accustomed clemency to the humble petition of Thy poor child; and by that sweetness which Thy blessed soul perceived at the time of Thy alliance with our human nature, when, resolving, with the Father and the Holy Ghost, to unite Thy divine person to mortal flesh for man's salvation, Thou didst send Thy angel to Thy holy Virgin Mary with those happy tidings, and clothing Thyself with our human nature, in her chaste womb, remained true God and true man, for the space of nine months, in her sacred womb.
By the anguish Thou endured, when the time of Thy designed passion drew nigh, Thou didst pray to Thy eternal Father, that if it might stand with His most divine providence, Thou desired that the bitter chalice might pass away from Thee ! yet concluding with a most perfect act of resignation— Not my
