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 Ant. Annuntiaverunt cœli nomen Mariæ; et viderunt omnes populi gloriam ejus.

V. Sit nomen Virginis Mariæs benedictum,

R. Ex hoc nunc et usque in sæculum.

Oremus. Concede quæsumus, omnipotens Deus, ut fideles tui, qui sub sanctissimæ Virginis Mariæ nomine, et protectione lætantur; ejus pia intercessione a cunctis malis liberentur in terris, et ad gaudia æterna pervenire mereantur in cœlis. Per Dominum, &c.

TRANSLATION. V. Blessed be the name of Mary the Virgin,

R. From henceforth and for evermore.

Let us pray. Grant, we beseech Thee, Almighty God, that we Thy faithful people, who rejoice in the name and protection of the most holy Virgin Mary, may by her loving intercession be delivered from all evils here on earth, and be made worthy to attain eternal glory in the life to come. Through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

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THE FORTY "AVE MARIA" IN HONOUR OF HER SACRED DELIVERY.

The devotion commonly called the Forty Ave Maria was first devised and afterwards continually practised by St. Catherine of Bologna; its object being to dispose the faithful during Advent for the devout celebration of the Sacred Delivery of Mary on Christmas Day. To further this devotion,