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Devotions to the Virgin Mary, continued.

... the Virgin’s joy at the time of the annunciation and of the conception of the son of God; the mystery which the holy spirit worked in her; her virtues, through which her son came down to take on human flesh in her womb and which he acknowledged when he commended her to St John and exalted her above the choirs of angels; her humility, when she replied to the archangel Gabriel: 'Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word' (Luke, 1:38); the fifteen joys which she had from her son; her grief ...

cie fons pietatis et leticie fons consolacionis\ et indulgencie. Per illam sanctam ineffabilem <inestimabilem>\ leticiam qua exultavit spiritus tuus in illa\ hora quando tibi per Gabrielem archangelum\ annunciatus et conceptus filius dei fuit. Et\ per illud divinum misterium quod tunc operatus\ est spiritus sanctus in te. Et per illam sanctam\ inestimabilem pietatem graciam misericordiam\ amorem et humilitatem per quas filius tuus\ descendit humanam carnem accipere in venera\bilissimo utero tuo. Et in quibus te respexit\ quando te commendavit sancto Iohanni apostolo et\ evvangeliste, et quando te exaltavit super cho\ros angelorum. Et per illam sanctam inestima\bilem humilitatem in qua <tu> respondisti ar\changelo Gabrieli, Ecce ancilla domini fi\at michi secundum verbum tuum. Et per illa sanctissi\ma quindecim gaudia que habuisti de fi\lio tuo domino nostro Ihesu Christo. Et per illam sanctam\ maximam compassionem et acerbissimum\ cordis dolorem quem habuisti quando do\