A prayer from Pope Francis:

Prayer to Mary, Mother of the Church and Mother of our faith

Mary our Mother, help our faith!

Open our ears to hear God’s word and to recognise God's voice and call.

Awaken in us a desire to follow in God's footsteps, to go forth from our own land and to receive God's promise.

Help us to be touched by God's love, that we may touch God's in faith.

Help us to entrust ourselves fully to God and to believe in God's love, especially at times of trial, beneath the shadow of the cross, when our faith is called to mature.

Sow in our faith the joy of the Risen One.

Remind us that those who believe are never alone.

Teach us to see all things with the eyes of Jesus, that he may be light for our path. And may this light of faith always increase in us, until the dawn of that undying day which is Christ himself, your Son, our Lord!