"In your majesty ride forth victoriously

for the cause of truth and to defend the right;

let your right hand teach you dread deeds!" Psalm 45:4 (RSVCE)

Meditation: (This psalm alludes to the Messiah.) Three days after his death, Jesus' tomb was empty. He had already broken the chains of death and gone forth to proclaim the truth. "Could they keep him in the grave? They could not." Sandy Patty, vocalist

"The princess is decked in her chamber with gold-woven robes;
14 in many-colored robes she is led to the king,

with her virgin companions, her escort, in her train.

With joy and gladness they are led along

as they enter the palace of the king." Psalm 45:13-15 (RSVCE)

Meditation: 

"Jesus, my beloved, what is this privilege?

I, a poor, little nothing, what had I done for you?
And there I am in the royal cortege
of virgins in your court, kind and Divine King."^† (St.Thérèse de Lisieux referring to her group of Sisters in heaven processing before the Lord.)

^†de Lisieux, St. Thérèse. La Bible avec Thérèse de Lisieux. Paris, France: Les Éditions du Cerf et Desclée De Brouwer, 1979. 75. Print. Trans. John P. Gross.

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Here is the 16th prayer from my book, 100 Prayers of Purity for the Mission of Our Lady of America. Enjoy!

Prayer 16

Madonna in Glory¹

I share thy suffering, sorrowing Mary, in the trouble of thy careful heart when thou didst lose thy dear Son Jesus. Dear Mother, by thy heart then so troubled, obtain for me the virtue of holy chastity. Amen.<sup>31

1</sup>"Madonna in Glory." Web. 18 May 2016.
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³¹"Raccolta: Exercise in Honor of Her Sorrowful Heart." Web. 3 June 2016. 
<http://www.liturgialatina.org/raccolta/sorrows.htm>.

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