The Crown of Twelve Stars by St. Joseph Calasanctius.
The Crown of Twelve Stars by St. Joseph Calasanctius.
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All praise and thanksgiving be to the ever-blessed Trinity, who hath shown unto us Mary, ever-Virgin, clothed with the sun, with the moon beneath her feet, and on her head a mystic crown of twelve stars.
R. For ever and ever, Amen.
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Let us praise and give thanks to God the Father, who elected her for His Daughter.
R. Amen.
Pater noster.
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Praise be to God the Father, who predestined her to be the Mother of His Son..
R. Amen.
Ave Maria.
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Praise be to God the Father, who preserved her from all stain in her conception.
R. Amen.
Ave Maria.
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Praise be to God the Father, who on her birthday adorned her with His choicest gifts.
R. Amen.
Ave Maria.
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Praise be to God the Father, who gave her Joseph for her pure spouse and companion.
R. Amen.
Ave Maria and Gloria Patri.
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Let us praise and give thanks to God the Son, who chose her for His Mother.
R. Amen.
Pater noster.
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Praise be to God the Son, who became Incarnate in her womb, and abode there nine months.
R. Amen.
Ave Maria.
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Praise be to God the Son, who was born of her, and gave to her her milk wherewith to nourish Him.
R. Amen.
Ave Maria.
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Praise be to God the Son, who in His childhood willed that Mary should teach Him.
R. Amen.
Ave Maria.
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Praise be to God the Son, who revealed to her the mysteries of the redemption of the world.
R. Amen.
Ave Maria and Gloria Patri.
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Let us praise and give thanks to God the Holy Ghost, who made her His Spouse.
R. Amen.
Pater noster.
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Praise be to God the Holy Ghost, who revealed to her first His name of Holy Ghost.
R. Amen.
Ave Maria.
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Praise be to God the Holy Ghost, through whose operation she became at once Virgin and Mother.
R. Amen.
Ave Maria.
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Praise be to God the Holy Ghost, through whom she became the living temple of the Most Holy Trinity.
R. Amen.
Ave Maria.
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Praise be to God the Holy Ghost, by whom she was exalted in heaven high above all creatures.
R. Amen.
Ave Maria and Gloria Patri.
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For the Holy Catholic Church, for the propagation of the faith, for peace among Christian princes, and for the uprooting of heresies, let us say,
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Salve Regina.
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Salve Regina, mater misericordiae, vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra, salve. Ad te clamamus exsules filii Hevae. Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes in hac lacrimarum valle.
Eia, ergo, advocata nostra, illos tuos misericordes oculos ad nos converte. Et Iesum, benedictum fructum ventris tui, nobis post hoc exsilium ostende.
O clemens, O pia, O dulcis Virgo Maria. Amen.
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V. Ora pro nobis, sancta Dei Genetrix.
R. Ut digni efficiamur promissionibus Christi.
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Oremus
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Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, qui gloriosae Virginis Matris Mariae corpus et animam, ut dignum Filii tui habitaculum effici mereretur, Spiritu Sancto cooperante, praeparasti: da, ut cuius commemoratione laetamur; eius pia intercessione, ab instantibus malis, et a morte perpetua liberemur. Per eundem Christum Dominum nostrum. Amen.
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Hail Holy Queen.
Hail Holy Queen, Mother of mercy, 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 valley of tears.
Turn then, most gracious Advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us. And after this our exile show unto us the blessed Fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary. Amen.
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V. Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God.
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
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Let us pray
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Almighty, everlasting God, Who by the cooperation of the Holy Spirit, didst prepare the body and soul of the glorious Virgin-Mother Mary to become a worthy dwelling for Thy Son; grant that we who rejoice in her commemoration may, by her loving intercession, be delivered from present evils and from the everlasting death. Amen.
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Raccolta
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Pope Gregory XVI., of holy memory, by a Rescript of Jan. 8, 1838, kept in the Archivium of the Fathers of the Pious Schools at St. Pantaleon in Rome, granted to all the faithful -
An indulgence of 100 days, every time they devoutly say the following Chaplet of the Twelve Stars of the Blessed Virgin, composed by St. Joseph Calasantius, founder of these schools, who used always to make his scholars say it.