O Mary, I wish I could see how 

you used to behave toward father and mother, 

especially toward St. Anne; 

and then how you behaved toward the priests of the temple; 

and then toward St. Joseph; 

and toward St. Elizabeth, 

and St. John the Baptist; 

and afterwards toward the Apostles, 

especially toward St. John.  

I should see how sweet 

and lovely you were to every one of them; 

but still your heart was with Jesus only.  

And they would all feel and understand this, 

however kind you were to them.

Amen.

(By John Henry Cardinal Newman)