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

PART I

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The Veneration and Invocation of Saints, and the Efficacy of Prayer

"Remember your prelates who have spoken the word of God to you; whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation" (_Heb._ xiii. 7).

"Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me, as I am also of Christ" (_1 Cor._ iv. 16).