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 every time that, when assailed by temptation, they shall say this ejaculation.

St. Anselm thus addresses the blessed Mother of God:

"O Lady, thou art the Mother of Him who pardons and of those who are pardoned; of Him who justifies and of those who are justified; of Him who saves and of those who are saved. O blessed hope! O safe refuge! The Mother of God is our Mother; the Mother of Him in whom alone we hope, and whom alone we fear, is our Mother; the Mother of Him who alone can save or destroy is our Mother."

Father Dignam, S. J., says

"Go to our Lady, whose love is as the sea; pray her to help you to overcome your faults, to obtain for you never to commit a deliberate fault, never to offend God. She will not only make you very good but very happy.

"Bear this in mind: it was because of his mother, 'being moved with mercy toward her' (Luke vii. 13), that Jesus raised the dead man at the gate of Naim. Be careful, when you desire any great favor, to implore the intercession of your Mother, of Mary. Ask for great favors and for all graces in the name of Christ's Mother; remind Our Lord of her agony, when, her soul pierced with a sword of sorrow, she stood at the foot of the cross. Have the most unbounded confidence in Mary's intercession."

Our Lord once revealed to St. Catherine