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Prayer Of Thanksgiving For The Tears Of St. Mary Magdalene

St. Mary Magdalen Said To St. Mechtilde:
“Whoever shall give God thanks for all the tears I shed upon the feet of Jesus, our most merciful God will grant him, through my intercession, remission of all his sins before his death, and a great increase of love of God”.

O most merciful Jesus, I give Thee thanks for that work of piety which the blessed Mary Magdalen wrought on Thee, when she washed Thy feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head, and kissed them and anointed them with fragrant ointment; whereby she obtained from Thee such signal grace that Thou did pour into her heart and soul so great a love of Thee, that she could love nothing apart from Thee; beseeching Thee, that by her merits and intercessions Thou would vouchsafe to give me tears of true repentance and pour into my heart Thy Divine love (Name Your Request). Amen. (3 Our Fathers, 3 Hail Marys, 3 Glory Be’s).

Aspiration: 


O most loving Jesus, give me an earnest will to forsake all evil, and to return to Thee, my chief good, to repent of my sins out of true love, to guard against them for the future, to shun the occasion by which I have hitherto been enticed into sin, and by the practice of good works to redeem the time lost. Grant me this, O Jesus, by Thy bitter passion and death, and through the intercession of the holy penitent Magdalen. Amen. 

Litany In Honour Of Saint Mary Magdalene.
(State your prayer request again to Saint Mary Magdalene).

Lord, have mercy on us
Christ, have mercy on us
Lord, have mercy on us,
Christ, hear us.
Christ, graciously hear us.
God, the Father of heaven,
have mercy on us.
God, the Son, Redeemer of the world,
have mercy on us.
God, the Holy Ghost,
have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, one God,
have mercy on us.


Holy Mary, Mother of God,
Pray for us. *

Refuge of sinners, *
Queen conceived without sin, *


St. Mary Magdalen, *

St. Mary Magdalen, model of all true penitents, *

St. Mary Magdalen, who made no delay in returning to God, *

St. Mary Magdalen, who being once converted, despised all earthly pleasures, *

St. Mary Magdalen, who had no other grief but that of having offended infinite goodness, *

St. Mary Magdalen, who turned all that had served to sin into periods of love and sorrow, *

St. Mary Magdalen, whose eyes, once instruments of sin, are now bathed in tears, *

St. Mary Magdalen, whose lips, once defiled, are now made pure by the hallowed kiss of Jesus' feet, *

St. Mary Magdalen, whose hands, once sinful, are now holy by the sacred touch of Jesus' feet, *

St. Mary Magdalen, whose hair, once adorned to please creatures, is now used to wipe Jesus' feet, *

St. Mary Magdalen, whose penance was a true holocaust to divine love, *

St. Mary Magdalen, who heard the blessed words, "Thy sins are forgiven, *

St. Mary Magdalen, who left Jesus' feet with the consoling words--"Go in peace", *

St. Mary Magdalen, who followed Jesus even to Calvary, *

St. Mary Magdalen, who assisted at the agony of Jesus, *

St. Mary Magdalen, who received drops of blood falling from the cross, *

St. Mary Magdalen, who heard the loud cry, "All is consummated!", *

St. Mary Magdalen, who saw Jesus expiring, *

St. Mary Magdalen, who mingled thy tears with those of the sorrowful Mother, *

St. Mary Magdalen, who went early to the sepulcher, to embalm the body of Jesus, *

St. Mary Magdalen, who, in thy grief, noticed not the bright host of heaven, *

St. Mary Magdalen, who would not be comforted until the life-giving voice had said: "Mary!" *

St. Mary Magdalen, who wast the first apostle of the Resurrection, *



Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world,
Spare us, O Lord

Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world,
Graciously hear us, O Lord

Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world,
Have mercy on us


Let Us Pray:

O my God! may thy love be the sole principle of my penance. Let my sorrow be to have offended Thee, my supreme good, my first beginning and last end. May my tears flow from a heart wounded with love. I grieve for the past, and firmly resolve never more to offend Thee.


"Not that in heaven my home may be,
Nor lest I die eternally,
Nor from the hope of joy above me,
But even as thyself didst love me,
So love I, and will ever love Thee,
Because thou art my God, my king for evermore" Amen