Prayer to Our Lady of Perpetual HelpBehold, O Mother of Perpetual Help, at thy feet a wretched sinner, who has recourse to thee and trusts in thee. Alas, it is only too true that in the past I have fallen miserably, because I did not come to thee. Ah, Mary most pure, Mary most sweet, grant that thy name from this day forth may be to me the very breath of life. Thou art the advocate of the most wretched and abandoned sinners, if they but come unto thee; come once more to my assistance, for I commend myself to thee. I fear only that through my own negligence I may forget to recommend myself to thee and so I shall be lost.