fifteen mysteries. Each recites Our Father and ten Hail Marys daily; and by this means the entire Rosary is gone through by the circle every day. The Association was confirmed by a brief of Gregory XVI., January, 1832.

Indulgences of the Libing Rosary.

PLENARY.

1o. The first Festival after admission.

2o. The Feasts of Christmas, Epiphany, Circumcision, Easter, Ascension, Corpus Christi, Pentecost, Trinity Sunday, on the five greater Feasts of the B. V. Mary, SS. Peter and Paul, All Saints, and the third Sunday of the Month.

PARTIAL.

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1o. Seven years and seven quarantines on all Sundays and Feasts during the octaves of Christmas, Easter, Corpus Christi, Pentecost, the Assumption B. V.M., her Nativity and Immaculate Conception.

2o. 100 days each time each member recites his Decade of the Rosary.

These Indulgences are applicable to the Souls in Purgatory.

The Fibe Joyful Mysteries.

I. THE ANNUNCIATION.

LET us contemplate, in this mystery, how the Angel Gabriel saluted our Blessed Lady with the title, "Full of grace," and declared unto her the Incarnation of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

Our Father, &c. once; Hail Mary, &c. ten times; Glory, &c. once.

THE PRAYER.

O HOLY Mary, Queen of Virgins, by the most high mystery of the Incarnation of thy beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, by which our salvation was so happily begun; obtain for us, by thy intercession, light to know this great benefit which he hath bestowed upon us, in vouchsafing to become our brother, and making thee, his own most beloved Mother, our Mother also. Amen.

II. THE VISITATION.

LET us contemplate, in this mystery, how the Blessed Virgin Mary, understanding from the Angel that her cousin, St.

Elizabeth, had conceived, went with haste into the mountains of Judea to visit her, and remained with her three months.

Our Father, &c. as before.

THE PRAYER.

O HOLY Virgin, most spotless mirror of humility, by that exceeding charity which moved thee to visit thy holy cousin, St. Elizabeth, obtain for us, by thy intercession, that our hearts may be so visited by thy most holy Son, that, being free from all sin, we may praise him and give thanks for ever. Amen.

III. THE NATIVITY.

LET us contemplate, in this mystery, how the Blessed Virgin Mary, when the time of her delivery was come, brought forth our Redeemer, Christ Jesus, at midnight, and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for him in the inns at Bethlehem.

Our Father, &c.

THE PRAYER.

O MOST pure Mother of God, by thy virginal and most joyful delivery, by which

thou gavest unto the world thy Son our Saviour, we beseech thee obtain for us, by thy intercession, grace to lead so pure and holy a life in this world, that we may worthily sing without ceasing, both by day and night, the mercies of thy Son, and his benefits to us by thee. Amen.

IV. THE PRESENTATION.

LET us contemplate, in this mystery, how the most Blessed Virgin Mary, on the day of her Purification presented the child Jesus in the Temple, where holy Simeon, giving thanks to God with great devotion, received him into his arms. Our Father, &c.

THE PRAYER.

O HOLY Virgin, and admirable mistress and pattern of obedience, who didst present in the Temple, the Lord of the Temple, obtain for us of thy beloved Son, that, with holy Simeon and devout Anna, we may praise and glorify him for ever. Amen.

V. THE FINDING OF THE CHILD JESUS IN THE TEMPLE.

LET us contemplate, in this mystery, how the Blessed Virgin Mary, having lost

her beloved Son in Jerusalem, sought him during three days, and at length found him on the third day in the Temple, in the midst of the doctors, disputing with them, being then but twelve years old.

Our Father, &c.

THE PRAYER.

MOST Blessed Virgin, more than martyr in thy sufferings, and yet the comfort of such as are afflicted, by that unspeakable joy wherewith thy soul was ravished in finding thy beloved Son in the Temple, in the midst of the doctors, disputing with them, obtain of him for us, so to seek him and to find him in the holy Catholic Church, that we may never be separated from him. Amen.

THE "SALVE REGINA."

HAIL, holy Queen, Mother of mercy, our life, our sweetness, and our hope: to thee do we cry, poor banished sons of Eve; to thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears. Turn, then, most gracious Advocate, thine eyes of mercy towards us; and after this our