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 grace; therefore  she  was  troubled  at  the  salutation. In that  decisive  moment  she  was  and  remained our  model."

our forth,  we  beseech  Thee,  O  Lord,  Thy grace into  our  hearts,  that  we  unto  whom  the Incarnation of  Christ  Thy  Son  was  made  known by the  message  of  an  angel,  may,  by  His  passion and cross,  be  brought  to  the  glory  of  the  resurrection. Through the  same  Christ  our  Lord. Amen.

Litany of  Loreto  (p. 322).

ith wonder  I  revere  thee,  holiest  Virgin Mary; for  of  all  God's  creatures  thou  wast the humblest  on  the  very  day  of  thy  annunciation, when  God  Himself  exalted  Thee  to  the  sublime dignity  of  His  own  Mother. O mightiest Virgin, make  me,  wretched  sinner  that  I  am, know the  depths  of  my  own  nothingness,  and make me  humble  myself  at  last  with  all  my  heart, beneath the  feet  of  all  men.

Hail Mary,  etc.

Virgin Mary,  Mother  of  God,  pray  to  Jesus  for me!

Indulgence. 50 days,  once  a  day. (Leo XIII,  March  20, 1894.)