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VENERATE thee with all my heart, O most holy Virgin, as the Mother of the only Son of God; and I consecrate to thee my body, with all its senses. Hail, Mary !

VENERATE thee with all my heart, O most holy Virgin, as the beloved Spouse of the Holy Ghost; and I consecrate to thee my heart, with all its affections: obtain for me of the Holy Trinity the graces necessary for my salvation. Hail, Mary !

EMEMBER, O most pious Virgin Mary, that no one ever had recourse to thy protection, implored thy help, or sought thy mediation, without obtaining relief. Confiding therefore on thy goodness and mercy, I cast myself at thy sacred feet, and do most humbly supplicate thee, O Mother of the Eternal Word, to adopt me as thy child, and to take upon thyself the care of my salvation. O, let it not be said, my dearest mother, that I have perished where no one ever found but grace and salvation.

MOST holy and immaculate Virgin Mary, who art ever present before the throne of the blessed and adorable Trinity, and to whom it is at all times granted to make intercession with thy beloved Son, be a Mother to me in life and at the hour of my death; and should I, in my last moments, be unable to say, "Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, I place my soul