cross, when thy blessed soul was separated from thy adorable body, to be propitious to me and to all sinners in our last awful passage from time to eternity. Amen.
A SHORT PRAYER WHICH MAY BE SAID DAILY FOR THE GRACE OF A HAPPY DEATH.
O MOST dear and adorable Jesus! who wast crucified for the redemption of mankind, I beseech thee, by thy dreadful agony, by thy countless wounds, by the effusion of thy precious blood, by the recommendation of thy sacred soul into the hands of thy Eternal Father, and by thy ignominious death on the altar of the cross, that thou wilt graciously vouchsafe at my last hour to receive my spirit into the bosom of thy mercy.
A PRACTICE MADE USE OF BY ST. MECHTILDIS.
O HOLY Mary, our sovereign Queen! as God the Father by his omnipotence hast made thee most powerful, deign to assist us at the hour of our death, by defending us against all power that is contrary to thine.
Ave Maria.
O HOLY Mary, our sovereign Queen! as God the Son has endowed thee with so much knowledge and charity, that it enlightens all heaven, deign at the hour of our death to illustrate and strengthen our souls with the knowledge of the true faith, that they be not perverted by error or pernicious ignorance.
Ave Maria.
O HOLY Mary, our sovereign Queen! as the Holy Ghost has plentifully poured forth into thee the love of God, deign to instil into us, at the hour of
