Mary, Virgin, Mother of God, Martyr of love and sorrow, because thou didst witness the pains and torments of Jesus: truly didst thou concur in the great work of my redemption, first, by thine innumerable afflictions, and then by the offering thou didst make to the Eternal Father of His and thine only-begotten, as a holocaust and victim of propitiation for my sins. I compassionate thee for the bitter pain which thou didst suffer. I thank thee for that love, well-nigh infinite, through which thou didst bereave thyself of the Fruit of the womb, true God, and true man, to save me, a sinner; let thine intercession be ever interposed with the Father and the Son for me, that I may steadily amend my evil ways, and never, by further faults, crucify afresh my loving Saviour; that so, persevering in His grace until death, I may obtain eternal life: through the merits of His dolorous Passion and His death upon the Cross.