V.-The Crucifixion and Death of our Lord. LE ET us contemplate in this mystery how our Lord Jesus Christ, being come to Mount Calvary, was stripped of His clothes, and His hands and feet were most cruelly nailed to the cross, on which He died, in the presence of His most afflicted Mother. Our Father, &c., once. Hail Mary, &c., ten times. Glory be to the Father, &c., once. Let us pray. HOLY Mary, Mother of God, as the body of thy beloved Son was for us stretched on the cross, so may our desires be daily more and more extended in His service, and our hearts wounded with compassion for His most bitter passion; and thou, O most Blessed Virgin, graciously vouchsafe, by thy powerful intercession, to help us to accomplish the work of our salvation. Amen. THE SALVE REGINA. HAIL, holy Queen, Mother of Mercy, hail, our life, our sweetness, and our hope! To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve; to thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this vale of tears. Turn, then, most gracious advocate, thine eyes of mercy towards us; and after this our exile show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus. O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary. V. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God. R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ. Let us pray. GOD, whose only-begotten Son, by His life, death, and resurrection, hath purchased for us the rewards of eternal life; grant, we beseech Thee, that, meditating upon these mysteries, in the most holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we may both imitate what they contain, and obtain what they promise. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen. THE GLORIOUS MYSTERIES, FOR WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS LE I. The Resurrection. ET us contemplate in this mystery how our Lord Jesus Christ, triumphing gloriously over death, + rose again the third day, immortal and impassible. Our Father, &c., once. Hail Mary, &c., ten times. Glory be to the Father, &c., once. Let us pray. GLORIOUS Virgin Mary, by that unspeakable joy which thou didst receive in the resurrection of thine only Son, we beseech thee obtain of Him, for us, that our hearts may never go astray after the false joys of this world, but may be ever and wholly employed in the pursuit of the only true and solid joys of heaven. Amen. II. The Ascension of Christ into LE Heaven. ET us contemplate in this mystery how our Lord Jesus Christ, forty days after His resurrection, ascended into heaven, attended by angels, in the sight, and to the great admiration, of His most holy Mother, and His holy apostles and disciples. Our Father, &c., once. Hail Mary, &c., ten times. Glory be to the Father, &c., once. Let us pray. MOTHER of God, comfort of the afflicted, as thy beloved Son, when He ascended into heaven, lifted up His hands and blessed His apostles, so vouchsafe, most holy Mother, to lift up thy pure hands to Him for us, that we may enjoy the benefits of His blessing, and of thine also on earth, and hereafter in heaven. Amen. III. The Descent of the Holy Ghost on the Apostles. LE ET us contemplate in this mystery how our Lord Jesus Christ, being seated at the right hand of God, sent, as He had promised, the Holy Ghost upon His apostles, who, after the ascension, returned to Jerusalem, and continued in prayer and supplication with the Blessed Virgin Mary, expecting the performance of His promise. Our Father, &c., once. Hail Mary, &c.. ten times. Glory be to the Father, &c., once. Let us pray. SACRED Virgin, tabernacle of the Holy Ghost, we beseech thee, obtain, by thine intercession, that this most sweet Comforter, whom thy beloved Son sent down upon His apostles (filling them thereby with spiritual joy), may teach us, in this world, the true way to salvation, and make us walk in the paths of virtue and good works. Amen. IV. The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven. LE ET us contemplate in this mystery how the glorious Virgin, twelve years after the resurrection of her Son, passed out of this world unto Him, and was by Him assumed into heaven, accompanied by the holy angels. Our Father, &c., once. Hail Mary, &c., ten times. Glory be to the Father, &c., once. Let us pray. MOST prudent Virgin, who, entering the heavenly palace, didst fill the holy angels with joy and man with hope, vouchsafe to intercede for us at the hour of our death, that being delivered from the illusions and temptations of the devil, we may joyfully and securely pass out of this temporal state to enjoy the happiness of eternal life. Amen. V.-The Coronation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Heaven, and the Glory of all the Saints. LET ET us contemplate in this mystery how the glorious Virgin Mary |