The Catholic Defender: Prayer to Our Lady of Knock

On the Evening of August 21, 1879, at the parish church in Knock, County Mayo, Ireland

 Fifteen people ranging in age from 5 to 75, including local villagers and children.

The Vision: A silent apparition on the gable wall of the church featuring:

Our Lady (Blessed Virgin Mary) dressed in white with a brilliant crown and hands raised in prayer.

Saint Joseph standing to her right with his head inclined toward her.

Saint John the Evangelist to her left, dressed as a bishop, holding a book, and appearing to preach.

An altar with a cross and a young lamb (representing Christ, the Lamb of God) surrounded by adoring angels. 

The apparition lasted for two hours during a heavy downpour, yet the figures and the ground directly around them remained completely dry.

The faithful frequently call upon her for protection, comfort, and intercession using traditional litanies

Our Lady of Knock: Pray for us.

Refuge of Sinners: Pray for us.

Queen Assumed into Heaven: Pray for us.

Mother of Nazareth: Pray for us.

Queen of Peace: Pray for us

Prayer to Our Lady of Knock

Our Lady of Knock, Queen of Ireland, you gave hope to your people in a time of distress and comforted them in sorrow.

You have inspiredcountless pilgrims to pray with confidence to yourdivine Son, remembering His promise,“Ask and you shall receive, seek and you shallfind”.

Help me to remember that we are allpilgrims on the road to Heaven.

Fill me with loveand concern for my brothers and sisters in Christ,especially those who live with me.

Comfort me when I am sick, lonely or depressed.

Teach me how to take part ever more reverently inthe Holy Mass. Give me a greater love of Jesus inthe Blessed Sacrament. Pray for me now and atthe hour of my death. Amen.