Ave Maria Meditations
O Mary, my mother, our mother, Mother of the Church, with you I will work for the salvation of all people. With you, I will overcome every difficulty…I trust you with my past, my present, and my future; with my sins, my desires, and my destiny as well as the destiny of those I love. As Jesus’ work was also yours may my tasks be yours. It is in you that I live, hope, and pray without ceasing in union with the holy Trinity.
Like you, I want to become love, and carry your presence everywhere so as to build an ever more beautiful world, as Jesus desires, in which people love one another and live happily and in peace.
I ask you, O Mary, to give me a heart that loves you more each day. Mary, my mother, for all my life and for all eternity I will thank you for being our mother, for having given Jesus to us… Mary, my mother, my only hope, my first love, my portion, as you participated in the sacrifice at the foot of the Cross, stay close to me each day, especially at the hour of my last sacrifice. In paradise, receive me as your son and the brother of Jesus.
Venerable Francis Xavier Nguyen Van Thaun
