Cutaway
The Pieta
MICHELANGELO
c. 1498

  TWENTY-SIXTH VISIT
Visit to the Blessed Virgin Mary

In thee, our own most holy Mother, we find the remedy for all our woes; in thee we find strength in our weakness; for St. Germanus calls thee the "strength itself of our weakness." [En. Deiparae.] In thee we find a door by which to make our exit from the slavery of sin; for St. Bonaventure calls thee "the gate of liberty." [Psalt. min. B. V.] In thee we find our certain peace; for the same Saint calls thee "the safe repose of men." In thee we find relief in our miserable life. Thou art "the solace of our pilgrimage," [S. in Nat. V. M.] as St. Laurence Justinian calls thee. In thee, in a word, we find Divine grace and God Himself, for St. Bonaventure calls thee "the throne of God's grace;" and St. Proclus, "the bridge by which God descends to men;" [Or. I in Dei gen. M.] that happy bridge by which God, Who had been driven to a distance by our sins, returns to dwell by His grace in our souls.

Ejaculatory prayer. O Mary, thou art my strength, my deliverance, my peace, and salvation!

[From the Naples Edition.]

O Mary! I will say to thee in the words of thy servant St. Bernard: thou art the queen of mercy. And who are the subjects of thy mercy but such as are in misery and affliction? Yes, thou art truly the queen of mercy, and I, the most wretched of sinners, am thy subject. I, therefore, of all, am the best entitled to thy compassion. Turn then, O my advocate, those eyes of mercy towards me, and after my days of exile, show me Jesus, the blessed fruit of thy womb."

Ejaculatory prayer. O Mary, my refuge, pray for me to Jesus.

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