Prayers for Alumna and TAC Mother Noreen McCann

Please pray for Noreen (Barr ’79) McCann, mother of Jack (’09), Molly (’11), Maggie (’13), Martin (’16), Patrick (’17), and Bridget (’20). Mrs. McCann has developed a tumor on her ankle, which, pending further testing, may be cancerous. “I know very little right now. In the coming days and weeks I will be seeing new doctors and having more tests,” she writes. “One thing I know for certain: God answers prayers and He likes to show how generous He can be to those who have faith.” She asks that friends join her praying that her tumor is benign or treatable.

Mrs. McCann is praying through the intercession of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal and to Archbishop Fulton Sheen. She shares the following prayers, two of her favorites:

The Memorare

Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, or sought thine intercession was left unaided. Inspired by this confidence, I fly unto thee, O Virgin of virgins, my mother; to thee do I come, before thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in thy mercy hear and answer me.

Novena Prayer to Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal

O Immaculate Virgin Mary, Mother of Our Lord Jesus and our Mother, penetrated with the most lively confidence in your all-powerful and never-failing intercession, manifested so often through the Miraculous Medal, we your loving and trustful children implore you to obtain for us the graces and favors we ask during this Novena, if they be beneficial to our immortal souls, and the souls for whom we pray. Amen.

(Here privately form your petitions.)

You know, O Mary, how often our souls have been the sanctuaries of your Son, Who hates iniquity. Obtain for us, then, a deep hatred of sin and that purity of heart which will attach us to God alone, so that our every thought, word, and deed may tend to His greater glory. Obtain for us also a spirit of prayer and self-denial, that we may recover by penance what we have lost by sin and at length attain to that blessed abode where you are the Queen of angels and of men. Amen.