TWENTY-SEVENTH VISIT
Visit to the Blessed Virgin Mary

Mary is that tower of David, of which the Holy Ghost says in the sacred Canticles: It is built with bulwarks; a thousand bucklers hang upon it, all the armor of valiant men. [Cant. iv. 4] A tower built with a thousand fortresses, and containing a thousand shields and weapons, for the benefit of those who have recourse to it. Thou art, then, according to an expression of St. Ignatius, Martyr, O most holy Mary, a most powerful defence for all those who are engaged in battle. Oh, how constantly are my enemies attacking me, in order to deprive me of the grace of God and of thy protection, my most dear Lady! But thou art my strength. Thou, indeed, dost not disdain to battle for those who trust in thee; for St. Ephrem calls thee "the bulwark of all who confide in thee." Do thou, then, defend and fight for me, who have such great hope and confidence in thee.

Ejaculatory prayer. Mary, Mary, thy name is my defence!


[From the Naples Edition.]

My queen! thou hast said to thy servant St. Bridget, that as often as a man sins, if he returns to thee with sincere repentance, thou wilt receive him and restore him to the friendship of God; that thou dost not consider the greatness of his crimes. but the sincerity of his repentance; and that thou art ever ready to apply
a cure to his wounds, because thou art in reality, as in name, the Mother of mercy. [Rev. 1. 2, c. 23; 1. 6, c. 117] Since, therefore, thou rejectest no sinner who approaches thee with a sincere detestation of his crimes, and since thou hast both the power and the will to heal him, behold, I present myself before thee, and beseech thee to apply thy celestial remedies to the deep wounds of my soul. Thy Son can refuse thee nothing: entreat Him, then, to pardon me and to grant me His love.

Ejaculatory prayer. O Mary! my hope, I expect all through thee.

THE PRAYER TO BE SAID AT THE END OF EACH VISIT, CLICK HERE.


BACK TO THE LAST VISIT------------NEXT VISIT TO THE BLESSED SACRAMENT

BACK TO THE DIRECTORY CONTENTS


www.catholictradition.org/Eucharist/virgin27.htm