Mary, great Mary,
most blessed of all Marys,
greatest among all women,
great Lady, great beyond measure,
I long to love you with all my heart,
I want to praise you with my lips,
I desire to venerate you in my understanding,
I love to pray to you with my deepest being,
I commit myself wholly to your protection.
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Mary, I beg you by that grace
through which the Lord is with you
and you willed to be with him,
let your mercy be with me.
Let love for you always be with me,
and the care of me be always with you.
Let the cry of my need, as long as it persists, be with you,
and the care of your goodness, as long as I need it, be with me.
Let joy in your blessedness be always with me,
and compassion for my wretchedness, where I need it,
be with you.
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Lord, son of my lady,
Lady, mother of my lord,
if I am not worthy of the bliss of your love,
certainly you are not unworthy of being so greatly loved.
So, most kind, do not refuse what I ask,
for though I confess I am not worthy of it,
you cannot worthily refuse it.
Give me not according to my deserts when I pray,
but something that will be worth your loving.
Give me, unworthy as I am,
something that I can worthily give back to you.
If you are not willing to give according to my desire,
at least do not refuse to give
what I ought to give back to you.

Amen