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 His Holiness, Pope  Pius  IX,  by  a  rescript  of the  Sacred  Congregation  of  Indulgences,  Dec. n, 1846, granted  to  all  the  faithful  every  time  that, with  at  least  contrite  heart  and  devotion,  they shall  say  this  payer,  an  indulgence  of  three  hundred days.

OST holy  and  immaculate  Virgin! O my Mother! thou who  art  the  Mother of my  Lord,  the  queen  of  the  world,  the advocate, hope,  and  refuge  of  sinners! I, the most  wretched  among  them,  now  come  to thee. I worship  thee,  great  Queen,  and  give thee thanks  for  the  many  favors  thou  hast bestowed on  me  in  the  past;  most  of  all  do  I thank  thee  for  having  saved  me  from  hell, which I  had  so  often  deserved. I love  thee, Lady most  worthy  of  all  love,  and  by  the  love which I  bear  thee  I  promise  ever  in  the  future to serve  thee,  and  to  do  what  in  me  lies  to  win others to  thy  love. In thee  I  put  all  my  trust, all my  hope  of  salvation. Receive me  as  thy servant, and  cover  me  with  the  mantle  of  thy protection, thou  who  art  the  Mother  of mercy! And since  thou  hast  so  much  power with God,  deliver  me  from  all  temptations,  or at  least  obtain  for  me  the  grace  ever  to  overcome them. From thee  I  ask  a  true  love  of Jesus  Christ,  and  the  grace  of  a  happy  death. O my  Mother! by thy  love  for  God  I  beseech thee to  be  at  all  times  my  helper,  but  above  all