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We Fly to Thy Patronage

We Fly to Thy Patronage Prayer

Sub Tuum Praesidium - we fly to thy patronage prayer, we fly to they protection, Mary with people under the protection of her mantle

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We Fly to Thy Patronage

SUB TUUM PRAESIDIUM

Sub Tuum Praesidium - we fly to thy patronage prayer, we fly to they protection, Mary with people under the protection of her mantle

We fly to thy protection, O Holy Mother of God. 

Do not despise our petitions in our necessities,

but deliver us always from all dangers,

O Glorious and Blessed Virgin.

Amen

About the Prayer

It is the Oldest Known Marian Prayer

The ancient prayer dates back to 250 A.D.  The Latin title is Sub Tuum Praesidium.   It was first prayed during a time of Christian persecution. It is a way to ask our Blessed Mother for perseverance when faced with difficulties.  

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CREDITS

The LOGO image of Our Lady of Grace is original artwork by Martin Lariviere in 2009. We have the artist’s permission (my son). It is our exclusive trademark logo image.

A beautifully photographed sky by Donald Tong inspired the website’s colour scheme. Cropped portions of it are the background for the footer Bible verse. He shared it as a free download on pexels.com.

Raphael painted The Sistine Madonna circa (1513-1514). We made circular cut-outs from the original image.

Bernardo Pereira Pegado painted Sub Tuum Praesidium in 1784, depicting Our Lady of Mercy. It is a processional banner of the Lisbon Holy House of Mercy.

Bartolome Esteban Murillo painted The Virgin of the Rosary between circa 1675 to 1680.

Our information is from general knowledge, experience, and shared internet sources. We’d like you to use it as a starting point for your research to verify facts and build a reference list.

IN REVIEW
What are the words to the "We Fly to Thy Patronage" prayer?

We fly to thy protection, O Holy Mother of God. 

Do not despise our petitions in our necessities,

but deliver us always from all dangers,

O Glorious and Blessed Virgin.

Amen

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