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Turn then, oh most gracious advocate, then eyes of mercy towards us.

To help us reflect on these words of the Hail Holy Queen, let's go ahead and take a look at two

different scripture passages. The first one,

I'm just going to read it. It's a short one. And the second is going to lead us to a bit more

of the body of our meditation. So the first comes from this. It's part of Mary's Magnificat.

So this is Luke chapter 1, starting at verse 46. And Mary said, my soul magnifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God, my Savior, for he has regarded the lowest date of his handmaiden.

And the second reading comes from the Gospel of Mark chapter 12, starting at verse 41.

And he sat down opposite the treasury and watched the multitude putting money into the treasury.

Many rich people put in large sums and a poor widow came and put in two copper coins which make a penny.

And he called his disciples to him and said to them,

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