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 selm observes,  she  should  have  died  had  she  not been sustained  by  a  miracle  of  divine  omnipotence?

ught not  the  contemplation  of  the  sorrows  of our  blessed  Mother  confirm  us  in  patience,  in resignation  to  the  will  of  God  in  our  trials  and sufferings? If the  Son  of  God  said  of  Himself: "Ought not  Christ  to  have  suffered  these  things, and  so  to  enter  into  His  glory?" (Luke xxiv.  26) ; if the  most  pure  and  holy  Mother  of  God,  despite her great  prerogatives  and  merits,  had  to  suffer a sorrow  so  ineffable,  do  not  murmur  if  the  word of Christ  is  addressed  also  to  you:  "And  he  that taketh  not  up  his  cross  and  followeth  Me,  is  not worthy  of  Me"  (Matt.  x.  38).

Prayer of  the  Church  (p.  117).

Litany of  Loreto  (p.  322).

compassionate thee,  sorrowing  Mary,  for  the pain thou  didst  suffer  when  the  body  of  thy divine Son,  taken  down  all  torn  and  bloody  from the cross,  was  placed  in  thy  arms. Dear Mother, by thy  heart  pierced  through,  obtain  for  me  the virtue of  fraternal  charity  and  the  gift  of  understanding.

Hail Mary,  etc.

Ejaculation (p.  118).