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God, Who by  the  resurrection of  Thy  Son, Our Lord  Jesus  Christ, hast vouchsafed  to  make glad the  whole  world,  grant, we beseech  Thee,  that, through the  intercession of the  Virgin  Mary,  His mother, we  may  attain the. joys of  eternal  life. Through the  same  Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Sovereign Pontiff  Benedict  XIII,  by  a  brief,  Jnjunctce  nobis,  Sept.  14,  1724,  granted  a  plenary  indulgence, once a  month,  to  all  the  faithful  who,  every  day,  at  the sound of  the  bell,  in  the  morning,  or  at  noon,  or  in  the evening at  sunset,  shall  say  devoutly,  on  their  knees,  the Angelus Domini,  with  the  Hail  Mary,  three  times,  on  any day when,  being  truly  penitent,  after  confession  and  communion, they  shall  pray  for  peace  and  union  among  Christian princes,  for  the  extirpation  of  heresy,  and  for  the triumph of  Holy  Mother  Church;  also  an  indulgence  of one  hundred  days,  on  all  the  other  days  in  the  year,  every time that,  with  contrite  heart  and  devotion,  they  shall  say these prayers. — The New  Raccolta.

AIL, holy  queen, mother of  mercy,  our life, our  sweetness,  and our hope;  to  thee  do  we  cry, poor banished  children  of Eve,  to  thee  do  we  send  up our  sighs,  mourning  and weeping in  this  valley  of tears. Turn, then,  most  gracious advocate,  thine  eyes  of mercy  toward  us,  and  after this, our  exile,  show  unto us the  blessed  fruit  of  thy