Detail of the Virgin,
The Pieta
MICHELANGELO
c. 1498

FIFTEENTH VISIT
Visit to the Blessed Virgin Mary

Allow me also, my most sweet Queen, to call thee, with thine own St. Bernard, "the whole ground of my hope," [De Aquaed.] and to say with St. John Damascene, "I have placed my whole hope in thee." [Carmina] Thou hast to obtain for me the forgiveness of my sins; thou, perseverance until death; thou, deliverance from Purgatory. All who are saved obtain salvation through thee: thou, then, O Mary, hast to save me: "He will be saved whom thou willest." [Cant. post Psalt.] Will, then, my salvation, and I shall be saved. But thou savest all who invoke thee; behold, then, I invoke thee, and say:

Ejaculatory prayer. O salvation of those who invoke Thee, save me!

[From the Naples Edition.]

Prayer of St. Anselm.

 Help us, O Queen of mercy! without regarding the multitude of our sins. Remember, that our Creator assumed from thee a human body, not to condemn, but to save sinners. Hadst thou been chosen to be the Mother of God for thy own benefit alone, thou mightest then be said to have no particular interest in our salvation; but God clothed Himself in thy form for the sake of all mankind. Help us, therefore, and protect us: thou knowest the need which we have of thy assistance, and we earnestly recommend ourselves to thy prayers. Pray that we may not be eternally lost, but with thee may serve and love Jesus Christ forever. [De Excell. B. M. c. 12]

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