therefore, which I ask of thee, and for which I beg with all the fervor of my soul, is, that in all the attacks of hell I may ever have recourse to thee, and say to thee: O Mary, help me; O Mother of Perpetual Help, never permit me to lose my God.
Five Hail Marys.
V. Pray for us, 0 holy Mother of God.
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Let us pray.
O ALMIGHTY and merciful God, who in order to help the human race hast willed the blessed Virgin Mary to become the mother of thy only-begotten Son, grant, we beseech thee, that by her intercession we may avoid the contagion of sin and serve thee with a pure heart, through the same Christ, our Lord. Amen.
Second Day.
O MOTHER of Perpetual Help, grant that I may ever invoke thy most powerful name, which is the safeguard of the living and the salvation of the dying. O purest Mary, O sweetest Mary, let thy name be henceforth the breath of my life. Do not hesitate, O blessed Lady, to help me whenever I call on thee to assist me; for in every temptation which will assail me, in all the necessities which may afflict me, I will never cease to call on thee by often repeating: O Mary! O Mary! O what consolation, what sweetness and confidence, and what emotion does not mv soul experience when I name thee or only think of thee ! I thank Almighty God for having given thee, on my account, so sweet, so powerful, so lovely a name. But I will not be content with the mere invocation of thy name; I will call on thee,
