PERPETUAL   HELP 

MOTHER   OF   THE   CHURCH

Mary, as I ponder your many titles,

as I wonder about your many names,

I stop for a moment at some of them:

Our Lady of Sorrows and Perpetual Help,

Full of grace and the call to do something

when newlywed couples run out of wine

or folks are hungry for some daily bread.

Mary, Mother of the Church and Mother

of Perpetual Help, remind us, that it be done to us –

what was done to you, that we be there for others

at cribs and crosses or when someone needs

an eye of recognition  in a crowd or when they need

a breath of fresh air – having fallen or been pushed down

once more on dark macadam hard streets of death. Amen. 

©  Andy Costello  Prayers