with thy divine Son. I resolve never to abandon thy service, and I will endeavour to the utmost of my power to procure thee the honour and glory which are thy due. Impressed with profound veneration and lively confidence, I consecrate to thee, after God, all that is mine, particularly my heart, which desires to participate in that sorrow which transfixed thine at the foot of the cross.
Remember, O gracious Virgin! that thy agonizing Son commended me to thy maternal care; vouchsafe then to admit me into the number of thy servants; assist me during life, but particularly at the hour of death. Obtain for me a constant fidelity in thy service, that associating myself in thy service in this valley of tears, I may merit, by the imitation of thy virtues, to partake in eternity of thy happiness and glory. Amen.
The Thirty Days' Prayer
TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY, IN HONOUR OF THE SACRED PASSION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.
[By the devout recital of this prayer for the above space of time, we may hope to obtain our lawful request. It is particularly recommended as a proper devotion for the time of Lent, and on the Fridays throughout the year.]
EVER glorious and blessed Mary, Queen of virgins, Mother of mercy, hope and comfort of all dejected and desolate souls through that sword of sorrow which pierced thy tender heart, whilst thine only Son, Christ Jesus, our Lord, suffered death and ignominy on the cross; through that filial tenderness and pure love he had for thee, grieving in thy grief,
