V. In thy conception, holy Virgin, thou wast immaculate.
R. Pray for us to the Father, Whose Son thou didst bring forth.
Let Us Pray.
O God, Who by the Virgin's immaculate conception didst prepare a worthy dwelling for Thy Son, we beseech Thee, that Thou, Who, by the death of that same Son of Thine, foreseen by Thee, didst preserve her from every stain, wouldst grant that by her intercession we also may be purified, and so come to Thee.
Second Day.
Come, O Holy Spirit, etc.
O most pure Virgin, etc.
O Mary, immaculate lily of purity, I congratulate thee that from the very first instant of thy conception thou wast filled with grace, and also that the perfect use of reason was conferred upon thee. I thank and adore the most Holy Trinity for having imparted to thee graces so sublime; and I am utterly confounded before thee to see myself so poor in grace. Do thou, who wast so entirely filled with heavenly grace, give some portion of it to my soul, and make me a partaker of the treasures of thy immaculate conception.
Here the Litany or Hymn is to be said.
Third Day.