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Rh Glory be to the Father, three times.

Have mercy, etc.

HOLY Mother, most afflicted by the bitter sorrow which thou didst endure at the foot of the Cross during the Three Hours' Agony of Jesus: vouchsafe to assist all of us, the children of thy sorrows, in our last agony, that through thine intercession we may pass from the bed of death to form a crown for thee in the heavenly Paradise.

Hail Mary, ''three times. ''

O Mary, Mother of grace,

Mother of mercy,

Protect us from the enemy,

And receive us at the hour of death.

V. From sudden and unlooked-for death,

R. O Lord, deliver us.

V. From the snares of the devil,

R. O Lord, deliver us.

V. From everlasting death,

R. O Lord, deliver us.

GOD, who for the salvation of mankind didst give an example and a help in the Passion and Death of Thy Son: grant, we beseech Thee, that in the hour of our death we may experience the effects of this Thy charity, and deserve to be partakers in the glory of Him our Redeemer, through the same Jesus Christ our Lord.

R. Amen.