Prayer to Mary, Queen of Martyrs
The New Raccolta, 1903, no. 68Source and notes
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| Printed in | THE NEW RACCOLTA, OR, COLLECTION OF PRAYERS AND GOOD WORKS. TO WHICH THE SOVEREIGN PONTIFFS HAVE ATTACHED HOLY INDULGENCES. TO WHICH IS ADDED AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING PRAYERS FOR MASS, AND VESPERS FOR SUNDAYS. |
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| Imprint | PHILADELPHIA, PETER F. CUNNINGHAM & SON, 1903 |
| Number | 68 |
| Pages | pp. 349–350 |
| Scan | leaf 358, leaf 359 of the Internet Archive copy |
| Approval | FROM THE THIRD ITALIAN EDITION AUTHORIZED AND APPROVED BY THE SACRED CONGREGATION OF HOLY INDULGENCES. Imprimatur: ✠ JACOBUS, CARD. GIBBONS, ARCHIEP. BALTIMORENSIS. BALTIMORE, July 20, 1887. Imprimatur: ✠ PATRICK JOHN, ARCHBISHOP OF PHILADELPHIA. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 8, 1900. Moreover, Our Holy Father, Leo XIII., by virtue of his apostolic authority, has approved this Collection issued from the press of the Sacred Congregation of the Propaganda, and, therefore, it must be regarded by all as the correct and authorized collection of indulgences hitherto granted for all the faithful and for such as are in communities specially designated. Wherefore, if by chance any doubt should arise either as to sense of the grant or the conditions requisite for gaining the indulgences, it must be determined solely by this Raccolta which His Holiness has directed to be considered the complete guide. On this account he has ordered the present decree to be prepared and prefixed to the present edition. Given at Rome, at the office of the Secretary of the Sacred Congregation of Indulgences and Holy Relics, on the 23d day of July, 1898. FR. H. M. CARD. GOTTI, Prefect. L. ✠ S. † A. SABATUCCI, Archiep. Antinoen. Secretary. The Sacred Congregation of Indulgences and Holy Relics has approved of, as authentic, and permitted to be printed and published, this English translation of the Italian Raccolta, a book containing various prayers and pious exercises, to which the Roman Pontiffs have attached indulgences. This approbation was given after the work had been duly examined by two professors of theology of Woodstock College, who testified that they found this translation to be entirely faithful and in full accord with the Italian original, published in the year 1886 by the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith. Given at Rome, at the Office of the Secretary of this same Sacred Congregation, April 28, 1887. FR. THOMAS MARIA CARD. ZIGLIARA, Prefect. [L. ✠ S.] ALEXANDER, BISHOP OENSIS, Secretary. DECRETUM ANNI 1886. |
| Indulgence | His Holiness, Leo XIII., by a rescript of the S. Congr. of Indulgences, March 26, 1887, has granted to the faithful who shall recite this prayer AN INDULGENCE OF TWO HUNDRED DAYS, once a day. |
| Rights | Public domain in the United States. |
- Prayers for
- a happy death, acceptance of God's will
Albrecht Dürer, The Virgin with a Starry Crown, 1508. Cleveland Museum of Art.
Most Holy Virgin and Queen of Martyrs, Mary, oh! that I could find myself in heaven to contemplate the honors shown to thee by the Most Holy Trinity and all the celestial court. But as I am still a pilgrim in this vale of tears, accept at least from me, thy most unworthy servant and a sinner, my most sincere homage and the assurance of the most perfect submission that a human creature can give to thee. In thy most admirable heart, transpierced by a sword of so many sorrows, I do place, to-day and forever, this poor soul of mine; receive me as an associate in thy dolors, and do not permit me to wander far from that cross on which thy only Son gave up his most blessed spirit for me. With thee, O Mary, I shall suffer all the pains, contradictions and infirmities that it may please thy Divine Son to inflict upon me in this life. I offer them all to thee in memory of the sorrows thou hast endured in thy mortal life; so that every thought of my mind, every throb of my heart may be henceforth an act of compassion for thy sorrows, and of complacency in the sublime glory thou now enjoyest in heaven. Yes, dear Mother, as I now take part in thy dolors, and rejoice in seeing thee glorified, so have compassion on me, procuring my reconciliation with thy Son Jesus, that I may begin to be thy true and faithful child. Come on my last day to assist me in my agony, as thou didst be present at the death of thy Divine Son, that from this my deplorable exile I may deserve to take part in thy glory in heaven. Amen.
His Holiness, Leo XIII., by a rescript of the S. Congr. of Indulgences, March 26, 1887, has granted to the faithful who shall recite this prayer
AN INDULGENCE OF TWO HUNDRED DAYS, once a day.