It seems that there is nothing stronger than the love and care of a mother for her children. This is true, but maternal prayer has even greater power, into which a woman invests her energy and hopes for the help of Higher powers in protecting and guiding her daughter or son on the true path at any age.
Why does mom’s prayer work miracles where it seems impossible? What is stronger - turning to the Almighty and the Saints in your own words or reading certain prayers compiled in ancient times by clergy? Details in the article.
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The power of a mother's prayer
Every person has a story about an event that had a positive outcome thanks to a mother’s prayer. The fact is that it is the woman who carried the child under her heart who feels it more strongly than anyone else, even the father. During pregnancy, not only a genetic but also an energetic connection is formed between mother and baby. Even from a distance, a true mother feels excitement if something good or bad happens to the child. Anxiety is present most often.
The first thing a woman does at this moment is to begin to pray and send positive thoughts and blessings to her child.
A mother's care for her children begins even before they are born. When it becomes known about conception, the pregnant woman turns to the Mother of God or the Almighty so that the baby is healthy and the birth takes place without complications. Prayer protection accompanies the baby until he grows up. But even after creating your own family and having children, your mother’s blessing always accompanies your son or daughter, even those living outside their father’s house.
Of course, modern girls turn to the saints with prayer for their children when serious problems arise:
- with health,
- with upbringing,
- with studies,
- with personal life.
Even in this case, God hears a sincere prayer and helps those who truly believe in his love and humbly wait for help. There are often cases when a mother's prayer saved a child from an incurable disease, and the mortal danger was avoided.
How to properly pray to a mother for her children
- A prayer for children can be said by the mother at any time when the soul requests it.
At this moment, the woman turns to God or the Mother of God in her own words or by reading certain prayers, reading them from the Prayer Book or from memory.
- The prayer is performed in front of the home iconostasis, an image of a specific saint, or mentally addressing the Higher powers.
In more difficult life circumstances, a woman should visit the temple and read a prayer for children in front of the image of the saint to whom the mother’s request is addressed.
- Only a mother’s prayer, coming from the bottom of her heart and with true faith in the help of this prayer, receives a positive result.
If, at the moment of praying for the well-being and health of the children, the mother utters words without putting her soul into them, then you should not hope for a miracle.
- On any occasion, a prayer for a child should be said in the morning so that God’s help will accompany him throughout the day.
The mother’s evening prayer will protect the child from nightmares and ensure a restful sleep or a successful journey if the son or daughter is away, at night work, or away from home.
The more often a mother prays, the stronger the child’s protection from various troubles, diseases, and wrong actions.
Tips for parents
In addition to their own prayer for the well-being and health of their children, mothers and fathers should instill in their children the culture of the Orthodox faith by their example. Children need to be brought to church for services, to receive communion, and explained about faith and love for God.
For prayer to have special power, mom and dad must follow church rules, attend services, confess and receive communion.
Parental blessing is of particular importance for children. When escorting a child from home on any journey, you need to give him your blessing, cross him and read a prayer so that a guardian angel or heavenly patron will protect him in any place:
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Prayer for children to the Guardian Angel
Holy Guardian Angel of my child (name), cover him with your cover from the arrows of the demon, from the eyes of the seducer, and keep his heart in angelic purity. Amen.
Symbol of faith
“A mother’s prayer will reach you from the bottom of the sea” - this proverb has long become a byword. It was not said for the sake of a catchphrase. This is a truth that is relevant at all times, confirmed by countless examples of the amazing power and effectiveness of the prayers of millions of mothers. Holy maternal love is capable of overcoming any obstacles, achieving the impossible and creating real miracles.
A mother's word has special power. There is nothing brighter and more selfless than a mother’s love. From the first day of birth of a child, the mother lives by his breath, his tears and smiles. The child needs the mother. This is the meaning of her life. Love for her baby is as natural to her as the blossoming of gardens in spring. Just as the sun sends out its rays, warming all living things, so a mother’s love warms a child. The mother introduces the child to life. She puts into his mouth the native language, which has absorbed the wealth of the mind, thoughts and feelings of the people. It fills him with spiritual strength and helps him comprehend eternal values.
The relationship between parents and children is modeled after our relationship with God, our Heavenly Parent. Therefore, the Lord gave parents special authority over children: Children, be obedient to your parents in everything, for this is pleasing to the Lord (Col. 3:20). The commandment to honor parents is not only a prescription, failure to comply with which is a sin. The Lord connected our longevity on earth with its fulfillment: Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you (Exodus 20:12). The Holy Apostle Paul says that this is the first commandment with a promise (Eph. 6:2). A sad fate awaits a son or daughter who offends parents and openly disregards their authority and power. The eye that mocks the father and neglects obedience to the mother will be pecked out by the crows of the valley, and the eagle's chicks will be devoured! (Prov. 30:17). The special power of maternal prayer is associated with the power that the Lord God gave to the mother over her children. One of the most edifying examples of great maternal love and prayer for a spiritually perishing son is the prayerful feat of Monica, the mother of Blessed Augustine, who was ten years in captivity of the disastrous false teaching of the Manichaean sect. The son she begged for not only escaped hell, but also became a saint. In his “Confessions,” Blessed Augustine dedicated the most touching words to his mother: “You stretched out Your hand from on high and “drew my soul” from this deep darkness, when my mother, Your faithful servant, mourned me before You more than the mothers of dead children mourn . She saw my death by virtue of her faith and the spirit that she possessed from You - and You heard her, Lord; You heard her and did not despise the tears that streamed the earth in every place where she prayed; You heard her” (Confession. Book III. 11.19).
Snatched from the clutches of death
An interesting story was told to me by a former atheist during a recent pilgrimage trip. Irina S.’s only daughter, 15-year-old Anya, was riding a motorcycle with a friend and had a terrible accident. The friend died, and the girl was taken to intensive care with severe injuries. The doctor admitted to the mother that her daughter had very little chance of survival, and she must mentally prepare for the worst. Not remembering herself, Irina walked out of the hospital without making out the way, her heart was breaking with grief and hopelessness. She didn’t believe in God, never prayed, and then suddenly, obeying a spiritual impulse, she went into the church, from which people were leaving after the service. Timid hope stirred in her heart, and she prayed: “Lord, if You really exist, help, I beg You, save my Anya!!!” She prayed long and earnestly, and she felt better. The priest who came up, after listening to her story, consoled Irina and advised her not to give up prayer and to believe that with God’s help everything would end well. A few months later, the happy mother came to the temple with her daughter to thank God. Anya limped slightly, but felt quite tolerable. Now they are permanent parishioners of the ancient Moscow church, in which Irina begged for her daughter and found sincere faith.
Commemoration at the Divine Liturgy (Church note)
Health is commemorated for those who have Christian names, and repose is remembered only for those baptized in the Orthodox Church.
Notes can be submitted at the liturgy:
For proskomedia - the first part of the liturgy, when for each name indicated in the note, particles are taken out of special prosphoras, which are subsequently dipped into the Blood of Christ with a prayer for the forgiveness of sins
Many examples of God's help to mothers can be found on the pages of Holy Scripture. During his earthly life, the Savior himself healed many times and snatched someone’s sons and daughters from the clutches of death. Some stories were included in the canonical Gospels. For example, in the city of Nain, Christ was touched by the grief of a widow weeping over the tomb of her only son. Having consoled the unfortunate mother, He said: “Young man! I’m telling you, get up!” And the incredible happened - the dead man came to life, sat up in the tomb and began to speak (Luke 7: 12-16). The shocked people rejoiced and praised God, and the mother and her revived son at that moment were probably the happiest people in the world.
Often, family troubles are allowed to people who are far from spiritual life in order to return them to the true path. Finding themselves in a situation where there is no one else to rely on except God, many mothers and their children learn to pray and radically change their lives for the better.
Muscovite Elena K.’s two-year-old son Sasha was dying of pneumonia in the hospital. Neither IVs nor strong antibiotics helped. The baby wheezed and moaned in his mother’s arms, it seemed that he would not survive another night. Lena was a “believer at heart,” she didn’t go to church and didn’t know the prayers. She prayed as best she could, begging God to save her son, but it seemed that He did not hear her. Remembering her “very devout” friend, she called her in the middle of the night. Having learned about her grief, she called her confessor, and he immediately held a prayer service for the health of the seriously ill baby Alexander. Closer to the morning, the baby fell asleep soundly, and his breathing improved noticeably, the wheezing almost stopped, the crisis was over. From the next day, Sasha felt noticeably better, and he quickly began to recover.
When children are ill, you can pray not only to Christ and the Mother of God, but also to numerous Orthodox saints. Among them, Nicholas the Wonderworker, Martyr Tryphon, Great Martyr Panteleimon, Blessed Xenia of Petersburg, Saint Matrona of Moscow and many others are famous for their special help.
It happens that children of true Christians become seriously ill and find themselves on the brink of life and death. Such tests strengthen faith and stimulate improvement in spiritual life.
The future Metropolitan Veniamin (Fedchenkov) suffered from lobar pneumonia in early childhood and almost died. The mother begged God and the saints to save her son, and vowed to make a walking pilgrimage to the relics of St. Mitrophan of Voronezh, revered in the family. The son recovered, and she fulfilled her vow, walking more than 200 kilometers from her native village of Vyazhli, Tambov province, to Voronezh, and then back. After that, for the sake of the health and well-being of her children, she vowed to God to strictly fast not only every Wednesday and Friday, but also on Mondays, and strictly observed this rule all her life.
The mother of the future bishop, the popular Orthodox ascetic Tryphon (Turkestanov), found herself in a similar situation in the early 60s of the 19th century. Begging for her dying son Borya, Varvara Alexandrovna especially earnestly prayed to the holy martyr Tryphon and promised that if the boy recovered, she would try to dedicate him to the service of God. The future saint learned about this maternal vow only many years later, when, at the behest of his soul, he became a monk, taking the name of his heavenly patron.
In Greece, on the island of Euboea, the relics of the holy wonderworker John the Russian are kept. There are many examples of people who prayed to him being healed of cancer. The book “Tears of a Mother” describes a case when in a poor Cypriot family from the city of Limassol, two brothers, 6 and 8 years old, slowly died from leukemia. One day their parents bought an icon of the saint, and the mother began to pray: “Saint John, I beg you, make my children recover! Visit our house and heal my sons!” The children's condition has improved noticeably. They did a blood test and it turned out that everything was normal! But until recently, tests showed a severe form of the disease, and doctors believed that the children would not last long. Happy parents and sons came to the miraculous relics and with tears thanked God and His holy saint John...
From time immemorial, maternal prayers saved people from imminent death on land and at sea. In the book of sermons, Archimandrite Kronid (Lyubimov) cites as an example the story of the Smolensk landowner Ekaterina Dudinskaya and her son who lived in St. Petersburg. In 1842, on the eve of seeing off his beloved officer son on a long voyage, his mother was tormented by bad premonitions. Arriving in Tsarskoe Selo, Katerina served a prayer service in front of the miraculous icon “The Sign of the Mother of God” and prayed for a long time on her knees, asking: “Queen of Heaven, I entrust my son to You and all my hope is in You, You will return him to me from the bottom of the sea!”
On the way, the ship "Ingermanland" was caught in a terrible storm. In the Skagerrak Strait off the coast of Norway, the ship received a hole when it hit a rock and sank. About 400 people died. The captain and many officers, including Dudinsky, were washed off the deck by the waves at the time of the crash. Feeling imminent death, he began to pray: “Most Holy Theotokos, save me! Save me at least for the sake of my mother’s prayers!” A wave covered him, and he lost consciousness, and when he woke up, he realized that he was lying on the shore near the water, alive and unharmed.
Return from darkness
Many good believing mothers have had to worry about their children dying in the whirlpool of a vicious, dissolute life. Some had to spend many years in sorrow, humbly waiting and hoping. Their holy tears and prayers were not in vain.
A clear example from the past is the life of St. Aurelius Augustine. The son of a pagan and a Christian woman, Augustine was a dissolute fellow in his childhood and youth. While studying far from his homeland, he got involved with bad companies, walked left and right, became an adherent of a heretical sect, and blasphemed God. His mother Monica was horrified by the antics of her beloved child. For more than 10 years, she spent days and nights in tears, begging God to enlighten Augustine and save his perishing soul. The begged son not only corrected himself and escaped the torments of hell, but also became a great holy ascetic, a respected bishop and confessor, a world-famous theologian and writer. Monica, considered the patroness of mothers in the Western Church, was also canonized.
Not only a holy ascetic, but also any simple woman with love and humility in her heart can change a lost child for the better. The son of one of the parishioners of the church where my confessor serves, caused mental pain to his mother for many years. He drank heavily, constantly changed lovers, did not believe in God or the devil. After another binge, 32-year-old Andrei became very ill, his heart caught, and he fell, experiencing something like clinical death. He had never believed in “priest’s fairy tales,” but here, willy-nilly, he had to believe that hell exists - he experienced such a vivid and terrible vision. He was burning in fire, unable to move either arm or leg, and terrible infernal monsters grinned around him. He was in unbearable pain and scared, and it seemed that this torture lasted for an eternity. When he finally woke up, he saw that he was lying across the sofa, and his mother was praying in front of the icons, begging God to have mercy on her son. That same day, Andrei asked his mother for forgiveness and went to church for the first confession in his life. He gave up drinking and partying and started a new life.
The everlasting psalter
The indefatigable Psalter is read not only about health, but also about peace. Since ancient times, ordering a commemoration on the Everlasting Psalter has been considered a great alms for a departed soul.
It is also good to order the Indestructible Psalter for yourself; you will feel the support. And one more important point, but far from the least important, there is eternal remembrance on the Undying Psalter. It seems expensive, but the result is more than millions of times more than the money spent. If this is still not possible, then you can order for a shorter period. It's also good to read for yourself.
Guests from the other world
A child is born under the mother’s heart and lives a single life with her for a long time. The invisible mystical connection between a child and mother can last a lifetime. And even death does not always break the bonds of maternal love.
In September 1941, pilot Pavel Ignatievich Ch. was shot down over the Gulf of Finland. He managed to land the burning plane on the water. He tried to open the hatch, but it was jammed. In desperation, he yanked on the main handle with such force that the steel handle bent. The plane began to sink. Pavel realized that it seemed like he was finished. Suddenly, he clearly saw his late mother, Natalya Egorovna, in the ghostly haze in front of him. She cheered him up and reminded him how else he could open the hatch in an emergency. And he managed to get out literally at the last moment, when the plane was almost completely submerged in the water. Spent two hours in cold water trying to swim to shore. When he was already exhausted, he was picked up and saved by a passing patrol ship.
An even more amazing story was told in one of the stories by writer and journalist Vladimir Krupin. A woman approached his friend, Hieromonk Pavel, on the street and asked him to go to her son and confess him. She gave the address. But the priest got caught up in business and did not fulfill the request. A day later, early in the morning, he again met the same stranger. She literally begged him to go to her son.
A young man opened the door for the priest. It was clear from his appearance that he was drinking heavily and had driven himself to the brink. Father Pavel told him about his mother's request and the purpose of his visit. “Come on, lie, my mother has been dead for five years!” - he got angry. There were photographs hanging on the wall in the apartment, and among them the priest saw a photo of that same woman: “There she is! It was this woman who asked to visit you!” In response, the guy tried to be rude: “So, you came after me from the other world?” But after a long, serious conversation, he wilted and promised to come to the temple the next morning. During confession he was shaking with sobs. He repented that shortly before his mother’s death he kicked her out of the house, and in recent months she lived with friends and was buried by strangers. That evening Father Pavel met his mother again. She was very joyful, thanked the priest, and said that her son had been forgiven, and she had already seen him. The next day, the priest learned that the guy died of a heart attack right on the day of confession. It turns out that the mother’s love and prayers were so strong that she was able to come from the other world and manage to save his soul literally in the last days of her son’s life.
A similar story happened in Stavropol in 1954. A woman came to Archpriest Pyotr Sukhonosov with a request to visit and give communion to her terminally ill son, a retired officer, and dictated the address. Father Peter entered an unlocked apartment and found a seriously ill man lying in bed. “I didn’t invite any priests!” - said the patient. The priest told him about his mother’s request, identified the woman from a photo in the album, and was surprised to learn that she died 3 years ago. The officer was persuaded to confess and take communion, and soon after that he died.
Father Peter himself was a very respected and beloved shepherd among the people, and gave all of himself to the people. Since 1960 he served in Ingushetia. In 1999, he was kidnapped and brutally killed by Chechen bandits. Materials are now being collected for the canonization of a new martyr of our time.
If prayer doesn't help
Sometimes the help expected from God never comes, as if He does not hear prayers. But in any case, there is no need to despair. From the point of view of the Christian meaning of life, it is better for some people to die in time and be saved for Eternal Life than to survive, but then destroy their soul. Nothing happens by chance with God, and He takes a person to Himself at the moment of his best spiritual state and greatest readiness for salvation in Eternity. Or when the spiritual decline becomes irreversible.
The poet and Decembrist Kondraty Ryleev was supposed to die in early childhood. But the mother begged for her seriously ill three-year-old son, literally demanding from God his healing. She was not stopped even by the warning of the Mother of God who appeared to her in a subtle dream, who said: “Come to your senses, do not pray for recovery... The Lord Omniscient, out of goodness, out of His mercy, wants to save him and you from future suffering...” The mother was hinted that her son, if he recovered, will end his life on the gallows. But she didn’t want to believe it, and hoped that everything would work out. Kondraty survived, and, alas, what was predicted came true. For active participation in the coup d'etat, the 30-year-old poet and official Ryleev was sentenced to hanging and executed along with four leaders of the uprising. The only consolation for his mother was the fact that before his death he repented and went into Eternity as a humble Christian.
The inability and unwillingness to come to terms with God's Providence can play a very cruel joke on a person. I heard a sad story that happened to a resident of Yekaterinburg, Tatyana V. Her 8-year-old daughter Katya became seriously ill. Prayers did not help, and one morning she found her daughter lying in bed, lifeless and cold. The mother, distraught with grief, came to the temple and became hysterical. She reproached God, the Mother of God and the saints for not hearing her pleas and not helping, and she burst into blasphemy. After this she fainted. In a state of altered consciousness, she saw a dazzling light, and an unearthly voice told her: “Your daughter was pure and immaculate, angels were waiting for her in heaven. But, have it your way. Go, she’s alive!” Having woken up, Tatyana ran home and saw Katya alive. The mother's joy knew no bounds.
But the happiness was short-lived. Every year her daughter’s character deteriorated more and more. Already in adolescence, Katya offended her mother in every possible way, left home, and led a wild life. Because of such disappointments, Tatyana became offended by God and stopped going to church. In her youth, my daughter seemed to begin to settle down, and even went to college. But, in the midst of her studies... Katya committed suicide by swallowing pills because of unrequited love. The grief-stricken mother went to a monastery to beg for her unlucky child for the rest of her days.
And it also happens that God, seemingly for years, ignores the pleas of a mother asking him to help her child in trouble, but in the end the story has a good ending. And the reason for “deafness” turns out to be God’s desire to correct a person, for whom premature indulgences can only do a disservice.
A resident of the Moscow region, Alexander S. was from a poor family, but from school he was friends with the “golden youth” - the sons of officials and “new Russians”. Together with them, he became addicted to drugs, became rude and unbearable. One day their company was caught red-handed, having found a decent amount of potion on the guys. The friends were cleared away by high-ranking parents, and Sasha was made a “scapegoat” and sentenced to 4 years in prison. His mother, Olga Ivanovna, really hoped for an amnesty and prayed to God for the release of her son. But instead, for fighting in the “zone” and causing grievous bodily harm, his sentence was doubled. The mother endured such injustice with great difficulty. My hands gave up - what's the point of praying if God doesn't hear it?!
After serving 8 years, the son was released as a completely different person. The “zone” spoils many people, but on the contrary, it corrected him. Sasha became serious and wise, acquired the Orthodox faith. Apparently, it was precisely this long period of time that he needed to humble himself, correct himself and completely get rid of his drug addiction. The Sashins’ friends, as it turned out, are no longer alive. Some died from overdoses and illnesses, others were killed, and two committed suicide. Alexander trained as an icon painter, got married successfully, and has two children growing up. After so many years of ordeal, life finally turned its face towards Olga and her son, and began to resemble a good, happy fairy tale.
Sorokoust about health
Sorokoust is a prayer service that is performed by the Church daily for forty days. Every day during this period, particles are removed from the prosphora. Elder Schema-Archimandrite Zosima noted that the entire history of mankind is measured in “weeks and forties.” “For forty days Christ appeared to his disciples, remaining on earth until the Feast of the Ascension of the Lord. The holy holiday is the fortieth day of the Ascension of the Lord. We celebrate Easter on the eve and will celebrate the great annual holiday on the fortieth day after Easter - the Ascension of the Lord. Sorokoust - forty days of fasting, forty days of Easter, everything comes in forties, weeks and forties. And the history of mankind also goes on in weeks and forties.” Sorokousts are ordered about health, especially about seriously ill people.
A mother's prayer for her child
God
Jesus Christ, Son of God, prayers for the sake of Your Most Pure Mother, hear me, your sinful and unworthy servant (name).
God,
in the mercy of Your power, my child (name), have mercy and save him for Your name’s sake.
God,
forgive him all the sins, voluntary and involuntary, committed by him before You.
God,
guide him on the true path of Your commandments and enlighten him and enlighten him with Your light of Christ, for the salvation of the soul and the healing of the body.
God,
bless him in the house, around the house, in the field, at work and on the road and in every place of Your possession.
God,
protect him under the protection of Your Saints from a flying bullet, arrow, knife, sword, poison, fire, flood, from a deadly plague and from vain death.
God,
protect him from visible and invisible enemies, from all troubles, evils and misfortunes.
God,
heal him from all diseases, cleanse him from all filth (wine, tobacco, drugs) and ease his mental suffering and sorrow.
God,
grant him the grace of the Holy Spirit for many years of life and health, chastity.
God,
give him Your blessing for a pious family life and pious procreation.
God,
Grant also to me, Thy unworthy and sinful servant, a parental blessing on my child in the coming mornings, days, evenings and nights, for Thy name's sake, for Thy Kingdom is eternal, omnipotent and omnipotent. Amen.
Lord have mercy.
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Patron saints of children
In most cases, mothers pray to the Mother of God for their children, who they consider their intercessor, because she had to go through a difficult path and not lose faith in God.
Icon of the Mother of God Feodorovskaya
For example, the image of the Feodorovskaya Icon of the Mother of God is revered as the patroness of brides, family well-being, the birth of children in childless couples, and helps in difficult childbirths.
There are a large number of images of the Mother of God, which women turn to in case of illness, disobedience of children, reluctance to study, or contact with bad company:
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Prayer for children to the Blessed Virgin Mary
O Most Holy Lady Virgin Theotokos, save and preserve under Your roof my children (names), all youths, young women and infants, baptized and nameless and carried in their mother’s womb. Cover them with the robe of Your motherhood, keep them in the fear of God and in obedience to their parents, beseech my Lord and Your Son to grant them what is useful for their salvation. I entrust them to Your maternal supervision, for You are the Divine Cover of Your servants.
Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker
If a child is on the way, the mother’s prayer is addressed to Nicholas the Wonderworker, who is the patron saint of travelers. Nicholas the Wonderworker also helps in other life situations if the mother turns to him with zeal, humility and all her soul:
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Prayer for children to St. Nicholas the Wonderworker
O our good shepherd and God-wise mentor, Saint Nicholas of Christ! Hear us sinners (names), praying to you and calling for your quick intercession for help: see us weak, caught from everywhere, deprived of every good and darkened in mind by cowardice . Try, O saint of God, not to leave us in sinful captivity, so that we may not joyfully be our enemies and not die in our evil deeds. Pray for us, unworthy of our Creator and Master, to Him you stand with the disembodied faces: be merciful to us by our God in this life and in the future, so that He does not reward us for our deeds ours and because of the impurity of our hearts, but according to His goodness He will reward us . We trust in your intercession, we boast of your intercession, we call upon your intercession for help, and to your most holy image we ask for help: deliver us, servant of Christ, from the evils of coming against us, so that for the sake of your holy prayers the attack will not come upon us and we will not be desecrated in the abyss of sin and in the mud of our passions. Pray to Saint Nicholas of Christ, Christ our God, that he may grant us a peaceful life and remission of sins, salvation and great mercy for our souls, now and ever and unto the ages of ages.
An effective way is to appeal to the heavenly patron after whom the child was named at birth or baptism. In this case, you need to read a prayer in front of the icon of a holy house or in a church, if its image is in the nearest church.
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Saint Blessed Xenia
One of the patroness of mothers and children is Saint Xenia of Petersburg, who is known for her wanderings around the world after the death of her husband and good deeds for people who turn to her for help. Despite the fact that the happiness of motherhood was not given to Ksenia, she helps mothers who pray to her from the bottom of their hearts for their children.
The text of the powerful prayer is presented below. It can be said in front of a holy icon at home or in a temple. Ksenia provides her assistance not only to women who have given birth and their children, but also to those who only dream of such happiness. If a girl cannot get pregnant, then she needs to fervently pray to the saint for a successful conception and the birth of a healthy baby.
The mother's prayer can be addressed to all Orthodox Saints
As the priests explain, you can pray for a daughter to the Mother of God, for a son - to Jesus Christ. You are allowed to turn to the rest of the Saints - Nicholas the Wonderworker, Martyr Tryphon, Panteleimon the Healer, Xenia of Petersburg, Matrona of Moscow.
However, it also happens when a mother prays for many years, but there is no change or help from above. The main thing is to believe and not despair, especially under no circumstances should you turn away from God.
According to the explanations of the clergy, the Almighty has his own plans for each person. And if He took a person to Himself, then so it should be. The power of a mother’s prayer can help her child even after death, thereby alleviating his sins.
The text of the prayer for your child can be found on the Internet and read ready-made. However, we should not forget that the Mother of God and the Lord God will hear any appeal. The main thing is that it is sincere and comes from pure motives.
You definitely need to thank God for giving you a child. It’s not always worth asking for something in prayer; you should think about your own changes. Therefore, it is necessary to ask God for help in changing your own heart and thoughts.
Mother's prayers for children
The choice of prayer for children, with which a mother can turn to the saints, the Almighty, the Mother of God, Matrona of Moscow, Xenia of St. Petersburg or a guardian angel, depends on the circumstances.
Here is a list of the most powerful prayers that will help a mother gather her thoughts and correctly seek help in protecting her child.
Mother's prayer for children to Matrona of Moscow
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O blessed mother Matrono, hear and accept us now, sinners, praying to you, who in all your life has learned to receive and listen to all those who suffer and mourn, with faith and hope who resort to your intercession and help, giving quick help and miraculous healing to everyone; May your mercy not fail now for us, unworthy, restless in this busy world and nowhere finding consolation and compassion in spiritual sorrows and help in bodily illnesses: heal our illnesses, deliver us from the temptations and torment of the devil, who passionately fights, help us convey our everyday Cross, to bear all the hardships of life and not lose the image of God in it, to preserve the Orthodox faith until the end of our days, to have strong trust and hope in God and unfeigned love for others; help us, after departing from this life, to achieve the Kingdom of Heaven with all those who please God, glorifying the mercy and goodness of the Heavenly Father, glorified in the Trinity, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, forever and ever. Amen.
Prayer to Jesus Christ for deliverance from an unhappy marriage
Maternal experiences do not end as children grow older. How will family life turn out for your daughter or son? Such thoughts force the mother to look for prayers that will help the child avoid problems in marriage:
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Lord Jesus Christ, awaken Your mercy on my children (names), keep them under Your roof, cover them from all evil lust, drive away from them every enemy and adversary, open their ears and the eyes of their hearts, grant tenderness and humility to their hearts. Lord, we are all Your creation, have pity on my children (names) and turn them to repentance.
Save, O Lord, and have mercy on my children (names) and enlighten their minds with the light of reason of Your Gospel and guide them on the path of Your commandments and teach them, O Savior, to do Your will, for You are our God.
Prayer of Blessed Xenia for family well-being
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Oh, our glorious holy blessed mother Ksenia, warm prayer book for us before God! As before we fell to your tombstone, now we, after your glorification, resort to your relics, we ask: pray to the Lord to sanctify our souls and bodies, to enlighten our minds, to cleanse our conscience from all filth, unclean thoughts, evil and blasphemous intentions and from all exaltation, pride and arrogance, arrogance and insolence, from all Pharisee hypocrisy, and from all our cold and evil customs; May He grant us sincere repentance, contrition of our hearts, humility, meekness and quietness, reverence, and spiritual intelligence with all prudence and thanksgiving. Hidden from the wise of this age, but known to God, ask our Russian country for deliverance from cruel troubles, for renewal and correction of our entire life, keep us in every pious Orthodox confession of the Christian faith, so that we may be worthy to please you all the days of singing, giving thanks and glorify the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, the Trinity of One Essence, Life-Giving and Indivisible forever and ever. Amen.
Prayer of Ksenia of Petersburg for the gift of children
»change font Oh, holy all-blessed mother Ksenia! Having lived under the shelter of the Most High, knowing and strengthened by the Mother of God, having endured hunger and thirst, cold and heat, reproach and persecution, you have received the gift of clairvoyance and miracles from God and are resting under the canopy of the Almighty. Now the Holy Church, like a fragrant flower, glorifies you: standing at the place of your burial, before your holy image, as if you were alive and present with us, we pray to you: accept our petitions and bring them to the Throne of the Merciful Heavenly Father, as you have boldness towards Him , ask for eternal salvation for those who flow to you, and for our good deeds and undertakings a generous blessing, deliverance from all troubles and sorrows, appear with your holy prayers before our All-Merciful Savior for us, unworthy and sinners, help, holy blessed mother Ksenia, babies with the light of the Holy Illuminate Baptism and seal the gift of the Holy Spirit, educate boys and girls in faith, honesty, fear of God and chastity and grant them success in learning; Heal the sick and ailing, send down love and harmony to families, honor the monastic feat of a good struggle and protect from reproach, strengthen the shepherds in the strength of spirit, preserve our people and country in peace and tranquility, pray for those deprived of communion of the Holy Mysteries of Christ in the dying hour: you are ours hope and hope, speedy hearing and deliverance, we send thanks to you and with you we glorify the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Who should you pray to?
You can pray and read a spell aimed at improving the life and health of your grandchildren and children to various saints. Whoever is easier to turn to for help is the one you should turn to in difficult times. But if the mother does not know and cannot independently decide on who to ask for help, the choice may be as follows:
- The Most Holy Theotokos, who is the protector of all the weak and suffering;
- Nicholas the Wonderworker, who saves you from the most terrible diseases;
- Jesus Christ, capable of performing a real miracle;
- Lord, when you want to protect your daughter from evil;
- Matrona, who improves the child’s personal life;
- Panteleimon Healer who helps restore poor health.
The text of the holy words should be chosen based on the final goal that the parent sets for himself. Sometimes you just need to trust your intuition and choose that pleaser who is easier and simpler to turn to in a difficult moment in life.
Conditions of prayer
Maternal prayer must be carried out taking into account certain rules and appropriate conditions. Only then will she be able to give the desired magical result and remove her daughter from evil and demons. These recommendations and requirements include:
- a witchcraft plot early in the morning, as soon as the sun begins to rise or before going to bed;
- the prayer is said mainly in front of the face of the saint or with lit candles purchased in the church;
- Before performing the ceremony, it is necessary to wash your face, hands and let your hair down;
- when turning to higher powers for help, you need to fully concentrate on your own desire, mental message;
- at the moment of the ritual, the heart should be freed from malice, revenge, hatred;
- the prayer must be read in a calm, peaceful, relaxed state;
- nothing and no one should distract from the pronunciation of holy words, so you should remain in complete silence and solitude;
- at the time of prayer, it is recommended to turn off your mobile phone, TV and other devices that make noisy sounds;
- The ritual ends with a mandatory bow, and you should also cross yourself.
You cannot tell anyone about prayer. This ritual must be kept secret. The holy words are read in complete solitude and absolute silence.
