{"id":3815,"date":"2010-06-15T20:19:47","date_gmt":"2010-06-15T20:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/2010\/06\/prayer-to-mary-the-sacerdotal\/"},"modified":"2010-06-15T20:19:47","modified_gmt":"2010-06-15T20:19:47","slug":"prayer-to-mary-the-sacerdotal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/2010\/06\/prayer-to-mary-the-sacerdotal\/","title":{"rendered":"Prayer to Mary, the Sacerdotal Virgin"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nMarked by the priestly piety of the school of Bérulle, Pope Saint Pius X was singularly favourable to the invocation of Our Blessed Lady under the title of Virgo Sacerdos<\/em>. Already in 1875, Blessed Pius IX had manifested his approval of the same title in a letter addressed to Msgr Oswald Van den Berghe, author of Marie et le Sacerdoce<\/em>. Saint Pius X was pleased when an Italian translation of this work appeared.
\nWhen the Daughters of the Heart of Jesus, founded by Blessed Marie de Jésus Deluil-Martiny<\/a>, asked for permission to invoke the Mother of God, in their chapels, as Maria Virgo Sacerdos<\/em>, Saint Pius X wishing to extend the devotion to all the faithful, charged Cardinals Vanutelli and Vivès with composing a prayer that would make this Marian title better known. The prayer appeared, indulgenced by Pope Saint Pius X, on 9 May 1906.
\n\"virgo<\/a>
\nO Mary, Mother of Mercy,
\nMother and Daughter of Him who is the Father of mercies
\nand the God of all consolation (1)<\/small>,
\nDispensatrix of all the treasures of thy Son (2)<\/small>,
\nMinister of God (3)<\/small>,
\nMother of Christ, our High Priest,
\nthou who art both Offerer and Altar together, (4)<\/small>,
\nImmaculate Temple of the Word of God (5)<\/small>,
\nTeacher of the Apostles and Disciples of Christ (6)<\/small>,
\nprotect the Supreme Pontiff,
\nintercede for us and for our priests,
\nthat Jesus Christ the Eternal High Priest
\nmay purify our consciences,
\nand that we may worthily, and with loving devotion,
\napproach His sacred banquet.
\nO Immaculate Virgin,
\nwho not only hast given us Christ the heavenly bread
\nfor the forgiveness of sins (7)<\/small>,
\nbut who art thyself a most acceptable sacrifice offered unto God” (8)<\/small>,
\nand the glory of priests (9)<\/small>,
\nand who, as thy most blessed servant Saint Antoninius declares,
\n“without receiving the Sacrament of Order,
\nwert full of whatsoever in dignity and grace is given by it”,
\nthou art therefore rightly acclaimed as “Sacerdotal Virgin” (10)<\/small>.
\nLook upon us and upon the priests of thy Son,
\nsave us, purify us, and sanctify us,
\nthat we may receive the ineffable treasures of the Sacraments
\nin a holy manner
\nand so deserve to obtain
\nthe eternal salvation of our souls. Amen.
\nMother of Mercy, pray for us.
\nMother of Jesus Christ, the Eternal Priest, pray for us.
\nQueen of the Clergy, pray for us.
\nMary, Sacerdotal Virgin, pray for us.
\n[1] Richard of Saint Laurence
\n[2] Saint Bernardine
\n[3] Saint Bernard of Busto
\n[4] Saint Epiphanius
\n[5] Abbot Ludovicus Blosius
\n[6] Saint Thomas of Villanova.
\n[7] Saint Epiphanius
\n[8] Saint Andrew of Crete
\n[9] Saint Ephrem
\n[10] Letter of Blessed Pope Pius IX, 25 August 1873<\/small><\/small>
\nWe grant 300 day of indulgence to one who recites this prayer with piety and devotion.
\n9 May 1906.
\nPius P. P. X.<\/em>
\n\"Oratio<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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