title: Mary, Mother of Grace
text: # Mary, Mother of Grace
  
  Mary, Mother of Grace (Latin: Maria Mater Gratiae) is a Roman Catholic prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary.
  
  ## Background and origin
  
  This prayer is a fragment from within the DEVOTION IN MEMORY OF THE AGONY OF JESUS found in Section VI of the Raccolta.
  
  ## Hymn
  
      Maria, mater gratiae,
         Mary, gracious mother,
      Dulcis parens clementiae,
         Sweet fount of mercy,
      Tu nos ab hoste protege,
         Protect us from the foe,
      Et mortis hora suscipe.
         And receive us in our hour of death.
      Jesu, tibi sit gloria,
         Jesu, glory be to Thee,
      Qui natus es de Virgine,
         Born of the Virgin,
      Cum Patre et almo Spiritu,
         With the Father and the Holy Spirit,
      In sempiterna saecula. Amen.
         For ever and ever. Amen.
  