316. Prayer

300 Days, once a day. (See Instructions, p. 1.) GREAT andglorious patriarch St Joachim, how I rejoice to think that thou wast chosen from among all the Saints toco-operate inthedivine mys- teries, and enrich the world by bestowing on it the great Motherof Gop, mostholy Mary! Bythis singu- lar privilege thou hast become so powerful with the Mother and the Son as to obtain whatever graces may be necessary for us. With great confidence, then, I have recourse to thy most powerful pro- tection, and I commend to thee all the wants of my family, both spiritual and temporal, as well as my own; and especially I appeal to thee for the par- ticular grace which I desire and expect from thy paternal intercession. And since thou wast a per- fect model of the interior life, obtain for me interior recollection and a distaste for the fleeting goods of this earth, with a lively and persevering love of Jesus and Mary. Obtain for me, too, devotion and sincere obedience to Holy Church, and to the Supreme Pontiff who governs her, so that I may live and die in Faith, Hope, and perfect Charity, invoking the most holy names of Jesus and Mary, and may save my soul. Amen