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GLORIOUS Queen  of  all  the  heavenly  citizens, we beseech  thee  to  accept  this  Rosary,  which  as a crown  of  roses  we  offer  at  thy  feet; and  grant, most gracious  Lady,  that  by  thy  intercession  our  souls may be  inflamed  with  so  ardent  a desire  of  seeing thee so  gloriously  crowned,  that  it  may  never  die in us  until  it  be  changed  into  the  happy  fruition  of thy  blessed  sight. Amen.

Hail, Holy  Queen,  etc.,  with  the  verse  and  prayer, as before,  p.  448.

OST holy  Mother  of  Sorrows,  by  that  intense martyrdom which  thou  didst  suffer  at  the  foot of the  cross  during  the  three  hours  of  the  agony  of Jesus,  deign  to  aid  us  all,  who  are  the  children  of thy  sorrows,  in  our  last  agony,  that  by  thy  prayers we may  pass  from  our  bed  of  death  to  ad  &gt;m  thy crown in  Paradise.

Glory be  to  the  Father,  etc. [three times].

V. From  sudden  and  unprovided  death.

R. Deliver  us,  O Lord.

V. From  the  snares  of  the  devil.

R. Deliver  us,  O Lord.

V. From  everlasting  death.

R. Deliver  us,  O Lord.

GOD, who,  for  the  salvation  of  the  human  race, hast, in  the  most  bitter  death  of  thy  Son,  made for us  both  an  example  and  a refuge,  grant,  we beseech  thee,  that  in  the  last  peril,  at  the  hour  of