Page:MaryHelpOfChristians.djvu/122

 member how  highly  Holy  Scripture  extols  this virtue. "O how  beautiful  is  the  chaste  generation with  glory;  for  the  memory  thereof  is  immortal, because  it  is  known  both  with  God  and  with  men" ( Wis.  iv.  1 ). St. Athanasius  writes:  "O  chastity, thou  precious  pearl,  found  by  few,  even  hated  by some,  and  sought  only  by  those  who  are  worthy of  thee!  Thou  art  the  joy  of  the  prophets,  the ornament  of  the  apostles,  the  life  of  the  angels, the  crown  of  the  saints." Let us  therefore  carefully guard  this  inestimable  treasure.

Prayer of  the  Church  (p.  97).

Litany of  Loreto  (p. 322).

ary, mighty  Virgin,  thou  who  on  the  day  of thy  annunciation  wast  found  by  the  archangel so  prompt  and  ready  to  do  God's  will,  and to correspond  with  the  desires  of  the  august  Trinity, who  wished  for  thy  consent  in  order  to  redeem the  world;  obtain  for  me  that,  whatever happens, good  or  ill,  I  may  turn  to  my  God,  and with resignation  say,  "Be  it  done  unto  me  according to  thy  word."

Hail Mary,  etc.

Ejaculation (p.  97).