For the Blessed Virgin, on Her birthday

Ave, Maria! This being September 8, here is a prayer for Our Blessed Mother from the Edmundite Missions, Selma, Alabama.


Holy Mary, Mother of God, I, your unworthy servant, do
this day choose You as my Queen, Protectress and Advocate.

I resolve never to forsake You,
never to say anything against You.

I promise to love and serve You and to promote Your cause
before all so that they may also come to love and serve You.

Accept me, I beseech You, as Your servant forever. Stand
by me in my daily activities so that they give glory to God.

Please do not abandon me, ever. Grant me the gift of death [with
God's grace] and an eternity of happiness with You and Your Son Jesus.

Amen.