Saints LightSub Tuum Praesidium (We Fly to Thy Patronage)
The oldest Marian prayer we know: a Greek version survives on an Egyptian papyrus usually dated to the third or fourth century, which shows Christians asking Mary's help long before the great councils. Pray it in any moment of danger, worry or temptation.
The prayer
We fly to thy patronage, O holy Mother of God; despise not our petitions in our necessities, but deliver us always from all dangers, O glorious and blessed Virgin. Amen.
In Latin
Sub tuum praesidium confugimus, sancta Dei Genetrix. Nostras deprecationes ne despicias in necessitatibus, sed a periculis cunctis libera nos semper, Virgo gloriosa et benedicta.
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Learn this by heart this week and pray it the next time you feel a sudden fear or temptation.
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