and to receive me into that fortunate company of thy happy servants whom thou Dearest and cherishest in thy virginal bosom. Condescend, O my Mother and most gentle Lady, to accept of this miserable heart of mine; accept my memory, my will, my faculties, my senses, both exterior and interior; accept my eyes, my ears, my mouth, my hands, and my feet; regulate them in conformity to the will of thy Divine Son, and direct them all to his infinite glory. By that wisdom with which thy beloved Son enriched thee, obtain for me, I pray and beseech thee, light to know myself, to know my own nothingness, and especially to know my sins, that I may hate and detest them; obtain for me also light to perceive the snares of my infernal enemy and his assaults, whether they be hidden or manifest; and especially, O most merciful Mother, obtain for me the grace of . . . [Here insert the grace you stand most particularly in need of].
Repeat three times:
Virgin of all virgins!
To thy shelter take us;
Gentlest of the gentle!
Chaste and gentle make us.
Pardon, we beseech thee, O Lord, the sins of thy servants; that we, who by our own actions are unable to please thee, may, through the intercession of the Mother of our Lord, thy Son, obtain eternal salvation; through the same Lord Jesus Christ, &c.
May the almighty and merciful Lord, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, bless us and keep us. Amen.
Indulgences for the above prayers: 300 days once a day, and a plenary indulgence once a month, with the usual conditions, for those who have said them daily through the month.
PRAYERS TO BE USED ON OCCASION OP PAYING A VISIT TO AN ALTAR OR IMAGE OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN DURING THE MONTH OF MAY, OR AT OTHER TIMES.
Prayer for obtaining the Love of Mary.
O Mary, thou art the purest, the fairest, the holiest of creatures. Oh, that all men would acknowledge and love thee as thou deservest! But I rejoice in the thought of the great number of the just whose hearts are inflamed
