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O Beata Virgo Maria
Attributed to St. Augustine
O Blessed Virgin Mary, who can worthily repay thee thy
just dues of
praise and thanksgiving, thou who by the wondrous assent of thy will
didst
rescue a fallen world? What songs of praise can our weak human nature
recite
in thy honor, since it is by thy intervention alone that it has found
the
way to restoration? Accept, then, such poor thanks as we have here to
offer,
though they be unequal to thy merits; and, receiving our vows, obtain
by
thy prayers the remission of our offenses. Carry thou our prayers
within
the sanctuary of the Heavenly audience, and bring forth from it the
antidote
of our reconciliation. May the sins we bring before Almighty God
through
thee, become pardonable through thee; may what we ask for with sure
confidence,
through thee be granted. Take our offering, grant us our requests,
obtain
pardon for what we fear, for thou art the sole hope of sinners. Through
thee we hope for the remission of our sins, and in thee, O blessed
Lady,
is our hope of reward. Holy Mary, succour the miserable, help the
faint-hearted,
comfort the sorrowful, pray for thy people, plead for the clergy,
intercede
for all women consecrated to God; may all who keep thy holy
commemoration
feel now thy help and protection. Be thou ever ready to assist us when
we pray, and bring back to us the answers to our prayers. Make it thy
continual
care to pray for the people of God, thou who, blessed by God, didst
merit
to bear the Redeemer of the world, Who liveth and reigneth, world
without
end. Amen. |
