TWENTIETH VISIT
Visit to the Blessed Virgin Mary
My most sweet, most compassionate, most amiable Queen, oh, how great is the confidence with which St. Bernard inspires me when I have recourse to thee! He says that thou dost not go examining the merits of those who have recourse to thy compassion; but that thou offerest thyself to help all who pray to thee: "Mary does not discuss merits, but shows herself ready to hear and welcome all." [ In Sign. magn.] Therefore, if I pray to thee, thou dost graciously hear me. Well, then, listen to what I have to ask thee: I am a poor sinner, deserving of a thousand Hells. I wish to change my life; I wish to love my God, whom I have so greatly offended. I dedicate myself to thee as thy slave; to thee I give myself, miserable as I am; save, then, a poor creature who is no longer his own, but thine. My Lady; dost thou understand me? Yes; I trust that thou hast understood me, and graciously heard my prayer.
Ejaculatory prayer. O Mary, I am thine; save me!
d conductest them to the mansions of the blessed. Contempl. de V. M. c. 6]
[From the Naples Edition.]
Prayer of the Abbot of Celles.
Most sweet Virgin, thou hast found grace and favor with God, in having been preserved from original sin, filled with the Holy Ghost, and chosen to be the Mother of the Son of God. Thou holdest in thy hands all the treasures of grace, not only for thy own benefit, but also for ours; and thou failest not to distribute them according to our necessities, Thou assistest the good, by obtaining for them grace to persevere, and thou helpest the wicked by preparing them to receive the Divine mercy; thou aidest the dying by defending them against the snares of the devil, and, after death, thou receivest their souls, an
Ejaculatory prayer. O Mary I happy is he who serves thee and trusts in thee.
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