V.

Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, we adore Thee, and with all the love of our whole heart we give Thee thanks for the high gifts and privileges granted to Mary most holy in her glorious Visitation.

Gloria Patri thrice, and Ave once.

vi. Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, we adore Thee, and with all the love of our whole heart we give Thee thanks for the high gifts and privileges granted to Mary most holy in her glorious Purification.

Gloria Patri thrice, and Ave once.

vii. Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, we adore Thee, and with all the love of our whole heart we give Thee thanks for the high gifts and privileges granted to Mary most holy in her most glorious Assumption.

Gloria Patri thrice, and Ave once.

Lastly, we give Thee most hearty thanks for that Thou hast exalted and glorified the most holy and most sweet name of Mary throughout the whole world.

PRAYER TO THE MOST HOLY VIRGIN.

Mary, dear mother! mother most amiable! tender mother! mother full of love and sweetness for thy clients and children! we pray thee, by this our loving act of thanksgiving to the Most Holy Trinity, obtain for all of us grace ever to employ

the powers of our soul, and our bodily senses, to the honour and glory of God, One in Three Persons, directing all our actions to Him, and loving Him with pure heart, even as thou didst love Him here on earth; that thus we may be able to attain to the enjoyment of Him in the bliss of heaven with thee for ever and ever.

Bless us in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.

All say the Salve, Regina, then—

V. Benedicamus Patrem,

Sancto Spiritu.

et Filium, cum

R. Laudemus et superexaltemus Eum in sæcula.

Oremus.

Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, qui dedisti famulis

tuis in confessione veræ fidei æternæ Trinitatis gloriam agnoscere, et in potentia Majestatis adorare Unitatem; quæsumus ut ejusdem fidei firmitate ab omnibus semper muniamur adversis. Per Christum Dominum nostrum. R. Amen.

(Translation.)

V. Let us bless the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

R. Let us praise and exalt Him above all for

ever.

Let us pray.

Almighty and eternal God, who hast given to us Thy servants grace by the confession of the true faith to acknowledge the glory of the eternal

Trinity, and in the power of Thy Majesty to worship the Unity; grant, we beseech Thee, that by the firmness of this our faith we may ever be defended from all adversities. Through Christ our Lord. R. Amen.

5.

OTHER THANKSGIVING PRAYERS FOR ALL THE PRIVILEGES GRANTED TO MARY MOST HOLY IN HER ASSUMPTION INTO HEAVEN.

Adore the Eternal Father with a Pater, Ave, and Gloria; then say,

I adore Thee, Eternal Father, my Lord and my God, in union with all the heavenly host, rendering Thee infinite thanks on the part of Mary, most holy Virgin, Thy well-beloved daughter, for every grace and favour Thou hast granted her, and, above all, for the might wherewith Thou didst exalt her on her Assumption into heaven.

Adore the Eternal Son with a Pater, Ave, and Gloria; then say,

I adore Thee too, Eternal Son, my God, my Lord, and my Redeemer, in union with all the heavenly host, rendering Thee infinite thanks on the part of Mary, Virgin most blessed, Thy wellbeloved mother, for every grace and favour Thou hast granted her, and, above all, for the gift of

highest wisdom with which Thou didst glorify her on her Assumption into heaven.

Adore the Holy Ghost with a Pater, Ave, and Gloria; then say,

I adore Thee also, O Holy Ghost, the Paraclete, my God and my Lord, and in union with all the heavenly host I render Thee infinite thanks in the name of the most blessed Virgin, Thy most loving Spouse, for every grace and favour Thou hast granted her, and, above all, for that most perfect and divine charity with which Thou didst inflame her most holy and most pure heart in the act of her most glorious Assumption into heaven. In the name of Thy most chaste Spouse, I humbly beg of Thee to grant me the grace of remission of all my most grievous sins which I have committed from the first moment when I was able to sin until this day, for all of which I grieve exceedingly, firmly purposing rather to die than ever again offend Thy Divine Majesty; and relying on the high merits and most powerful protection of this Thy most loving Spouse, I beg of Thee to grant me and to N. the most precious gift of Thy grace and Divine love, by vouchsafing me those lights and special helps whereby Thy eternal providence has predetermined to will my salvation, and to bring me to Thyself.

Then say three times,

Sancta Maria, et omnes Sancti et Sanctæ Dei, intercedite pro nobis ad Dominum, ut nos mereamur ab eo adjuvari et salvari. Amen.

(Translation.)

Holy Mary, all ye holy men and women, saints of God, intercede for us to our Lord, that we may merit His help and be saved. Amen.

TO THE MOST BLESSED VIRGIN.

I acknowledge thee and I venerate thee, most holy Virgin, Queen of heaven, Lady and Mistress of the Universe, as Daughter of the Eternal Father, Mother of His well-beloved Son, and most loving Spouse of the Holy Spirit. Kneeling at the feet of thy great majesty, with all humility I pray thee, through that divine charity with which thou wast so bounteously enriched on thy Assumption into heaven, to vouchsafe me favour and pity, placing me under thy most safe and faithful protection, and receiving me into the number of those happy and highly-favoured servants of thine whose names thou dost carry graven on thy virgin breast. Deign, Mother and Lady most tender, to accept this miserable heart, memory, will, powers, and senses, internal and external; eyes, ears, mouth, hands, feet; govern them all in conformity to the good pleasure of thy Son, as I intend by every movement of them to give thee infinite glory. And, by that wisdom with which thy well-beloved Son glorified thee, I pray and beseech thee to obtain for me light and vision clearly to know myself and my own nothingness, and in particular to know my sins, that so I may hate and loathe them; I pray thee also to obtain for me light to discern the snares of the infernal enemy, and all his modes of attack, whether open or hidden. Above all, most tender Mother, I beg of thee the grace of N.