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 you might devote yourself to the service of God, obtain for us that, no longer seduced by the deceits of our enemies, we may be able to keep our hearts detached from all earthly things, seeking for our true and perfect good alone, and may enjoy one day with you the eternal delights of paradise. Ave.

IMMACULATE MARY, who obtained by your profound humility and perfect chastity to be preferred, before the most renowned women of all ages, for the Mother of your Creator, obtain for us the grace to live like you in the practice of these two beautiful virtues, that we may at length attain with you to the joy of our Lord. Ave.

2. O immaculate Mary, who were troubled when you heard the angel's praises, obtain for us the grace to have, like you, a lowly esteem of ourselves, that, shrinking from the praises of men, we may solely endeavor to deserve the approbation of our Lord. Ave.

3. O immaculate Mary, who valued the privilege of virginity not less than the glory of being the Mother of God, obtain for us the grace that we may willingly sacrifice all things rather than sully the purity of our souls. Ave.

4. O immaculate Mary, who called yourself the Handmaid of the Lord, with an extraordinary humility, after the archangel Gabriel had announced that you were to be his Mother, obtain from the Lord that we may never he elated by any gifts with which God may favor us, but that they may advance us in virtue, and unite us more and more with the true source of all happiness. Ave.

5. O immaculate Mary, who did not refuse to be come the Mother of the Redeemer for the salvation