Luke 1: 39 - 56
Holy Mary, Mother of God, You have given the world its true light, Jesus, your Son - the Son of God. You abandoned yourself completely to God's call and thus became a wellspring of the goodness which flows forth from him. Show us Jesus. Lead us to him, so that we too can become capable of true love and be fountains of living water in the midst of a thirsting world.
Pope Benedict XVI, Deus Caritas Est.

How stand before him to whom nothing is hidden? How answer for the days and years squandered which were given to serve him alone? Oh! Turn then, poor soul, and look to Mary. Look to her who is all merciful that she may obtain for you pardon and mercy. She is kind and loving; she has a mother's heart full of pity for the erring, a Mother of Mercy to the sinner and the fallen.
Fr Willie Doyle SJ (1873-1917)