12 Days of Mary: Gospel of Life Prayer Card

linking to others devoted to Mary here

Mary, Mother dear,

looks upon us with sadness,

seeks our repentance.

prayer on the back of the holy card:

Gospel of Life Prayer

O Mary,bright dawn of the new world,

Mother of the living,

to you do we entrust the cause of life:

Look down, O Mother,

Upon the vast numbers

of babies not allowed to be born,

of the poor whose lives are made difficult,

of men and women who are victims of brutal violence,

of the elderly and the sick killed by indifference 

or out of misguided mercy.

Grant that all who believe in your Son

may proclaim the Gospel of life

with honesty and love

to the people of our time.

Obtain for them the grace

to accept that Gospel

as a gift ever new,

the joy of celebrating it with gratitude

throughout their lives

and the courage to bear witness to it

resolutely, in order to build,

together with all people of good will,

the civilization of truth and love,

to the praise and glory of God,

the Creator and lover of life.

Joannes Paulus II

(John Paul II)