O blessed Virgin, Mother of God,
look down in mercy from Heaven,
where thou art enthroned as Queen,
upon me, a miserable sinner,
thine unworthy servant.
Although I know full well my own unworthiness,
yet in order to atone for the offenses that are done to thee
by impious and blasphemous tongues,
from the depths of my heart
I praise and extol thee as the purest,
the fairest, the holiest creature of all God’s handiwork.
I bless thy holy Name,
I praise thine exalted privilege of being truly Mother of God,
ever Virgin, conceived without stain of sin,
Co-Redemptrix of the human race.
I bless the Eternal Father who chose thee
in an especial way for His daughter;
I bless the Word Incarnate who took upon Himself our nature in thy bosom
and so made thee His Mother;
I bless the Holy Spirit who took thee as His bride.
All honor, praise and thanksgiving to the ever-blessed Trinity
who predestined thee and loved thee so exceedingly from all eternity
as to exalt thee above all creatures to the most sublime heights.
O Virgin, holy and merciful,
obtain for all who offend thee the grace of repentance,
and graciously accept this poor act of homage from me thy servant,
obtaining likewise for me from thy Divine Son
the pardon and remission of all my sins.
Amen.
Mary is merciful???
You serve Mary???
"Co-Redemptrix of the human race."
Please, just reading those words sullies my soul. Those five words betray a craven mindset and a corrupted church.
While it is helpful to know and understand what others believe, may God forgive anyone who utters that decayed sentence.
According to Wikipedia, "Roman Catholic tradition and Mariology include specific prayers and devotions as acts of reparation for insults and blasphemies against the Blessed Virgin Mary" (of which this "prayer" is one.)
This "prayer" is from the Roman Catholic "Raccolta" which is "a book of Roman Catholic prayers for which specific indulgences have been pledged by Popes."
So do you imagine my post was somehow an "insult" to Mary?
Do you believe you're receiving an "indulgence" from God for posting that "prayer?" Time off in purgatory by mouthing this blasphemy?
I don't think that's likely since this "prayer" deflects God's glory away from Him and towards a creature, a common habit among pagans and blasphemers.
That being the case, perhaps Roman Catholics should ditch the indulgences and "other mediators" and go straight to God to ask for His forgiveness for elevating a creature to the status of "god" and worshiping her as "the Mother of God" and as "Co-Redemptrix."
(((shudder)))
Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion." -- Isaiah 41:28-29 "For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.