Mary, Help of Christians, and the Fourteen Saints Invoked as Holy Helpers

Reasonableness of Catholic Ceremonies and Practices

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INTRODUCTION I. NOVENA IN HONOR OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY II. NOVENA IN HONOR OF THE NATIVITY OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY III. NOVENA FOR THE FEAST OF THE ANNUNCIATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY IV. NOVENA IN HONOR OF THE SEVEN SORROWS OF MARY V. NOVENA FOR THE FEAST OF THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY

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NOVENA TO EACH OF THE HOLY HELPERS NOVENA TO ALL THE HOLY HELPERS PRAYERS OF PETITION AND INTERCESSION

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THE FOUR APPROVED LITANIES

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"Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me, as I am also of Christ" (1 Cor. iv. 16).

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Rules for the Proper Observance of Novenas On the Manner of Reading the Meditations and Observing the Practices Mary, the Help of Christians I. Novena in Honor of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary Predestination of the Blessed Virgin Mary Mary's Immaculate Conception Mary, the Victrix of Satan Mary without Actual Sin Mary, Full of Grace Mary, Our Refuge Mary, the Mother of Chastity The Image of the Immaculate Conception The Feast of the Immaculate Conception The Birth of Mary Mary, the Elect of God Mary, the Child of Royalty Mary, the Child of Pious Parents Mary's Supernatural Prerogatives Mary, the Joy of the Most Holy Trinity The Angels Rejoice at Mary's Birth The Joy of the Just in Limbo at Mary's Birth The Holy Name of Mary The Annunciation The Import of the Angel's Salutation The Effect of the Angel's Salutation Mary's Question The Solution Mary's Consent Mary's Fortitude in Suffering Mary, the Mother of God Mary, Our Mother IV Novena in Honor of the Seven Sorrows of Mary Devotion to the Seven Sorrows of Mary Mary's First Sorrow: Simeon's Prophecy in the Temple Mary's Second Sorrow: The Flight into Egypt Mary's Third Sorrow: Jesus Lost in Jerusalem Mary's Fourth Sorrow: She Meets Jesus Carrying His Cross Mary's Fifth Sorrow: Beneath the Cross Mary's Sixth Sorrow: The Taking Down of Jesus' Body from the Cross Mary's Seventh Sorrow: Jesus is Buried Reasons Why Mary Had to Suffer Mary's Death was without Pain At Mary's Tomb The Empty Tomb Reasons for the Bodily Assumption of Mary into Heaven Mary's Glorious Entrance into Heaven Mary Crowned in Heaven Mary's Bliss in Heaven Mary, the Queen of Mercy Mary in Heaven, the Help of Christians on Earth

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Novena to Each of the Holy Helpers

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Novena to All the Fourteen Holy Helpers The Devotion to the Fourteen Holy Helpers LITANY OF THE FOURTEEN HOLY HELPERS The Destiny of Man The Virtue of Faith The Virtue of Hope The Love of God The Virtue of Charity Human Respect Prayer Perseverance I. Three Invocations II. Prayer in Illness III. Prayer for the Sick IV. Prayer of Parents for Their Children V. Prayer of Children for Their Parents VI. Prayer of Married People

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Morning Prayers Acts of Faith, Hope, and Charity To the Blessed Virgin Mary To the Angel Guardian Evening Prayers An Act of Contrition To the Sacred Heart of Jesus To the Blessed Virgin Mary To St. Joseph Before Retiring Preparatory Prayer At the Beginning of Mass At the Gospel At the Credo At the Offering At the Preface At the Sanctus At the Canon At the Elevation After the Elevation At the Pater Noster At the Agnus Dei At Communion Spiritual Communion At the Blessing At the Last Gospel Prayers after Mass Salve Regina Before Confession After Confession Prayers for Holy Communion An Act of Faith An Act of Hope An Act of Love An Act of Desire An Act of Fear An Act of Humility An Act of Thanksgiving An Act of Adoration An Act of Oblation Offering and Petition Prayer to Jesus Crucified Visit to the Blessed Sacrament An Act of Oblation to the Sacred Heart The Stations of the Cross First Station Second Station Third Station Fourth Station Fifth Station Sixth Station Seventh Station Eighth Station Ninth Station Tenth Station Eleventh Station Twelfth Station Thirteenth Station Fourteenth Station Prayer to Our Suffering Redeemer Prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary Prayer for All Things Necessary for Salvation Litany of the Most Holy Name of Jesus Litany of the Sacred Heart of Jesus The Litany of Loreto Litany of the Saints

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The Ceremonies of the Catholic Church I. Ceremonies Necessary to Divine Worship II. Vestments Used by the Priest at Mass III. Ceremonies of the Mass I. Vespers and Benediction II. Devotion to the Blessed Sacrament III. Holy Communion IV. Confirmation V. Honoring the Blessed Virgin VI. Confession of Sin VII. Granting Indulgences VIII. The Last Sacraments IX. Praying for the Dead X. Praying to the Saints XI. Crucifixes, Relics, and Images XII. Some Sacramentals XIII. The Celebration of Feasts XIV. Infant Baptism XV. The Marriage Tie—One and Indissoluble XVI. Respect Shown to Ecclesiastical Superiors XVII. Celibacy XVIII. Conclusion

BY REV. JOHN J. BURKE

NEW YORK, CINCINNATI, CHICAGO

BENZIGER BROTHERS

PRINTERS TO THE HOLY APOSTOLIC SEE PUBLISHERS OF BENZINGER'S MAGAZINE

FR. CHRYSOSTOMUS THEOBALD, O.F.M., Minister Provincialis. Cincinnati, Ohio, die 30, Martii, 1908.

REMY LAPORT, S.T.L., Censor Librorum.

JOHN M. FARLEY, Archbishop of New York.

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NEW YORK, March 4, 1909.

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