Behold at thy
feet, O Mother of Perpetual Help, a wretched sinner, who has
recourse to you
and confides in you. O Mother of Mercy, have pity on me;
I hear you called
by all, the Refuge and Hope of sinners; be then, my refuge
and my hope.
Assist me, for the love of Jesus Christ; stretch forth your
hand to a
miserable fallen creature, who recommends himself to you,
and who devotes
himself to your service forever. I praise and thank
Almighty God, who
in His mercy has given me this confidence in you,
which I hold to
be a pledge of my eternal salvation. It is true, dearest Mother,
that in the past
I have fallen miserably into sin, because I had not recourse
to you. I know
that you will assist me, if I recommend myself to you; but I fear,
dear Mother, that
in time of danger, I may neglect to call on you, and thus
lose my soul.
This grace, then, do I ask of you, or this I beg, with all the fervor
of my soul, that,
in all the attacks of hell, I may ever have recourse to you.
O Mary! Help me;
O Mother of Perpetual Help, never suffer me to lose
my God.
[Three Hail Marys]
Pray for us, O
Mother of Perpetual Help…
That we may be
made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Let us Pray – O
Lord Jesus Christ who did give us Your Mother Mary,
whose renowned
image we venerate, to be a Mother ever ready to help us,
grant, we beseech
You, that we who constantly implore her maternal
aid may merit to
enjoy perpetually the fruits of Your redemption. Who lives
and reigns
forever and ever. Amen.
Remember, o most
gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that
anyone who fled
to your protection, implored your help, or sought your
intercession, was
left unaided. Inspired with this confidence, I fly unto you,
O Virgin of
virgins, my Mother. To you I come; before you I stand, sinful
and sorrowful. O
Mother of the Word Incarnate despise not my petitions;
but in your
clemency hear and answer me. Amen.
