May 6th
Chapter Three of the Imitation of Mary, by Thomas a Kempis
Virtues and Tasks of a Good Servant of Mary

Learn to call upon Jesus in everything, and you will be aided both in perils of the soul and of the body. Have Jesus always in your heart, in happiness, and you will never be overcome by human distress.  Say often the Hail Mary:  you will find in it joy and peace:  no prayer is more beautiful than the Our Father; none is sweeter and gentler than the Hail Mary.

He who knows how to  nourish his soul with prayer, he who knows how to pray with the sacred texts, will never know aridity in devotion.  Strive thus constantly to honor the names of Jesus and Mary in your heart and with your lips.

Wherever you  may go, or wherever you  may be, implore Jesus and call upon Mary   Have as a rule of life and as a help in time of need this pious invocation:  Guide, O my  Lord, always guide my way in Your presence.  He who in his heart bears Jesus and Mary always works well, always conducts himself well.

O Mary, O Mother full of mercy, receive close to you, your servant wandering without consolation, in the midst of his trials.  Look, O my Queen, look at my affliction and open to me your heart full of consolation.  Here I am praying and saying in my distress, that I shall not cease nor leave you until you have had pity on me.  

I know, O Mother, your incomparable sweetness, I know the maternal flame of your noble heart, I know the fullness of love that fills it, and that I may have full hope in you.  Also, I take refuge with you, O my Mother, so that in joy as in sorrow, I may receive your watchful succor and listen to your maternal consolation.