Recite this Dear Prayer

	Recite the Dear Prayer on Your Little String If you could pray for a while Without being distracted by your own thoughts, It would be an excellent thing for piety. But right now your spirit wanders. Off it goes far away into the things of this world, With so many images going through your mind! This is why it is profitable to move your lips; Then prayer rises from the heart. This is what we must understand. Recite the dear prayer on your little string, Turn your heart to the Virgin, And you will see her in Heaven. Master Michael Nicolai 1496, Odense Denmark, Quoted by Benoit Thierry d'Argenlieu, Marie Reine du Nord In: Maria-etudes sur la Vierge Marie-under the direction of Hubert du Manoir, SJ-volume IV 1956