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 7. I compassionate you, O my afflicted Mother, for the seventh dolor which you felt, when, after your divine Son had expired, you received within your arms the sacred body, all mangled and covered with blood; I beseech you to obtain for us that we may so enjoy the fruit of his bitter passion and death as to be partakers of his eternal glory in heaven. Ave.

OST blessed Virgin, by the joy your soul experienced when you heard yourself called to immortal glory, in humility we pray you to obtain for us the grace so to live that we may meet the approach of death with joy. Ave.

2. Most lovely Virgin, who consoled the holy apostles, when, assembled to be present at your death, they deeply lamented their grievous loss, deign to comfort us in all our troubles, especially in our agony and at the hour of our death. Ave.

3. Immaculate Virgin, whose death was not the effect of sin, but of the power of divine love, which freed your most pure soul from all its earthly chains, that it might fly to the embraces of your divine Son, obtain for us that by an act of the love of God we may close this life, and be united forever with our supreme Good. Ave.

4. We rejoice with you, O elect Virgin, for the honors which were paid by the angels to your body when they sang hymns of praise and glory to the adorable ark in which the eternal Word had been incarnate. Ah, obtain for us that we may be preserved so pure and chaste that we may be permitted to enjoy their society in heaven. Ave.

5. Blessed were you. O admirable Virgin, in that happy resurrection in which you were invested with celestial beauty! O, well were you then rewarded