By command of His Holiness Pope Leo XIII, after the celebration of a Low Mass, the priest, kneeling at the altar steps, says, with the people, the prayers which follow:
Ave Maria. . . .
Hail Mary. . . . Which is repeated a second and a third time.
SALVE Regina, Mater misericordiæ, vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra salve. Ad te clamamus exsules, filii Hevæ. Ad te suspiramus, gementes, et flentes in hac lacrymarum valle. Eia ergo advocata nostra, illos tuos misericordes oculos ad nos converte. Et Jesum benedictum fructum ventris tui, nobis post hoc exsilium ostende. O clemens, O pia, O dulcis Virgo Maria.
HAIL, holy Queen, Mother of mercy, hail, our life, our sweetness and our hope! To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve, to thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this vale of tears. Turn then, most gracious advocate, thine eyes of mercy towards us; and after this our exile show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus. O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary. V. Ora pro nobis sancta Dei Genitrix. V. Pray for us O holy mother of God.
R. Ut digni efficiamur promissionibus Christi. R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Oremus Let us pray
DEUS refugium nostrum et virtus, populum ad te clamantem propitius respice; et intercedente gloriosa et immaculata Virgine Dei Genitrice Maria, cum beato Josepho ejus Sponso, ac beatis apostolis tuis Petro et Paulo, et omnibus sanctis, quas pro conversione peccatorum, pro libertate et exaltatione sanctæ Matris Ecclesiæ, preces effundimus, misericors et benignus exaudi. Per Christum Dominum nostrum. Amen.
O GOD, our refuge and our strength, look down with favor on Thy people who cry to Thee; and by the intercession of the glorious and immaculate Virgin Mary, Mother of God, of Saint Joseph, her spouse, of Thy blessed apostles Peter and Paul, and of all the saints, in mercy and goodness hear our prayers for the conversion of sinners, and for the liberty and exaltation of our holy Mother the Church. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Sancte Michael Archangele, defende nos in prœlio; contra nequitiam et insidias diaboli esto præsidium. Imperet illi Deus; supplices deprecamur: tuque, Princeps militiæ cœlestis, Satanam aliosque spiritus malignos, qui ad perditionem animarum pervagantur in mundo, divina virtute in infernum detrude. Amen.
Holy Michael Archangel, defend us in the day of battle; be our safeguard against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him we humbly pray: and do thou, Prince of the heavenly host, by the power of God thrust down to hell Satan and all wicked spirits, who wander through the world for the ruin of souls. Amen. Indulgence of 300 days.—Leo XIII, Sept. 25, 1888.
Ejaculation
COR Jesu, sacratissimum, miserere nobis!
MOST sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us! (To be said thrice.)
Indulgence of seven years and seven quarantines.—Pius X, June 17, 1904.