Mary, the Help of Christians / Novenas in Preparation for the Principal Feasts of the Blessed Virgin
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Imprimi Permittitur FR. CHRYSOSTOMUS THEOBALD, O.F.M., Minister Provincialis. Cincinnati, Ohio, die 30, Martii, 1908.
Nihil Obstat REMY LAPORT, S.T.L., Censor Librorum.
Imprimatur JOHN M. FARLEY, Archbishop of New York.
NEW YORK, March 4, 1909.
COPYRIGHT, 1909, BY BENZIGER BROTHERS.
By St. Alphonsus Liguori
1. THE soul must be in the state of grace; for the devotion of a sinful heart pleases neither God nor the saints.
2. We must persevere, that is, the prayers for each day of the novena must never be omitted.
3. If possible, we should visit a church every day, and there implore the favor we desire.
Bonaventure Hammer
MARY, HELP OF CHRISTIANS
REV. BONAVENTURE HAMMER, O.F.M.
CONTENTS
IV. NOVENA IN HONOR OF THE SEVEN SORROWS OF MARY
List of Illustrations
Mary, the Help of Christians
Introduction
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
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 Fifth Sorrow: Beneath 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