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Immaculate Virgin, purest of virgins, and mother of my God, holy Mary! however un­worthy I am of appearing before thee, confiding in thy goodness I cast myself at thy feet, Ö refuge of sinners! and offer thee my heart as a trophy of thy mercy. I present it to thee, miser­able as it is, through the hands of my angel guardian. I dedicate, devote, and consecrate it to thy heart, of all hearts the most inflamed with divine love; but, in order that my sins may make it less odious, accept it accompanied with this little homage which I offer thee in this month, consecrated to thy honour. Do not reject this offering; may it be irrevocable; may it be­long always to Jesus and Mary. After God, it wishes only to live and die for thee: fill it with a holy fear, a lively hope, an ardent charity, that it may incessantly burn with the love of God in this life and in the next. Amen.

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THE PRAYER OF ST. BERNARD MEMORARE,"& c.

Memorare, O piissima Virgo Maria, non esse auditum a sæculo quemquam ad tua currentem præsidia, tua implorantem auxilia, tua petentem suffragia, esse derelictum. Ego tali animatus confidentia, ad te, Virgo virginum, Mater, curro, ad te venio, coram te gemens peccator assisto; noli, Mater Verbi, verba mea despicere, sed audi, propitia, et exaudi.

Amen.

Remember, O most merciful Virgin Mary, that it hath never yet been heard that any one who had recourse to thy protection, implored thy help, and sought thy intercession, has been