Innocence by Bouguereau 1893

Prayer to Mary, Mother of God

Holy Mary, Mother of God,

you have given the world its true light,

Jesus, your Son - the Son of God. 

You abandoned yourself completely

to God's call

and thus became a wellspring

of the goodness which flows forth from him. 

Show us Jesus.  Lead us to him. 

Teach us to know and love him, 

so that we too can become 

capable of true love

and be fountains of living water

in the midst of a thirsting world.  

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI

God Is Love