MARIAN PRAYER OF SAINT JOSEPH CALASANCTIUS (A.D. 1557-1648)

A TRINITARIAN PRAYER OF PRAISE TO MARY

Let us offer praise and thanksgiving

to the most Holy trinity

who has shown us the Virgin Mary,

clothed with the sun,

the moon beneath her feet,

and on her head a mystic crown of twelve stars.

Let us praise and thank the Divine Father

who elected her for his daughter.

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Praised be the Divine Father

who predestined her to be the Mother of His Divine Son.

"Hail Mary..."

Praised be the Divine Father

Who preserved her from all stain in her conception.

"Hail Mary..."

Praised be the Divine Father

Who adorned her at her birth with his most beautiful gifts.

"Hail Mary..."

Praised be the Divine Father

Who gave her St. Josph to be her companion and chaste spouse.

"Hail Mary..."

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Let us praise and thank the Divine Son

Who chose her for his Mother.

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Praised be the Divine Son

Who became incarnate in her bosom and there abode for nine months.

"Hail Mary..."

Praised be the Divine Son

Who was born of her and was nourished by her.

"Hail Mary..."

Praised be the Divine Son

Who in his childhood was taught by her.

"Hail Mary..."

Praised be the Divine Son

Who revealed to her the mystery of the redemption of the world.

"Hail Mary..."

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Let us praise and thank the Holy Spirit

Who took her for his spouse.

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Praised be the Holy Spirit

Who revealed first to her his name of Holy Spirit.

"Hail Mary..."

Praised be the Holy Spirit

by whose miracle she was the living temple

of the ever blessed Trinity.

"Hail Mary..."

Praised be the Holy Spirit

by whom she was exalted in heaven

above every living creature.

"Hail Mary..."

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