wounded heart; present them, I beseech thee, on my behalf, to Jesus Christ. Through the merits of His most sacred passion and death, and through thy sufferings at the foot of the cross, I hope to obtain the grant of my present petition. To whom shall I recur in my wants and miseries if not to thee, O Mother of mercy, who, having so deeply drunk of the chalice of thy Son, canst compassionate the woes of those who still sigh in the land of exile? Sancta Maria, Mater Dolorosa, ora pro me!
INVOCATION
O Mary! conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.
Indulgence of 100 days, once a day. — Leo XIII, March 15, 1884.
EJACULATION
Blessed be the holy and immaculate conception of the most blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God.
His Holiness, Pope Leo XIII, revoking the concession made Nov. 21, 1793, by the Sovereign Pontiff, Pius VI, granted by brief, Sept. 10, 1S78, to all the faithful each time that, devoutly and with contrite hearts, they recite this ejaculation, an indulgence of 300 days.
INVOCATION
Holy Virgin Mary
immaculate, Mother
of God and our Mother,
