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The Assumption
of Mary into Heaven Body and Soul
and a Prayer
for a Happy Death
Mariæ, perfectissimae omnium
creationum Dei.*
Oratio ad Mariam pro Felici Morte
(Prayer
to Mary for a Happy Death)
“O,
Maria,
dilecta mea super omnem creationem Dei in Caelo et in Terra; te amo!
Mea dilecta Domina, sponsa cordis mei, quaeso accipe totum amorem
meum in corde meo pro te; amor qui suppressus nec verbis exprimendus
est. Te amo totaliter, Domina mea, Mater mea, Regina mea, et Dilecta
mea. Quaeso, Maria, sponsa animae meae, obviam mihi esto in hora
mortis meae; saluta me cum ultimam spiritum emiserim, et tenere me
perge dum moriar. In ultima respiratione mea amplectere me, obsecro
te, et ad Filium tuum, Dominum meum, Deum meum, et Regem meum, duc
me, ut sim cum Ipso et te, et cum omnibus Angelis Sanctisque Dei, et
comitatu Martyrum, laudans et adorans Deum in Caelo in aeternum et
in saecula saeculorum.
Sancta Maria, Mater Dei, ora pro me peccatore. Amen.”
Translation:
Prayer to Mary
for a Happy Death
“O Mary,
my beloved above all God’s creation in Heaven and on Earth; I love thee!
My beloved Lady, spouse of my heart, please accept the total love in
my heart for thee; a love that I cannot suppress, nor put into
words. I love thee totally, my Lady, my Mother, my Queen, and my Beloved. Please,
Mary, spouse of my soul, meet me at the hour of my death; greet me when
I breath my last, and hold me as I lay dying. In my final breath embrace
me, I implore thee, and bring me to thy Son, my Lord, my God and my
King, that I may be with Him and with thee, and with all God’s holy Angels,
Saints, and Company of Martyrs, praising and adoring God in Heaven forever
and ever.
Holy Mary, Mother
of God, pray for me, a sinner. Amen.”
This Latin prayer for a happy death cannot
be found anywhere else, and the English translation is as close an approximation
to the Latin that we have been able to render.
We bring this to you, because the grace
of a happy death is an inestimable good, and must be counted among the
greatest blessings given to men: to die in the state of grace ...
and to behold the Face of God!
Geoffrey K. Mondello
Editor
Boston Catholic Journal
October 23, 2024
Feast of the Holy Martyrs Servandus and Germanus
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* To Mary the most perfect of all God’s creation
Totally
Faithful to the Sacred Deposit of Faith entrusted
to the Holy See in Rome
“Scio
opera tua ... quia modicum habes virtutem, et servasti verbum
Meum, nec non negasti Nomen Meum”
“I
know your works ... that you have but little power, and
yet you have kept My word, and have not denied My Name.”
(Apocalypse 3.8)
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