The Blue Scapular Prayer Book

74 your preservation from original sin. We beseech you most urgently to hear our petitions and grant us your help and protection. Amen. Day 1. Immaculate Mary, we praise your Immaculate Conception. You were greeted by the Archangel Gabriel with the words: “Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you” (Lk 1:28). We beg you to help us to call on your name to overcome evil inclinations and lusts. Amen. Day 2. Immaculate Mary, you are the humble handmaid of the Lord. You yourself used this name when you spoke to God’s messenger: “Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord; let it be done to me according to your word” (Lk 1:38). Help us, through your intercession with your Son, to root out from our lives all the pride which poisons our souls. Amen. Day 3. Immaculate Mary, you forgave all who wounded your Immaculate Heart and the Sacred Heart of your Son, Jesus. Your Son taught us to pray to the Father: “Forgive us our debts, as we