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y Queen,  my  Mother,  remember  I  am  thine own. Keep me,  guard  me,  as  thy  property and possession!

Indulgence. 40 days,  every  time. (Pius IX,  August  5,  1851.)

t Nazareth, a  mountain  village  in  Judea, lived poor  and  in  obscurity  Mary,  the  virgin selected  by  God  to  become  the  Mother  of  His Son, On  March  25th  she  was  in  prayer  in  her chamber, and  perhaps  sent  up  to  heaven  the yearning petition,  "Drop  down  dew,  ye  heavens, from  above,  and  let  the  clouds  rain  the  just;  let the  earth  be  opened  and  bud  a  Saviour"  (Is.  xlv. 8). Behold, suddenly  the  chamber  is  suffused  by a  heavenly  light. The archangel  Gabriel  stands reverently before  her  and  says,  "Hail,  full  of grace,  the  Lord  is  with  thee.  Blessed  art  thou among  women.    And  when  Mary  heard  the