Bless Thee, and Sing Thy Praises. Amen

His Holiness, Pope Pius IX, by an autograph rescript, Sept. 7, 1854, granted to all the faithful, every time that, with at least contrite heart and devotion, they shall say this prayer before an image or picture of the Blessed Virgin, an indulgence of three hundred days, PRAYER Or ST. ALOYSIUS GONZAGA TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN ost holy Mary, my Lady, to thy faithful care and special keeping and to the bosom of thy mercy, to-day and every day, and particularly at the hour of my death, I commend my soul and my body; all my hope and consolation, all my trials and miseries, my life and the end of my life I com- mit to thee, that through thy most holy intercession and by thy merits all my actions may be directed and ordered according to thy will and that of thy divine Son. Amen