Santez Mari

SAINT MARY

 

Saint Mary, Mother of God,

Preserve for me a child's heart,

Pure and transparent as a spring,

A heart simple and straight,

That will never taste unhappiness.

A devoted heart,

Tender and grateful,

A heart loyal and generous,

That will not forget goodness

And will not hold on to evil.

Make for me a humble and patient heart,

Loving without expecting a return.

Content to leave in a beloved heart

The first place for your Son.

A lofty and invincible heart,

That no ignorance will be able to close,

That no insensitivity will be able to expend.

A heart wrought with the glory of Christ,

Pierced with His love,

Whose wound will not heal

Except in heaven.

 

1962.