Devotion to Mary every day to implore thanks: February 17th
THE). For that very special kindness with which by means of the Angels made visible several times in the restored Church of the Porziuncola, you showed that you liked the concern of your most faithful servant s. Francesco d'Assisi, because with the alms collected by him, he removed it from the total decay to which he was close, and clothed it with new decorum, you get to us too, O great Virgin, to deserve us more and more loving your patronage with the constantly cooperate in your greater glorification.
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you. You are blessed among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.
II). For that very special favor that you imparted to your most faithful servant St. Francis of Assisi when in a miraculous voice you advised him to go to the church of the Porziuncola to enjoy the sight of you and your divine Son visibly appearing among the Angels in that church; and seeing him prostrate at your feet, you assured him of your support to obtain whatever grace he was to ask your divine Only Begotten, you obtain all of us, O great Virgin, to live, in the likeness of that great Patriarch, a life of continuous mortification and of continuous prayer, in order to be sure of the fulfillment of our hopes in whatever we do to you.
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you. You are blessed among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.
III). For that admirable promptness with which you interposed your mediation with your divine Son in favor of your most faithful servant St. Francis of Assisi, when he asked that Plenary Indulgence be granted to all those who visited the church of the Porziuncola on the anniversary of your apparition, and then you moved Pope Honorius III to guarantee to the whole world the truth of the prodigy, and to confirm with his authority the obtained by you Indulgence, you obtain to us all or great Virgin, to always do, in the likeness of s . Francis, our particular concern to ensure the forgiveness of our fouls, and to always be solicitous to acquire the spiritual treasure of the holy Indulgences, with which by serving every penalty to our sins due, we make ourselves ever more certain the immediate possession of the glory everlasting of the sky after the short troubles of this wretched earth.
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you. You are blessed among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.
Glory be to the Father to the Son and to the Holy Spirit as it was in the beginning now and always for ever and ever.