurt and tempted to take revenge...

In times of sickness in the home...

In worries about our financial difficulties..

In misunderstanding with those we love..

In helping young people to become self reliant..

That may respond to God's call to the priesthood or religious life especially to the Presentation of
the Blessed Virgin Mary congregation....

In choosing our entertainment and recreation...

That parents may learn to adapt to their growing children..

That students may show appreciation to those who sacrifice for their education...

That teachers may always be inspired in forming their students to become better Christians..

That we may always be honest in the struggle to earn our livelihood...

That we may not driven by greed for power and wealth.

That we may always take pride in doing our work well.

That workers may be justly rewarded for their labor..

That we and lending agencies, in the guise of helping may not be destroy people by collecting
unjust high interest rates..

That we may never interfere with justice by bribery or perjury..

That we may rise above personal considerations when called on to serve the community (to vote)..

That we may never lose sight of the beauty of our country and the goodness of our people..

That we may do everything in our power to bring about justice, peace and progress in our land..

That we may never be so proud as to think we can do without God or religion..

When seriously ill and we realize that death is near..

When our loved ones are called home to their Heavenly Father..

When we pray that our dear departed may share in the full joy of Christ's resurrection..

And now in silence, let us pray for our specials Intentions..

LEADER: Let us pray.

ALL : Holy Mary, you always help those in need, you cheer those who weep. You encourage those
who have lost hope and help them lead good Christian lives. Join with us now as we ask our Father
for guidance..

THANKS GIVING PRAYER (All Stand)

LEADER: Let us now thank our Mother of Perpetual Help for the favors that we and others have
received through her intercession,

ALL: O, Mother of Perpetual Help with grateful hearts we join you in thanking God for all the
wonderful things He has done for us, especially for having given us Jesus your Son as our
Redeemer. O God our Creator we thank you for the gift of life and all the gift of nature: our senses
and faculties, our talents and abilities. We thank you for creating us in your image and likeness and
for giving us this earth to use and develop, to respect and cherish. Despite our failures you continue
to show your love for us today by increasing the life of your spirit in us. Finally, we thank you
loving Father for giving us Mary the Mother of your Son, to be our Mother of Perpetual Help, We
are grateful for all the favors we have received through her intercession. We pray that those past
favors may Inspire us to greater confidence in your loving mercy and to seek the aid of our Mother
of Perpetual Help. AMEN.
MHISKA ZAHHAR U. GEQUILLANA
GRADE X - ST. FRANCIS XAVIER

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