The Virgin Mary complains that the name of Her divine
Son is profaned. How could She be insensitive to this, She
who measures the majesty of the blasphemed God, the
nothingness of the blasphemer and the treasure of wrath
that this crime heaps upon societies.
Let us examine whether we have never forgotten our-
selves to the point of blaspheming, either by murmuring
against Providence or by defiling the holiest of Names.
Have we never given rise to any blasphemy? Have we al-
ways understood that blasphemy is sacrilege, impiety, in-
gratitude, folly, a social plague, a diabolical sin and the
gravest of crimes?
O Mother of the fear of God, I make amends to You for all the
blasphemies which, by offending Your dear Son, have filled Your
Heart with bitterness. Render to God, by Your praise, as much
honor as this crime may have taken from Him. At Your feet, I
declare myself the implacable enemy of blasphemy. I will avoid
everything that could lead those around me to it. I will punish it
severely in those who are subordinate to me. I will work by all
means to extirpate it from my Homeland, on which it has already
brought too many curses.