The Little Book of Mary, Page 13
O Beata Virgo Maria
Attributed to St. Augustine
O Blessed Virgin Mary, who can worthily repay thee thy just dues of
praise and thanksgiving, thou who by the wondrous assent of thy will didst
rescue a fallen world? What songs of praise can our weak human nature recite
in thy honor, since it is by thy intervention alone that it has found the
way to restoration? Accept, then, such poor thanks as we have here to offer,
though they be unequal to thy merits; and, receiving our vows, obtain by
thy prayers the remission of our offenses. Carry thou our prayers within
the sanctuary of the Heavenly audience, and bring forth from it the antidote
of our reconciliation. May the sins we bring before Almighty God through
thee, become pardonable through thee; may what we ask for with sure confidence,
through thee be granted. Take our offering, grant us our requests, obtain
pardon for what we fear, for thou art the sole hope of sinners. Through
thee we hope for the remission of our sins, and in thee, O blessed Lady,
is our hope of reward. Holy Mary, succour the miserable, help the faint-hearted,
comfort the sorrowful, pray for thy people, plead for the clergy, intercede
for all women consecrated to God; may all who keep thy holy commemoration
feel now thy help and protection. Be thou ever ready to assist us when
we pray, and bring back to us the answers to our prayers. Make it thy continual
care to pray for the people of God, thou who, blessed by God, didst merit
to bear the Redeemer of the world, Who liveth and reigneth, world without
end. Amen.
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