Saturday
To Obtain Her
Patronage
O my most holy Mother. I see the graces,
which thou hast obtained for me; and I see the ingratitude of which I have been
guilty towards thee. An ungrateful soul is no longer worthy of favors; but I
will not on this account distrust thy mercy, which is greater than my
ingratitude. O my great advocate, pity me.
Thou dispensest all the graces, which God
grants to us miserable creatures, and for this purpose he has made thee so
powerful, so rich, and so benign. He has done so, that thou might succor us in
our miseries.
Ah, Mother of mercy, leave me not in my
poverty. thou art the advocate of the most miserable and guilty criminals who
have recourse to thee; defend me also who recommend myself to thee. In thy
hands then, do I place my eternal salvation; to thee do I entrust my soul: it
was lost; thou, then, by thy intercession hast to save it. I wish to be
inscribed amongst thy most devoted servants; reject me not. Thou seekest the
miserable, to relieve them; abandon me not, who am a wretched sinner, and who
have recourse to thee.
Speak for me; thy Son does all that thou
askest him. Take me under thy protection; that is all I ask. Yes; for if thou
protectest me. I fear nothing. I do not fear my sins; for thou wilt obtain me a
remedy for the evil they have done. I do not fear the devils; for thou art more
powerful than all hell. I do not even fear Jesus my Judge himself; for by a
single prayer of thine he is appeased. I only fear that by my negligence I may
cease to recommend myself to thee and thus be lost. It is true that these
graces are too great for me, who have not deserved them; but they are not too
great for thee, who art so much loved by God. Hence he grants thee all that
thou askest. Thou hast only to speak, and he denies thee nothing.
Pray then to Jesus for me; tell him that
thou protectest me; and then he is sure to pity me. My Mother, in thee too I do
trust; in this hope I shall live in peace, and in it I wish to die. Amen.
Live Jesus our love, and Mary our
hope!
St.
Alphonsus de Liguori
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