Spiritual Bouquet: "Hail, full of grace!"
Affections: We salute thee, O ever blessed Virgin, fun of grace, our mediator and intercessor. We rejoice in the glory and wealth of graces with which God endowed thee. No tongue can tell their immensity. Not even the holy archangel Gabriel could adequately extol the plentitude of divine grace of which thou wert the recipient. The Lord endowed thee so lavishly because from all eternity thou wert chosen to be the Mother of the Eternal Word, because thou wert to be the dispenser of divine grace, the Mother of the redeemed. Be mindful, therefore, of the countless souls who have recourse to thee, in the trials and hardships of life. Entreat for us grace that will make us pleasing to the Son and to thee, but especially obtain for us perfect love of God and perseverance to the end.
