The Prayer.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, as the body of thy beloved Son was for us extended on the cross, so may our desires be daily more and more stretched out in his service, and our hearts wounded with compassion of his most bitter passion; and thou, O most blessed Virgin, vouchsafe to negotiate for and with us the work of our salvation, by thy powerful intercession. Amen.
Hail, holy Queen, &c. as before, p. 668.
The Five Glorious Mysteries.
I. The Resurrection.
Let 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.
By the first bright Easter-day,
When the stone was rolled away;
By the glory round thee shed
At thy rising from the dead;
King of glory, hear our cry;
Make us soon thy joys to see,
Where enthroned in majesty
Countless angels sing to thee.
The Prayer.
O glorious Virgin Mary by that unspeakable joy thou receivedst in the resurrection of thy only-beloved 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 pursuit of the only true and solid joys of heaven. Amen.
II. The Ascension.
Let us contemplate, in this mystery, how our Lord Jesus Christ, forty days after his resurrection, ascended into heaven, attended by angels, in sight of his most
