The Memorare is a prayer that reminds us that we have a wonderful advocate and protector in the mother of our Lord, the Blessed Virgin Mary. In our prayers to her we honor and worship her Son, who is more than happy to listen to His mother’s pleas on our behalf.
According to St. Louis De Montfort, the celebrated 18th century French priest best known as a champion of devotion to Mary, in her death and assumption into heaven, “God chose her to be the treasurer, the administrator and the dispenser of all his graces, so that all his graces and gifts pass through her hands.”
As De Montfort once put it, by asking Mary to approach Him for us “we are practicing humility, something which always gladdens the heart of God!”
St. Francis de Sales once wrote in this regard that “God so loves humility that He instantly hastens to the soul in which he sees it.”
Keep in mind again that when we pray to Mary, we also pray through her to her Divine Son, Jesus! And she is happy to pray for us and to intercede with Him on our behalf. As long as we approach her with a sincere desire to do God’s will and to make amends for our sins, we can ask for her help with confidence.
When our Lord said to St. John when He was on the cross “Behold Thy Mother” (John 19:27) His mother became ours as well,
