SIXTH VISIT
Visit to the Blessed Virgin Mary

As a fair olive-tree in the plain. [Ecclus. xxiv. 19] I am, says Mary, the beautiful olive-tree from which the oil of mercy always flows. And I stand in the plain, that all may see me. and that all may have recourse to me. "Remember (let us say in the words of the prayer of St. Bernard), O most compassionate Mary, that it has never been heard of in any age, that anyone having recourse to thy protection was abandoned by thee." 

Most merciful Queen, such a thing was never heard of, that anyone having recourse to thy aid was abandoned: I will not be the first unfortunate creature who, having recourse to thee, was abandoned.

Ejaculatory Prayer. O Mary, grant me the grace always to have recourse to thee!

[From the Naples Edition.]

Prayer of St. Bernard.

O Mary! thou art the only woman on whom the Saviour of the world has poured the treasures of His grace without measure; hence we are taught to honor thy chaste womb as the temple of God, wherein He was pleased to begin the great work of our redemption, the reconciliation of God with man. Thou, O mother of God, art that spiritual garden, whose fruit is never gathered by the hands of sinners. Thou art that hallowed soil where God has planted all the flowers which adorn His Church, and amongst the rest, the holy virtues of humility, purity, and charity, which are greater ornaments to the souls of men than violets, lilies, and roses are to the earth. Thou art the paradise of God, whence flows the stream of living water to moisten the earth. Oh, what benefits were bestowed on the world through thee, when thou wast selected to be the fortunate channel of so many graces!

Ejaculatory prayer. Hail! our life, our sweetness, and our hope. 


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