EVENING SIGH - 3rd Day

THE GENTLE CHAIN OF LOVE

"Her bonds are bonds that bring redemption." (Eccl. 6:3)  Pelbart, a devoted servant of Mary, tells us that devotion to her is a chain;  but the chain is not one of bondage.  It is a succession of graces that surely ends in Heaven.  Let us ask our Lady and she will bind us;  but she will bind us ever more closely with the bonds of love, and of confidence in her protection.  

Evening Sigh:  O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary

PATRONAGE PRAYER

To be Said Each Day to Obtain Mary's Powerful Patronage

O Virgin Immaculate and Most Holy, my Mother Mary—the Mother of my Lord, the Queen of the World, the Advocate, the Hope, the Refuge of Sinners,—to you I come to seek your help today—I, who am the most in need of all. 
I bow in reverence before you, O Great Queen, and I thank you for the great graces you have given me until now, but especially because you have saved me from the punishments of hell which I have deserved so many times.
I love you, Most Lovely Lady, and because I love you so much I promise to be your faithful servant always, and to do all I can to make you loved by others,  In you I place all my hopes, all my salvation.
O Mother of Mercy, accept me for your servant and shield me under your mantle;  because you are great and powerful with God deliver me from all temptations, or better still get me the grace to conquer them even until death.
From you I ask for the true love of Jesus Christ;  through you I hope to die a good death.  O My Mother, I pray you by the love you have for God to give me your help at all times, but most of all at the last moment of my life;  do not leave me until you see me safe in Heaven blessing you and singing your mercies for ever.  Amen.  This is my hope.  So let it be.

VESPERS