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EMEMBER, O most  gracious  Virgin  Mary! that never was it  known  that  anyone  who  fled  to  thy protection,  implored thy  help,  and  sought  thy intercession, was  left unaided. Inspired with this  confidence,  I  fly unto  thee,  O  Virgin  of virgins,  my  mother! To thee  I  come;  before thee  I  stand,  sinful  and sorrowful. O mother of the  Word  incarnate! despise not  my petitions, but in  thy  mercy  hear and answer  me. Amen.

His Holiness, Pope  Pius  IX,  by  a  rescript  of the  Sacred  Congregation  of  Indulgences,  Dec. 11, 1846, granted  to  all  the  faithful  every  time  that, with at  least  contrite  heart  and  devotion,  they shall say  this  prayer,  an  indulgence  of  three  hundred  days;  and  a  plenary  indulgence  once  a month,  to  all  those  who,  having  said  it  at  least once a  day  for  a  month,  on  any  day,  being  truly penitent, after  confession  and  communion,  shall visit a  church  or  public  oratory,  and  pray  there, for some  time,  for  the  intention  of  His  Holiness.

MARY! my queen! my mother! remember I  am  thine  own. Keep me, guard  me,  as  thy  property  and  possession.