Mary, guide me in the way of salvation, Mary: Day 346

Mary, guide me in the way of salvation, Mary: Day 346 July 1, 2016

year_with_mary_thomas_aquinasMary, guide me in the way of salvation

St. Thomas Aquinas is widely known for his carefully reasoned analysis of theological matters. But in this prayer, we hear his heart rise up in sweet devo- tion to Our Lady, passionate in his praise and gratitude.

Most blessed and sweet Virgin Mary, Mother of God, filled with all ten-

derness, daughter of the most high King, Lady of the angels, mother of all the faithful: On this day and all the days of my life, I entrust to your merciful heart my body and my soul, all my actions, thoughts, decisions, desires, words, deeds, my entire life and death, so that, with your assistance, everything may be ordered to the good according to the will of your beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. From your beloved Son, beg for me the grace firmly to resist the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the Devil.

My most holy Lady, I also beg you to obtain for me true obedience and humility of heart so that I may see myself truly as a sinner, miserable and weak and powerless, without the grace and assistance of my Creator and without your holy prayers. Obtain for me as well, most sweet Lady, true charity, so that from the depths of my heart I may love your most holy Son, our Lord Jesus Christ and, after him, love you above all others. Grant, Queen of Heaven, that always in my heart I may both fear and love your most sweet Son.

I pray also that, at the end of my life, Mother beyond compare, gate of heaven and advocate of sinners, you will protect me with your great piety and mercy, and obtain for me, through the blessed and glorious passion of your Son, and through your own intercession, the forgiveness of all my sins, which I hope to receive. When I die in your love and his love, guide me in the way of salvation and blessedness. —St. Thomas Aquinas

IN GOD’S PRESENCE, CONSIDER . .  .

Why must I, as St. Thomas prays, “see myself truly as a sinner, miserable and weak and powerless”? If I don’t recognize that reality, will I seek “the grace and assistance of my Creator” and Mary’s “holy prayers”?

CLOSING PRAYER

From a prayer of St. Mary Magdalen de Pazzi: Mary, I give myself to you with- out reservation. Accept me and preserve me!

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