Prayer Shared by Fr. Chris Alar, MIC
O Most Holy Virgin,
And our Mother,
We listen with grief to the complaints
Of your Immaculate Heart,
Surrounded with the thorns placed therein
At every moment by the blasphemies
And ingratitude of ungrateful humanity.
We are moved by the ardent desire
Of loving you as our Mother,
And of promising a true devotion
To your Immaculate Heart.
We therefore kneel in spirit before you,
To manifest the sorrow we feel
For the grievances that people cause you,
And to atone by our prayers and sacrifices
For the offenses with which
They return your love.
Obtain for them and for us
The pardon of so many sins.
Hasten the conversion of sinners,
That they may love Jesus Christ,
And cease to offend the Lord,
Already so much offended.
Turn your eyes of mercy toward us,
That we may love God
With all our heart on earth,
And enjoy Him forever in Heaven.
Amen.