Prayer to Our Lady of La Leche

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Haley recently mentioned her visit to the Our Lady of La Leche Shrine in St. Augustine Florida and I, for some reason, had never heard of this beautiful devotion to Our Lady! 

(Ummm, mother of 4 tiny babies with a slew of breastfeeding issues/experiences missing out on this great intercessor and comforter?! Tragedy!)

A very quick search brought up these beautiful prayers from Catholicculture.org that I just wanted to share for all my pregnant/young moms out there so you don't miss out like I obviously have been! They're gooders!

For pregnancy:

O Lord Jesus Christ, through the intercession of Your tender Mother, Our Lady of La Leche, who bore You close to her heart during those long months before Your birth, I place my baby and myself entirely in Your Hands. Free me, I beseech You, from useless and consuming worry. Accept the sacrifice of my aches and pains, which I unite to Your sufferings on the Cross. Above all, most merciful and loving Jesus, protect this child You have given to me from all harm, bestowing the health and vigor every baby needs. Implant in my heart and on my lips the words and prayers of Your Mother and mine, our Lovely Lady of La Leche. All this I ask that my child and I may live to praise forever Your Holy Name. Amen.

For a mother:

To You, lovely Lady of La Leche, and to your Divine Son, do I now dedicate this little baby whom our Father in heaven has given me. Grateful for the trust He has placed in me, I beg you to obtain for me the physical and spiritual graces I need to fulfill my duties at every moment. Inspire me with the motherly sentiments you felt during your days with the Child Jesus. Make it possible for me, in imitation of you, O Lady of La Leche, to nurse my child to perfect health. In all things help me to follow the example which you, as the perfect model of all mothers, have given to me. Let my family mirror the virtues of your Holy Family of Nazareth. Finally, I commend to your loving care all the mothers of earth, in whose hands He has entrusted the souls of His little children. Amen.