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 I could engrave on all hearts and on all lips the lovely name of Mary — that name so powerful, which constitutes the delight, the security, the happiness of all who utter it with a sweet confidence and a holy joy!

O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.

HOLY Virgin, my august Queen, obtain for me from thy divine Son the peace which he left as a heritage to his disciples. The world knows it not; it resides only in souls that are sanctified by grace. Obtain for me, I beseech thee, grace to maintain this peace with God, by my fidelity in keeping his law: with my superiors, by my submission, obedience, and respect; with my equals, by meekness, patience, and charity; with myself, by the practice of all virtues; so that it may be poured forth also upon my relations, friends, and all mankind. Obtain for me grace to live on earth in the peace of innocence, that at the last I may be found worthy of that ineffable peace which the blessed enjoy in heaven. Amen.

MARY, most sweet, most amiable, and most glorious, thy name cannot be uttered in the secret of the heart without inflaming it with thy love; and they who love thee cannot think of thee without feeling themselves animated to love thee more and more, and putting all their confidence in thee. O Mary, O my Mother, thou seest my trouble; look upon me with an eye of pity; thou art the consolation of all who call upon thee in affliction; be thou, then, mine. Hearken to the sighs, graciously hear the prayers, of my poor heart; forsake me not, but support me in affliction, and strengthen me in danger. Thou art