In Praise of Mercy...

To give worthy praise to the Lord's mercy,
we unite ourselves with Your Immaculate Mother,

for then our hymn will be more pleasing to You,
because She is chosen from among men and angels.

Through Her, as through a pure crystal, Your mercy was passed on to us.

Through Her, man became pleasing to God;

Through Her, streams of grace flowed down upon us.

(St. Faustina Diary, 1746)