Beautiful prayer by a convert with Mary

A Convert’s Prayer to Mary
October 29th, 2010 by Chris Findley

I wrote this not long before my conversion. I wrote it while on retreat, praying through the decision to become Catholic.

I had been reading and praying about the role of Mary and I found myself suddenly and profoundly thankful for her.

Thought I’d share it. -Chris

For most of my life I’ve not known you.
Yet for all of my life, I’ve longed for you.
And now that I’ve found you, I thank God for you.
“Woman, behold your son.”
“Behold, your mother.”
You were given by Jesus to us, cared for by John
By your Son we were given to one another
As John took you into his home, I pray you will be in my heart
as my mother, as the mother of my savior, pointing me to Him,
instructing me
“Do whatever he tells you.”

The hands that caressed the face of Jesus with motherly love
Please caress my face too
The eyes that looked after my Savior
Please look after me too
Allow me to crawl into your lap and rest my head on your shoulder
just as my Lord must have done
Whisper to me a lullaby of the Kingdom
Patch my scraped up knees
Allow me to walk beside you toward my Lord and my God
Help me to remember to always,
“Do whatever he tells you”

Your heart was pierced, broken at the foot of the cross
as your Son hung in agony and his blood, your blood too,
streamed into the Jerusalem dust
Yet there you stood, unmoving
While others fled, you remained
While others ran, you stood fast
For every hammer blow, every insult, every jest
Yes, you were there when his infant lungs inhaled for the first time
And you were there when they exhaled at the last
Who better to remind me
“Do whatever he tells you”

Blessed Mary, ever Virgin, ever faithful
please help me, please help me see your Son
My heart rejoices to simply be with you now
even though I know my ignorance shows
You were given by God as the Mother of all the faithful
I need your blessing, your prayers, your touch
Please look on me with compassion as yet another would-be disciple
And teach me always
“Do whatever he tells you.”