Prayer to Saint Mariana de Jesús y Flores de Paredes, "Lily of Quito"

Prayer to Saint Mariana de Jesús y Flores de Paredes, "Lily of Quito"

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Holy virgin, Mariana, chosen from amongst us by Our Lord, Jesus Christ, at a tender age like a delicate lily to be transplanted into the celestial garden of Paradise; cultivated by His Divine hands and watered by gentle streams of His grace: we prostrate ourselves at thy feet, imploring mercy so that, by thy great merits of virginal innocence, and angelical virtues with which thy Divine Spouse adorned thee, obtain for us the grace we need to spend our life in innocence , keeping us out of mortal sin, cleansing our souls of our faults and defects in the beneficial fountains of penance, and obeying the holy laws of Our Lord and the obligations of our state, so that at the end of our life we will be found to be pruned into flowers most pleasing to Our Lord and worthy to be placed in the Eternal Gardens of Heaven. Amen.