Mary, Help of Christians, and the Fourteen Saints Invoked as Holy Helpers Instructions, Novenas and Prayers with Thoughts of the Saints for Every Day in the Year; To Which is Added an Appendix on the Reasonableness of Catholic Ceremonies and Practices

"Holy Mary, aid the miserable, assist the desponding, strengthen the weak, pray for the people, plead for the clergy, intercede for the devout female sex. Let all who have recou...

"And he made, of violet and purple, scarlet and fine linen, the vestments for Aaron to wear when he ministered in the holy places, as the Lord commanded Moses" (_Ex._ xxxix. 1).

"The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon Him, to all that call upon Him in truth. He will do the will of them that fear Him, and He will bear their prayer and save them" (...

BEFORE proceeding to relate the lives of the Fourteen Holy Helpers, we deem it opportune to define the term usually applied to the narrative of the lives of the saints.

When we receive with an entire and perfect resignation the afflictions which God sends us they become for us favors and benefits; because conformity to the will of God is a gain...

ALMIGHTY and eternal God! With lively faith and reverently worshiping Thy divine Majesty, I prostrate myself before Thee and invoke with filial trust Thy supreme bounty and merc...

FOR greater convenience of explanation, we condense the various qualities of prayer taught by theologians as conditions of its efficacy into the following four: (1) Devotion; (2...

IN THE Creed of the Council of Trent, which the Catholic Church places before the faithful as the Rule of Faith, we read: "I firmly believe that the saints reigning with Christ...

NOTHING is more consoling and comforting than the assurance that in the saints of heaven we have powerful protectors and advocates with God. Through their intercession they obta...

AMONG the saints who in Catholic devotion are invoked with special confidence, because they have proved themselves efficacious helpers in adversity and difficulties, there is a...

1. _We may not pray for things that are evil or injurious in themselves, or injurious on account of circumstances._ Amongst these are comprised all those that are opposed to the...

FIRST DAY.--THE PREDESTINATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY SECOND DAY.--MARY'S IMMACULATE CONCEPTION THIRD DAY.--MARY, THE VICTRIX OF SATAN FOURTH DAY.--MARY WITHOUT ACTUAL SIN F...

NOVENA TO EACH OF THE HOLY HELPERS I.--NOVENA IN HONOR OF ST. GEORGE II.--NOVENA IN HONOR OF ST. BLASE III.--NOVENA IN HONOR OF ST. ERASMUS IV.--NOVENA IN HONOR OF ST. PANTALEON...

THE PRACTICES OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH I.--Vespers and Benediction II.--Devotion to the Blessed Sacrament III.--Holy Communion IV.--Confirmation V.--Honoring the Blessed Virgin VI...

MORNING PRAYERS EVENING PRAYERS PRAYERS AT HOLY MASS PRAYERS AFTER MASS PRAYERS FOR CONFESSION Before Confession After Confession PRAYERS FOR HOLY COMMUNION Before Communion Aft...

"The souls of the just are in the hand of God, and the torment of death shall not touch them. In the sight of the unwise they seemed to die, and their departure was taken for mi...

THE LEGENDS OF THE FOURTEEN HOLY HELPERS I.--ST. GEORGE, MARTYR II.--ST. BLASE, BISHOP AND MARTYR III.--ST. ERASMUS, BISHOP AND MARTYR IV.--ST. PANTALEON, PHYSICIAN AND MARTYR V...