[Magdalen] Earliest Known Marian Prayer

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

Nice simple concise prayer.  Until the experts decide they can tweak it
abit and improve on it.

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Sun, Jul 17, 2016 at 10:23 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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/
>