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 which thou  didst  tenderly  fold  in thy  mantle  and  press  to  thy  heart, stripped and  extended  on  a  cross. I ask  it  by  that  heroic  sacrifice  of thy  will  and  best  affections,  by which  thou  didst  offer  up  to  the Eternal Father  the  last  awful  moment, when  the  Man  God  was  to expire  for  our  salvation. I ask  it by  that  perfect  love  and  conformity with  which  thou  didst  receive the Divine  order  to  depart  from this life,  and  from  the  company  of Jesus  and  Mary. I ask  it  by  that exceeding great  joy  which  filled thy soul  when  the  Redeemer  of  the world, triumphant  over  death  and hell, entered  into  the  possession  of His  Kingdom,  and  conducted  thee also into  it  with  especial  honors. I ask  it  through  Mary's  glorious assumption, and  through  that  interminable bliss,  which  with  her, thou wilt  eternally  derive  from  the presence of  God. O, good  Father,