St. Margaret Castello Dignity Prayer
St. Margaret Castello, unappreciated and rejected by your own family, we appeal to you. You were isolated and hidden from any contact with society. Yet, you received acceptance, love, and education from your now obscure parish priest.
O incorruptible one, may those hidden in the womb be enveloped by a maternal love that transcends all knowledge.
May this image inspire and embolden mothers to nurture and protect their own unborn child. Provide healing and consolation to mothers abandoned by the father of their baby.
May men develop the courage to respect, protect, and support this profoundly fragile beginning of life.
May we be enabled to extend prayers and material support to mothers left with insufficient resources.
May each of us utilize the divine graces available to protect these most fragile, yet unique, children, the least of the least.
May courageous women adopt and promote this image as a feminine badge of honor and fortitude.
May your intercession enrich our prayers as we seek our Lord and Savior’s succor.
All this in the name of Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, in union with St. Joseph we pray.
Amen.