Can such a
mingled prayer, can such a contrast in prayer, be the genuine fruit of
that Gospel which bids us ask for all we need in prayer to God in the
name and for the sake of his blessed Son?
"Author of our salvation, remember that once, by {343} being
born of a spotless virgin, thou didst take the form of our body!
Mary, mother of grace, mother of mercy, do thou protect us from
the enemy, and receive us at the hour of death. Glory to thee, O
Lord, who wast born of a Virgin, with the Father and the Holy
Spirit, through eternal ages. Amen[129]."
[Footnote 129:
Memento, Salutis Auctor, Tu nos ab hoste protege,
Quod nostri quondam corporis, Et hora mortis suscipe.
Ex illibata Virgine, Gloria tibi, Domine,
Nascendo formam sumpseris. Qui natus es de Virgine,
Maria mater gratiae, Cum Patre et Sancto Spiritu,
Mater misericordiae, In sempiterna saecula. Amen.
In the new version, (referred to in page 260 of the present
work,) this hymn stands thus:--
Memento, rerum Conctitor, Maria mater gratiae,
Nostri quod olim corporis, Dulcis parens clementiae,
Sacrata ab alvo Virginis, Tu nos ab hoste protege,
Nascendo forrnam sumpseris. In mortis hora suscipe, &c.
AEst. clv.]
Could the beloved John, to whose kind and tender care our blessed Lord
gave his mother of especial trust, have offered to her such a prayer as
this? To God alone surely would he have prayed for deliverance from all
evil and mischief.
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