Prayer to Mary, Queen of Martyrs, Mary: Day 154

Prayer to Mary, Queen of Martyrs

This popular traditional prayer asks for the grace to become a companion of Our Lady’s sorrowful heart at the foot of the Cross.

Mary, most holy Virgin and Queen of Martyrs, accept the sincere homage of my filial affection. Into your heart, pierced by so many swords, you welcome my poor soul.
Receive it as the companion of your sorrows at the foot of the Cross on which Jesus died for the redemption of the world.
With you, O sorrowful Virgin,
I will gladly suffer
all the trials, contradictions, and infirmities which it shall please our Lord to send me.
I offer them all to you
in memory of your sorrows,
so that every thought of my mind and every beat of my heart
may be an act of compassion and of love for you.
Sweet mother, have pity on me, reconcile me to your divine Son, Jesus;
keep me in his grace and assist me in my last agony, so that I may be able to meet you in heaven
and to sing your glories. Amen.

—Traditional

IN GOD’S PRESENCE, CONSIDER . . .
When I am in anguish, especially over the suffering of a loved one, does it comfort me to know that Mary can fully sympathize with my pain, and pray for me accordingly?

CLOSING PRAYER
From “Thirty Days’ Prayer to the Blessed Virgin”: Where can I flee for more secure shelter, amiable mother of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, than under the wings of your maternal protection?

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