A Prayer for Motherhood is a heartfelt petition to St. Gerard Majella, the patron saint of expectant mothers and those hoping to conceive, asking for his intercession as a couple or individual longs for the gift of children. Rooted in trust in God’s plan, it asks that the desire for a child be joined to the holy will of God, and that any children given be raised to know and love Him and to share in the Kingdom of Heaven. It closes with a plea to Our Lady to speak to Jesus on the petitioner’s behalf.
A Prayer for Motherhood
O Good St Gerard, powerful intercessor before God and wonder worker of our day, confidently I call upon you and seek your aid. On Earth, you always fulfilled God’s designs, help me now to do the holy will of God. Implore the Master of Life, from whom all paternity proceeds, to render me fruitful in offspring, that I may raise up children to God in this life, and in the world to come, heirs to the Kingdom of His Glory. Amen.
Dear Mother Mary, speak to Jesus for me.