VII.
JESUS IS BURIED.
MOST afflicted Mother of God! suffer thy servant to remind thee of that grief which pierced thy sacred heart, when in thy presence the sacred body of thy dearest Son, being embalmed with precious ointments, and wrapped in a clean white sheet, was laid in the sepulchre. I bear a sensible part in thy affliction, most tender and distressed Mother! obtain for me, from thy divine Son, through the merits of this thy anguish, a meek and pure heart, and a happy departure from this life, under thy maternal care and powerful protection. Amen. Hail Mary.
THE SEVEN JOYFUL MYSTERIES OF THE LIFE OF THE EVER-BLESSED VIRGIN.
THAT congratulating each day our Blessed Lady, of the seven joyful incidents or mysteries of her life, is a devotion both pious in itself, and agreeable to her, the following example will demonstrate: St. Anselm is the author from whom we take it.
A religious man, among other devotions, was accustomed every day to entertain himself on the seven signal joys our Blessed Lady; received whilst living upon earth: he fell sick; his continual devotion and virtuous life did not render him unsusceptible of the fears which generally accompany the passage from time to eternity. His mind was troubled with apprehensions for the event, of that moment. Our Blessed Lady appeared to him and comforted him in the following words: "Fear not, my son, the passage is short: you go from a miserable life to a happy eternity. Your daily congratulations with me upon the joyful mysteries of my life, have brought me hither; and I now assure you that soon you shall partake of them in heaven." So unspeakable was the joy he experienced in his soul upon hearing these words, and at witnessing the care which this admirable protectress manifests for her clients, that,
