Our Father, Etc., Heart, Etc

Our Father, etc., Heart, etc. IV. lorious Queen of martyrs, whose sacred vi) heart was pierced in thy Son's bitter passion by the sword whereof the holy old man Simeon Digitized by L,ooQle General Devotions had prophesied; gain for my heart true courage and a holy patience to bear the troubles and misfortunes of this miserable life, so that, by crucifying my flesh with its desires, while following the mortification of the cross, I may, indeed, show myself to be a true son of thine. Our Father, etc., Heart, etc.

V. f \ Mary, mystical rose, with loving heart, burn- . ^-J ing with the living fire of charity, Thou didst accept us for thy children at the foot of the cross, becom ing thus our tender Mother ! make me feel the sweetness of chy maternal heart and thy power with Jesus, that, when menaced by the perils of this mortal life, and most of all in the dread hour of death, my heart, united with thine, may love my Jesus then and through all ages. Amen