Prayer To Mary

O Mary, I wish I could see how

You used to behave toward father and mother,

Especially toward Saint Anne;

And then how you behaved toward the priests of the temple;

And then toward Saint Joseph;

And toward Saint Elizabeth,

And Saint John the Baptist;

And afterwards toward the Apostles,

Especially toward Saint John. 

I should see how sweet

And lovely you were to every one of them;

But still your heart was with Jesus only. 

And they would all feel and understand this,

However kind you were to them.

Amen.

Cardinal John Henry Newman