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 Make it  thy  care,  I  pray  thee,  that  I  may  be  with that same  Lord  Jesus  ever  one  heart  and  soul  by means  of  sanctifying  grace.

Hail Mary,  etc.

Ejaculation (p.  97).

Preparatory Prayer  (p. 95).

ary could  not  consent  to  become  the  Mother of the  Redeemer  without  including  in  her consent those  to  be  redeemed. "She bore  one man,"  says  St.  Antonine,  "and  thereby  has  borne all  men  again.  Beneath  the  cross  of  her  divine  Son she  has  reborne  us  to  life  with  great  pain,  just as  Eve,  our  first  mother,  has  borne  us  under  the tree  of  forbidden  fruit  unto  death.  That  there be  no  doubt  concerning  it,  her  divine  Son  made this  declaration  in  His  last  will." "When therefore Jesus  had  seen  His  Mother  and  the  disciple standing  whom  He  loved,  He  saith  to  His  Mother, Woman,  behold  thy  son.  After  that  He  saith  to the  disciple,  Behold  thy  Mother"  (John  xix.  26, 27). She gave  up  her  Son  for  the  redemption  of mankind,  and  He  gave  us,  in  the  person  of  His beloved disciple  St.  John,  to  her  as  her  children,