Produced in the Steubenville workshops of the Nelson Family, where Ohio workers assemble each piece by hand, this piece of art is destined to improve the quality and beauty of any space.

Our image comes as a high-quality canvas print in a dark ornate solid wood frame and doubled-matted in green suede over gold. Handcrafted in Steubenville, Ohio, this beautiful and moving image of the Ancient Irish Litany of Our Lady is sure to be treasured for generations to come!

~Sizes listed are of the image only~

Ancient Prayer to the Blessed Virgin
(Translated from the Irish of the Eighth Century.)

O GREAT Mary,
Mary, greatest of Marys,
Most great of women,
Queen of the angels,
Mistress of the heavens,
Woman full and replete with the grace
of the Holy Spirit,
Blessed and most blessed,
Mother of eternal glory,
Mother of the heavenly and earthly
Church,
Mother of love and indulgence,
Mother of the golden light,
Honor of the sky,
Harbinger of peace,
Gate of heaven,
Golden casket,
Couch of love and mercy,
Temple of the Divinity,
Beauty of virgins,
Mistress of the tribes,
Fountain of the gardens,
Cleansing of sins,
Washing of souls,
Mother of orphans,
Breast of the infants,
Refuge of the wretched,
Star of the sea,
Handmaid of God,
Mother of Christ,
Abode of the Godhead,
Graceful as the dove,
Serene like the moon,
Resplendent like the sun,
Destruction of Eve's disgrace,
Regeneration of life,
Perfection of women,
Chief of the virgins,
Garden enclosed,
Fountain sealed,
Mother of God,
Perpetual Virgin,
Holy Virgin,
Prudent Virgin,
Serene Virgin,
Chaste Virgin,
Temple of the Living God,
Throne of the Eternal King,
Sanctuary of the Holy Spirit,
Virgin of the root of Jesse,
Cedar of Mount Lebanon,
Cypress of Mount Sion,
Crimson rose in the land of Jacob,
Fruitful like the olive,
Blooming like the palm,
Glorious son-bearer,
Light of Nazareth,
Glory of Jerusalem,
Beauty of the world,
Noblest born of the Christian people,
Queen of life,
Ladder of Heaven,
Hear the petition of the poor; spurn
not the wounds and the groans of the
miserable.
Let our devotion and our sighs be
carried through thee to the presence of
the Creator, for we are not ourselves
worthy of being heard because of our
evil deserts.
O powerful Mistress of heaven and
earth, wipe out our trespasses and our
sins.
Destroy our wickedness and depravity.
Raise the fallen, the debilitated, and
the fettered. Loose the condemned.
Repair through thyself the transgressions
of our immorality and our vices.
Bestow upon us through thyself the
blossoms and ornaments of good actions
and virtues. Appease for us the Judge
by thy prayers and thy supplications.
Allow us not, for mercy's sake, to be
carried off from thee among the spoils of
our enemies. Allow not our souls to be
condemned, but take us to thyself for
ever under thy protection.
We, moreover, beseech and pray thee,
O holy Mary, to obtain, through thy
potent supplication, before thy only Son,
that is, Jesus Christ, the son of the living
God, that God may defend us from
all straits and temptations. Obtain also
for us from the God of Creation the
forgiveness and remission of all our sins
and trespasses, and that we may receive
from Him further, through thy
intercession, the everlasting habitation
of the heavenly kingdom, through all
eternity, in the presence of the saints
and the saintly virgins of the world;
which may we deserve, may we enjoy,
*in saecula saeculorum. Amen.

(*unto the ages of ages)

( NWM-298-4 )