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 wounded heart;  present  them,  I  beseech  thee, on my  behalf,  to  Jesus  Christ. Through the merits of  His  most  sacred  passion  and  death, and through  thy  sufferings  at  the  foot  of  the cross, I  hope  to  obtain  the  grant  of  my  present petition. To whom  shall  I  recur  in my  wants  and  miseries  if  not  to  thee,  O  Mother of mercy,  who,  having  so  deeply  drunk  of  the chalice of  thy  Son,  canst  compassionate  the woes of  those  who  still  sigh  in  the  land  of exile? ''Sancta Maria,  Mater  Dolorosa,  ora pro me! ''

O Mary! conceived without  sin,  pray  for  us who  have  recourse  to  thee.

Indulgence of 100  days,  once  a  day. — Leo  XIII, March 15,  1884.

Blessed be  the  holy  and  immaculate  conception  of the  most  blessed  Virgin  Mary,  Mother  of  God.

His Holiness, Pope  Leo  XIII,  revoking  the  concession  made  Nov.  21,  1793,  by  the  Sovereign  Pontiff, Pius VI,  granted  by  brief,  Sept.  10,  1S78,  to  all  the faithful each  time  that,  devoutly  and  with  contrite hearts, they  recite  this  ejaculation,  an  indulgence  of 300  days.

oly Virgin  Mary immaculate, Mother of God  and  our  Mother,