apenitentialprayer September 5, 2023:
detail of Our Lady Star of the Sea, by Theophilia
Could it be—? No, it couldn’t. But what if it should be — yes, —it must be— — her great-great grandmother’s lamp, which guided her pigeons home through the darkest night! She jumped up: she had but to keep that light in view and she must find her house. Her heart grew strong. Speedily, yet softly, she walked down the hill […] Dark as it was, there was little danger now of choosing the wrong road. And —which was most strange— the light that filled her eyes from the lamp, instead of blinding them for a moment to the object upon which they next fell, enabled her for a moment to see it, despite the darkness.
– George MacDonald (The Princess and the Goblin, Chapter 14). Bolded emphases added.
a prayer of Saint Anthony of Padua:
Our Lady, Star of the Sea, we pray that you shine upon us when we are buffeted by the raging sea. Guide us to harbor; defend our going out with your watchful presence, so we may be found fit to go out safely from this prison, and come joyfully to unending joy.