Category: Religion/Spirituality
Author's Preface Protestation Preliminary Instruction The Eve of the Month of Mary: The Immaculate Conception Example: Devotion of St. Francis of Sales to the Blessed Virgin Mary First Day: Mary, a Model of Perfect Self-denial from her Birth Example: The Miraculous Medal of th...
The Saints are accustomed to say 'My Mother' when speaking of the Blessed Virgin Mary; and some time ago, under the influence of this idea, a touching scene took place. A countr...
14. Part 14St. Thomas of Canterbury had the pious custom of reciting seven _Ave Marias_ every day in honour of the Seven Joys of Our Lady upon earth: the Annunciation, the Visitation, the...
3. Part 3Oh, how happy are those souls who follow the example of this Sacred Virgin, and dedicate themselves from their tender years to the service of God! Fortunate are they to have ret...
2. Part 2Of all the festivals of the most holy Virgin there was none more dear to the tender piety of St. Francis of Sales than the Immaculate Conception. When but a subdeacon he institu...
11. Part 11In the hall were seven stone urns, prepared for the purification, practised by the Jews. Our Lord ordered them to be filled with water, _Implete hydrias aqua_; and as the waiter...
12. Part 12The Blessed Juliana had a special affection for this Canticle. Speaking of it one day to the Superior of a convent, she declared that she would not sacrifice the sweetness she e...
9. Part 9The Angels, and, after them, our first parents, prevaricated through pride. Upon this account, Our Lord, like a wise and loving physician of our souls, applied the remedy to the...
8. Part 8_Prayer of St. Bernard._--O Mother of Mercy! even when on earth you were deserving of our veneration and confidence; but now that you are raised to the highest heavens your fait...
6. Part 6Let us well understand this important truth. The grace of the Holy Ghost can never be granted to us in this life in such full measure that it cannot be augmented; therefore, let...
7. Part 7St. Bridget, Patroness of Ireland, who lived in the fifth century, developed this pious idea of St. Gregory by substituting for those prayers which were unknown to the people th...
4. Part 4GOD had commanded all the Hebrews to visit the Temple, but all, rich and poor, were forbidden to enter it empty-handed: _Non apparetis in conspectu meo vacuus_. The offering, ho...
10. Part 10The first Hail Mary pronounced by an Angel produced the greatest of all miracles, and was the source of the salvation of sinful men. If our redemption began with the Angelic Sal...
1. Part 1Author's Preface Protestation Preliminary Instruction The Eve of the Month of Mary: The Immaculate Conception Example: Devotion of St. Francis of Sales to the Blessed Virgin Mar...
5. Part 5The virginity of Our Lady, therefore, is not sterile, like that of the Angels, but it is so fruitful that from the moment she vowed it to God, until the present time, it has alw...
15. Part 15In Latin and English. The Latin Text has the approval of the Congregation of Sacred Rites (17th May, 1876), and to which the Indulgence is attached. The English version is by Pr...