Mater Christi Iesu, primordiis vitae eius eiusque muneris cum Eo eras, Eum quaesivisti Magistrum in media hominum turba, Ei adfuisti a terra sublevato, consumpto propter unum aeternumque sacrificium, quam prope erat Ioannes, filius Tibi traditus; eos accipe, qui ab initio vocati sunt eorum auctum protege, comitare in vita et in ministeriis, filios tuos, Mater sacerdotum.
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