Prayer to Our Lady before Mass
Mother of mercy and of love, most blessed Virgin Mary, I, a poor and unworthy sinner, fly to thee with all my heart and all my affection. I implore thy loving-kindness, that even as thou didst stand beside thy dear Son as He hung upon the Cross, so wilt thou also stand by me, a poor sinner, and by all the priests who are offering Mass here today and throughout the entire Church. Grant us that, by thy grace, we may offer a worthy and acceptable sacrifice in the sight of the most high and undivided Trinity. Amen.
O Mater pietátis et misericórdiæ, beatíssima Virgo María, ego miser et indígnus peccátor ad te confúgio toto corde et afféctu, et precor pietátem tuam, ut, sicut dulcíssimo Fílio tuo in Cruce pendénti astitísti, ita et mihi, mísero peccatóri, et sacerdótibus ómnibus, hic et in tota sancta Ecclésia hódie offeréntibus, cleménter assístere dignéris, ut, tua grátia adiúti, dignam et acceptábilem hóstiam in conspéctu summæ et indivíduæ Trinitátis offérre valeámus. Amen.