202. Prayer, O Beata Virgo
50 Days. T.Q. (See Instructions, p. r.) ARY, Virgin ever blessed! who can worthily praise thee or give thanks to thee, who, by that wondrous assent of thy will, didst rescue a fallen world? What honours can the weakness of : our human nature pay to thee, which by thy inter- vention alone has found the way to restoration? Accept, then, such poor thanks as we have here to offer, though they are unequal to thy merits; and, receiving our vows, obtain by thy prayers the remis- sion of our offences. Carry thou our prayers within the sanctuary of the heavenly audience, and bring forth from it the medicine of our reconciliation. Through thee may those sins become pardonable the release from which through thee we ask of Gop, and that be granted which we demand with confidence. Accept what we offer, grant us what we seek, spare us what we fear, for thou art the sole hope of sinners. Through thee we hope for the forgiveness of our faults, and in thee, most blessed Virgin, is the hope of our reward.
Holy Mary,succour the wretched, help the faint-hearted, comfort the sorrowful, pray for the people, shield the clergy, intercede for all women consecrated to Gop, let all feel thy aid who keep thy holy comme- moration. Be thou at hand, ready to aid our prayers, when we pray; and bring back to us the answers 202 Pius IX, Mem. May 19, 1854. pu — ES MARY 201 we desire. Make it thy care to intercede ever for the people of Gop—thou who, blessed of Gop, didst merit to bear the REDEEMER of the world, who liveth and reigneth for ever and ever. Amen