For
Motherhood
For
Motherhood
O good Saint Gerard, powerful intercessor before the throne of God, wonder worker of our day, I call upon you and seek your help. While on earth, you always fulfilled God's designs; help me, too, always to do God's holy will. Beseech the master of life, from whom all parenthood proceeds, to bless me with off-spring, that I may raise up children to God in this life and heirs to the kingdom of God's glory in the life to come. Amen
For
a Mother With Child
O almighty and everlasting God, through the Holy Spirit, you prepared the body and soul of the glorious virgin Mary to be a worthy dwelling place of your divine Son. Through the same Holy Spirit, you sanctified Saint John the Baptist, while still in his mother's womb. Rear the prayers of your humble servant who implores you, through the intercession of Saint Gerard, to protect me amid the dangers of childbearing and to watch over the child with which you blessed me. May this child be cleansed by the saving water of baptism and, after a Christian life on earth, may we, both mother and child, attain everlasting bliss in heaven. Amen
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