22 AUGUST BLESSED VIRGIN MARY QUEEN. Begging to be recited today

O Mother of my God and my Lady Mary, I present myself to You who are the Queen of Heaven and earth as a poor wounded before a powerful Queen. From the high throne from which you sit, do not scorn, please turn your eyes to me, poor sinner. God made you so rich to help the poor and made you Mother of Mercy so that you can comfort the miserable. So look at me and feel sorry for me.

Look at me and do not leave me until after having transformed me from a sinner into a saint.

I realize that I do not deserve anything, on the contrary, for my ingratitude I should be deprived of all the graces that through your means I have received from the Lord; but You who are the Queen of Mercy do not seek the merits, but the miseries to help the needy. Who is poorer and needy than me?

O sublime Virgin, I know that you, besides being the Queen of the universe, are also my Queen. I want to dedicate myself completely and in a particular way to your service, so that you can dispose of me as you like. Therefore I say to you with San Bonaventura: “O Madam, I want to entrust yourselves to your discreet power, so that You will support me and govern totally. Do not leave me". You guide me, my Queen, and don't leave me alone. Command me, use me at Your pleasure, chastise me when I do not obey You, since the punishments that will come to me from Your hands will be salutary to me.

I consider it more important to be your servant rather than lord of the whole earth. "I am yours: save me." O Maria, welcome me as yours and think about saving me. I don't want to be mine anymore, I give myself to You.

If in the past I have served you badly and I have missed many good opportunities to honor you, in the future I want to join your most loyal and faithful servants. No, I don't want anyone from now on to surpass me in honoring you and in loving you, my most lovely Queen. I promise and hope to persevere like this, with your help. Amen.