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Rh ter, and it is enough ; because with thee to guard me I fear no ill. No, not my sins; because thou wilt obtain God's pardon for them: no, nor yet devils; because thou art far mightier than hell: no, nor my Judge Jesus Christ; for at thy prayer He will lay by His wrath. Protect me, then, my Mother; obtain for me pardon of my sins, love of Jesus, holy perseverance, good death, and paradise. Too true, I merit not these graces; yet do thou only ask them of our God, and lo, they shall be mine. Pray, then, to Jesus for me. Mary, my Queen, in thee I trust; in this trust I rest, I live; in this trust I hope to die. Amen.

The same Pope Pius VII., in his desire that all the faithful should by means of various devotional exercises have recourse with confidence to most holy Mary, praying her to obtain for us grace to live as becometh good Christians, and so obtain everlasting salvation, granted, by a decree of the S. Congr. of Indulgences of May 16, 1821 —

1. The Indulgence of 300 days, once a day, to all who, with contrite heart and with devotion, say the following prayer with the Salve Regina three times.

ii. The Plenary Indulgence to all who practise this pious exercise once a day for a month, on any one day in that month when, after Confession and Communion, they visit some church or public oratory, and pray to God accord- ing to the intention of the Sovereign Pontiff.

The prayer prescribed, "Mother of God," &c., is the same as that above for Wednesday, p. 183. The Salve Regina