SEVENTH VISIT
Visit to the Blessed Virgin Mary

O our own most amiable Lady, the whole Church proclaims and salutes thee as "our hope"! Thou, then, who art the hope of all, be also my hope. St. Bernard called thee "the whole ground of his hope," [De Aquaed.] and said: "Let him who despairs hope in thee." [Med. in Salve Reg.] Thus also will I address thee: My own Mary, thou savest even those who are in despair; in thee I place all my hope.

Ejaculatory Prayer. Mary, Mother of God, pray to Jesus for me!

[From the Naples Edition.]

Prayer of St. Bernard.

O Blessed Queen! it is of thee the prophet speaks when he says, "Who is she that riseth like the day-star, beautiful as the moon, brilliant as the sun?" [Cant. vi. 9] Yes, thou didst appear in the world like the bright day-star, preceding by the light of thy sanctity the coming of the Sun of Justice. The day on which thou camest into the world may well be styled a day of salvation and a day of grace. Thou art beautiful as the moon; because as none of the celestial bodies so nearly resembles the sun as it does, so there is no creature whose perfections so nearly approach to those of God as thy own. The moon enlightens the night by reflecting the rays of the sun, and thou enlightenest our darkness by the splendor of those virtues with which God has adorned thee. But thou art even more beautiful than the moon, because in thee is found neither spot nor shade; thou art brilliant like the sun; I mean that Divine Sun Who created the one which enlightens the earth, for, as He in His humanity is the most resplendent among men, so art thou the brightest amongst women." [Depr. ad glor. V.]

Ejaculatory prayer.  Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners.

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