Prayer to Our Lady of Evangelization

O Mary, Mother of Jesus and Mother of his Church,

we are mindful of the role you play

in the evangelization of souls

who do not yet know Him.

We are mindful of how missionaries

came with the power of Christ's Gospel

and committed the success of their work to you.

As the Mother of Divine Grace

you were with the missionaries in all their efforts.

And as Mother of the Church

you presided over all the activities of evangeliztion

and over the implantation of the Gospel

in the hearts of the faithful.

You sistained the missionaries in hope

and you gave joy to every new community

that was born of the Church's evangelizing activity.

You were there with your intercession and your prayers,

as the first grace of baptism developed,

and as those who had new life in Christ your Son

came to a full appreciation of their Christian calling.

We ask you, Mary,

to help us to fulfill this mission of evangelization

which your Son has given to his Church

and which falls to us.

Mindful of your role as Help of Christians,

we entrust ourselves to you

in the work of carrying the Gospel

ever deeper into the hearts

and lives of all the people.

We entrust to you our missionary mandate

and commit our cause totally to your prayers.

To Jesus Christ your Son,

with the Father,

in the unity of the Holy Spirit

be praise and thanksgiving forever and ever.

Amen.