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Mary. Mother Of Perpetual Help

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O Mother of Perpetual Help,
grant that I may ever invoke thy most powerful name,
which is the safeguard of the living
and the salvation of the dying.
O Purest Mary, O Sweetest Mary,
let thy name henceforth be ever on my lips.
Delay not, O Blessed Lady,
to help me whenever I call on thee,
for, in all my needs,
in all my temptations I shall never cease to call on thee,
ever repeating thy sacred name,
Mary, Mary.

O what consolation,
what sweetness,
what confidence,
what emotion fill my soul when
I pronounce thy sacred name,
or even only think of thee.
I thank God for having given thee,
for my good, so sweet,
so powerful,
so lovely a name.
But I will not be content with merely pronouncing thy name:
let my love for thee prompt me ever to hail thee,
Mother of Perpetual Help.