Silver Rose Ceremony - Knights of Columbus:

Wednesday, 18 September 2019, the Council of the Knights of Columbus of St Jude Catholic Church prayed the prayers of the Silver Rose, a pro-life devotion of the Knights of Columbus.  Here is the prayer service we used within our mass:  

As Catholics, we are called to be a people of life and
a people for life. The challenge before us is to teach
the world that the life of each human being, unique
and unrepeatable, begins at the moment of conception
and ends by natural death. To accomplish this we
turn to the Blessed Virgin Mary, through whom the
Word was made flesh. Through Mary, under her title
of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Patroness of the
Americas, we seek the grace and strength to bear witness
to the reality that every human life is sacred, a
gift from God. We take this opportunity to commend
ourselves to our Mother, seeking the strength to proclaim
the gospel of life, in season and out of season,
until respect for the sanctity of human life is restored
throughout the world. 

We will now pray one decade of the rosary, uniting our prayers with the prayers of the Blessed Mother, praying that all is society will respect the values of the Gospel of Life: 

Hail Holy Queen, Mother of mercy, our life, our
sweetness and our hope! To thee do we cry, poor
banished children of Eve. To thee do we send up our
sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears!
Turn then, most gracious advocate, thine eyes of
mercy toward us; and after this, our exile, show unto
us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus. O clement,
O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary. 
Pray for us O Holy Mother of God. 
That we may made worth of the promises of Christ.  




O Mary, bright dawn of the new world, Mother of the living,
to you do we entrust the cause of life:

The Lord be with you.
And with your spirit.

Bow your heads and pray for God’s blessing.
Response to each blessing will be:  AMEN.  

The son of God redeemed mankind. May he enrich
you with his blessings.  
Amen.

You have received the author of life through Mary.
May you always rejoice in her loving care.
Amen.

You have come to pray that the sanctity of human
life, from the moment of conception until natural
death, will, once again reign in human hearts and
enjoy the full protection of law. Through the intercession
of Our Lady of Guadalpue, may you be granted
the wisdom, strength and grace to persevere in this
effort.
Amen.

May almighty God bless you, the Father and the Son,
and the Holy Spirit
Amen.