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 forgetting his sickness,  and  making  an effort to fling himself at her  feet,  to  thank  her  for  so  signal  a  favor,  he  expired; and, no  doubt,  accompanied  his  benefactress  to heaven,  and  entered  upon  the  possession  of  that  reward she had  so  graciously  promised him.

St. Bernardin  of  Sienna,  a  peculiar  client  of  our  Blessed Lady, recited  daily  his  beads  in  honor  of  these  joyful  mysteries, to  which,  he  assures  us,  he  stood  indebted  for  all the particular  favors  and  blessings  he  received  from  the liberal hand  of  Almighty  God.

HRICE happy  Virgin! suffer thy  servant  to  congratulate  thee  for  the  ineffable  joy  with  which  thy sacred heart  was  replenished,  when,  without  injury  to thy  virginal  purity,  thou  conceivedst  the  eternal  Word in thy  sacred  womb. I rejoice  in  thy  happiness,  O blessed  Mother! Look thou  on  me  in  this  moment, and obtain  for  me  of  thy  divine  Son,  through  thy merits and  thy  exaltation  to  this  sublime  dignity,  a meek  and  pure  heart,  and  a  happy  departure  from  this life, under  thy  maternal  care  and  powerful  protection. ''Amen. Hail Mary. ''

HRICE happy  Virgin  I  suffer  thy  servant  to  congratulate thee  for  the  ineffable  joy  with  which  thy sacred heart  was  replenished,  when,  for  the  space  of nine  months,  thou  carriedst  in  thy  chaste  womb  the Son of  God,  the  second  person  of  the  adorable  Trinity, and wast,  by  the  inspiration  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  sainted blessed amongst  all  women,  and  the  fruit  of  thy, womb pronounced  blessed. I rejoice  in  thy  happiness O  blessed  Mother! Look thou  on  me  in  this moment, and  obtain  for  me,  of  thy  divine  Son,  through