Oct 15, 2023
O mother of the unfortunate
and model of prayer and penance,
completely you gave yourself
to service of the Lord
and neighbor,
chastising your flesh
by constant fast and abstinence
and generously offering
your goods and your time
to all those in need –
pray we shall at least desire
to imitate your thorough devotion,
that our lives will be spent
not on things of this world
but for the reign of Heaven.
All we can do for others
let us do,
and let all be done for God,
that He alone
will rule our hearts and lives
and we will worship
Him alone,
dying to ourselves all the while.