Mary, missionary woman

oly Mary, missionary woman, we implore you for all those who have left their loved ones to proclaim the Gospel. Sustain them in their fatigue. Restore their weariness. Protect them from every danger. Give to the gestures with which they caress the wounds of the poor the features of your virginal tenderness. Put words of peace on their lips. Fill their solitude. Make them witnesses of joy.
Holy Mary, missionary woman, invigorate our Christian life with that ardour that drove you, bearer of light, on the roads of Palestine. Amphora of the Spirit, pour out its chrism upon us, that it may put in our hearts the nostalgia for the ends of the earth. (DON TONINO BELLO)