FOURTEENTH VISIT
Visit to the Blessed Virgin Mary

St. Germanus, addressing the Most Blessed Virgin Mary, says: "No one is saved but through thee; no one is delivered from evils but through thee; there is no one on whom any gift is bestowed but through thee." [De Zona Diep. ap. Sur. 31 Aug.] Therefore, my Lady and my hope, if thou dost not help me I am lost, and shall be unable to bless thee in Heaven. But, Lady, I hear all the Saints say that thou never abandonest those who pave recourse to thee. He only is lost who has not recourse to thee. I then, miserable creature that I am, have recourse to thee, and in thee place all my hopes.

Ejaculatory prayer, in the words of St. Bernard. Mary is my whole confidence; she is the whole ground of my hope!-----S. Bern. De Aquaed.

[From the Naples Edition.]

Prayer of St. Anselm.

We entreat thee, most Sacred Virgin, by that fullness of grace, whereby thou wast elevated to the highest degree of dignity and glory which a pure creature can possibly attain, that thou wouldst procure for us a fellowship with thee in glory. Pray for us, that we may obtain that happiness, to purchase which for us God vouchsafed to become Man in thy immaculate womb. Be not deaf to our supplications; whatever thou askest of thy Son, He will grant to us: if thou desirest our salvation, and prayest for it, we are sure to be saved. But if thou dost shut the bowels of thy mercy against us; if thou, who art the Mother of clemency, dost not take pity on us, what will be our lot when thy Son shall appear in judgment?

Ejaculatory prayer. O Mary! behold our danger, and have compassion on us.

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