Prayer of a Soldier's Mother

O, Mother of Perpetual Help,
To thee I send my plea,
Look down upon my soldier son,
Take care of him for me.
And when he's blue and sick at heart,
Discouraged and oppressed,
Give him the will to carry on,
In heavenly grace to rest.
Show unto him a Mother's love,
As Thou hast shown to me.
Bring comfort to his lonely heart,
Is mine, his mother's plea.