Mary, the Help of Christians / Novenas in Preparation for the Principal Feasts of the Blessed Virgin
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Chapters (114)
- MARY, HELP OF CHRISTIANS
- Novenas in Preparation for the Principal Feasts of the Blessed Virgin
- REV. BONAVENTURE HAMMER, O.F.M.
- BENZIGER BROTHERS
- CONTENTS
- 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
- List of Illustrations
- Mary, the Help of Christians
- Novenas in Preparation for the Principal Feasts of the Blessed Virgin
- "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 recourse to thee experience the efficacy of thy help!"—HOLY CHURCH.
- Rules for the Proper Observance of Novenas
- On the Manner of Reading the Meditations and Observing the Practices
- Introduction
- Mary, the Help of Christians
- I. Novena in Honor of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- FIRST DAY
- 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
- FIFTH DAY
- Mary, Full of Grace
- SIXTH DAY
- Mary, Our Refuge
- SEVENTH DAY
- Mary, the Mother of Chastity
- EIGHTH DAY
- The Image of the Immaculate Conception
- NINTH DAY
- The Feast of the Immaculate Conception
- II. Novena in Honor of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- FIRST DAY
- The Birth of Mary
- SECOND DAY
- Mary, the Elect of God
- THIRD DAY
- Mary, the Child of Royalty
- FOURTH DAY
- Mary, the Child of Pious Parents
- FIFTH DAY
- Mary's Supernatural Prerogatives
- SIXTH DAY
- Mary, the Joy of the Most Holy Trinity
- SEVENTH DAY
- The Angels Rejoice at Mary's Birth
- EIGHTH DAY
- The Joy of the Just in Limbo at Mary's Birth
- NINTH DAY
- The Holy Name of Mary
- III Novena for the Feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- FIRST DAY
- The Annunciation
- SECOND DAY
- The Import of the Angel's Salutation
- THIRD DAY
- The Effect of the Angel's Salutation
- FOURTH DAY
- Mary's Question
- FIFTH DAY
- The Solution
- SIXTH DAY
- Mary's Consent
- SEVENTH DAY
- Mary's Fortitude in Suffering
- EIGHTH DAY
- Mary, the Mother of God
- NINTH DAY
- Mary, Our Mother
- IV Novena in Honor of the Seven Sorrows of Mary
- FIRST DAY
- Devotion to the Seven Sorrows of Mary
- SECOND DAY
- Mary's First Sorrow: Simeon's Prophecy in the Temple
- THIRD DAY
- Mary's Second Sorrow: The Flight into Egypt
- FOURTH DAY
- Mary's Third Sorrow: Jesus Lost in Jerusalem
- FIFTH DAY
- Mary's Fourth Sorrow: She Meets Jesus Carrying His Cross
- SIXTH DAY
- Mary's Fifth Sorrow: Beneath the Cross
- SEVENTH DAY
- Mary's Sixth Sorrow: The Taking Down of Jesus' Body from the Cross
- EIGHTH DAY
- Mary's Seventh Sorrow: Jesus is Buried
- NINTH DAY
- Reasons Why Mary Had to Suffer
- V Novena for the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- FIRST DAY
- Mary's Death was without Pain
- SECOND DAY
- At Mary's Tomb
- THIRD DAY
- The Empty Tomb
- FOURTH DAY
- Reasons for the Bodily Assumption of Mary into Heaven
- FIFTH DAY
- Mary's Glorious Entrance into Heaven
- SIXTH DAY
- Mary Crowned in Heaven
- SEVENTH DAY
- Mary's Bliss in Heaven
- EIGHTH DAY
- Mary, the Queen of Mercy
- NINTH DAY
- Mary in Heaven, the Help of Christians on Earth
- The Litany of Loreto
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