Day Five
Great Saint Anne, how far I am from resembling you. I so easily give
way to impatience and discouragement; and so easily give up praying when
God does not at once answer my request. Prayer is the key to all
heavenly treasures and I cannot pray, because my weak faith and lack of
confidence fail me at the slightest delay. O my powerful protectress,
come to my aid, listen to my petition…
(State your intention here.)
Make my confidence and fervor, supported by the promise of Jesus
Christ, increase as the trial to which God, in His goodness, subjects me
is prolonged, that I may obtain, like you, more than I can venture to
ask for. In the future I will remember that I am made for heaven and not
for earth; for eternity and not for time; that consequently I must ask,
above all, for the salvation of my soul.
Amen.
Pray for us, Saint Anne!
That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Day Four
Glorious Saint Anne, I kneel in confidence at your feet, for you also
have tasted the bitterness and sorrow of life. My need, the cause of my
request, is…
(State your intention here.)
Good Saint Anne, you who did suffer much during the twenty years that
preceded your glorious maternity, I beseech you, by all your sufferings
and humiliations, to grant my prayer.
I pray to you, through your love for your glorious spouse Saint
Joachim, through your love for your immaculate child, through the joy
you felt at the moment of her happy birth, not to refuse me. Bless me,
bless my family and all who are dear to me, so that someday, we may all
be with you in the glory of heaven, for all eternity.
Amen.
Pray for us, Saint Anne!
That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Day three
Beloved of Jesus, Mary and Joseph, mother of the Queen of Heaven,
take us and all who are dear to us under your special care. Obtain for
us the virtues you instilled in the heart of her who was destined to
become Mother of God, and the graces with which you were endowed. O
model of Christian womanhood, pray that we may imitate your example in
our homes and families. Please listen to our petitions,
(State your intention here.)
Guardian of the infancy and childhood of the most Blessed Virgin
Mary, obtain the graces necessary for all who enter the marriage state,
that by imitating your virtues, they may sanctify their homes and lead
the souls entrusted to their care to eternal glory. Amen.
Pray for us, Saint Anne!
That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Day Two
Glorious Saint Anne, how can you be anything other than overflowing
with tenderness toward sinners like me, since you are the grandmother of
Him who shed His blood for us, and the mother of her whom the saints
call advocate of sinners? To you, therefore, I address my prayers with
confidence.
Vouchsafe to commend me to Jesus and Mary so that, at your request, I
may be granted remission of my sins, perseverance, the love of God,
charity for all mankind, and the special grace of…
(State your intention here.)
…for which I stand in need at the present time. O most powerful
protectress, let me not lose my soul, but pray for me that through the
merits of Jesus Christ and the intercession of Mary, I may have the
great happiness of seeing them, of loving and praising them with you
through all eternity.
Amen.
Pray for us, Saint Anne!
That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
