Mother of Perpetual Help, behold at thy feet a sinner, who has recourse to thee and has confidence in thee.  Mother of Mercy, have pity on me.  I hear all calling thee the refuge and the hope of sinners.  

Be, then, my refuge and my hope.  For the love of Jesus Christ, thy Son, help me.  Give thy hand to a poor sinner who commends himself to thee and dedicates himself to thy lasting service.  

I praise and thank God, Who, in His mercy, has given to me this confidence in thee, a sure pledge of my eternal salvation. It is true that in the past, I, miserable and wretched, have fallen into sin, because I did not have recourse to thee.  But I know that, with thy help, I shall be able to overcome myself.  

I know, too, that thou wilt help me, if I commend myself to thee.  But I fear that in the occasions of sin, I may neglect to call upon thee and, thus, run the risk of being lost.  This grace, then, I seek of thee; for this I implore thee, as much as I know how and as much as I can: that, in all the attacks of Hell, I may ever have recourse to thee and say to thee:  “O Mary, help me.  O Mother of Perpetual Help, do not let me lose my God.”

3 Hail Marys.

Mother of Perpetual Help, aid me ever to call upon thy powerful name, since thy name is the help of the living and the salvation of the dying.  Mary most pure, Mary most sweet, grant that thy name, from this day forth, may be to me the very breath of life.  

Dear Lady, do not delay in coming to help me, when I call upon thee, for in all the temptations that trouble me, in all the needs of my life, I will ever call upon thee, repeating:  “Mary, Mary.”  

What comfort, what sweetness, what confidence, what consolation fills my soul at the sound of thy name, at the very thought of thee!  I give thanks to Our Lord, Who, for my sake, has given thee a name so sweet, so lovable and so mighty.  But I am not content only to speak thy name; I will call upon thee because I love thee.  I want that love to remind me always to call thee Mother of Perpetual Help.

3 Hail Marys.

Mother of Perpetual Help, thou art the dispenser of every grace that God grants us in our misery.  For this reason He has made thee so powerful, so rich and so kind, that thou might help us in our needs.  Thou art the advocate of the most wretched and abandoned sinners, if they but come to thee.  

Come to my aid, for I commend myself to thee.  In thy hands I place my eternal salvation; to thee I entrust my soul.  Count me among thy most faithful servants.  Take me under thy protection; that is enough for me.  

If thou protects me, I shall fear nothing: not my sins, because thou shalt obtain for me their pardon and remission; not the evil spirits, because thou art mightier than all the powers of hell; not even Jesus, my Judge, because He is appeased by a single prayer of thine. I fear only that, through my own negligence, I may forget to recommend myself to thee and so lose my soul.  

My dear Lady, obtain for me the forgiveness of my sins, love for Jesus, final perseverance, and the grace to have recourse to thee at all times, Mother of Perpetual Help.

3 Hail Marys.

Mother of Perpetual Help, pray for us.