[Magdalen] Earliest Known Marian Prayer

[Jay Weigel]

I don't know how old this discovery is. A friend (who, incidentally, was
brought up Lutheran and is now a pagan but is interested in devotion to all
female deities and quasi-deities) shared this on Facebook. I think it is a
most beautiful prayer. It certainly shows that devotion to the Blessed
Mother goes back a LONG way!

Beneath thy compassion, we take refuge, O Mother of God:  do not despise
our petitions in time of trouble,  but rescue us from dangers,  only pure
one, only blessed one.

http://aleteia.org/2016/07/08/let-us-pray-the-earliest-known-marian-prayer/