"This is the faith concerning Mary the Virgin, which except every one believe faithfully and firmly he cannot be saved." [Hæc est fides de Maria Virgine: quam nisi quisque fideliter firmiterque crediderit, salvus esse non poterit.]
In the Litany addressed to her, these sentences are found.
"Holy Mary, whom all things praise and venerate, pray for us,—be propitious,—spare us, O Lady.
"From all evil deliver us, O Lady.
"In the devastating hour of death, deliver us, O Lady.
"From the horrible torments of hell, deliver us, O Lady.
"We sinners do beseech thee to hear us.
"That thou wouldest vouchsafe to give eternal rest to all the faithful departed, we beseech thee to hear us. &c. &c."
[Sancta Maria, quam omnia laudant
Et venerantur, ora pro nobis.