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 for thee,  grieving  in  thy  grief , whilst from  His  cross  He  recommended thee  to  the  care  and  protection of  His  beloved  disciple, St. John,  take  pity,  I  beseech  thee, on my  poverty  and  necessities; have compassion  on  my  anxieties and cares;  assist  and  comfort  me in  all  my  infirmities  and  miseries, of what  kind  soever. Thou art  the Mother of  Mercies,  the  sweet  Consolatrix  and  only  refuge  of  the needy and  the  orphan,  of  the  desolate and  afflicted. Cast, therefore, an eye  of  pity  on  a  miserable,  forlorn child  of  Eve,  and  hear  my prayer;  for  since,  in  just  punishment of  my  sins,  I  find  myself  encompassed by  a  multitude' of  evils, and oppressed  with  much  anguish of spirit,  whither  can  I  fly  for  more secure shelter,  O  amiable  Mother of my  Lord  and  Saviour  Jesus Christ, than  under  the  wings  of thy  maternal  protection? Attend,