mother and son

The Petition
“Receive, O Mother, this blessing from your son, who may be for you a rod (of strength) in your old age. May God bless you with the blessings of heaven and earth, may He fulfill all of your petitions, may He grant everything according to your heart, confirm every one of your decisions. May He lavish unto you, from His hidden treasury, the fullness of every grace and the length of your days; when, however, your strength shall fail you, may the Lord not abandon you, but may He bestow unto you the final grace (of perseverance), and may He make it that I might see you in the joy of eternal splendor, He who livest and reignest forever and ever. Amen.”
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The Blessing
“Through the imposition of my priestly hands, and through the intercession of the Blessed Mary ever Virgin, [of saints], and of all the Saints, may the blessing of Almighty God — the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost — descend upon you and remain with you always. Amen.”

​five months ago