Memorare
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Memorare (Remember O Most Gracious Virgin Mary) is a Catholic prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Memorare, from the Latin "remember", is traditionally attributed to the Cistercian monk Saint Bernard of Clairvaux.
Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary,
that never was it known that anyone who fled to your protection,
implored your help or sought your intercession,
was left unaided.
Inspired with this confidence,
I fly to you, O Virgin of virgins, my Mother;
to you do I come, before you I stand, sinful and sorrowful.
O Mother of the Word Incarnate,
despise not my petitions,
but in your mercy hear and answer me.
Amen.