Prayer over the Offerings
Receive, O Lord, we ask, the prayers of your people
with the sacrificial offerings,
that, through the intercession of Blessed Mary,
the Mother of your Son,
no petition may go unanswered,
no request be made in vain.
Through Christ our Lord.
Or:
May the humanity of your Only Begotten Son
come, O Lord, to our aid,
and my he, who at his birth from the Blessed Virgin
did not diminish but consecrated her integrity,
by taking from us now our wicked deeds,
make our oblation acceptable to you.
Through Christ our Lord.
Or: [Schema 2]
As we honor the memory of the Mother of your Son,
we pray, O Lord,
that the oblation of this sacrifice
may, by your grace, make of us an eternal offering to you.
Through Christ our Lord.
Or: [Schema 3]
We offer you the sacrifice of praise, O Lord,
as we rejoice in commemorating the Mother of your Son;
grant, we pray,
that through this most holy exchange
we may advance towards eternal redemption.
Through Christ our Lord.
Or: [Schema 4]
Accept, O Lord, the offerings we bring you
and grant that, enlightened by the Holy Spirit
and encouraged by the example of the Blessed Virgin Mary,
our hearts may always seek out
and treasure the things that are yours.
Through Christ our Lord.
Or: [Schema 5]
Receive, O Lord, the offerings of our devotion,
and grant that we, who celebrate
your Son’s work of boundless charity,
may, through the example of the Blessed Virgin Mary,
be confirmed in love of your and of our neighbors.
Through Christ our Lord.
Or: [Schema 6]
We offer you, O Lord,
these offerings of conciliation and praise,
humbly asking that,
following the example of the Blessed Virgin Mary,
we may present our very selves
as a holy sacrifice pleasing to you.
Through Christ our Lord.
Or: [Schema 7]
May the offerings your people make
in commemoration of Blessed Mary
be acceptable to you, O Lord,
for by her virginity she pleased you
and in humility conceived your Son, our Lord.
Who lives and reigns with you for ever and ever.
Or: [Schema 8]
Look, O Lord, upon the prayers and offerings of your faithful,
presented in commemoration of Blessed Mary, the Mother of God,
that they may be pleasing to you
and may confer on us your help and forgiveness.
Through Christ our Lord.
Preface I- II of the Blessed Virgin Mary
