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 therefore, which I ask of thee, and for which I beg with all the fervor of my soul, is, that in all the attacks of hell I may ever have recourse to thee, and say to thee: O Mary, help me; O Mother of Perpetual Help, never permit me to lose my God.

Five Hail Marys.

V. Pray for us, 0 holy Mother of God.

R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

ALMIGHTY and merciful God, who in order to help the human race hast willed the blessed Virgin Mary to become the mother of thy only-begotten Son, grant, we beseech thee, that by her intercession we may avoid the contagion of sin and serve thee with a pure heart, through the same Christ, our Lord. Amen.

MOTHER of Perpetual Help, grant that I may ever invoke thy most powerful name, which is the safeguard of the living and the salvation of the dying. O purest Mary, O sweetest Mary, let thy name be henceforth the breath of my life. Do not hesitate, O blessed Lady, to help me whenever I call on thee to assist me; for in every temptation which will assail me, in all the necessities which may afflict me, I will never cease to call on thee by often repeating: O Mary! O Mary! O what consolation, what sweetness and confidence, and what emotion does not mv soul experience when I name thee or only think of thee ! I thank Almighty God for having given thee, on my account, so sweet, so powerful, so lovely a name. But I will not be content with the mere invocation of thy name; I will call on thee,