Prayer to Our Lady of Africa.
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Our Lady of Africa, Mother of us all, be specially mindful of the peoples of Africa. Gather together all those who follow Jesus Christ. May they be one in the Church of your Son. May all those who have not yet recognized Jesus as the Son of the Father be drawn by his Light. May all those who have been seized by Christ proclaim the Good News by their whole life. You who were present with the Apostles at the beginning of the Church, support the apostles of today that they may boldly proclaim the Word of God.

Statue of O. L. of Africa

You who were open to the Holy Spirit to welcome Jesus within you and give Him to the world, obtain for many young people a like openness and availability. Our Lady of Africa, Queen of Peace, obtain the gift of peace for all nations torn apart by hatred, resentment and racism. May your Son's law of Love win over and unite all hearts, so that together we may sing the Glory of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

2 . MOTHER OF JESUS Our Lady of Africa, in whose maternal and immaculate heart the whole human race finds refuge, look with favour upon the Muslims, who honour you as the mother of Jesus and the most blessed among women. Obtain for them the grace to seek the fullness of Light and Truth, until we may all share, as one people of God, the revelation of His infinite Love for all men, made manifest in the sacrifice of His only Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. And since you are the Mother of the Church, preserve the local Churches of Africa as true and fruitful Messengers of the Word, proclaiming it always, in perfect communion with the universal Church under Peter. Obtain for them and for our Society an increase of dedicated workers. Sharpen our vision to discern and our resolve to respond to new and pressing apostolic needs. Help us, O Lady and Queen of Africa, to be effective witnesses to the Gospel. Thus may we come to be worthy of our calling and, as the Most Holy Name of God, Father, Son and Spirit, was glorified in you, O Mary, so it may be in us, forever and ever. Amen

3. MOTHER OF MANKIND Our Lady of Africa, you are the Mother of all mankind. Keep ever in mind the peoples of Africa. Lead all mankind to the unity of the Church which your Son has founded. May his light enlighten those who do not yet know Him. May He give strength to those who have forsaken Him, that they may return loyally to Him. You were with the apostles at the beginning of the Church. Obtain for the apostles of today the zeal to preach the Word of God with confidence. You were ready to receive the Holy Spirit to become the Mother of Christ and give Him to the world. By your prayers, may young people of today show readiness to bring Christ to their fellow men and women. Our Lady of Africa, Queen of Peace, obtain harmony and peace for the peoples of all nations who are split by hatred and discord. May all be brought together in the Love of your Son for the glory of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen

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4. VIRGIN, MOTHER OF GOD oh virgin Mother of God, You wholeheartedly and yet humbly accepted God's call for the Salvation of all mankind. By bearing the child Jesus, you became the temple of God and mother of the new humanity. You suffered for this call when your Son was being tormented, rejected and when he finally died that shameful death, the death on a cross. Even then you did not surrender. You were present with his witnesses, the Apostles, at the beginning of the Church. Because of this you have been crowned Queen of heaven and mother of the Church. God made in you a new beginning an advocate for all mankind. We implore you, mother of our faith and model of all Christians, You who are close to your Son be mindful of us in your intercessions. God's own light was lit in you at the time of Christ's virginal Conception; may this light penetrate the darkness of man's heart. May God's Spirit deepen our unity and love so that the Promise made to us may reach its fulfilment at the end of times. Amen.

Basilica of Our Lady of Africa Algiers.

Statue of Our Lady inside the Basilica.

5. MOTHER OF THE CHURCH Our Lady of Africa, mother of the Suffering Servant, mindful of the peoples of Africa, in whom Christ is reliving his Passion. May those who have not yet recognized Jesus as the Son of the Father be drawn to Him by the Holy Spirit. Mary Immaculate, Mother of THE Prophet, intercede for our Muslim brothers and sisters. May they who honour you come to know that He whom they call Allah is the Father of our Redeemer. Glorious Lady, Mother of the Church, gather together in Unity all the churches in their diversity. May we be one just as the Father and the Son are one so that the world may believe. Our Lady of Sion, Mother of all Nations, may all your children, particularly the children of your race, find their home in you. You who were so open to the Spirit to welcome Jesus within you and give Him to the world, share with our young people your openness and readiness to give birth to Christ in the hearts of all unbelievers. you who were present to the first apostles at the beginning of the Church, live on within the apostles of today that they may continue to devote themselves to prayer and to the service of the Word. O Queen of the Angels, may all the voices of heaven and earth soon join together to praise and glorify the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit forever and ever. Amen.

6 . A JOYFUL HOPE O most Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of Christ and Mother of the Church, With humility and magnanimity you were the "handmaid of the Lord"; give us your unreserved willingness for the service to God and the salvation of the world. Open our hearts to the great anticipation of the kingdom of God and of the proclamation of the Gospel to the whole of creation... O Virgin full of courage, may your spiritual strength and trust in God inspire us, so that we might know how to overcome all the obstacles that we encounter in accomplishing our mission. Teach us to treat the affairs of the world with a real sense of Christian responsibility and a joyful hope of the coming of God's kingdom, and of a "new heaven and a new earth". You who were gathered in prayer with the apostles in the Cenacle, awaiting the coming of the Spirit at Pentecost, implore his renewed outpouring on all the faithful, men and women alike, so that they might more fully respond to their vocation and mission, as branches engrafted to the true vine, called to bear much fruit for the life of the world. (Pope John Paul II)