PRAYER TO MARY -

FEAST OF THE ASSUMPTION

Prayer for a Loved One on the Feast of the Assumption - Aug. 15, 2010

"Save those who hope in you,

O Mother of the Sun

which knows no setting.

O Mother of God.

by your prayers

ask your divine Son,

we beg you,

to grant rest to _____

who has departed

to where the souls

of the just rest.

Make _____ an heir

of the divine benefits

in the halls of the just

including everlasting memory,

O Immaculate One."

Attributed to St. John of Damascus - 8th Century