Blessed Virgin Mary

O most Blessed and Sweet Virgin Mary, Mother of God, 

filled with all tenderness, 
Daughter of the most high King,
Lady of the Angels, Mother of all the faithful,

On this day and all the days of my life,
I entrust to your merciful heart 

my body and my soul,
all my acts, thoughts, choices, 

desires, words, deeds, 
my entire life and death,

So that, with your assistance, 

all may be ordered to the good
according to the will of your beloved Son, 

our Lord Jesus Christ. 

Be to me, my most holy Lady,  

a comforter and an ally 

against the stratagems and traps 

of the ancient enemy 

and of all those who harbor 

ill intentions against me.

My most holy Lady, I also beseech you 

to obtain for me true obedience 

and true humility of heart

So that I may recognize myself truly
as a sinner--wretched and weak and powerless,
without the grace and help of my Creator
and without your holy prayers 

to do any kind of good work

or even to resit the 

unrelenting assaults of evil.

Procure for me also, O most sweet Lady,
perpetual purity of mind and body,

so that with a pure heart and chaste body

I may be strengthened

to serve you and your beloved Son

through the Dominican Order.

I pray also that, at the end of my life, you, 

Mother without compare,
Gate of Heaven and Advocate of sinners . . .
will not allow me, your unworthy servant,

to stray from the holy Catholic faith.

When I die in your love and His love, 

may you direct me into the way 

of salvation and blessedness.

Amen

St. Thomas Aquinas