Novena in Honour of the Name of Mary

O MARY! what would be our poverty and misery if the Father of mercies had not drawn thee from his treasury to give thee to earth. O my life and consolation! I trust and confide in thy holy name. My heart wishes to love thee; my mouth to praise thee; my mind to contemplate thee; my soul sighs to be thine. Receive me, defend me, preserve me. I cannot perish in thy hands. Let the demons tremble when I pronounce thy holy name, since thou hast ruined their empire. We shall esteem it our greatest honour to rank among the number of thy servants. Let thy glory, blessed Mother, be equal to the extent of thy name; reign after God, over all that is beneath God; but, above all, reign in my heart. Thou shalt be my consolation in suffering, my strength in weakness, my counsel in doubt. At the name of Mary my hope shall be enlivened, my love inflamed. Oh, that I could deeply engrave thy dear name on every heart, suggest it to every tongue, and make all celebrate it with me. Mary! sacred name, under which no one should despair. Mary! sacred name often assaulted, but always victorious. Mary! it shall be my life, my strength, my comfort. Every day shall I invoke it and the divine name of Jesus. Jesus and Mary! this is what my heart shall say at the last hour, if my tongue cannot. I shall hear these names on my death-bed; they shall be wafted on my expiring breath, and I with them, to see, know, bless and love Jesus and Mary for eternity. Amen.