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Fr. Leo Pabayo .

PRIEST or lay leader: In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

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All: “Remember O Most gracious Virgin Mary that never was it known that anyone who fled to your protection, implore your help or sought your intercession was left unaided.”

Priest or lay leader: Oh Most Holy Virgin Mother of God, on May 13, the day when we commemorate your appearance to the children at Fatima we will again elect leaders for our nation. We ask you to intercede for us to your Son, Jesus Christ Our Lord, to grant us the grace of a peaceful, fair and honest election as well as the grace to know and choose leaders who will lead us to become nation of justice and love, of peace and happiness.

All: “Inspired by this confidence we fly unto you O Virgin of virgins our mother. To you we come before you we stand, sinful and sorrowful”.

Priest or lay leader 1: We are sorry for our sins of not doing our duty to study the candidates to know the good candidates from the bad. We confess our sin of the past for not voting according to our conscience but for vain and selfish reasons or for the wrong kind of party loyalty.

Priest or lay leader 2: We are sorry for the sin of exchanging truth for falsehood by selling our votes and tainting ourselves with the sin of Judas who betrayed for thirty pieces of silver your Son who when Pilate asked him if he was a king answered, “For this I came, to give witness to the truth.”

Priest or lay leader 3: We are sorry for selling our votes for by it we betray our heroes who shed their blood for our freedom to choose leaders who will put an end to bribery and other forms of corruption in our government and make it a government that honestly serves the people.

Priest or lay leader 4: Blessed Mother, at Fatima you showed your motherly care for the nation of Russia by asking prayers for her conversion. We pray now for the conversion of our leaders who are enmeshed in the culture of corruption. Just as the prayer for the conversion of Russia has been heard so may your Son hear our prayers for the conversion of our politicians from this culture of corruption and bribery to one of transparency and honesty.

All: “Oh Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not our petition but in your mercy, hear and answer our prayers. Amen”

All: Our Father. Hail, Mary. Glory Be.

Concluding hymn: Our Lady of Fatima or any other Marian song

Prayer to Our Lady of Fatima for a good election:

Oh most gracious Virgin Mother of God, on the day when we commemorate your appearance to the children at Fatima we will also elect the new leaders of our nation. We pray to you to intercede for us to your Son to grant us the grace of a peaceful, fair and honest election. We pray for the grace to know and choose true leaders who will put an end to oppression and corruption in our country and lead us to become a nation of justice and love, of peace and happiness. We confess our past sin of not electing according to our conscience but for vain and selfish reasons.  We are sorry for the sin of exchanging truth for falsehood by selling our votes and betraying our heroes who gained for us our freedom to choose our leaders at the price of their blood. Intercede for us for the grace to choose leaders who will help usher into our country the kingdom of your Son, Jesus Christ Our Lord who lives and reigns with our Heavenly Father and the Holy Spirit One God forever and ever. Amen.

Our Father. Hail, Mary. Glory Be.

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