PRAYER
Lord Jesus Christ,
you have given us your own Mother Mary,
whose wonderful image we verate,
to be our Mother ever ready to help us.
Grant, we beseech you, that we who
continually seek her motherly aid
may be found worthy
to enjoy unceasingly the fruit of
your redemption.
We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ,
your Son, who lives and reigns with you
and the Holy Spirit, one God,
for ever and ever.

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The picture of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, also known as Our Lady of Perpetual Succor, is painted on wood, with a background of gold. It is Byzantine in style and is supposed to have been painted in the 13th century. It represents the Mother of God holding the Divine Child while the Archangels Michael and Gabriel present before Him the instruments of His Passion. Over the figures in the picture are some Greek letters which form the abbreviated words Mother of God, Jesus Christ, Archangel Michael, and Archangel Gabriel, respectively.

“This good Mother’s compassion is so great, and the love she bears us is such that she does not even wait for our prayer in order to assist us, but, as Saint Anselm says, she is before hand with those who desire her protection.”