Mary, Mother of Grace

Mary, Mother of Grace (Latin: Maria Mater Gratiae) is a Roman Catholic prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Background and origin

This prayer is a fragment from within the DEVOTION IN MEMORY OF THE AGONY OF JESUS found in Section VI of the Raccolta.^[1]

Maria, mater gratiae,

Mary, gracious mother,

Dulcis parens clementiae,

Sweet fount of mercy,

Tu nos ab hoste protege,

Protect us from the foe,

Et mortis hora suscipe.

And receive us in our hour of death.

Jesu, tibi sit gloria,

Jesu, glory be to Thee,

Qui natus es de Virgine,

Born of the Virgin,

Cum Patre et almo Spiritu,

With the Father and the Holy Spirit,

In sempiterna saecula. Amen.

For ever and ever. Amen.^[2]

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Tradition: Later Life	Bilocation to St. James Dormition Assumption Coronation Queenship Woman of the Apocalypse
Apocryphal	Protoevangelium of James

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West	Assumption Black Madonna Golden Madonna of Essen The Golden Virgin Pietà Queen of Heaven Stabat Mater
East	Agiosoritissa Madonna del Rosario Derzhavnaya Eleusa Theotokos of Vladimir Hodegetria
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