June 9 - Prayer to Mary, Mother of the Church

O Holy Tabernacle,         preeminent member and model of the Church         to whom you gave birth…         as you are Mother of the Head,         so, too, Mother of the Body,         of all those redeemed         by the Blood of your Son,         with whom you shared such intimate union –         pray that we be made fruitful         by your intercession,         children of the Lord Most High         and your children,         conceived of the Spirit that overshadowed you         and for whom you waited         with the apostles in the upper room.         Pray we make our home in you         as in the Church         born from the side of Jesus         pierced upon the Cross         beneath which you stood.         Dear Mother, pray we follow you         into glory.