Ave! Maris Stella!
Hail, Mary Immaculate, Star of the Sea,
the chosen one of all nations, of all women,
beacon shining across rough troubled waters
offering help and hope to all those adrift
who are alone, uncertain, in the darkest of nights,
desperate, unanchored, seeking a safe harbor of hope.

You who held the Christ Child Baby Jesus
enfolded softly in your arms, gentle on your lap,
reach out now, I pray, hold us fast
safe from the snar3es of Satan
in the perfect motherly security
of your generous grace.

You, Mother of Divinity, and mother of us all,
teach us how to pray,
teach us how to love,
teach us how to give,
teach us how to trust,
teach us how to believe,
teach us how to understand,
teach us how, in our grievous sinful imperfection
to denounce our evils and surmount our failures
and to come to know and please your Divine Son,
Our Lord God of all Perfection.

Please, Mary, be a compass to the lost and lonely,
a lifeline to the desperate and discouraged,
a hope to the hungry and unbelieving,
and guide us all surely to the starry port of heaven,
there enfolded in your patronage
before the throne of your Son, Our Lord and God.

Amen