Prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary After Mass


O Maria, Virgo et Mater sanctissima, ecce suscepi dilectissimum Filium tuum, quem immaculato utero tuo concepisti, genuisti, lactasti, atque suavissimis amplexibus strinxisti. Ecce, cuius aspectu laetabaris et omnibus deliciis replebaris, illum ipsum tibi humiliter et amanter repraesento et offero tuis brachiis constringendum, tuo corde amandum, sanctissimaeque Trinitati in supremum latriae cultum, pro tui ipsius honore et gloria et pro meis totiusque mundi necessitatibus, offerendum. Rogo ergo te, piissima Mater, impetra mihi veniam omnium peccatorum meorum, uberemque gratiam ipsi deinceps fidelius serviendi, ac denique gratiam finalem, ut eum tecum laudare possim per omnia saecula saeculorum. Amen. O Mary, Virgin and Most Holy Mother, behold I have received Thy Most Beloved Son, whom Thou did conceive in Thy womb, did bear, did suckle and did bind with the most gentle embraces. Behold I humbly and lovingly bring back and offer to Thee that very One, at whose sight you used to rejoice and be filled with every delight, so that Thou may bind Him fast with Thy arms, love Him with Thy Heart, and offer Him to the Most Holy Trinity as a supreme act of latria, for the sake of Thy very honor and glory and my own necessities and those of the whole world. Therefore I beg Thee, most faithful Mother, by Thy asking, obtain for me the pardon of all my sins, and abundant grace to serve Him every more faithfully, and at last the final grace, so that I might be able to praise Him with Thee throughout all the ages of ages. Amen.


Latin text Michael Martin. Original English text by the Marian Archive.