| Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament 
INVOKE the Blessed Virgin Mary under the title of "Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament" because she is the Mother of Jesus who lives in the Eucharist . for it was from her that He assumed the Flesh and Blood with which He nourishes us. Through her we receive every grace, and consequently those graces contained in the Most Holy Sacrament of. the Altar. She was the first to practice the duties of a truly Eucharistic life, showing us by her example how we ought to assist at Mass , receive Holy Communion and visit the Most Blessed Sacrament . Love Mary and you will love the Eucharistic Christ. Love the Eucharistic Christ and you are not far from Mary, for the Mother and the Son are inseparable. "My delights are to be with the children of men" (Prov. 8, 31 ) PRAYER O LORD, abide with Your people who are refreshed by receiving Your Body and Blood, that by the help of Your most holy Mother we may be freed from all evil and be protected in every good work. Who lives and reigns forever. Amen. Blessed Mother of God, Mary ever Virgin, Temple of the Lord, Sanctuary of the Holy Spirit, you alone, without an equal, have pleased our Lord Jesus Christ. You are indeed happy, holy Virgin Mary, and most worthy of all praise, for from you arose the Sun of Justice, Christ our Lord. You are blessed by the Lord, for through you we have partaken of the Fruit of Life. Mary speaks: "How lovely is Thy Tabernacle, 0 Lord, of hosts! My soul longs and faints for the courts of the Lord. My heart and soul have rejoiced in the living God...at Thy alta, 0 Lord of hosts my King and my God" ( Ps. 83, I). - HYMN - "AVE VERUM" HAIL, true Body, truly born Of the Virgin Mary mild, Truly offered, racked and torn, On the Cross, for man defiled, From whose love-pierced, sacred Side Flowed Thy true Blood's saving tide. Be a foretaste sweet to me In my death's great agony, O Thou loving, gentle One, Sweetest Jesus, Mary's Son. PRAYER WE BEG of You, O Lord, our God, by the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, to make the Most Holy Mysteries, which You have given us for the preservation of our spiritual life, a remedy for us both for the present and for the future. Through Christ our Lord. Amen. OUR LADY OF THE MOST BLESSED SACRAMENT VIRGIN Immaculate, Mother 0f Jesus and our Mother, we invoke you under the title of Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament because you are the Mother of the Savior Who lives in the Eucharist. It was from you He took the flesh and blood with which He feeds us in the Sacred Host. We also invoke you under that title because the grace of the Eucharist comes to us through you, since you are the Mediatrix, the channel, through which God's graces reach us. And, finally, we call you Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament because you were the first to live the Eucharistic life. Teach us to pray the Mass as you did, to receive Holy Communion worthily and frequently, and to visit devoutly with our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament. Virgin Immaculate, you were present at the death of your Divine Son on Calvary, and you offered your immense sorrow in union with His sacrifice. Again after the Resurrection you were present at the real, but un-bloody death of your Son in the Holy Mass. Teach us to unite ourselves with Jesus at 'the Consecration as you did; obtain for us the grace to understand the reality of the Mass; and awaken in us the desire to assist at Mass often, and even daily. Virgin Immaculate, your Communions were the most fervent, the most holy ever made. When you received your Divine Son into your heart, you loved Him with a love exceeding that of any other creature for his God. Teach us to make Holy Communion the center of our life, as it was of yours, so that our lives may be entirely spent in preparing for the coming of Jesus in Communion, and in thanking Him for the gift of Himself to us. Virgin Immaculate, after the Ascension of Jesus into heaven, you found consolation in your separation from Him by visiting Him often in the Blessed Sacrament. Obtain for us the grace to be always conscious of His presence in the tabernacle, and to visit Him often as you did, especially when we are troubled, lonely, afraid, in pain of body or mind. Teach us to remember that He is always there, ready to listen to us, to guide, protect and console us. Virgin Immaculate, you are the perfect model of adorer of the Blessed Sacrament. You adored Jesus in the little white Host with the same faith, reverence and wonder with which you adored Him on the first Christmas night and during all the years you lived with Him. Teach us not to forget that the small white Host is truly our God, infinite, eternal, omnipotent God. Help us to conduct ourselves at all times in His presence with the modesty and reverence we owe to our God. Virgin Immaculate, you gave to Jesus the most perfect thanksgiving for the institution of the Eucharist. Teach us to thank your Divine Son for the gift of Himself in the Blessed Sacrament. Teach us also to thank Him after we have received Him in Communion. And since our best thanksgiving can never equal yours, permit us to offer Him your thanksgiving after Communion, your fervor, your love, your devotion. Virgin Immaculate, you gave to Jesus in the Sacred Host perfect reparation. We desire to accept our daily trials for love of Him and with you, to console Him for the ingratitude of men and the slights and outrages He suffers daily in the Blessed Sacrament both from those who believe in Him and those who do not. Virgin Immaculate, while the Apostles preached the Gospel, you stayed close to your Divine Son in the tabernacle, praying to Him for the graces they needed to convert the world. Teach us to pray before the tabernacle where Jesus waits day and night to hear and grant our petitions. Teach us to pray not only for ourselves, but also for those who do not know Him in the Sacrament of His love, that the gift of faith may be given them, and His Eucharistic Kingdom spread throughout the world. Virgin Immaculate, perfect lover of our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament, we ask you to obtain for us the graces we need to become true adorers of our Eucharistic God. Grant us, we beg of you, to know Him better, to love Him more, and to center our lives around the Eucharist, that is, to make our whole life a constant prayer of adoration, thanksgiving, reparation and petition to our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament. Amen. V. Pray for us, Virgin Immaculate, Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament. R. That the Eucharistic Kingdom of Jesus .Christ may come among us! Let us pray : LORD Jesus Christ, our King and our God, Who are true God and true Man in the Bread of the Eucharist, we beg of You, that, in venerating so great a mystery, we may be mindful of Your Blessed Mother, in whose body You were conceived by the Holy Spirit. Grant also that we may imitate her manner of worshipping You in the Sacred Host, her adoration, her thanksgiving, her reparation, her prayer, so that we may see Your Eucharistic Kingdom spread and flourish through. out the whole world. Amen. O Virgin Mary, Our Lady of the Most Holy Sacrament, glory of the Christian people, joy of the universal Church, salvation of the world, pray for us and grant to all the faithful true devotion to the Most Holy Eucharist, that they may become worthy to receive it daily. -500 days- ~ Novena, May 4-12 Feast, May 13 ~ | 
