EIGHTEENTH VISIT
Visit to the Blessed Virgin Mary

As poor sick persons, who on account of their miseries are abandoned by all, find shelter in the public hospitals; so also do the most miserable sinners, who, although discarded by all, find protection in the mercy of Mary, by whom they are never rejected; for God has placed her in the world as a receptacle and as a public hospital for sinners, as St. Basil of Seleucia gives us to understand. Hence St. Ephrem also calls her "the asylum of sinners." [De Laud. Dei Gen.] Therefore, my Queen, if I have recourse to thee, thou canst not reject me en account of my sins; nay, even the more wretched I am, the greater is the claim which I have upon thy protection, since God has created thee as the refuge of the most miserable. Therefore to thee I have recourse, O Mary; I place myself under thy mantle. Thou art the refuge of sinners; thou art, then, my refuge, the hope of my salvation. If thou reject me, to whom shall I have recourse?

Ejaculatory prayer.  Mary, my refuge, save me!

[From the Naples Edition.]

Prayer of St. Bernard.

  O sovereign queen! on thee the Almighty has bestowed the perfection of all graces. Thou art styled full of grace, because the Holy Ghost has given it to thee in its greatest plenitude. We entreat thee to impart to us a portion of the fullness which thou hast received. Remember our necessities, and hear our prayers. Make us partakers of the riches and abundance which thou possessest. All nations call thee blessed; the whole hierarchy of Heaven sings thy praises, and we, who are upon earth, cry out to thee, Receive our homage, O full of grace! Mother of God, our sovereign and our queen, the Lord is with thee: make intercession for us. [In Annunt. Deip.]


Ejaculatory prayer. O Mary! look down upon us, and draw our hearts to God.

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