Detail fresco Kroning van
Maria van Jacopo Torriti (1296)
Absis S.
Maria Maggiore, Rome
O Holy Mother, stand by me now at Mass
time, when Christ comes to me, as you did minister to your infant Lord.
Stand by
me, Holy Mother, that I may gain somewhat of your purity, your innocence, your
faith, and He may be the one object of my love and my adoration, as He was of
yours.
Obtain
for me this grace, O Virgin Mother, that I, when I suffer, may associate my
sufferings with Him and with you, and that through His passion, and your
merits, and those of all Saints, they may be a satisfaction for my sins and
procure for me eternal life.
