A Prayer to Our Lady Immaculate for Elections
Heaven does care about our nations. On election day, and in every season of uncertainty, let us ask our dear patroness, Mary Immaculate, to intercede for us and for our country.
The Prayer to Our Lady Immaculate
Most holy Virgin, who was pleasing to the Lord and became His Mother, immaculate in body and spirit, in faith and in love, look kindly on the wretched who implore thy powerful patronage. The wicked serpent, against whom was hurled the first curse, continues fiercely to attack and ensnare the unhappy children of Eve. Do thou, then, O Blessed Mother, our queen and advocate, who from the first instant of thy conception didst crush the head of the enemy, receive the prayers which, united with thee in our single heart, we implore thee to present at the throne of God, that we may never fall into the snares which are laid out for us, and may all arrive at the port of salvation; and, in so many dangers, may the Church and Christian society sing once again the hymn of deliverance and of victory and of peace. Amen.
In Thy conception, O Virgin Mary, thou wast immaculate; pray for us to the Father, Whose Son, Jesus Christ conceived of the Holy Ghost, thou didst bring forth.
Why Catholics Ask Mary Immaculate’s Intercession for the Nation
This prayer draws on the promise God made in Genesis 3:15, where God tells the serpent that the woman’s offspring “will strike at your head.” The Church has long understood Mary, conceived without sin, as the one who shares fully in her Son’s victory over evil, and asks her intercession precisely because she “didst crush the head of the enemy.” On election day, when a nation is choosing its leaders and its direction, Catholics turn to her not out of superstition but out of confidence that heaven takes an interest in the fate of nations. For more on Mary’s role as the New Eve who undoes the serpent’s work in Eden, see Passing the Buck in Eden: Mary the New Eve and the Immaculate Conception.
More Prayers to the Immaculate Conception
If this prayer helps you turn to Our Lady in times of national uncertainty, you may also find our printable collection of Prayers to Mary, the Immaculate Conception useful for ongoing devotion.