As a child I loved you

As a child I loved you is a Roman Catholic Marian prayer. It was composed by Pope Leo XIII in the 19th century.

As a little child,

I loved you like a mother.

Now that I am old,

my love for you has grown.

Receive me in heaven

as one of the blessed,

and I will proclaim

that I have obtained

such a great prize

through your patronage.

Amen.

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Collection of Prayers

• The Magnificat Or The Song of Mary
• Immaculate Mary
• Immaculata prayer
• Hail Mary of Gold
• The Angelic Salutation, Hail Mary, or Ave Maria
• Flower of Carmel Or Flos Carmeli
• The Fátima Prayer
• Hail, O Queen of Heaven
• Ave Maris Stella
• The Angelus
• 'Alma Redemptoris Mater' or 'Loving Mother of our Savior'
• Praying in words and signs: The Sign of the Cross
• Jesus Prayed
• Taught by the Holy Spirit
• The Gift of Prayer
• The Prayer Jesus Taught Us
• The Hail Mary and the Rosary
• Marian Year Prayer of Pope John Paul II