MOTHERS’ DAY PRAYER
mothers to choose life. Please help them know that
SERVICE
May 12, 2019
Sign of the Cross…
Song: LAURA’S PRAYER with lyric video (dance by
Diane and Angeline)
OPENING PRAYER: video clip…
Leader: Let us pray. (Pause) Heavenly Father, you
brought gladness and light to the world through the
birth of your Son by the Blessed Virgin Mary. Please
fill all present especially our mother(s) with holy joy
and keep us all safe from harm. We ask this through
Christ our Lord. Amen.
Pre-Gospel Song: ALLELUIA (NEZ MARCELO)
GOSPEL READING: refer to Mag-Ambahan… with
short reflection
PRAYERS OF THE FAITHFUL
Leader: Trusting in our Heavenly Father’s love for us
and inspired by Mary’s confidence in God’s will we
now offer God our prayers and petitions.
Reader: We pray Lord that your Church may
continue to proclaim the sanctity of family life. We
pray to the Lord. Lord hear our prayer
All: Lord hear our prayer
Reader: We pray Lord that the whole world will
come to know that we are all one family with God as
our Father and Mary as our mother. We pray to the
Lord.
All: Lord hear our prayer
Reader: We ask you Lord to protect all mothers. May
all mothers come to know the Blessed Virgin Mary as
both model and protector. We pray to the Lord.
All: Lord hear our prayer
Reader: We ask you Lord to be especially present to
mothers in the world who are sick, suffering, or
afraid. Please send your Holy Spirit to comfort them.
We pray to the Lord.
All: Lord hear our prayer
Reader: We ask you Lord to help all expectant
you are with them and will help them through any
All: Lord hear our prayer.
Reader: We ask you Lord to reward all mothers who
have died. Welcome them into your heavenly
kingdom where there is no suffering, or tears. We
pray to the Lord.
All: Lord hear our prayer
Leader: Let us pray the prayer that Jesus taught us.
All: SONG… (OUR FATHER BY NEZ MARCELO)
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy
name; Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done on earth
as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread;
and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those
who trespass against us; and lead us not into
temptation but deliver us from evil. Amen.
CLOSING PRAYER AND BLESSING:
Leader: O God, author and sustainer of human life,
from your goodness your servants have received the
joy of becoming a mother.
Graciously accept our thanks and give ear to our
prayers: defend this mother and her children from
every evil, be their companion along their pathway
through life, and welcome them one day into the joy
of your eternal home. We ask this through Christ our
Lord.
All: Amen
Leader: May the tender love of the Father, the peace
of his Son Jesus Christ, the grace and strength of the
Holy Spirit preserve us to live by the light of faith and
to reach the promise of eternal happiness. May
Almighty God bless us (+), protect us from all evil,
and lead us to eternal life.
All: Amen.
Closing Song: A MOTHER’S LOVE (with lyric video)
Leader: Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us. St. Monica,
the Patron Saint of Mothers, pray for us.
Sign of the Cross…