Prayers
ICCC Prayer Routine
At ICCC, we start the day with the Morning Offering together in our main meeting room. After morning classes, we reconvene as a group to pray the traditional meal prayers before and after lunch, followed by the Angelus (or Regina Caeli during Eastertide) at approximately noon. Finally, after the last class we end the day together with the Prayer to Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception in honor of our patron.
Morning Offering
O my Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I offer Thee all my prayers, works, joys, and sufferings of this day, for all the intentions of Thy Sacred Heart. In union with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass offered throughout the world, in reparation for my sins, and for the intentions of the Holy Father.
Amen.
Meal Prayers
Prayer Before Meals
Bless us, O Lord, and these Thy gifts, which we are about to receive from Thy bounty, through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Prayer After Meals
We give Thee thanks for all Thy benefits, O Almighty God, who livest and reignest forever. And may the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
Amen.
The Angelus
Illumination from the manuscript Libro d'Ore (The Book of Hours), commissioned by Lorenzo de Medici - Sinibaldi (1486)
[℣.] The Angel of the Lord declared unto Mary
[℟.] And she conceived of the Holy Ghost.
Hail Mary, full of Grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death.
Amen.
[℣.] Behold the handmaid of the Lord.
[℟.] Be it done unto me according to thy word.
Hail Mary...
[℣.] And the Word was made Flesh. (genuflect)
[℟.] And dwelt among us.
Hail Mary...
[℣.] Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God.
[℟.] That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
[℣.] Let us pray.
Pour forth, we beseech Thee, O Lord, Thy grace into our hearts; that, we to whom the Incarnation of Christ, Thy Son, was made known by the message of an Angel, may by His Passion and Cross, be brought to the glory of His Resurrection. Through the same Christ our Lord.
Amen.
[℣.] Angelus Domini nuntiavit Mariae;
[℟.] Et concepit de Spiritu Sancto.
Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum. Benedicta tu in mulieribus, et benedictus fructus ventris tui, Iesus. Sancta Maria, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatoribus, nunc, et in hora mortis nostrae.
Amen.
[℣.] Ecce ancilla Domini.
[℟.] Fiat mihi secundum verbum tuum.
Ave Maria...
[℣.] Et Verbum caro factum est. (genuflect)
[℟.] Et habitavit in nobis.
Ave Maria...
[℣.] Ora pro nobis, sancta Dei Genetrix.
[℟.] Ut digni efficiamur promissionibus Christi.
[℣.] Oremus.
Gratiam tuam, quaesumus, Domine, mentibus nostris infunde; ut qui, Angelo nuntiante, Christi Filii tui incarnationem cognovimus, per passionem Eius et crucem, ad resurrectionis gloriam perducamur. Per eundem Christum Dominum nostrum.
Amen.
The Regina Caeli
from Easter Sunday until noon of the Saturday after Pentecost, inclusive
Regina caeli, laetare, alleluia;
Quia quem meruisti portare, alleluia,
Resurrexit, sicut dixit, alleluia:
Ora pro nobis Deum, alleluia.
[℣.] Gaude et laetare, Virgo Maria, alleluia.
[℟.] Quia surrexit Dominus vere, alleluia.
[℣.] Oremus.
Deus, qui per resurrectionem Filii tui, Domini nostri Iesu Christi, mundum laetificare dignatus es: praesta, quaesumus; ut per eius Genetricem Virginem Mariam, perpetuae capiamus gaudia vitae. Per eundem Christum Dominum nostrum.
Amen.
Queen of heaven, rejoice, alleluia;
For He whom thou didst merit to bear, alleluia,
Has risen, as He said, alleluia:
Pray for us to God, Alleluia.
[℣.] Rejoice and be glad, O Virgin Mary, alleluia.
[℟.] For the Lord has truly risen, alleluia.
[℣.] Let us pray.
O God, who by the Resurrection of Thy Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, didst deign to give joy to the world: grant we beseech Thee, that through His Mother, the Virgin Mary, we may obtain the joys of everlasting life. Through the same Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Virgin and Child Enthroned - Bohemian painter (1345)
Prayer to Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception
O Most Holy Virgin, immaculate in body and spirit, look kindly on us as we implore your powerful intercession. O most Holy Mother, receive our prayers as we present them to God. O Mary, Mother of Jesus and our Mother, you intercede for us with your Son.
O Mary conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.
Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, pray for us.
Our Lady of Guadalupe, pray for us.
Our Lady Queen of Christendom, pray for us.
Amen.
To Jesus, through Mary