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NT. Come, O spouse of Christ, receive the crown which the Lord hath prepared for thee forever. Thou hast loved justice and hated iniquity; therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy companions.

V. Pray for us, blessed Rita.

R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

GOD, Who didst vouchsafe to confer on holy Rita so great a grace that she was able to love her enemies and to bear, both in her heart and on her brow, the signs of Thy love and of Thy sufferings, grant, we beseech Thee, that by her merits and prayers we may so forgive our enemies and contemplate Thy sorrowful Passion, as to obtain the rewards promised to the meek and to them that mourn. Who livest and reignest forever and ever. Amen.

GLORIOUS St. Rita! Thou who didst so wonderfully participate in the Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ, obtain for me the grace to suffer with patience the pains of this life, and protect me in all my needs,

(Ind. of 300 days, once a day. — Pius X. July 30, 1906.)