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 virtues  blossom  there,  that  so  we  may  find  more  and more favour  in  thy  gracious  eyes. Mary! be thou  our Mary, and  may  we  feel  the  saving  power  of  thy sweetest name; let  it  ever  be  our  comfort  to  call  on that  great  name  in  all  our  troubles; be  it  our  hope in danger,  our  shield  in  temptation  and  in  death, with the  name  of  thy  Divine  Son,  our  last  comfort. Sit nomen  Maries  mel  in  ore, melos  in  aure,  et  jubilus in corde. Amen. Let the  name  of  Mary  be  honey in the  mouth,  melody  in  the  ear,  ecstacy  in  the heart. Amen.

V. Thy  Nativity,  O Virgin  Mother  of  God,

R. Hath  brought  joy  to  a whole  world.

RANT to  us  thy  servants,  we  beseech  thee,  Lord, the gift  of  heavenly  grace; that  to  those,  for whom the  delivery  of  the  Virgin  was  the  commencement of  salvation,  this  her  votive  festival  may  give increasing peace. Through, &amp;c.

O God, &amp;c.,  p.  569.

OST holy  Mary,  bright  mirror  of  all  virtues,  the forty days  after  thy  delivery  were  no  sooner  past than thou,  though  the  purest  of  all  virgins,  didst  will to be  presented  in  the  Temple  to  be  purified; Oh, help us,  then,  by  imitating  thee,  to  keep  our  hearts unstained by  sin,  that  so  we  too  may  be  made  worthy one day  to  be  presented  to  our  God  in  heaven. Hail Mary.