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OF THE PRAYERS OF THE VIRGIN MARY
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The one, of His Merit; the other, of the Satisfaction and Glory which the Eternal Father derived from the perfect obedience of His Son in His Passion.

And bringing both of these things before His Divine Majesty, ask through their virtue the grace which you desire.

And this you may do, not only in each Mystery of our Lord's Passion, but in each separate act, whether interior or exterior, in each Mystery.


CHAPTER XLVIII.

Of a Way of Praying by means of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

BESIDES the modes of meditating already referred to, there is another way of meditating, which has reference to the Blessed Virgin Mary. First, turn your thoughts to the Eternal Father, next address yourself to the sweet and beloved Jesus, and lastly, contemplate His ever-blessed Mother.

Whilst turning to God the Father, consider two things; first, His delight in beholding from all eternity Mary, before He had drawn her out of nothingness; secondly, the graces and virtues