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Prayer of the Church (p. 134).

Litany of Loreto (p. 322).

Prayer

Glorious Virgin and Mother of God, Mary! I beseech thee through the preparation which with which thou wast glorified by God — by the Father as His most beloved Daughter, by the Son as His immaculate Mother, and by the Holy Ghost as His most pure Spouse — in heaven; obtain for me the grace to share to some extent this thy glory, and therefore to live so that I may deserve it.

Hail Mary, etc.

Ejaculation (p. 135).

SIXTH DAY

Mary Crowned in Heaven

Preparatory Prayer (p. 133).

MEDITATION

Mary's glory received its culmination by her coronation as queen of heaven and earth. It was meet that in her should be fulfilled the words of Holy Scripture: "Come from Libanus, my Spouse, come, thou shalt be crowned" (Cant. iv. 8), and that her own prophetic words, "He hath put down the mighty from their seat, and hath exalted the humble" (Luke i. 52), should be exemplified in her. For it was reasonable and