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OST afflicted  Mother  of  God! suffer thy  servant  to  remind  thee  of  that  grief  which  pierced thy sacred  soul,  when  with  abundant  tears,  and  inexpressible anguish  of  heart,  thou  beheldest  him  crucified on  Mount  Calvary,  and  heardest  him  pronounce his seven  last  words;  but  especially,  when  bowing down his  head,  he  rendered  his  blessed  soul  into  the hands of  his  eternal  Father. I bear  a  sensible  part  in thy  affliction,  most  tender  and  distressed  Mother! obtain for me,  from  thy  divine  Son,  through  the  merits of this  thy  anguish,  a  meek  and  pure  heart,  and  a happy  departure  from  this  life,  under  thy  maternal care and  powerful  protection. ''Amen. Hail Mary.''

OST afflicted  Mother  of  God! suffer thy  servant to  remind  thee  of  that  grief  which  pierced thy sacred  heart,  when  Nicodemus  and  Joseph  of Arimathea  took  down  the  sacred  remains  of  thy  divine Son from  the  Cross,  and  placed  them  in  thy  arms. O afflicted mother! what then  was  the  anguish  of  thy heart on  beholding  the  sacred  body  of  thy  Son? when thou beheldest  this  sacred  body  exhausted  of  all  its hands and  feet  by  the  nails  which  fixed  him  to  the Cross, and  in  his  side  by  the  cruel  lance  which  even pierced his  sacred  heart. I bear  a  sensible  part  in  thy affliction, most  tender  and  distressed  Mother! obtain for me,  from  thy  divine  Son,  through  the  merits  of this  thy  anguish,  a  meek  and  pure  heart,  and  a  happy departure from  this  life,  under  thy  maternal  care  and powerful protection. ''Amen. Hail Mary.''