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O Holy Mary, my Lady, into your blessed trust and safe keeping and into the depths of your mercy, I commend my soul and body this day, every day of my life, andat the hour of my death. To you I entrust all my hopes and consolations, all mytrials and miseries, my life and the end of my life. By your most holy intercession and by your merits, may all my actions be directed and disposed according to your will and the Will of your divine Son. Amen.

Prayer for Proper Affections Toward God (written by Saint Vincent Ferrer)

Good Jesus, let me be penetrated with love to the very marrow of my bones, withfear and respect toward Thee; let me burn with zeal for Thy honor, so that I mayresent terribly all the outrages committed against Thee, especially those of which I myself have been guilty or the occasion. Grant further, O my God, that I may adore and acknowledge Thee humbly as my Creator, and that, penetrated with gratitude for all Thy benefits, I may never cease to render Thee thanks. Grant that I may bless Thee in all things, praise and glorify Thee with a heart full of joy and gladness, and that, obeying Thee with docility in every respect, I may one day, despite my ingratitude and unworthiness, be seated at Thy table togetherwith Thy holy angels and apostles to enjoy ineffable delights. Amen.

O Lord, give me the fire that you sent forth when coming on earth. Enable me to be aflame with the ardor of charity, to glow with the splendor of obedience, and

to grow ardent with love. Help me to be saved from destruction amid dangers, toescape all perils, and to hasten toward Your goodness. Grant me to come peacefully into Your presence, to be satiated forever by its manifestation, and to praise You unceasingly for all eternity.

Prayer of Saint Ildephonsus of Toledo, BishopThe Abundance of the Sweetness of Thy Son

I come to thee, only Virgin Mother of God,and fall prostrate before thee,who alone didst cooperate in the Incarnation of God.

I humble myself before thee,who alone wert found to be the Mother of my Lord.I pray thee, who alone wert found to be the handmaid of thy Son:obtain that my sins be wiped away;command that I be cleansed of the wickedness of my deeds,and, that I may love the glory of thy virtue,reveal to me the abundance of the sweetness of thy Son.

Thou Art His Co-Worker in My Redemption

Bestow upon me the gift of proclaiming the true faith of thy Son,

and of defending it.Grant that I may cleave to God and to thee,that I may serve thy Son and thee,that I may be His bondsman and thine;His, because He is my Creator,and thine, because thou art the Mother of my Creator;His, because He is Lord of the angelic powers,and thine, because thou art the handmaid of the Lord of All;His, because He is God,and thine because thou art the Mother of God;

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His, because He is my Redeemer,and thine because thou art His co-worker in my redemption.

The Body by Which He Healed My Wounds

That which He wrought for my redemption,verily He formed in thine own person.That He might be my Redeemer,He became thy Son.That He might be the price of my ransom,He became incarnate of thy flesh.The Body by which He healed my wounds,He took from thee so that He, in it, might be wounded.The mortal Body by which He took away my death,He took from thy mortality.The Body by which He brought my sins to nought,He received sinless from thee.This nature of mine that ahead of time, in Himself,He placed above the angels in the glory of His Father's right hand,He assumed -- humbling Himself -- out of thine own true body.

I Am Thy Slave

Therefore, I am thy slave,

because Thy Son is my Master.Therefore thou art my Lady,because thou art the handmaid of my Lord.Therefore I am the slave of the handmaid of my Lord,because thou, my Lady, didst become the Mother of my Lord.Therefore I have become thy slave,because thou didst become the Mother of my Maker.

By the Holy Spirit

I pray thee, I pray thee, holy Virgin,may I, by the Spirit through Whom thou didst give birth to Jesus,have Jesus and hold Him.

By that Spirit through Whomthou didst conceive this same Jesus in thy flesh,may my soul receive Jesus.

Let the Spirit gift me with the knowledge of Jesus,this Spirit by Whom it was given Thee to bear Jesus and to give Him birth.Let the Spirit in Whom thou didst declare thyself the handmaid of the Lord,choosing that it should be done unto thee according to the Angel's word,grant me to proclaim the heights of Jesus with lowliness.

To Love Jesus and to Fear Him

In the Spirit thou didst adore Jesus as thy Lord

and gaze upon Him as thy Son;in that same Spirit may I love Him.And may I fear this same Jesus,with that reverence by which He, truly being God,became subject to His parents.

A prayer to Mary, Queen of Apostles (written by Saint Vincent Pallotti)

Immaculate Mother of God, Queen of the Apostles, we know that God's commandmentof love and our vocation to follow Jesus Christ impels us to cooperate in the mi

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ssion of the Church. Realizing our own weakness, we entrust the renewal of our personal lives and our apostolate to your intercession. We are confident that through God's mercy and the infinite merits of Jesus Christ, you, who are our Mother, will obtain the strength of the Holy Spirit as you obtained it for the community of the apostles gathered in the upper room. Therefore, relying on your maternal intercession, we resolve from this moment to devote our talents, learning, material resources, our health, sickness and trials, and every gift of nature andgrace, for the greater glory of God and the salvation of all. We wish to carryon those activities which especially promote the Catholic apostolate for the revival of faith and love of the people of God and so bring all men and women intothe faith of Jesus Christ. And if a time should come when we have nothing more to offer serviceable to this end, we will never cease to pray that there will beone fold and one shepherd Jesus Christ. In this way, we hope to enjoy the results of the apostolate of Jesus Christ for all eternity. Amen.

Prayer of Mary, Mother of Mercy (written by Saint Augustine of Hippo):

Blessed Virgin Mary, who can worthily repay you with praise and thanks for having rescued a fallen world by your generous consent! Receive our gratitude, and byyour prayers obtain the pardon of our sins. Take our prayers into the sanctuaryof heaven and enable them to make our peace with God.

Holy Mary, help the miserable, strengthen the discouraged, comfort the sorrowful, pray for your people, plead for the clergy, intercede for all women consecrated to God. May all who venerate you feel now your help and protection. Be ready to help us when we pray, and bring back to us the answers to our prayers. Make ityour continual concern to pray for the people of God, for you were blessed by God and were made worthy to bear the Redeemer of the world, who lives and reignsforever. Amen.

Marian Prayer of Saint Ildephonsus

Virgin Mary, hear my prayer:

through the Holy Spirityou became the Mother of Jesus;from the Holy Spirit may I too have Jesus.Through the Holy Spirit your flesh conceived Jesus;through the same Spirit may my soul receive Jesus.Through the Holy Spirit you were able to know Jesus,to possess Jesus,and to bring him into the world.Through the Holy Spirit may I too come to know your Jesus.Imbued with the Spirit,Mary, you could say:"I am the handmaid of the Lord,be it done unto me according to your word";

in the Holy Spirit,lowly as I am,let me proclaim the great truths about Jesus.In the Spirit you now adore Jesus as Lordand look on Him as Son;in the same spirit,Mary, let me love your Jesus

Prayer of St. Bridget

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We pray thee, O most clement Virgin Mary,Queen of the world and of angels, to obtain relieffor those whom the fire of Purgatory tries,pardon for sinners, perseverance in good for the just,and also defend us weak brethren from menacing danger.Through Jesus Christ, Our Lord who lives and reigns with The Fatherin the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever.Amen