O Lady of Peace and Good Voyage, Virgin of Antipolo, look kindly upon the needs of your children as we journey to our home in heaven. For you, O Mother, know fully well what it is to travel on the road.
From that room in Nazareth where you received the joyful news from the angel Gabriel, you taught us the generosity of a humble obedience that surrenders and entrusts all to Divine Providence.
In you journey to the stable in Bethlehem on that first Christmas night, you taught us how to treasure in our hearts the overwhelming graciousness of our God.
In your flight to Egypt with your newborn child, you taught us a quiet courage that springs from a firm faith in God even in the face of great danger and suffering.
In that sorrowful climb to Calvary on that fateful Friday afternoon, you taught us how a human love can rise to greater heights by self-giving and forgiveness when transformed by the ineffable love of God.
O Mother, you give us so much hope and encouragement by your example of filial love and discipleship. As you accompanied Christ in your journey from Nazareth to Calvary, you discovered the presence of God in ever new ways.
O Mother, as we undertake our own journey on this road, accompany us in our discovery of God in our lives and in the lives of our brothers and sisters. Make us see with the eyes of our hearts, and help us to know Him so we can grow deeper in His love through life’s joys and pains. At the end of our journey, lead us safely to heaven and bring us to your Son Jesus who has prepared for us in our Father’s home. Amen.
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