Prayer During Coronavirus, and Sunday Mass

Holy Virgin of Guadalupe, Queen of the Angels and Mother of America. We fly to you today as your beloved children. We ask you to intercede for us with your Son, as you did at the wedding in Cana.

Pray for us, loving Mother, and gain for our nation and world, and for all our families and loved ones, the protection of your holy angels, that we may be spared the worst of this illness.

For those already afflicted, we ask you to obtain the grace of healing and deliverance. Hear the cries of those who are vulnerable and fearful, wipe away their tears and help them to trust.

In this time of trial and testing, teach all of us in the Church to love one another and to be patient and kind. Help us to bring the peace of Jesus to our land and to our hearts.

We come to you with confidence, knowing that you truly are our compassionate mother, health of the sick and cause of our joy.

Shelter us under the mantle of your protection, keep us in the embrace of your arms, help us always to know the love of your Son, Jesus. Amen.

USCCB President’s Reflection and Prayer During Coronavirus

P.S. For those who are in any way impeded from attending Sunday Mass, a reasonable alternative would be to reverently follow the Lord's Day Mass, as an individual or as a family, via television or some other form of media, making a spiritual communion. Later, at some other time during the week, one might arrange with a priest to receive communion. Any priest in good standing has faculties to distribute the Eucharist at any time, cf. Canon 843.1; and he must distribute it to those who request it for a good reason, even outside of Mass, cf. Canon 918.