Good Night Prayer to the Blessed Mother Mary

 
 
 
Night is falling dear Mother, long day is o'er;
Before thy image I am kneeling once more 
To thank thee for keeping me safe this day, 
To ask thee this night to keep evil away. 
Many times have I fallen Mother dear; 
Many graces neglected since last I knelt here;
Wilt thou not in pity, my own Mother Mild, 
Ask Jesus to pardon the sins of thy child? 
I am going to sleep now, day's work is done; 
Its hours and its moments have passed one by one. 
God Who will judge me, has counted them all; 
He has numbered each grace, He has counted each fall; 

In His book they are written against the last day. 
Oh! Mother Ask Jesus to wash them away.
For one drop of His Blood for sinners was spilt, 
Is sufficient to cleanse the world of its guilt. 

And if er' the dawn I should draw my last breath; 
The sleep I take be the long sleep of death;
Be near me Mother for dear Jesus' sake. 
When at eternity shore my soul shall awake.

Amen. 


“Weeping may endure for a night,
 but joy cometh in the morning. ” 


(Psalms 30:5)
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

ADORING MADONNA AND CHILD STATUE 

Jesus My Shepherd

“I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.”

The 23rd Psalm was one of the very first prayers I learned as a child. My Great Grandma Kate had a large tapestry of Jesus the Shepherd that hung on the wall in her bedroom. 

As a little girl while chatting with my grandmother I would gaze up at this large image of Jesus. I knew even as a young girl that Jesus was loving and that I should honor him as my great grandma had.

John 10:11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.”
  
John 10:14-15  “I am the good shepherd. I know my own sheep, and they know me just as my Father knows me and I know my Father. And I lay down my life for the sheep.”

THE 23RD PSALM
The LORD is my shepherd; 

I shall not want.

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures:
he leadeth me beside the still waters.

He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever. 

JESUS THE GOOD SHEPHERD STATUE