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Translated by Gregory Melnick
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AKATHIST
For All the Icons of the
Mother of God

Kondak One
To the most pure Virgin, Lady chosen from all generations, who pours out unlimited mercy to the whole world and especially to our land of Rus*, let us sing out our hymns of praise for her miracles, appearances and wonderworking icons. For thou, who art full of grace, dost not despise our hymn singing, but accept it and grant joy unto us who cry out to thee: Rejoice, most pure Virgin, universal glory and joy!

* Original reads "Rossiystyev" of which the literal translation is "Russian". (webmaster)

Ikos One
The commander in chief Michael and all the heavenly powers sing to thee, O Lady, who art more honorable than the cherubim and more glorious beyond compare than the seraphim, being the Mother of God. And we sinners on earth, being similar to the bodiless powers and rejoicing with the first words of joy brought to thee by the archangel Gabriel and the righteous Elizabeth, together with them from the depths of our hearts, cry out to thee:

Rejoice, o blessed one!
Rejoice, for the Lord is with thee!
Rejoice, for blessed art thou among women!
Rejoice, for thou hast found grace in God!
Rejoice, for the Holy Ghost came upon thee and the power of the Most High hath overshadowed thee!
Rejoice, for having conceived in thy womb thou hast given birth to a Son and named Him Jesus!
Rejoice, for blessed is the Fruit of thy womb!
Rejoice, Mother of our Lord!
Rejoice, for thou hast believed that which would be perfected in thee by a word from the Lord!
Rejoice, for thy spirit hath rejoiced in God thy Saviour for these greetings!
Rejoice, most pure Virgin, universal glory and joy!

Kondak Two
Human reason cannot comprehend how the very Lord Himself could dwell in thy virginal womb and how thou didst remain a virgin even after the birth of thy Son, bowing down before the great mystery of the incarnation of God the Word, bestowing thy flesh on Him, nourishing Him with milk and carrying Him in thine arms, we salute thee joyfully with the angelic song: Alleluia!

Ikos Two
For all of the days of thy life on earth from thine meeting with Simeon in the Temple who prophesied to thee that a sword would pierce thy soul, thou didst participate in every earthly joy and sorrow until the morning of the first day after the Sabbath when thou again didst hear the voice of the angel telling thee, “Rejoice, blessed one, for thy Son hath risen from the tomb on the third day.” And with joyful voices we also offer thee our praises:

Rejoice, thou who didst give birth to the eternal King!
Rejoice, thou who hast blossomed forth the fruit of life for us!
Rejoice, faithful handmaiden of the Lord!
Rejoice, for all generation shall bless thee!
Rejoice, thou who hast adopted all of us at the Cross of thy Son!
Rejoice, thou who dost always reveal thy maternal love for us!
Rejoice, militant helper of the faith of Christians!
Rejoice, for thou dost pray to thy Son Christ our God for us!
Rejoice, ever blessed and immaculate one!
Rejoice, for thou dost ever remain in heavenly glory at the right side of God!
Rejoice, thou who dost shine brighter than the sun!
Rejoice, most pure Virgin, universal glory and joy!

Kondak Three
O most pure Lady, how many different ways hast thou strengthened the human race in its faith in God and His Son? How many times hast thou given us thy miracle working icons? How often hast thou appeared in visions and honorable dreams to the ascetics? Who can count all of thy miracles? What words of praise can exalt thee worthily? Who cannot bless thee, most holy Virgin? What lips can remain silent when all creation, the ranks of angels and the human race rejoiceth for thee, o blessed one? And we the unworthy ones will never be able to remain silent, o Mother of God, but to speak of thy powers and to sing of thee to God: Alleluia!

Ikos Three
Saints Ignatius the God-bearer and Dionysius the Areopagite, gazing upon thee, O most pure Lady, were not able to find the words to describe thy shining face and thy divine grace and power, and the flock was not scattered, even though all were not able to see thee, o heavenly Virgin. But thou, out of love for those who believe in thy Son, hast ordered the holy apostle and evangelist Luke to paint thine honorable image with thy Son the Divine Child, so that all nations and peoples on earth who would gaze upon it, for all time would be able to lift their thoughts up to thee thyself, most blessed Lady. And we sinners, bending our knees before this image call upon thee, o all hymned one:

Rejoice, thou who hast said of this original image, “My grace and power will be with it always!”
Rejoice, thou who hast bestowed it upon our land of Russia in the holy city Vladimir!
Rejoice, for today the most glorious city of Moscow is brilliantly adorned with this image!
Rejoice, for by means of this icon thou hast especially granted us grace and mercy!
Rejoice, for thy countenance hath been portrayed miraculously in thy church in the city of Lydda!
Rejoice, for thou hast filled the apostles and all the faithful with grace by this miracle!
Rejoice, for thou has been the source of miracles for those who venerate thee before this image!
Rejoice, for thou has taught the apostles to cry out to thee, “most holy Mother of God, help us!”
Rejoice, for during thy lifetime thou hast visited the holy land of Mount Athos and turned this place into thine estate!
Rejoice, for thou hast sent Nina, the equal to the apostles, to illumine thine earthly lot, the land of Iberia!
Rejoice, glorious fulfillment of the prophets and praise of the apostles!
Rejoice, most pure Virgin, universal glory and joy!

Kondak Four
When the enemy of the human race loosed persecutions upon Christians and gave the bodies of the faithful over to torture and death, how often hast thou appeared as their strengthener in this ascetic feat, as their instructor in the Christian faith, and the one who grants them virtues and wisdom? And now these holy martyrs who suffered great torments, the brides of Christ Catherine, Barbara and others accompany thee in thy encounters with the chosen ones of God on earth, and they sing out to God for thee the hymn: Alleluia!

Ikos Four
The pious and equal to the apostles prince Vladimir, who lead his people of the Russian land to Christ, after his baptism founded the first church in the city of Kiev in honor of thy most holy Nativity, o sovereign Lady of the universe, and gave a tithe of his income to adorn it. And from those days until now, o most blessed one, thou hast especially and uninterruptedly showered grace upon our land and granted it thy great mercy. And as a special gift of thy benevolence and thy favor thou hast made the city of Kiev thine estate, and wondrously thou hast granted it the miraculous icon of thy Dormition and thou hast ordered thy church be established in the monastery of Saints Anthony and Theodosius. Who can reckon the multitude of people who with tears bend their knees before this most pure image? What other city and village hath ever seen such a multitude of monasteries and miraculous icons? Who can report all of the miracles which have taken place at this image? We are not going to keep thy good works hidden, o most pure one, but with heartfelt emotion we cry out to thee:

Rejoice, thou who art full of grace, at thy falling asleep hast not abandoned us!
Rejoice, thou who wast lifted up from the earth in the arms of thy Son!
Rejoice, thou, who upon entering the highest realms, doth enjoy His glory!
Rejoice, thou who hast testified through the apostle Thomas of thine ascent into heaven in the flesh!
Rejoice, fiery throne of the Lord raised up from earth to the heavenly kingdom!
Rejoice, thou who hast shown in a vision a grand image of the church of the Kiev Caves!
Rejoice, for thou thyself hast given the relics of the holy martyrs and gold for its foundation!
Rejoice, for thou hast presented the holy icon Dormition with thine own hands to the saintly founders!
Rejoice, for miraculously thou hast indicated the site of thy church and with heavenly fire hast purified this site!
Rejoice, for thou hast accepted the angel-like hymns of praise of the monks before the miraculous icon of thy Dormition!
Rejoice, for thou dost change the sorrows of all those who flee unto thee into joy!
Rejoice, most pure Virgin, universal glory and joy!

Kondak Five
O all immaculate one, when thou didst look down from the heights of thy heavenly dwelling place where thou didst abide in glory with thy Son upon the sorrows of thy servants in the city of Kazan, it was as if on account of an angry divine visitation the Christian faith was desecrated by the wicked Moslem religion, thou has benevolently willed to reveal thine icon glorifying it with miracles, that being fortified with the signs of thy grace the Christ-loving people would faithfully cry out to thee: Rejoice, sincere mediatrix of the Christian race! And to God the Creator of all: Alleluia!

Ikos Five
Desiring to show drops of miracles to all the sorrowful, suffering, wronged and wayward, thou has granted, o all merciful Lady, especially thy grace with the miracle working icons called Joy of All Who Sorrow, Assuage My Sorrow, and Rescuer of the Lost. A whole sea of tears hath been shed before them by those in sorrows and suffering. To whom among the lost, who has prayed to thee, hast thou not stretched out a helping hand? We thank thee, o all hymned one, for all of the mercy thou hast bestowed upon the sinful human race, and with our whole soul we cry out to thee tenderly:

Rejoice, blessed Virgin Mother of God, joy of all who sorrow!
Rejoice, mother of mercy!
Rejoice, swift helper of those in trials and tribulations!
Rejoice, our joy, save us from every evil and assuage our sorrows!
Rejoice, for by thine intercessions our temporal griefs are relieved!
Rejoice, for by the revealing of these icons thou dost reveal signs of grace in the Church!
Rejoice, thou whose icons are like pillars of fire that drive out the darkness of sin!
Rejoice, thou who dost glorify thine icon called Comfort in Trials and Tribulations!
Rejoice, thou who art praised in the monasteries on Athos and in our country by the image Comfort and Consolation!
Rejoice, most pure Virgin, universal glory and joy!

Kondak Six
It is comforting to all the faithful to gaze upon thine icon, which thou thyself hast called Swift to Hear, and to honor thee before it, not only in the Monastery Docheiariou, but also in many cities and villages of our country, crying out to thee: Rejoice, o all-good one who art quick to hear, who dost fulfill all our petitions for the best, and singing with heartfelt feeling to thy Son, Christ our God: Alleluia!

Ikos Six
The power of the Most High overshadows with faith and reverence those who flee unto thine all-honorable protection, o most pure Lady. As from ancient times until now thou hast covered with thine omophorion the entire Christian race, and even more so the land of Russia, and the multitude of monasteries which were established in it. Thus, the Orthodox people, gazing upon thine icon, on it as if it were thou thyself with the archangels, angels, the Forerunner, the Theologian and the whole rank of saints interceding for us before the Lord, bowing their heads and bending their knees, call upon thee tenderly:

Rejoice, our joy, who dost protect us from every evil by thy honorable omophorion!
Rejoice, protection and salvation of the holy monasteries of Christ!
Rejoice, foremost adornment of the holy churches and altars!
Rejoice, blessing of pious homes and families!
Rejoice, courage and understanding of the faithful pastors of the Church!
Rejoice, instructor of God-fearing monks and nuns!
Rejoice, conspicuous strengthening of visible ascetics!
Rejoice, mysterious understanding among the secret servants of God in the world!
Rejoice, thou who dost not withhold thy protection and grace from us who are barren of good deeds!
Rejoice, powerful intercessor of those in servitude and persecution!
Rejoice, never-sleeping guardian of those sitting in bonds and prisons!
Rejoice, most pure Virgin, universal glory and joy!

Kondak Seven
The fishermen at their nets, seeing thy Tikhvin icon being carried over the water by an unseen power and shining with a light like the sun, cried out unto the Lord, “Reveal unto us this divine gift; do not keep the treasure hidden, by which we have hoped to enrich our spiritual poverty. Wipe out our tears and lamentation!” Having receiving what was desired, they all cried out to thee, o pure one, “Rejoice, o Lady, merciful intercessor for us before God!” Thy Son and God, singing the angelic song: Alleluia!

Ikos Seven
Who among the faithful, when visiting the city of Moscow, does not venerate thy most pure Iberian and God-Loving icons, o Sovereign Lady Mother of God? Who is not moved when he sees a crowd of people at midnight encountering thine Iberian icon on their knees? Who can count those who are kissing both day and night on the feast day of thy God-Loving icon? Do not withdraw from us all the days of our life, o all-merciful Mother, but listen to the hymn we offer thee:

Rejoice, good mediatrix, who openest the gates of paradise unto us!
Rejoice, for all the devout people of Moscow pray before thy most pure Iberian icon!
Rejoice, for day and night this, thine icon is taken to the homes of the sick and suffering!
Rejoice, for thou hast performed many miracle with this icon on its way from Mount Athos to the land of Russia!
Rejoice, for thou has commanded the pious Manuel to give a bribe to the unbelievers who interfered with the journey of thy holy icon to the land of Russia!
Rejoice, for afterwards thou didst repay him this bribe generously!
Rejoice, for thou art glorified by the great miracles of this icon of which there are many lists!
Rejoice, God-loving Queen, Mother of God, our hope and refuge!
Rejoice, for thou hast revealed unto Prince Andrew that it was thy wish that a monastery be founded on the site of thine apparition named in honor of thy Nativity!
Rejoice, for thou hast depicted on thine icon which is in the city of Moscow, the leading bishops of Moscow, the fools for Christ, the monastic saints and martyrs!
Rejoice, thou who art glorified by the miracle of thine God-Loving icons in the cities of Uglich, Tula and others.
Rejoice, most pure Virgin, universal glory and joy!

Kondak Eight
Shining upon us like a brilliant star, people affected by sins, sorrows, worries and animosities often pray before thy miraculous icon Unexpected Joy on bended knee crying out: “Rejoice! thou who dost give unexpected joy to the faithful!” And receiving thy grace, cry out for thee to God: Alleluia!

Ikos Eight
Thy herald, the archangel Gabriel, according to divine command by a wondrous appearance taught us to praise thee on earth the same way as the angels sing to thee in heaven by giving us this hymn: “It is worthy to praise thee, o Mother of God, ever-virgin and immaculate and the mother of our God.” And from those days we always call upon thee, o all-hymned one, offering this the angelic hymn, crying out unto thee thus:

Rejoice, helper of Christians and merciful intercessor for sinners!
Rejoice, thou who art higher then all the heavenly powers!
Rejoice, thou who hast given blessing and understanding to the Holy Mountain of Athos by thy many miraculous icons!
Rejoice, thou who hast fulfilled the prophesy of Saint Sabba the Ordained by thine icon Nursing Mother!
Rejoice, thou who hast given an abundance of oil for thy church at the prayers of the Athonite monks before thy icon Prophetess!
Rejoice, thou who servest as abbess in the Chilandar Monastery by thy icon Three Hands!
Rejoice, thou who art exalted before thine images Understanding Ecclesiarch and Gerontissa, which means “Eldress!”
Rejoice, thou who art named “of the Akathist,” speaking from thine icon to the elder who was reading the Akathist, “Rejoice, thou elder of God!”
Rejoice, for thine icon Hodigitria was miraculously moved twice from the Vatopedi Monastery to the Xenophon Monastery!
Rejoice, for thou has revealed astounding miracles on Athos from the icons Immolated and Foundress!
Rejoice, having informed Placidia, the daughter of the emperor, about not visiting the monasteries of Athos and then mercifully forgave her this sin!
Rejoice, most pure Virgin, universal glory and joy!

Kondak Nine
During the bright days of Pascha when the Church joyfully sings about the Resurrection of Christ, we remember thee, o pure one, and thy miracles for which reason thine icon Life-bearing Fountain and Restorer of Eyesight and also thine image Sweet-kissing, which was miraculously saved from the hands of the iconoclasts. Thanking Him who resurrects our souls and bodies, we sing to Him joyfully the hymn: Alleluia!

Ikos Nine
For all their love toward thee, o Lady, even loquacious orators are not able to give thee a worthy name, o most pure one, and from the bounty of their hearts they have given thine icons many joyful names, likewise do we now also:

Rejoice, Unfading Flower and Blessed Heaven!
Rejoice, Blessed Womb and Brilliant Star!
Rejoice, Joy of Angels and Three Joys!
Rejoice, Merciful and Compassionate!
Rejoice, Never-Sleeping Eye and Bestower of Reason!
Rejoice, See My Humility and Key of Understanding!
Rejoice, Softener of Evil Hearts and Who Saves the Drowning!
Rejoice, Immaculate Virgin and Help in Childbirth!
Rejoice, Security of Sinners and Healer!
Rejoice, The Word Became Flesh and Before Birth and after Birth a Virgin!
Rejoice, All-blessed One and Seven Swords!
Rejoice, most pure Virgin, universal glory and joy!

Kondak Ten
Novgorod announces thy glorious intercession, o most pure Lady, how in the days of the attack of a powerful and well -equipped enemy, from thy holy icon The Sign thou hast shown thy gracious help to the people, the enemy troops retreated with fear and thy city was preserved whole and unscathed that all might sing in thanksgiving to thee: Rejoice, o Lady, who hast shown us the mercy of thy Sign, and singing to God the Saviour: Alleluia!

Ikos Ten
Working with the power of the Most High, o all-good Lady, thou hast tamed the power of the nature of fire by thy holy icon the Unburnt Bush and by the many miracles which thou hast performed by it throughout the whole world. Similarly human reason is not able to fathom all of thy good deeds which flow from thy miraculous icons which are located on Mount Pochaev, in Chenstokova, in the village of Akhtyra, from those named Theodoroff, of Tolga, and others for which there is not enough time to mention them. We are not keeping thy good deeds a secret, o all-blessed one, but with heartfelt joy we sing to thee the following praises:

Rejoice, blessed unburnt bush, who dost save us from being burned by fire!
Rejoice, praise of Pochaev, our hope and comfort!
Rejoice, divine Mother, our intercessor and advocate, who hast given us the icon Obnorsky!
Rejoice, Sophia, who is the Divine Wisdom, who hath made churches for herself in the cities of Kiev, Novgorod and others!
Rejoice, for miraculously thou has completed the painting of thine icon The Sign in the Seraphim-Ponetevsky monastery!
Rejoice, for thou hast come to the holy Kiev Brotherhood Monastery in thy miraculous icon Kievan Brotherhood and remainest there until now!
Rejoice, the monastery of nuns gathered around thy miraculous icons which are in Kozelshchan!
Rejoice, thou who givest comfort to the city of Odessa and Kherson in thine icon Kasperov!
Rejoice, thou who doth sanctify the city of Vilna with thine image Ostrabramsky before which every pious person kneels!
Rejoice, Unmovable Wall and Provider of Bread!
Rejoice, Leaping Up and Weeping!
Rejoice, most pure Virgin, universal glory and joy!

Kondak Eleven
Pious pastors and people every week praise thee, o most pure one, as the Hodigitia - “who pointeth out the way,” and there is no one who can count these icons of thee which are spread throughout all the Christian lands thee, o most pure one. More than the others the blessed city of Smolensk is enraptured by thee because thou hast saved it from the Tatar yoke by giving a wondrous command by thy voice to the soldier Mercurius to engage the enemy, that every tongue would cry out to thee: Rejoice, o all-good Hodigitira, universal miracle and hearing, and sing to thy Son the song of praise : Alleluia!

Ikos Eleven
Such a voice represents the joy of those chosen of God, when thou according to thy love, hast revealed thyself to them, strengthening, comforting and instructing them. At those times heaven joins with earth, and light, brighter than the sun, illuminateth the cells of the pious monastics. And we sinners, remembering these things, spiritually participate in the heavenly joy of those pleasing to God and in humility cry out to thee:
Rejoice, thou who hast ordered the Theologian to teach the doctrine of the Holy Trinity to Saint Gregory of Neocaesaria!

Rejoice, thou who hast instructed the monastic saint Dositheus in Gethsemane in fasting and prayer and called him to monasticism!
Rejoice, thou who hast saved the disciple of Saint Paul the Simple from hell’s torment by appearing to the saint twice and teaching him about prayer for the departed!
Rejoice, thou who has filled Cosmas of Maum with grace, telling him how pleased thou wast with the hymn composed by him: “More honorable than the Cherubim and beyond compare more glorious than the Seraphim!”
Rejoice, thou who with the apostles Peter and John visibly visited Saint Sergius of Radonezh and his disciple Michea!
Rejoice, thou who hast many times appeared to the venerable and God-bearing Seraphim of Sarov and gave him the order concerning establishing thy final estate on earth - the Seraphim-Virgin Monastery!
Rejoice, thou who hast visited him on Annunciation Day with the apostle John and the Forerunner and twelve virgin martyrs and announced to him that he would soon be dwelling in the heavenly mansions!
Rejoice, thou who hast blessed this monastery with the humble nun Eupraxia of the Virgin’s Monastery!
Rejoice, thou who in wonderful dreams didst appear to Saints Cyril of Alexandria, Peter of Athos, Roman the Sweet-singer, and many other bishops and monks!
Rejoice, thou who with thy sweet voice coming forth from the thy holy icon Edessa led Alexis the Man of God into the church!
Rejoice, thou who with a similar voice taught Mary of Egypt the way of penitence!
Rejoice, most pure Virgin, universal glory and joy!

Kondak Twelve
Abundant grace floweth forth from thine icon Heart-felt Feeling that was in the Seraphim-Virgin Monastery. Before it thine chosen one and God’s chosen one, the intercessor before God and intercessor before thee for the land of Russia, the venerable Seraphim day and night beseeched thee, calling thee “Joy of all joys” and singing to thee in his secluded hermitage thy hymn “Universal Glory Sprung forth from Men.” Together with him we also exalt thee, o most pure Lady, with the same words and offer unto God the angelic hymn: Alleluia!

Kondak Twelve
Singing of thine uncountable mercies, miracles and appearances, which thou hast given unto the whole world, we fall down before thee with the sincere feelings of our hearts thanking thee, o most pure Lady: we praise thee, sing and exalt thy name, and beseech thee, do not turn away and hide thy face from us. Save, protect and preserve all of us who have fallen into sins. Make our life peaceful, set the wayward on the straight path, feed our children with in the spirit of piety, strengthen our pastors, preserve us in the pure faith, so that our lips shall always praise thee, who art higher than the heavens and purer than the brilliant sunlight, with such sounds:

Rejoice, unwed bride and queen of queens!
Rejoice, heavenly ark that carried the Word of God!
Rejoice, divinely-voice turtledove, quiet and meek dove!
Rejoice, unfathomable depth and uncomprehensible mystery!
Rejoice, inexplicable miracle and fountain of sanctity!
Rejoice, purity of virgins and serene joy of mothers!
Rejoice, protector of infants and defender of widows!
Rejoice, health of the ailing and freeing of those in bondage!
Rejoice, blessed rest of the toiling and hope of the hopeless!
Rejoice, our only hope in life and after our departure from earth!
Rejoice, thou who shall defend us at the tollbooths and our intercessor at the dread judgment of Christ!
Rejoice, most pure Virgin, universal glory and joy!

Kondak Thirteen
O most pure Virgin, queen of heaven and earth! Accept from our very souls this song of praise which we offer thee, and make us sinners worthy to see thee, our universal glory and joy of joys, in the eternal abodes, singing unto thee and for thee the great hymn sung unto God in the highest three times: Alleluia!
This Kondak is read three times.

Ikos One
The commander in chief Michael and all the heavenly powers sing to thee, O Lady, who art more honorable than the cherubim and more glorious beyond compare than the seraphim, being the Mother of God. And we sinners on earth, being similar to the bodiless powers and rejoicing with the first words of joy brought to thee by the archangel Gabriel and the righteous Elizabeth, together with them from the depths of our hearts, cry out to thee:

Rejoice, o blessed one!
Rejoice, for the Lord is with thee!
Rejoice, for blessed art thou among women!
Rejoice, for thou hast found grace in God!
Rejoice, for the Holy Ghost came upon thee and the power of the Most High hath overshadowed thee!
Rejoice, for having conceived in thy womb thou hast given birth to a Son and named Him Jesus!
Rejoice, for blessed is the Fruit of thy womb!
Rejoice, Mother of our Lord!
Rejoice, for thou hast believed that which would be perfected in thee by a word from the Lord!
Rejoice, for thy spirit hath rejoiced in God thy Saviour for these greetings!
Rejoice, most pure Virgin, universal glory and joy!

Kondak One
To the most pure Virgin, Lady chosen from all generations, who pours out unlimited mercy to the whole world and especially to our land of Russia, let us sing out our hymns of praise for her miracles, appearances and wonderworking icons. For thou, who art full of grace, dost not despise our hymn singing, but accept it and grant joy unto us who cry out to thee: Rejoice, most pure Virgin, universal glory and joy!

PRAYER TO THE MOTHER OF GOD
O Most pure Virgin, Mother of the Lord Most High, intercessor and protection of all who flee unto thee! Look down from the heights of thy holiness upon me, a sinner, falling down before thy most pure image. Hear my fervent prayer and present it before thy beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. Beseech Him to enlighten my darken soul with the light of His divine grace, so that I would be saved from every need, sorrow and suffering. Pray that He would send me a quiet and peaceful life, health of soul and body, that my suffering heart would find peace and that its wounds would be healed. Pray that He would instruct me in good works, that my mind would be purified from foolish memories, teach me to keep all His commandments, so that I shall be saved from eternal torments and that I will not be deprived of His heavenly kingdom. O most holy Mother of God! Thou, who art the joy of all those who suffer, harken unto me who am suffering! Thou, who art called the assuager of sorrows, assuage also my sorrows! Thou, unburnt bush, protect the world and save all of us from the harmful and fiery arrows of the enemy! Thou, rescuer of the lost, do not permit me to be lost in the depths of my sins. Because after God thou art my all my hope and security. In this present life be my intercessor and my mediatrix for eternal life before thy beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. I will reverently venerate thee, most holy Mother of God, most blessed Mary, until the end of my days. Amen.

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