LET US PRAY.
O GOD, who by the Virgin’s immaculate conception didst prepare a worthy dwelling for thy Son, we beseech thee, that thou, who by the death of that same Son of thine, foreseen by thee, didst preserve her from every stain, wouldst grant that by her intercession we also may be purified, and so come to thee.
Then the following:
O GOD, the shepherd and ruler of all the faithful, look mercifully down on thy servant Leo, whom thou hast chosen to be the shepherd of thy Church. Grant, we beseech thee, that he may both by word and example benefit those whom he governs, that, together with the flock entrusted to his care, he may come to life everlasting.
O God, our refuge and our strength, listen to the holy prayers of thy Church, who art thyself the author of holiness, and grant that what we faithfully ask for we may efficaciously obtain, through Christ our Lord.
R. Amen.
On the other days, let everything he said as above, except the following prayers.
Prayer for the second day.
The 30th November.
O MARY, immaculate lily of purity, I congratulate with thee, that from the very first instant of thy conception thou hast been filled with grace, and also that the perfect use of reason was conferred on thee. I thank and adore the most holy Trinity for having imparted to thee graces so sublime; and I am utterly confounded before thee to see myself so poor in
