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 we receive from the Lord, and to employ them to his honor and glory. Ave.

7. By that ardent charity which you, O Mary, practised during the three months in which you dwelt in the house of Elizabeth, obtain for us, we pray, the grace to be always ready to assist with affection all the necessities of our neighbors. Ave.

8. By the model which you, O Mary, exhibited of every virtue in your daily intercourse with your relations, Elizabeth and her holy spouse Zacharias, obtain for us, we pray, that we may have grace to give continual edification to our neighbors by all our words and actions. Ave.

9. By that admirable detachment from your nearest relations, O Mary, which you exhibited, when, having completed all the duties which you had undertaken in the house of Elizabeth, you returned immediately to your house in Nazareth, obtain for us, we pray, that we may be enabled always to live so detached from the things of the world as never to mingle in the affairs of men, except when summoned by necessity or charity; that our hearts may be fixed on God alone, from whom we hope for peace in this life and blessedness in another. Ave.

Y the heroic obedience which you, O great Virgin, practised in submitting to the law of purification, obtain for us the most exalted obedience to all the laws of God, of the Church, and of our superiors. Ave.

2. By that angelic modesty and heavenly devotion with which you went and presented yourself in the temple, obtain for us that we may conduct ourselves in the house of God with that exterior and interior devotion which are fitting its sanctity. Ave.