More on Mary

St Alphonsus Liguori is probably the best spiritual writer there ever was. His books seem to be inspired by God, and one of the things I really like about them, is the way he concludes every chapter with a prayer and spiritual reflection. In one of his prayers in The Glories of Mary, he says that if we loved her as we should, then we would become like her.

I love thee then, O, my Mother, but at the same time I fear that I do not love thee as I ought; for I hear that love makes lovers like the person loved. If then, I see myself so unlike thee, it is a mark that I do not love thee. Thou art so pure, and I defiled with many sins; thou so humble, and I so proud; thou so holy, and I so wicked. This, then, is what thou hast to do, O Mary; since thou loves me, make me like thee. Thou hast all the power to change hearts; take, then, mine and change it. Show the world what thou can do for those who love thee. Make me a saint; make me thy worthy child. This is my hope.

Beautiful, isn't it? By the way, I'm still waiting to give away a new copy of The Glories of Mary.
Any takers?