The Month of Mary, According to the Spirit of St. Francis of Sales / Thirty-One Considerations With Examples, Prayers, Etc.

THE MONTH OF MARY.
THE
ACCORDING TO THE SPIRIT OF
OR,
WITH
Translated and abridged from the Italian by a
ROBERT WASHBOURNE, 18 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON. 1890.
Nihil Obstat. FR. T. A. SMITH, O.P. Censor deputatus
Imprimatur.
HENRICUS EDUARDUS, Card. Archep. Westmonast.
Die 14 Martii, 1890.
OF the many who by their writings have laboured to celebrate the sublime prerogatives and virtues of the Mother of God, there is not one whose language is more adapted to the devotions of the month of Mary than St. Francis of Sales. Everything, says a pious author, in this admirable Saint enchants and fascinates us; whoever reads his writings attentively, feels constrained, not only to honour and venerate him, but also to love him. With him there is a peculiar grace to console, as well as to perfect, the soul. He adapts himself to the capacities of humble minds, whilst no one has more knowledge than he of the most exalted perfection.