The Blue Scapular Prayer Book

61 confidence, I fly to your aid, O Virgin of Virgins, my Mother. To you I come, before you I stand, sinful and sorrowful. OMary, Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petition but in your mercy hear and answer me. Amen. Prayer to Mary in the Words of St. Bernard of Clairvaux When tossed by tempests and storms on the turbulent sea of this world, I lift my eyes to you, O Mary, Shining Star, that the waves may not overwhelm me. When the gales of temptations blow fiercely, when I fall upon the sharp rocks of pain, I lift up my eyes to you and call upon you, O Mary. When the violent tides of pride, blasphemy, and jealousy toss me about, I lift up my eyes to you and call upon you, O Mary. When anger, or greed, or lust shake the fragile boat of my soul, I lift up my eyes to you, O Mary. And should the abyss of sorrow or the magnitude of despair begin to overwhelmme, tormented by the gravity of my sins, confused by the ugliness of my conscience, frightened by the threat of judgment, I would still look up to you, ever calling upon you. O Mary, in danger, depression, or doubt I will always call upon you. Following you, O Mary,