Let us consider that Mary was glorious at death, because She
had prepared to die well, through an ardent desire to see God
and to be united with Her divine Son, and through an unal-
terable perfection in Her actions. Seeing how far we are from
preparing for death as Mary did, let us thus pray to Her:
O holy Virgin! who prepared Yourself for a holy death, by living in
continual desire for the beatific vision, remove from us vain desires
for the perishable things of earth.
Hail Mary…
O holy Virgin! who, in preparation for a holy death, desired during
Your life to unite Yourself to Jesus Your divine Son, obtain for us the
grace to remain faithful to Him until death.
Hail Mary…
O holy Virgin, who prepared for death by amassing an immense
treasure of virtue and merit, let us always remember that grace and
virtue alone are capable of leading us to salvation.
Hail Mary…
Let us congratulate Mary on the diligence with which She prepared
to die well, and, to exalt Her glory, let us unite with the nine choirs of
Angels who accompanied Her in Her Assumption into heaven, and
say with the Seraphim, first choir of Angels:
3 Hail Mary’s…
Let Us Pray. We pray Thee, O Lord, to forgive the sins of Thy
servants, so that, unable to please Thee by our actions, we may be
saved by the intercession of the Mother of Thy Son Our Lord. Amen.