A Prayer to Our Lady

          O Mary of Grace

          And Mother of God,

          May I tread in the paths

          That the righteous have trod!

          And mayest thous save me

          From evil's control,

          And mayest thou save me

          In body and soul.

          And mayest thou save me

          By land and by sea,

          And mayest thou save me 

          From tortures to be.

          May the guard of the angels

          Above me abide;

          May God be before me,

          And God at my side!

Prayers of an Irish Mother

Brian O'Higgins
Dublin, Ireland