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Rh that day of the week to which it has been assigned, together with three Ave Maria, with the intention of making her some reparation for the many blasphemies which have been, and are daily uttered against her, not only by unbelievers, but even by bad Christians.

ii. , once a month, to all who say these prayers, with three Ave Maria, daily for a whole month, with the intention above named, on any one day when, after having Confessed and Communicated, they shall pray to God for the Holy Church, &c.

See, Mother of my God, at thy feet a wretched sinner, who has recourse to thee, and puts his trust in thee. I am not worthy that thou shouldst even cast thine eyes upon me; yet well I know that thou, beholding Jesus thy Son dying for sinners, dost thyself yearn exceedingly to save them. O Mother of Mercy, look on my miseries and have pity. Men say thou art the refuge of the sinner, the hope of the desperate, the aid of the lost: be thou then my refuge, hope, and aid. It is thy prayers which must save me. For Jesu's tender love be thou my help, reach forth thy hand to the poor fallen wretch who cries to thee for succour. I know that thy heart delights to aid the sinner when thou canst; help me, then, thou who canst. My sins have forfeited the grace of God and my own soul. Behold, me in thy hands; O tell me what to do that I may regain my Saviour's grace, and lo, I do it. My Saviour bids me go to thee for help; He wills that I should seek thy tender pity's refuge, that so, not thy dear Son's merits only, but thine own prayers too, may unite to save me. To thee, then, I have recourse: pray thou to Jesus for me; and make me know and feel what