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, and so to see my sins, that I may hate and loathe them; moreover, get me understanding to discern the snares of my hellish foe, and courage to combat his attacks, be they by day or by night. Above all, most gentle mother, I beg of thee the grace of N.

Say three times,

Virgo singularis, Inter omnes mitis, Nos culpis solutos. Mites fac et castos.

Virgin of all virgins! To thy shelter take us; Gentlest of the gentle! Chaste and gentle make us.

Then the following,

Oremus.

Famulorum tuorum, qusæsumus Domine, delictis ignosce; ut qui tibi placere de actibus nostris non valemus, Genitricis Filii tui Domini nostri intercessione salvemur. Per eumdem Dominum nostrum Jesum Christum, &c.

Benedicat, et custodiat nos omnipotens et misericors Dominus, Pater, et Filius, et Spiritus Sanctus. Amen.

Let us pray.

Pardon, O Lord, we beseech Thee, the sins of Thy servants; that we who know not how to please Thee of ourselves, may, by the intercession of the Mother of Thy Son, mercifully be preserved. Through the same our Lord Jesus Christ.