Prayer to our Lady

My most merciful Lady,

What can I say about the fountains

That flowed from your most pure eyes

When you saw your only Son before you,

Bound, beaten, and hurt?

What do I know of the flood

That drenched your matchless face,

When you beheld your Son,

Your Lord, and your God,

Stretched on the cross without guilt,

When the flesh of your flesh

Was cruelly butchered by wicked me?

How can I judge what sobs

Troubled your most pure breast when you heard,

"Woman, behold your son,"

And the disciple, "Behold, your Mother,"

When you received as a son

The disciple in place of the master,

The servant for the Lord?

Saint Anselm