Dear Mother Mary, as the day comes to its quiet end, I come to you softly. You are so gentle and full of love, a shining light when everything grows dim, and a sweet comfort in the stillness of night.
When my heart feels tired, you draw me close and let me rest near you, as a child rests safely beside her mother.
You are so pure and so beautiful, living now with God in Heaven, high above the angels—and still you remember me.
Dear Mother, please ask your Son Jesus to forgive me for anything I did wrong today, and make my heart clean and peaceful again.
Stay near me through the night. Watch over me while I sleep. Keep me safe, and lead me always closer to Jesus.
And if I wake in the quiet darkness, help me remember that Heaven is near, and you are watching over me.
Help me to love God more tomorrow, and one day to praise Him with the angels, forever in Heaven.
I place myself in your motherly care, and I give you my whole self—my body and my soul, my thoughts and my heart, and everything I will do today.
Dear Mother Mary, stay close beside me. Watch over me wherever I go.
Keep me from sin and from anything that might lead me away from your dear Son, Jesus.
Help me to be good and gentle today. Guide my thoughts, my words, and everything I do, so that my life may be pleasing to God.
When something is difficult, help me to be patient. When I am afraid, help me to trust.
And when I forget to think of God, gently lead my heart back to Him.
Blessed Mother, keep me beneath your loving protection all through this day.
And when my life on earth is finished, please lead me safely home to Jesus, where I may be with Him forever.
Amen. This beautiful Morning Prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary comes from an old handwritten German Catholic prayer book. Written in the traditional script of an earlier time, it reflects a simple and deeply trusting devotion to Our Lady.
O Mary, my Mother, help me always to stay close to you.
When I am tempted to do wrong, help me to call on you. When I am sad, troubled, or do not know what to do, remind me that I can always turn to you.
May your dear name be often on my lips and always in my heart, so that I may remember you and ask for your help.
Dear Mother Mary, help me never to do or say anything that would trouble my conscience. Keep my heart faithful, loving, and pure.
Amen.
This little prayer was written in French and comes from an old handwritten Catholic prayer book found in an antiquarian bookshop in Paris. Its message is to stay close to Mary in the ordinary struggles of life—to call on her when we are tempted, sad, troubled, or unsure of what to do. It reminds us to guard our words, our actions, and our conscience, and to ask Mary to help us remain faithful, loving, and pure.
