Our Morning Offering – 27 March – Saturday of Passion Week or the Fifth Week of Lent
Mother of Love, of Sorrow and of Mercy
By St Bridget of Sweden (1303-1373)
O Blessed Virgin Mary,
Immaculate Mother of God,
who endured a martyrdom of love and grief,
beholding the sufferings and sorrows of Jesus!
Thou didst co-operate in the benefit of my redemption
by thy innumerable afflictions
and by offering to the Eternal Father,
His only-begotten Son, as a holocaust
and victim of propitiation for my sins.
I thank thee for the unspeakable love
which led thee to deprive thyself
of the Fruit of thy womb, Jesus,
true God and true Man, to save me, a sinner.
Oh! make use of the unfailing intercession
of thy sorrows with the Father and the Son,
that I may steadfastly amend my life
and never again crucify
my loving Redeemer by my sins
and that, persevering till death in His grace,
I may obtain eternal life
through the merits of His Cross and Passion.
Amen
Mother of Love, of Sorrows and of Mercy, pray for us!
AnaStpaul 
So beautifully expressed. Thank you Ana, for this prayer!
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Always my joy dear Father 🙏
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St Bridget of Sweden is, for unknown reasons, so special for me that I often wish I could have been her servant.
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Wow – really – it is strange how often we are drawn to particular saints, without apparent reason. I believe we need to ask that Saint for his or her special prayers and assistance at the hour of our death. What do you think Hughie?
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Great thought Annie. I shall do just that.
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Me too 🙏
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