Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now in the hour of our death.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now in the hour of our death.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now in the hour of our death.
Not-Catholic. Not-religious. I believe. Sure, I believe. In God, His existence, His purpose. As taught to me. As taught to me to believe. As believed by me to believe.
I don’t know any other prayers. Real prayers. I don’t know that I should pray, but as I hold her hand, the liturgy is comforting and so I say. I say, in my head, over and over and over …
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now in the hour of our death.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now in the hour of our death.
She doesn’t know me. Not really. She knows my name, but never bothers to say it. She knows that we share the same class, my grades on that Literature test I failed. She handed it over to me with a smirk. I remember. I remember everything. Some things. Not-things. The smirk that said, “I’m better than you.”
Not-me. Better than.
Holy Mary …
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