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THE CORONATION 665
ence no flesh may boast, nor the strongest presume upon
nor the weakest fear or distrust his weak
his strength,
ness and his lowliness.
787. I confess Thee, true Lord, as the King and Sa
vior of the world, Jesus Christ. I confess and praise
thy holy name, and give glory to Thee, who conferrest
wisdom. I confess Thee, Queen of heaven, most holy
Mary, worthy Mother of my Lord Jesus Christ, begin
ning of our salvation, Depositary of the treasures of his
grace, living temple of the Divinity, Restoratrix of the
general ruin of the human race, new joy of the saints,
glory of the works of the Almighty and singular instru
ment of his omnipotence.
I confess Thee as the sweet
est Mother of mercy, refuge of the unfortunate, Pro
tectress of the poor and of the afflicted. All that the
angelic spirits and the saints proclaim of Thee and in
Thee and through Thee, I also confess, and I join them
in whatever glory and praise they render in Thee and
through Thee to the Divinity, blessing, magnifying and
confessing and believing with them all things concern
ing Thee. O sovereign Mistress of all creation, through
thy powerful intercession alone and because Thou hast
looked upon me with eyes of mercy, thy divine Son has
turned toward me in his clemency and as a Father, not
disdaining for thy sake to choose me, the vile wormlet
of the earth and the least of his creatures, to manifest
his venerable secrets and mysteries. The multitudinous
waters of my faults, ingratitudes, and miseries could not
extinguish his immense charity; and my torpidity and
sluggishness could not dry up or choke the flow of his
divine light and wisdom.
788. I confess, O kindest Mother, before heaven and
earth, that I have striven with myself and with thy
enemies, and that my interior was sadly troubled in hesi-
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