Prayer for the Beatification of Jacinta Marto (update: Beatified May 13, 2000)

O Mary,

who in thy maternal love hast chosen little Jacinta

to be the confidante of thy Immaculate Heart

so grieved by the sins of mankind,

thou who didst inspire her with a great spirit of penance,

an ardent zeal for the conversion of sinners,

and an intense desire to atone for the blasphemies

against thy Immaculate Conception,

vouchsafe, we humbly beseech thee,

to obtain from the most merciful Heart of Jesus

the grace of elevation to the honor of the Altar,

of the saintly little girl, Jacinta,

the object of thy predilection,

whom thou hast given us as a model

of apostolation and reparation.

Amen.