May 11, 2018
Mary, Virgin, Mother of God,
Martyr of love and sorrow,
because you witnessed
the pains and torments of Jesus,
I ask you to save me, a sinner.
Let your intercession be forever
interposed with the Father
and the Son for me,
that I may steadily amend my evil ways,
and never, by further faults,
crucify afresh my loving Savior;
that so, persevering in His grace until death,
I may obtain eternal life
through the merits of His Passion
and His death upon the Cross.
The Columbans are a society of missionaries, including priests and lay people, who minister to people of various cultures as a way of witnessing to the universal love of God.