God
our Father,
through the Blessed Virgin Mary
you gave your Son to be our Redeemer;
send your blessing on the
Ecumenical Society of the Blessed Virgin Mary;
so that strengthened by your grace,
enlivended by by your Spirit,
and renewed in the One whom Mary bore,
your Church may grow in the unity You desire.
We ask this through Jesus Christ your Son, our Lord.
ESBVM exists to
advance the study at various levels of the place of
the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Church, under Christ and of related theological
questions;
and in the light of such study to promote ecumenical devotion.
Its aim is to
show that, in the Blessed Virgin Mary,
Christians of many traditions may find a focus in their search for
unity.