Prayer during pregnancy. Prayer to the Mother of God and Matrona of Moscow

2024 Author: Priscilla Miln | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 00:21

Orthodoxy in the modern world is increasingly occupying the niche of lack of spirituality and atheism. Miracles of healing through prayer, icons, faith in the Lord help many believers get rid of severe chronic diseases, pathologies, and infertility. Prayer during pregnancy is a powerful tool that helps procreation. Christians find proof of this already in the Bible. Many women who have tried all medical methods and have lost hope of pregnancy turn to the great saints for help in order to give life to another person on Earth.

Correct pregnancy planning

Pregnancy is a special, mysterious state, full of mysteries and expectations. Orthodox Christian women, accustomed to relying on the will of God in everything, before proceeding to the sacrament of conception, ask the priest for blessings. Having passed the ritual of purification through repentance, confession and communion, having received a blessingspiritual father, a woman becomes inwardly ready for motherhood. From that day on, her daily companion is the prayer for a successful pregnancy. The clergy draw the woman's attention to the fact that the help of higher powers during the period of conception and expectation of a baby is especially relevant and necessary for her, therefore one should pray earnestly and, most importantly, sincerely believe in the power of prayer. The heavenly patrons of a woman expecting a baby are considered to be many saints and, first of all, the Most Holy Theotokos herself.

Heavenly patronage of the Blessed Virgin

With the onset of the desired pregnancy, the expectant mother, as a rule, begins to experience fear - a constant companion of a woman over the next few weeks. Prayer during pregnancy sanctifies the life of the mother and the unborn child: a prayer appeal to higher powers helps in waiting, calms the woman and adds a sense of humility before the Creator, which is especially necessary for a pregnant woman. The main intercessor for the human race and a helper of a person in grief, misfortune, a companion in joy and success, the Blessed Virgin is an indispensable companion of a woman during the period of bearing a new life. Prayer to the Mother of God for the preservation of pregnancy is most often offered before the special image "Helper in childbirth." A prayer appeal is drawn up “from the heart”, it is desirable that it be systematic, and preferably daily.

Prayer request for pregnancy

Not always the desired pregnancy comes on time. Some young families are waitingthe appearance of the first child for several years, undergo special examinations and treatment in perinatal centers and clinics, but the result is not always positive. Having lost hope for medical help, they turn to the saints so that the prayer for the onset of the long-awaited event will finally help to achieve what they want. Turning in prayers to higher powers is a fairly effective means, since the Lord lives in every person, his soul and heart, and if you believe in him sacredly, ask for help and hope, then the efforts will not go unnoticed. A sincere prayer for pregnancy to the Mother of God is better and purer than any words that are sometimes thrown into the wind. Prayer for children has always been considered the most powerful and effective, which can be said about prayers for the bestowal of the happiness of motherhood.

Images of the Blessed Virgin, healing from infertility

Pray for the gift of a child can be almost any image of the Mother of God - the female intercessor: "Helper in childbirth", "Merciful". An equally well-known assistant in the treatment of infertility is the icon "Mammal-feeder". The text of the prayer, pronounced in front of this holy face, contains the woman's request for conception, gestation and successful delivery, as well as for the heavenly patronage of the Virgin during this difficult period for the expectant mother. Many miracles of spiritual and physical healing have been recorded from the 700-year-old icon of the Mother of God of Tolga. The ancient miraculous image is glorified by the miraculous healing of the leg disease of Tsar Ivan the Terrible, the resurrection of a dead child through the tearful prayers of his parents,healing from demon possession, oncology, infertility. Prayer during pregnancy to this image also helps a woman to safely endure and give birth to a he althy child. The icon “covers” the pregnant woman with her holy cover through her prayers and keeps the mother and baby from troubles and misfortunes.

Help from the saints through our prayers

There are known cases of miraculous healing from infertility after a woman turned to the relics or icons of saints, especially Xenia of St. Petersburg or Matrona of Moscow. Prayer to the Matrona for help shows miracles. Shortly before her death, Matronushka said that people should continue to come to her as if they were alive, talking about their troubles. The great holy helper promised to help all the suffering and needy. He fulfills his promise to the fullest. Evidence of this happens every day at the request of believers. Mother Matrona, as during her lifetime, helped all those who suffer, and so she continues after her death. In order to utter the words of a prayer petition, a believer does not have to go to the temple, it is enough to bow to the Matrona at a burning candle and an icon at home, the blessed one will certainly answer a prayer message that calls sincerely and from the heart.

Ask Matrona for maternal happiness…

Matrona's prayer for help can concern not only getting rid of troubles, illnesses, misfortunes, suffering. The famous saint is also known for giving the happiness of motherhood to many women who are already desperate and have tried all medicalfunds. Miraculous cures for infertility are known after a prayerful visit to the Intercession Convent, where the relics of the Matrona of Moscow are buried. No less healings were recorded after the visits of women to the cemetery, where Matrona was buried earlier. Written requests for a secret desire are left right on the grave, flowers are brought there, the quantity is always odd, and a prayer for children is offered there. Before praying to the holy Matronushka, you should definitely ask her for forgiveness and pardon, only then ask for conception. Before a visit to the Intercession Monastery, a woman must observe a mandatory strict fast for one week.

Sincere patronage of the bright saint

For women to whom the Lord has already given the joy of conception, the purpose of visiting the Intercession Monastery is to pray to Matrona for the preservation of pregnancy. There is an accepted order of conduct near the relics of the blessed one. First of all, the visitor must make the sign of the cross and bow. The bright mother has always considered the sign of the cross to be the main protection, therefore, after the bow, it is customary to re-sign herself with the cross and bow. The icons are applied to the feet or hand with the forehead, after which they humbly leave, having previously crossed themselves. We should not forget about gratitude to the mother for her help, especially for those who managed to get pregnant after a prayer request to the holy Matrona: “She helped me get pregnant, mother. Thank you. Forgive me and bless me!"

Great saint and miracle worker of our time

No less famous assistant to the modern Christian is the miracle worker St. Luke of Crimea. This saint of God during his lifetime worked as a surgeon, doctor of medicine, and therefore is revered especially by patients and doctors. Many doctors adhere to the tradition of praying to St. Luke before performing the most complex operations, it is believed that he will definitely “control” the surgeon’s hand, and the operation will be successful. People from all over the world travel to the grave of the famous saint doctor and pray for healing from ailments, including infertility problems. Luke's prayer for pregnancy has an effective power for those who truly believe in the help and patronage of the miracle worker Luke. Young spouses can ask the great holy doctor not only for children for themselves, but also for grandchildren, and marital happiness.

“Everything is in the hands of the Lord…”

In search of a holy image and prayer to help procreate, heal from the ailment of infertility, one should not forget about the Lord himself. Some Orthodox sincerely believe that the first person to be asked for such great mercy is the Savior. It is to his icon that desperate women bring their misfortune, their tears, their hopes, it is at this holy image that the first prayer for the gift of conception and a prayer during pregnancy are pronounced, a request for deliverance from infertility and the happiness of motherhood.