Ave Maria Meditations
Prayer to Our Lady My most pure Mother, my soul -so poor, all stained with wretchedness and sin- cries out to your maternal heart. In your goodness deign, I beseech you, to pour out on me at least a little of the grace that flowed into you with such infinite profusion from the Heart of God. Strengthen and supported by this grace, may I succeed in better loving and serving Almighty God who filled your heart completely, and who created the temple of your body from the moment of your Immaculate Conception…
Have pity on me! May one compassionate look of yours revive me, purify me and lift me up to God… dear Mother, make me love Him! Pour into my heart that love that burned in yours for Him… cleanse my mind that it may reach up to Him and contemplate Him and adore Him in spirit and in truth.
St. Padre Pio (Feast Day is September 23rd)
