thee I intrust my soul. I wish to be of those who are thy special servants: cast me not, then, away. Thou art ever seeking the wretched, to console them. Do not abandon a wretched sinner who has recourse to thee. Speak for me, Mary: thy Son grants what thou askest. Take me under thy protection, and it is enough; because, with thee to guard me, I fear no ill. No, not my sins, because thou wilt obtain God's pardon for them: nor the devils, because thou art far mightier than hell: nor my Judge, Jesus Christ, for, at thy prayer, He will lay aside His wrath. Protect me, then, my Mother; obtain for me pardon of my sins, love for Jesus, holy perseverance, a good death, and paradise. It is true, I merit not these graces; yet do thou only ask them of our God, and lo! they shall be mine. Pray, then, to Jesus for me. Mary, my Queen, in thee I trust; in this trust I rest, I live; in this trust I hope to die. Amen.
Hail Mary, three times, and also the Litany of the Blessed Virgin, on account of its being Saturday.
Ejaculations to Mary.
O Mary, I give myself entirely to thee; accept me as thy servant, and watch over me.
O my Queen, do thou hold the arm of thy Son, that He may never repulse me.
O Mary, may my heart never cease to love thee, nor my tongue to praise thee.
O my Sovereign, in the name of thy love for Jesus, help me to love Him.
O Mother of God, preserve me from falling again into sin.
O my Sovereign, obtain for me that I may rather die than lose the grace of God.
O Mary, Mother of God, and my Mother, I venerate thee. Would that all hearts revered thee as thou dost deserve on account of thy greatness.
