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from the 1910 Raccolta, St. Bonaventure, St. Louis de Montfort, and Other Sources.
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| Mary | Chaplet | Rosary of St. Bridget | 100 Days for each Pater, 100 Days for each Ave, and 100 Days for each Credo; 7 Years and 7 Quarantines; 40 Days; 20 Days; Plenary in articulo mortis; several other Plenary indulgences. | This Chaplet is said in honour of the sixty-three years which, it is said, the most holy Mary lived on earth: it is composed of six divisions, each division consisting of the Pater once, Ave ten times, and Credo once; after these, one Pater more is said, and Ave thrice. Thus in all the Pater will be said seven times, to mark the number of Seven Dolours and Seven Joys; and the Ave sixty-three times, to make up the full number of sixty-three years. The following Indulgences may all (except II and VI) be gained by saying five out of the six decades. | Raccolta #181 |
| Mary | Prayer | Angelus and Regina Coeli | 100 Days every time that they say the Angelus; Plenary once a month. | The Angelus V. Angelus DOMINI nuntiavit Mariae. R. Et concepit de SPIRITU SANCTO. Ave Maria. V. Ecce ancilla DOMINI. R. Fiat mihi secundum verbum tuum. Ave Maria. V. Et Verbum caro factum est. R. Et habitavit in nobis. Ave Maria. Oremus. GRATIAM tuam, quaesumus, DOMINE, mentibus nostris infunde; ut qui, angelo nunciante, CHRISTI FILII tui Incarnationem cognovimus, per Passionem ejus et Crucem ad resurrectionis gloriam perducamur. Per eundem CHRISTUM DOMINUM nostrum. R. Amen. Let us pray. POUR forth, we beseech Thee, O LORD, thy grace into our hearts; that we, to whom the Incarnation of CHRIST thy SON was made known by the message of an angel, may by his Passion and Cross be brought to the glory of his resurrection. Through the same CHRIST our LORD. R. Amen. V. The angel of the LORD declared unto Mary. R. And she conceived of the HOLY GHOST. Ave Maria. V. Behold the handmaid of the LORD. R. Be it done unto me according to thy word. Ave Maria. V. And the Word was made Flesh. R. And dwelt among us. Ave Maria. The Regina Coeli REGINA Coeli, laetare. Alleluia. Quia quem meruisti portare. Alleluia. Resurrexit sicut dixit. Alleluia. Ora pro nobis DEUM. Alleluia. Hath risen, as He said. Alleluia. V. Gaude et laetare, Virgo Maria. Alleluia. R. Quia surrexit DOMINUS vere. Alleluia. Oremus. DEUS, qui per resurrectionem FILII tui DOMINI nostri JESU CHRISTI mundum laetificare dignatus es; praesta, quaesumus, ut per ejus Genitricem Virginem Mariam perpetuae capiamus gaudia vitae. Per eundem CHRISTUM DOMINUM nostrum. R. Amen. QUEEN of Heaven, rejoice. Alleluia. For He whom thou wast made worthy to bear. Alleluia. Pray for us to GOD. Alleluia. V. Rejoice and be glad, O Virgin Mary. Alleluia. R. For the LORD hath risen indeed. Alleluia. Let us pray. O GOD, who through the resurrection of thy SON our LORD JESUS CHRIST hast vouchsafed to give joy to the whole world; grant us, we beseech Thee, that, through the intercession of the Virgin Mary his Mother, we may obtain the joys of eternal life. Through the same CHRIST our LORD. R. Amen. | Raccolta #182 |
| Mary | Invocation | Invocation of the Name of Mary | 25 Days, Toties Quoties | Mary | Raccolta #183 |
| Mary | Prayer | Salve Regina and Sub Tuum Praesidium | 100 Days; 7 Years and 7 Quarantines; Plenary in articulo mortis; several other Plenary indulgences. | SALVE Regina, Mater misericordiae, vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra, salve. Ad te clamamus, exules filii Hevae; at te suspiramus, gementes et flentes in hac lacrymarum valle. Eia ergo, Advocata nostra, illos tuos misericordes oculos ad nos converte; et JESUM, benedictum fructum ventris tui, nobis ad hoc exilium ostende, O clemens, O pia, O dulcis Virgo Maria. V. Dignare me laudare te, Virgo sacrata. R. Da mihi virtutem contra hostes tuos. V. Benedictus DEUS in sanctis suis. R. Amen. HAIL, Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy, Hail our Life, our Sweetness, and our Hope! To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve; to thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this vale of tears. Turn, then, most gracious Advocate, thine eyes of mercy towards us; and after this our exile, show unto us the blessed Fruit of thy womb, JESUS, O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary. V. Make me worthy to praise thee, O Holy Virgin. R. Give me strength against thine enemies. V. Blessed be GOD in his saints. R. Amen. SUB tuum praesidium confugimus, Sancta DEI Genitrix; nostras deprecationes ne despicias in necessitatibus nostris, et a periculis cunctis libera nos semper, Virgo gloriosa et benedicta. V. Dignare me laudare te, Virgo sacrata. R. Da mihi virtutem contra hostes tuos. V. Benedictus DEUS in sanctis suis. R. Amen. WE fly to thy patronage, O Holy Mother of GOD; despise not our petitions in our necessities, but deliver us always from all dangers, O glorious and blessed Virgin. V. Make me worthy to praise thee, O Holy Virgin. R. Give me strength against thine enemies. V. Blessed be GOD in his saints. R. Amen. | Raccolta #184 |
| Mary | Prayer | Prayers of St Alphonsus Liguori for every Day of the Week, with Ave Maria thrice | 300 Days; Plenary once a month. | Prayer for Sunday. MOTHER of my GOD, look down upon a poor sinner, who has recourse to thee and puts his trust in thee. I am not worthy that thou shouldst even cast thine eyes upon me; but I know that thou, beholding JESUS thy Son dying for sinners, dost thyself yearn exceedingly to save them. O Mother of Mercy, look on my miseries and have pity upon me. Men say thou art the refuge of the sinner, the hope of the desperate, the aid of the lost; be thou, then, my refuge, hope, and aid. It is thy prayers which must save me. For the love of JESUS CHRIST be thou my help; reach forth thy hand to the poor fallen sinner who recommends himself to thee. I know that it is thy joy to aid the sinner when thou canst; help me now, thou who canst help. By my sins I have forfeited the grace of GOD and my own soul. I place myself in thy hands; oh, tell me what to do that I may regain the grace of GOD, and I will do it. My SAVIOUR bids me go to thee for help; He wills that I should look to thy pity; that so, not only the merits of thy Son, but thine own prayers too, may unite to save me. To thee, then, I have recourse: pray thou to JESUS for me; and make me experience how great good thou canst do for one who trusts in thee. Be it done unto me according to my hope. Amen. Then say thrice Ave Maria to the Blessed Virgin Mary, in reparation for the blasphemies uttered against her. Prayer for Monday. MOST holy Mary, Queen of Heaven, I who was once the slave of the Evil One now dedicate myself to thy service for ever; and I offer myself, to honour and to serve thee as long as I live. Accept me for thy servant, and cast me not away from thee as I deserve. In thee, O my Mother, I place all my hope. All blessing and thanksgiving be to GOD, who in his mercy giveth me this trust in thee. True it is, that in past time I have fallen miserably into sin; but by the merits of JESUS CHRIST, and by thy prayers, I hope that GOD has pardoned me. But this is not enough, my Mother. One thought appals me; it is, that I may yet lose the grace of GOD. Danger is ever nigh; the devil sleeps not; fresh temptations assail me. Protect me, then, my Queen; help me against the assaults of my spiritual enemy. Never suffer me to sin again, or to offend JESUS thy Son. Let me not by sin lose my soul, heaven, and my GOD. This one grace, Mary, I ask of thee; this is my desire; this may thy prayers obtain for me. Such is my hope. Amen. Ave Maria thrice. Prayer for Tuesday. MOST holy Mary, Mother of Goodness, Mother of Mercy, when I reflect upon my sins and upon the moment ot my death, I tremble and am confounded. O my sweetest Mother, in the Blood of JESUS, in thy intercession, are my hopes. Comforter of the sad, abandon me not at that hour; fail not to console me in that affliction. If even now I am so tormented by remorse for the sins I have committed, the uncertainty of my pardon, the danger of a relapse, and the strictness of the Judgment, how will it be with me then? O my Mother, before death overtake me, obtain for me great sorrow for my sins, a true amendment, and constant fidelity to GOD for the remainder of my life. And when at length my hour is come, then do thou, Mary, my hope, be thyself my aid in those great troubles wherewith my soul will be encompassed. Strengthen me, that I may not despair when the enemy sets my sins before my face. Obtain for me at that moment grace to invoke thee often, so that with thine own sweet name and that of thy most holy Son upon my lips I may breathe forth my spirit. This grace thou hast granted to many of thy servants; this, too, is my hope and my desire. Ave Maria thrice. Prayer for Wednesday. MOTHER of GOD, most holy Mary, how often by my sins have I merited hell! Long ago, perhaps, judgment would have gone forth against my first mortal sin, hadst not thou in thy tender pity delayed the justice of GOD, and afterwards attracled me by thy sweetness to have confidence in thy prayers. And oh, how very often should I have fallen in the dangers which beset my steps hadst not thou, loving Mother that thou art, preserved me by the graces thou, by thy prayers, didst obtain for me. But oh, my Queen, what will thy pity and thy favours avail me, if after all I perish in the flames of hell? If there was once a time when I loved thee not, yet now, next to GOD, I love thee before all. Wherefore, henceforth and for ever, suffer me not to turn my back upon thee and upon my GOD, who through thee has granted me so many mercies. O Lady, most worthy of all love, let it not be that I, thy child, should be doomed to hate and to curse thee for ever in hell. Thou wilt surely never endure to see thy servant lost who loves thee. O Mary, say not that I evercan be lost! Yet lost I shall assuredly be if I abandon thee. But who could ever have the heart to leave thee? Who can ever forget thy love? No, it is impossible for that man to perish who faithfully recommends himself to thee, and has recourse to thee. Only leave me not, my Mother, in my own hands, or I am lost! Let me but cling to thee! Save me, my hope! save me from hell; or, rather, save me from sin, which alone can condemn me to hell. Ave Maria thrice. Prayer for Thursday. OUEEN of heaven, who sittest enthroned above all the choirs of the angels nighest to GOD, from this vale of miseries I, a poor sinner, say to thee, “ Hail, Mary,” praying thee in thy love to turn upon me those gracious eyes of thine. See, Mary, the dangers among which I dwell, and shall ever have to dwell whilst I live upon this earth. I may yet lose my soul, Paradise, and GOD. In thee, Lady, is my hope. I love thee; and I sigh after the time when I shall see thee and praise thee in Paradise. O Mary, how soon will the happy day come when I shall see myself safe at thy feet? When shall I kiss that hand, which has dispensed to me so many graces? Alas, it is too true, my Mother, that I have ever been very ungrateful during my whole life; but if I get to Heaven, then I will love thee there every moment of a whole eternity, and make thee reparation in some sort for my ingratitude by ever blessing and praising thee. Thanks be to GOD, for that He hath vouchsafed me this hope through the Precious Blood of JESUS, and through thy powerful intercession. This has been the hope of all thy true lovers; and no one of them has been defrauded of his hope. No, neither shall I be defrauded of mine. O Mary, pray to thine own Son JESUS, as I too pray to Him, by the merits of his Passion, to strengthen and increase this hope. Amen. Ave Maria thrice. Prayer for Friday. O MARY, thou art the noblest, highest, purest, fairest creature of GOD, the holiest of all creatures! Oh, that all men knew thee, loved thee, my Queen, as thou deservest to be loved! Yet great is my consolation, Mary, in that there are blessed souls in the courts of heaven, and just souls still on earth, whose hearts thou leadest captive with thy beauty and thy goodness. But above all I rejoice in this, that our GOD Himself loves thee alone more than all men and angels together. I too, O loveliest Queen, I, miserable sinner, dare to love thee, though my love is too little; I would I had a greater love, a more tender love; this thou must gain for me, since to love thee is a great mark of predestination, and a grace which GOD grants to those who shall be saved. Moreover, O my Mother, when I reflect upon the debt I owe thy Son, I see He deserves of me an immeasurable love. Do thou, then, who desirest nothing so much as to see Him loved, pray that I may have this grace a great love for JESUS CHRIST. Obtain it, thou who obtainest what thou wilt. I covet not goods of earth, nor honours, nor riches, but I desire that which thine own heart desires most to love my God alone. Oh, can it be that thou wilt not aid me in a desire so acceptable to thee? No, it is impossible! Even now I feel thy help; even now thou prayest for me. Pray for me, Mary, pray; nor ever cease to pray, till thou dost see me safe in Paradise, where I shall be certain of possessing and of loving my GOD and thee, my dearest Mother, for ever and for ever. Amen. Ave Maria thrice. Prayer for Saturday. MOST holy Mary, I know the graces which thou hast obtained for me, and I know the ingratitude which I have shown thee. The ungrateful man is unworthy of favours, and yet for all this I will not distrust thy mercy. O my great Advocate, have pity on me. Thou, Mary, art the stewardess of every grace which GOD vouchsafes to give us sinners, and therefore did He make thee so mighty, rich, and kind, that thou mightest succour us. I will that I may be saved: in thy hands I place my eternal salvation, to thee I consign my soul. I will to be associated with those who are thy special servants: reject me not. Thou goest up and down seeking the wretched, to console them. Cast not away, then, a wretched sinner who has recourse to thee. Speak for me, Mary; thy Son grants what thou askest. Take me beneath thy shelter, and it is enough for me; for with thee to guard me I fear no ill no, not even my sins, because thou wilt obtain GOD’S pardon for them; no, nor yet evil spirits, because thou art far mightier than hell; no, nor my Judge JESUS CHRIST, for at thy prayer He will lay aside his wrath. Protect me, then, my Mother; obtain for me pardon of my sins, love of JESUS, holy perseverance, a good death, and heaven. It is too true, I merit not these graces; yet do thou only ask them of our GOD and I shall obtain them. Pray, then, to JESUS for me. Mary, my Queen, in thee I trust; in this trust I rest, I live; and with this trust I will that I may die. Amen. Ave Maria thrice. | Raccolta #185 |
| Mary | Mary | Month of May | 300 Days; Plenary once a month. | Raccolta #186 | |
| Mary | Prayer | Psalms in Honour of the Name of Mary | 7 Years and 7 Quarantines Toties Quoties; 2 Plenary indulgences. | Ant. Mariae nomen. MAGNIFICAT * anima mea DOMINUM. Et exultavit spiritus meus * in DEO salutari meo. Quia respexit humilitatem ancillae suae: * ecce enim ex hoc beatam me dicent omnes generationes. Quia fecit mihi magna, qui potens est, * et sanctum nomen ejus. Et misericordia ejus a progenie in progenies * timentibus eum. Fecit potentiam in brachio suo: * dispersit superbos mente cordis sui. Deposuit potentes de sede, * et exaltavit humiles. Esurientes implevit bonis, * et divites dimisit inanes. Suscepit Israel puerum suum, * recordatus misericordise suae. Sicut locutus est ad patres nostros, * Abraham et semini ejus in saecula. Gloria PATRI, et FILIO, et SPIRITUI SANCTO, * sicut erat in principio et nunc et semper, et in saecula saeculorum. Amen. Ant. Mariae nomen cunctas illustrat ecclesias, cui fecit magna, qui potens est, et sanctum nomen ejus. M. Ant. The name of Mary. My soul doth magnify the Lord. And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. Because he hath regarded the humility of his handmaid; for behold from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. Because he that is mighty, hath done great things to me; and holy is his name. And his mercy is from generation unto generations, to them that fear him. He hath shewed might in his arm: he hath scattered the proud in the conceit of their heart. He hath put down the mighty from their seat, and hath exalted the humble. He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away. He hath received Israel his servant, being mindful of his mercy: As he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to his seed for ever. Glory be to the FATHER, and to the SON, and to the HOLY GHOST, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Ant. The name of Mary illumines all the churches, she for whom He who is mighty has done great things, and holy is His name. Psalm, cxix. A. Ant. A solis ortu. AD DOMINUM, cum tribularer, clamavi: * et exaudivit me. Domine, libera animam meam a labiis iniquis, * et a lingua dolosa. Quid detur tibi, aut quid apponatur tibi, * ad linguam dolosam? Sagittae potentis acutae, * cum carbonibus desolatoriis. Heu mihi, quia incolatus meus prolongatus est! habitavi cum habitantibus Cedar: * multum incola fuit anima mea. Cum his, qui oderunt pacem, eram pacificus: * cum loquebar illis, impugnabant me gratis. Gloria PATRI, et FILIO, et SPIRITUI SANCTO, * sicut erat in principio et nunc et semper, et in saecula saeculorum. Amen. Ant. A solis ortu usque ad occasum laudabile nomen DOMINI, et Mariae matris ejus. Psalm 119 A. Ant. From the rising. IN MY trouble I cried to the Lord: and he heard me. O Lord, deliver my soul from wicked lips, and a deceitful tongue. What shall be given to thee, or what shall be added to thee, to a deceitful tongue. The sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals that lay waste. Woe is me, that my sojourning is prolonged! I have dwelt with the inhabitants of cedar: My soul hath been long a sojourner. With them that hate peace I was peaceable: when I spoke to them they fought against me without cause. Glory be to the FATHER, and to the SON, and to the HOLY GHOST, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Ant. From the rising of the sun to its setting, praiseworthy is the name of the LORD and of Mary His mother. Psalm, cxviii. R. Ant. Refugium est. RETRIBUE servo tuo, vivifica me: * et custodiam sermones tuos. Revela oculos meos, * et considerabo mirabilia de lege tua. Incola ego sum in terra, * non abscondas a me mandata tua. Concupivit anima mea desiderare justificationes tuas * in omni tempore. Increpasti superbos: * maledicti qui declinant a mandatis tuis. Aufer a me opprobrium, et contemptum, * quia testimonia tua exquisivi. Etenim sederunt principes, et adversus me loquebantur: * servus autem tuus exercebatur in justificationibus tuis. Nam et testimonia tua meditatio mea est: * et consilium meum justificationes tuae. Adhaesit pavimento anima mea: * vivifica me secundum verbum tuum. Vias meas enuntiavi, et exaudisti me: * doce me justificationes tuas. Viam justificationum tuarum instrue me, * et exercebor in mirabilibus tuis. Dormitavit anima mea prae taedio: * confirma me in verbis tuis. Viam iniquitatis amove a me, * et de lege tua miserere mei. Viam veritatis elegi: * judicia tua non sum oblitus. Adhsesi testimoniis tuis, DOMINE: * noli me confundere. Viam mandatorum tuorum cucurri, * cum dilatasti cor meum. Gloria PATRI, et FILIO, et SPIRITUI SANCTO, * sicut erat in principio et nunc et semper, et in saecula saeculorum. Amen. Ant. Refugium est in tribulationibus Mariae nomen omnibus illud invocantibus. Psalm 118 R. Ant. The name of Mary. GIVE bountifully to thy servant, enliven me: and I shall keep thy words. Open thou my eyes: and I will consider the wondrous things of thy law. I am a sojourner on the earth: hide not thy commandments from me. My soul hath coveted to long for thy justifications, at all times. Thou hast rebuked the proud: they are cursed who decline from thy commandments. Remove from reproach and contempt: because I have sought after thy testimonies. For princes sat, and spoke against me: but thy servant was employed in thy justifications. For thy testimonies are my meditation: and thy justifications my counsel. My soul hath cleaved to the pavement: quicken thou me according to thy word. I have declared my ways, and thou hast heard me: teach me thy justifications. Make me to understand the way of thy justifications: and I shall be exercised in thy wondrous works. My soul hath slumbered through heaviness: strengthen thou me in thy words. Remove from me the way of iniquity: and out of thy law have mercy on me. I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments I have not forgotten. I have stuck to thy testimonies, O Lord: put me not to shame. I have run the way of thy commandments, when thou didst enlarge my heart. Glory be to the FATHER, and to the SON, and to the HOLY GHOST, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Ant. The name of Mary is a refuge in tribulations for all who invoke it. Psalm, cxxv. I. Ant. In universa terra. IN convertendo DOMINUS captivitatem Sion, * facti sumus sicut consolati. Tune repletum est gaudio os nostrum, * et lingua nostra exultatione. Tune dicent inter gentes: * magnificavit DOMINUS facere cum eis. Magnificavit DOMINUS facere nobiscum: * facti sumus laetantes. Converte, DOMINE, captivitatem nostram, * sicut torrens in austro. Qui seminantin lacrymis, * in exultatione metent. Euntes ibant, et flebant, * mittentes seminasua. Venientes autem venient cum exultatione * portantes manipulos suos. Gloria PATRI, et FILIO, et SPIRITUI SANCTO, * sicut erat in principio et nunc et semper, et in saecula saeculorum. Amen. Ant. In universa terra admirabile est nomen tuum, O Maria. Psalm 125 A. Ant. Your name is admirable. WHEN the lord brought back the captivity of Sion, we became like men comforted. Then was our mouth filled with gladness; and our tongue with joy. Then shall they say among the Gentiles: The Lord hath done great things for them. The Lord hath done great things for us: we are become joyful. Turn again our captivity, O Lord, as a stream in the south. They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. Going they went and wept, casting their seeds. But coming they shall come with joyfulness, carrying their sheaves. Glory be to the FATHER, and to the SON, and to the HOLY GHOST, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Ant. Your name is admirable in all the world, O Mary. Psalm, cxxii. M. Ant. Annuntiaverunt. AD te levavi oculos meos, * qui habitas in cœlis. Ecce sicut oculi servorum * in manibus dominorum suorum. Sicut oculi ancillae in manibus dominae suae: * ita oculi nostri ad DOMINUM DEUM nostrum, donec misereatur nostri. Miserere nostri, DOMINE, miserere nostri, * quia multum repleti sumus despectione. Quia multum repleta est anima nostra, * opprobrium abundantibus, et despeclio superbis. Gloria PATRI, et FILIO, et SPIRITUI SANCTO, * sicut erat in principio et nunc et semper, et in saecula saeculorum. Amen. Ant. Annuntiaverunt coeli nomen Marine, et viderunt omnes populi gloriam ejus. Psalm 122 M. Ant. The heavens proclaim. TO thee have I lifted up my eyes, who dwellest in heaven. Behold as the eyes of the servants are on the hands of their masters, As the eyes of the handmaid are on the hands of her mistress: so are our eyes unto the Lord our God, until he have mercy on us. Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us: for we are greatly filled with contempt. For our soul is greatly filled: we are a reproach to the rich, and contempt to the proud. Glory be to the FATHER, and to the SON, and to the HOLY GHOST, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Ant. The heavens proclaim the name of Mary, and all the peoples have seen her glory. V. Sit nomen Virginis Mariae benedictum. R. Ex hoc et usque in saeculum. Oremus. CONCEDE, quaesumus, omnipotens DEUS, ut fideles tui, qui sub sanctissimae Virginis Mariae Nomine et protectione laetantur; ejus pia intercessione a cunctis malis liberentur in terris, et ad gaudia aeterna pervenire mereantur in caelis. Per DOMINUM nostrum JESUM CHRISTUM, FILIUM TUUM, qui tecum vivat et regnat in unitate SPIRITUS SANCTI, DEUS, per omnia saecula saeculorum. Amen. V. Blessed be the name of the Virgin Mary. R. From this time forth for evermore. Oremus. GRANT, we beseech Thee, O almighty GOD, that Thy faithful people, who rejoice in the name and protection of the most Holy Virgin Mary, may by her loving intercession be delivered from all evils on earth and be found worthy to come to everlasting joys in heaven. Through our LORD JESUS CHRIST, Thy SON, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the HOLY GHOST, GOD, world without end. Amen. | Raccolta #187 |
| Mary | Prayer | Twenty-five Days Preparation for the Nativity, after the example of St. Catharine of Bologna | 100 Days each day; Plenary for 20 days. | Prayer to be said every day. IN lowly reverence at thy feet we kneel, great Mother of our GOD, most holy Mary, advocate of sinners; humbly praying thee, by the merits of the Precious Blood ofthy Divine Son, shed for us sinners, and by the intercession of thy well-beloved servant, Catharine, to gain for us by thy prayers true fervour of spirit in this holy exercise, and the grace to walk in the way of all thy virtues, after the example of St Catharine, to the honour and glory of JESUS CHRIST, thine only Son our SAVIOUR. Forget our monstrous ingratitude, look not upon our sins, but rather find for us a refuge in the depths of thy loving kindness; and having regard to that love wherewith thou didst ever love thy faithful servant Catharine, obtain for us the remission of our sins, so that we may confidently hope to attain all that we desire for our spiritual wants. Amen. For the First Day. IN imitation of St Catharine, we purpose now to praise the great Mother of our GOD, honouring her Sacred Delivery, and saying to her forty Angelic Salutations and forty Benedictions, thereby to obtain her powerful aid at the hour of our death, and a true contrition for our sins, that so we may pass from this land of our pilgrimage to eternal joys. For the Other Days. IN imitation of St Catharine, let us continue to praise the great Mother of our GOD, honouring her Sacred Delivery with forty Angelic Salutations and forty Benedictions, to obtain thereby her powerful aid at the hour of our death, and true contrition for our sins, that so we may pass from this land of our pilgrimage to eternal joys. For the Last Day. IN imitation of St Catharine, to-day we end this exercise praising the great Mother of our GOD, and honouring her Sacred Delivery, with forty Angelic Salutations and forty Benedictions, to obtain thereby her powerful aid at the hour of our death, and true contrition for our sins, that so we may pass from this land of our pilgrimage to eternal joys. First Decade. WHILST saying for the first time Ave Maria ten times and the ten Benedictions, we meditate on the ineffable mystery of the Incarnation of the Eternal Word, and the great dignity of the Virgin who was elected to be the Mother of the Most High. Ave Maria ten times, and after each Ave say, Blessed be the hour, Mary, when thou didst become Mother of JESUS, SON of GOD. Second Decade. WHILST saying for the second time Ave Maria ten times and the ten Benedictions, we meditate on the humility of the King of heaven, who chose for his birthplace a poor stable, and on the joy of Mary when she first saw the Only-begotten of the FATHER, the Fruit of her womb. Ave Maria ten times, and after each Ave say, Blessed be the hour, Mary, when thou didst bring forth JESUS, SON of GOD. Third Decade. WHILST saying for the third time Ave Maria ten times and the ten Benedictions, we contemplate the exacl; carefulness of Mary, as she fulfilled perfectly the parts both of Martha and of Magdalen, contemplating her Son as her REDEEMER, and at the same time ministering to Him as her Child. Ave Maria ten times, and after each Ave say, Blessed be the hour, Mary, when thou didst become nourish at thy breast JESUS, SON of GOD. Fourth Decade. WHILST saying for the fourth time Ave Maria ten times and the ten Benedictions, we meditate upon the great reverence with which Mary embraced and pressed to her very heart rather than to her bosom, kissed, and adored her GOD and ours, incarnate for love of us; and moved thereby with profound reverence and devout affection we say, Ave Maria ten times, and after each Ave say, Blessed be the hour, Mary, when thou didst embrace JESUS, SON of GOD. Then say, PRAISE be to our GOD, because in imitation of St. Catharine, we [first day: have begun], [other days: are continuing], [last day: have ended] this holy exercise. We beseech the Queen of Angels that for these our thousand Angelic Salutations and thousand Benedictions which we [are saying], [last day: have said], the Mother may obtain of the Infant which is born of her these two special blessings, viz. , the first, in life, grace truly to repent of our sins; the second, in death, certainty of salvation. Wherefore let every one here present say heartily with St. Catharine: Turn, then, most gracious Advocate, thine eyes of mercy towards us; and after this our exile show unto us the blessed Fruit of thy womb, JESUS, O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary. V. Make me worthy to praise thee, Virgin ever blessed. R. Give me strength against thine enemies. Let us pray. GOD, who by the message of an angel didst will that thy Divine Word should take to Himself human flesh in the womb of the Blessed Virgin Mary; grant unto us thy suppliants that we, who believe her to be verily and indeed Mother of GOD, may be aided by her intercession with Thee. Visit us, O LORD, we beseech Thee, and purify our hearts; that our LORD JESUS CHRIST thy SON may, when He comes with all his saints, find a dwelling-place prepared for Himself within us. Who with Thee liveth and reigneth for ever and ever. R. Amen. | Raccolta #188 |
| Mary | Litany | Litany of Loreto | 300 days Toties Quoties; Plenary. | KYRIE eleison. CHRISTE eleison. Kyrie eleison. CHRISTE audi nos. CHRISTE exaudi nos. PATER de coelis DEUS, FILI Redemptor mundi DEUS, Miserere Nobis. SPIRITUS SANCTE DEUS, Sancta Trinitas unus DEUS, Sancta Maria, ora pro nobis. Sancta DEI Genitrix, Sancta Virgo Virginum, Mater CHRISTI, Mater Divinae gratiae, Mater purissima, Mater castissima, Ora pro nobis. Mater inviolata, Mater intemerata, Mater amabilis, Mater admirabilis, Mater boni consilii, Mater CREATORIS, Mater SALVATORIS, Virgo prudentissima, Virgo veneranda, Virgo praedicanda, Ora pro nobis. Virgo potens, Virgo clemens, Virgo fidelis, Speculum justitiae, Sedes sapientiae, Causa nostrae laetitiae, Vas spirituale, Vas honorabile, Vas insigne devotionis, Rosa mystica, Turris Davidica, Ora pro nobis. Turris eburnea, Domus aurea, Foederis area, Janua caeli, Stella matutina, Salus infirmorum, Refugium peccatorum, Consolatrix afflictorum, Auxilium Christianorum, Regina Angelorum, Regina Patriarcharum, Regina Prophetarum, Regina Apostolorum, Regina Martyrum, Regina Confessorum, Ora pro nobis. Regina Virginum, Regina Sanctorum omnium, Regina sine labe originali concepta, Regina in coelo assumpta, Regina Sacratissimi Rosarii, Regina pacis, AGNUS DEI, qui tollis peccata mundi, parce nobis, DOMINE. AGNUS DEI, qui tollis peccata mundi, exaudi nos, DOMINE. AGNUS DEI, qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis. GOD the FATHER of heaven, LORD, have mercy. CHRIST, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. CHRIST, hear us. CHRIST graciously hear us. GOD the SON, Redeemer of the world, Have mercy on us. GOD the HOLY GHOST, Holy Trinity, one GOD. Holy Mary, pray for us. Holy Mother of GOD, Holy Virgin of virgins, Mother of CHRIST, Mother of divine grace, Mother most pure, Mother most chaste, Pray for us. Mother inviolate, Mother undefiled, Mother most amiable, Mother most admirable, Mother of Good Counsel, Mother of our CREATOR, Mother of our SAVIOUR, Virgin most prudent, Virgin most venerable, Virgin most renowned, Pray for us. Virgin most powerful, Virgin most merciful, Virgin most faithful, Mirror of justice, Seat of wisdom, Cause of our joy, Spiritual Vessel, Vessel of honour, Vessel of singular devotion, Mystical Rose, Tower of David, Pray for us. Tower of ivory, House of gold, Ark of the covenant, Gate of heaven, Morning star, Health of the sick, Refuge of sinners, Comforter of the afflicted, Help of Christians, Queen of Angels, Queen of Patriarchs, Queen of Prophets, Queen of Apostles, Queen of Martyrs, Queen of Confessors, Pray for us. Queen of Virgins, Queen of all saints, Queen conceived without original sin, Queen assumed into Heaven, Queen of the most holy Rosary, Queen of peace, LAMB of GOD, who takest away the sins ot the world, spare us, O LORD. LAMB of GOD, who takest away the sins ot the world, graciously hear us, O LORD. LAMB of GOD, who takest away the sins ot the world, have mercy on us. | Raccolta #189 |
| Mary | Prayer | Prayer of St Alphonsus | 300 days; Plenary once a month. | MOTHER of GOD, most holy Mary, how often by my sins have I merited hell! Long ago, perhaps, judgment would have gone forth against my first mortal sin, hadst not thou in thy tender pity delayed the justice of GOD, and afterwards attracled me by thy sweetness to have confidence in thy prayers. And oh, how very often should I have fallen in the dangers which beset my steps hadst not thou, loving Mother that thou art, preserved me by the graces thou, by thy prayers, didst obtain for me. But oh, my Queen, what will thy pity and thy favours avail me, if after all I perish in the flames of hell? If there was once a time when I loved thee not, yet now, next to GOD, I love thee before all. Wherefore, henceforth and for ever, suffer me not to turn my back upon thee and upon my GOD, who through thee has granted me so many mercies. O Lady, most worthy of all love, let it not be that I, thy child, should be doomed to hate and to curse thee for ever in hell. Thou wilt surely never endure to see thy servant lost who loves thee. O Mary, say not that I evercan be lost! Yet lost I shall assuredly be if I abandon thee. But who could ever have the heart to leave thee? Who can ever forget thy love? No, it is impossible for that man to perish who faithfully recommends himself to thee, and has recourse to thee. Only leave me not, my Mother, in my own hands, or I am lost! Let me but cling to thee! Save me, my hope! save me from hell; or, rather, save me from sin, which alone can condemn me to hell. Ave Maria thrice. Then the Salve Regina thrice | Raccolta #190 |
| Mary | Prayer | Three Offerings | 300 Days Toties Quoties; Plenary once a month. | MOST Holy Virgin, I venerate thee with my whole heart above all angels and saints in Paradise, as the Daughter of the Eternal FATHER, and I consecrate to thee my soul with all its powers. Ave Maria. MOST Holy Virgin, I venerate thee with my whole heart above all angels and saints in Paradise, as the Mother of the Only-begotten SON, and I consecrate to thee my body with all its senses. Ave Maria. MOST Holy Virgin, I venerate thee with my whole heart above all angels and saints in Paradise, as the Spouse of the HOLY GHOST, and I consecrate to thee my heart and all its affections, praying thee to obtain for me from the ever-blessed Trinity all that is necessary for my salvation. Ave Maria. | Raccolta #191 |
| Mary | Prayer | Prayer, with Ave Maria, thrice, etc. | 100 Days, once a day. | VIRGIN most holy, Mother of the Word Incarnate, Treasurer of graces, Refuge of us poor sinners; we fly to thy maternal love with lively faith, and we ask thee to obtain for us grace ever to do the will of GOD and thine own. Into thy most holy hands we commit the keeping of our hearts; beseeching thee for health of soul and body, in the certain hope that thou, our most loving Mother, wilt hear our prayer. Wherefore with lively faith we say, Ave Maria thrice. Let us pray. DEFEND, O LORD, we beseech Thee, us thy servants, through the intercession of the Blessed Mary ever-Virgin, from all infirmity both of body and soul; and mercifully protect from the snares of enemies those who, with their whole heart, prostrate themselves before Thee. Through CHRIST our LORD. Amen. | Raccolta #192 |
| Mary | Prayer | Prayer, O Excellentissima | 100 Days; Plenary once a month. | O MOST excellent, glorious, most holy and ever inviolate blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of our LORD JESUS CHRIST, Queen of the world, and Mistress of all creatures! Thou who forsakest no one, despisest no one, who leavest in sadness none who seek help at thy hands with pure and lowly hearts; do not despise me because of the number and hatefulness of my sins, do not abandon me on account of my grievous iniquities nor on account of the hardness and uncleanness of my heart. Do not refuse me, thy servant, a share in thy favour and thy love. Hear me, a wretched sinner, who trusts in thy mercy and pity. Help me, O most loving Virgin Mary, in all my perils and needs, and obtain for me from thy beloved Son, Almighty GOD and our LORD JESUS CHRIST, the forgiveness of all my sins, the grace of the fear and love of thee, health and chastity of body, and deliverance from all the dangers which beset both soul and body. In the last moments of my life be thou my kind helper, and save from eternal darkness, and from evil of every kind, my poor soul, and the souls of my parents, brothers, sisters, friends, relatives, and benefactors, together with the souls of all the faithful, both living and dead; through the grace of Him whom for nine months thou didst bear in thy most holy womb, and whom thou didst place with thy holy hands in the manger, JESUS CHRIST our LORD, to whom be all honour given for endless ages. Amen. | Raccolta #193 |
| Mary | Prayer | Prayer, Virgin Mother of God | 100 Days; Plenary once a month. | VIRGIN Mother of GOD, most holy Mary, safe refuge of sinners! to thee, who art, after GOD, our hope and consolation in this place of exile, to thee I have recourse with sincere confidence, though most undeserving of thy patronage. I know, on the one hand, how much I stand in need of being converted from my very heart; yet, on the other, the heinousness of my crimes strikes me with terror. To thee, then, I betake myself to thee who art our sovereign mediator with thy dear Son JESUS, as He is with his Eternal FATHER. To thee, after JESUS, must I look for my amendment. Vouchsafe then, O Mother of Mercy, to obtain for me the grace of a true and lasting conversion. I wish to change my life entirely. In this I am sincere; but my evil habits and the ill use I have made of so many saving- inspirations, the multitude and heinousness of my sins, and the bonds by which the world holds me, while they render amendment difficult, call for thy special assistance. Grant it to me in spite of my unworthiness. In thee I trust; do thou not reject me. Although deserving of eternal punishment, I throw myself at thy feet, sorrowful and repentant. My sins, I own, have taken from me the strength which grace imparts, have cast me out from among the adopted sons of GOD, have deprived me of the right to everlasting happiness, and drawn on me instead the wrath of heaven. Tell me what I must do to regain the friendship of thy Son JESUS. Beg of Him, by his Precious Blood, his bitter Passion, and cruel death on the Cross, to pardon my offences, and He will pardon them. Tell Him thy desire for my salvation, and He will save me. But as I can still fall into sin and lose the life of grace amid the dangers which encompass me, ever watch thou over me, and I shall surely triumph over the enemies who incessantly work for my ruin. Instil into my heart a lively faith, a firm hope, an ardent charity, and all the virtues suitable to my state of life; and obtain for me constancy in good, and final perseverance. In fine, be thou my loving Mother here below, and my advocate at the hour of death, that I may be of the number of those to whom thy divine Son shall say: Come, ye blessed of my FATHER, possess the kingdom prepared for you. Amen. | Raccolta #194 |
| Mary | Prayer | Crown of Twelve Stars | 100 Days Toties Quoties; Plenary once a month. | ALL praise and thanksgiving be to the ever-blessed Trinity, who hath shown unto us Mary, ever-Virgin, clothed with the sun, with the moon beneath her feet, and on her head a mystic crown of twelve stars. R. For ever and ever. Amen. Let us praise and give thanks to God the FATHER, who elected her for his daughter. R. Amen. PATER noster. Praise be to GOD the FATHER, who predestined her to be the Mother of his SON. R. Amen. Ave Maria. Praise be to GOD the FATHER, who preserved her from all stain in her conception. R. Amen. Ave Maria. Praise be to GOD the FATHER, who on her birthday adorned her with his choicest gifts. R. Amen. Ave Maria. Praise be to GOD the FATHER, who gave her Joseph for her pure spouse and companion. R. Amen. Ave Maria and Gloria PATRI. Let us praise and give thanks to GOD the SON, who chose her for his Mother. R. Amen. PATER noster. Praise be to GOD the SON, who became Incarnate in her womb, and abode there nine months. R. Amen. Ave Maria. Praise be to GOD the SON, who was born of her and was nourished at her breast. R. Amen. Ave Maria. Praise be to GOD the SON, who in his childhood willed that Mary should teach Him. R. Amen. Ave Maria. Praise be to GOD the SON, who revealed to her the mysteries of the redemption of the world. R. Amen. Ave Maria and Gloria PATRI. Let us praise and give thanks to GOD the HOLY GHOST who made her his spouse. R. Amen. PATER noster. Praise be to GOD the HOLY GHOST, who revealed to her first his name of HOLY GHOST. R. Amen. Ave Maria. Praise be to GOD the HOLY GHOST, through whose operation she became at once Virgin and Mother. R. Amen. Ave Maria. Praise be to GOD the HOLY GHOST, through whom she became the living temple of the Most Holy Trinity. R. Amen. Ave Maria. Praise be to GOD the HOLY GHOST, by whom she was exalted in Heaven high above all creatures. R. Amen. Ave Maria and Gloria PATRI. For the Holy Catholic Church, for the propagation of the faith, for peace among Christian princes, and for the uprooting of heresies, let us say, | Raccolta #195 |
| Mary | Prayer | Memorare | 300 Days Toties Quoties; Plenary once a month. | MEMORARE O piissima Virgo Maria, non esse auditum a sæculo quemquam ad tua currentem praesidia, tua implorantem auxilia, tua petentem suffragia, esse derelictum. Ego tali animatus confidentia, ad te, Virgo virginum, Mater, curro, ad te venio, coram te gemens peccator assisto; noli, Mater Verbi, verba mea despicere, sed audi propitia, et exaudi. Amen. REMEMBER O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, or sought thy intercession, was left unaided. Inspired with this confidence, I fly unto thee, O Virgin of virgins, my mother; to thee I come, before thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful; O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions; but in thy clemency hear and answer me. Amen. | Raccolta #196 |
| Mary | Prayer | Ave Augustissima | 300 Days Toties Quoties; Plenary once a month. | HAIL, thou that art most venerable, Queen of Peace, most holy Mother of GOD; through the Sacred Heart of JESUS, thy Son, the Prince of Peace, procure for us the cessation of his anger, that so He may reign over us in peace. Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that any one who sought thy prayers was forsaken by GOD. Inspired with this confidence, I come unto Thee. Despise not my petitions, O Mother of the Incarnate Word; but in thy loving kindness hear and answer me, O merciful, O sweet Virgin Mary. | Raccolta #197 |
| Mary | Prayer | Tota Pulchra, etc. | 300 Days; Plenary on 5 feast days. | V. Tota pulchra es Maria. R. Tota pulchra es Maria. V. All fair art thou, O Mary. R. All fair art thou, O Mary. V. Et macula originalis non est in te. R. Et macula originalis non est in te. V. The original stain is not in thee. R. The original stain is not in thee. V. Tu gloria Jerusalem. R. Tu laetitia Israel. V. Thou art the glory of Jerusalem. R. Thou art the joy of Israel. V. Tu honorificentia populi nostri. R. Tu advocata peccatorum. V. Thou art the honour or our people. R. Thou art the advocate of sinners. V. O Maria. R. O Maria. V. O Mary. R. O Mary. V. Virgo prudentissima. R. Mater clementissima. V. Virgin most prudent. R. Mother most clement. V. Ora pro nobis. R. Intercede pro nobis ad DOMINUM JESUM CHRISTUM V. Pray for us. R. Intercede for us with our LORD JESUS CHRIST. V. In Conceptione tua, Virgo, immaculata fuisti. R. Ora pro nobis PATREM, cujus FlLIUM peperisti. V. In thy conception, O Virgin, thou wast immaculate. R. Pray for us to the FATHER, whose SON was born of thee. Oremus. DEUS qui per Immaculatam Virginis Conceptionem dignum FILIO tuo habitaculum praeparasti: quaesumus ut qui ex morte ejusdem FILII tui praevisa eam ab omni labe praeservasti, nos quoque mundos ejus intercessione ad te pervenire concedas. Per CHRISTUM DOMINUM nostrum. Amen. Let us pray. O GOD, who through the Immaculate Conception of a Virgin didst prepare a worthy dwelling-place for thy SON, we beseech Thee, who by the death of that SON, foreseen by Thee, didst preserve her from all stain of sin, to grant that by her intercession we may also be purified, and so may come to Thee. Through CHRIST our LORD. Amen. | Raccolta #198 |
| Mary | Novena | Novena for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, December 8 | 300 days; Plenary on the feast or octave. | VENI SANCTE SPIRITUS, reple tuorum corda fidelium, et tui amoris in eis ignem accende. COME O HOLY GHOST, fill the hearts of thy faithful and kindly in them the fire of thy love. V. Emitte SPIRITUM tuum, et creabuntur. R. Et renovabis faciem terrae. V. Send forth thy SPIRIT and they shall be created; R. And thou shalt renew the face of the earth. Oremus. DEUS qui corda fidelium SANCTI SPIRITUS illustratione docuisti, da nobis in eodem SPIRITU recta sapere et de ejus semper consolatione gaudere. Per CHRISTUM DOMINUM nostrum. R. Amen. Let us pray. O GOD, who hast taught the hearts of the faithful by the light of the HOLY SPIRIT; grant us by the same SPIRIT to relish what is right, and evermore to rejoice in his consolation. Through CHRIST our LORD. R. Amen. I VENERATE and I admire thee, most holy Virgin Mary, as the humblest of all the creatures of GOD on the very day of thy Annunciation, when GOD Himself exalted thee to the most sublime dignity of his own Mother. O mighty Virgin, enable me, wretched sinner that I am, to know the depths of my own nothingness, and at once with all my heart to humble myself before all men. Ave Maria. Mary, most holy Virgin, when thou wast saluted by Gabriel the Archangel, and the message from GOD was conveyed to thee, and thou wast exalted by GOD above all the Choirs of the Angels, then thou didst humbly say, “Behold the handmaid of the LORD.” Oh, obtain for me true humility and angelic purity, enabling me so to live on earth that I may ever be worthy of the blessing of GOD. Ave Maria. O Virgin ever blessed, I rejoice with thee because solely by thy humble Fiat thou didst draw from the bosom of the Eternal FATHER the divine Word into thy own pure bosom. Draw then ever my heart to GOD; and with GOD draw grace into my heart, that I may ever bless thy Fiat, and cry with devotion, “O mighty Fiat! O efficacious Fiat! O Fiat to be venerated above all Fiats” (St. Thomas of Villanova). Ave Maria. O Virgin Mary, on the day of thy Annunciation thou wast foundby Gabriel the Archangel quick and ready to do GOD’S will, when it pleased the most Holy Trinity to await thy consent in order to redeem the world. Enable me in every good and bad fortune to turn to GOD with resignation and say: Be it done unto me according to thy word. Ave Maria. Most holy Mary, I well understand that thy obedience made the union between thy GOD and thee more intimate than shall ever again be possible for any other creature: (“No creature could be in closer union with GOD.” B. Albertus Magnus). I am confounded to see how sin has separated me from GOD. Help me then, kind Mother, truly to do penance for my sins, that thy own loving JESUS may yet once more live in me and I in Him. Ave Maria. Most holy Mary, thou wast troubled by reason of thy modesty, when Gabriel the Archangel stood before thee in thy house; but I, when I come before thee, am troubled because of my great pride; wherefore do thou in thy incomparable humility, “which brought forth GOD for men, reopened Paradise, and set the captive souls free from hell beneath” (S. Aug. Sermo de Sanct.), draw me, I pray thee, out of the deep pit of my sins, and enable me to save my soul. Ave Maria. Most holy Virgin, though I have an unhallowed tongue, I have the boldness to salute thee all hours of the day: “Hail, hail Mary, full of grace.” I pray thee from my heart to replenish my soul with a little of that grace wherewith the HOLY SPIRIT, when He overshadowed thee, filled thee to the full. Ave Maria. Most holy Mary, “The LORD is with thee”; I know by faith that the great GOD who has been ever with thee from thy Conception, is, by his Incarnation in thy purest womb, made still more closely one with thee; make it thy care, I pray thee, that I may ever be one in heart and soul with that same dear LORD JESUS, by means of his sanctifying grace. Ave Maria. Most holy Mary, “Blessed art thou amongst women”; pour out upon my heart and soul thy heavenly blessing, as thou thyself wast ever blessed of GOD among all women; for I have this sure hope, that if, my dear Mother, thou wilt bless me while I live, then when I die I shall be blessed of GOD in the everlasting glory of Heaven. Ave Maria. V. Angelus DOMINI nuntiavit Mariae. R. Et concepit de SPIRITU SANCTO. V. The angel of the LORD declared unto Mary, R. And she conceived of the HOLY GHOST. Oremus. DEUS qui de beatae Mariae Virginis utero Verbum tuum, angelo nuntiante carnem suscipere voluisti: praesta supplicibus tuis, ut qui vere eam Genitricem DEI credimus, ejus apud te intercessionibus adjuvemur. Let us pray. O GOD, who by the message of an angel didst will that the divine Word should take flesh of the Blessed Virgin Mary; grant unto us thy suppliants that we, who believe her to be truly the Mother of GOD, may be helped by her intercession with Thee. DEUS omnium fidelium pastor et rector, famulum tuum N., quem pastorem ecclesiae tuae praeesse voluisti, propitius respice; da ei quaesumus, verbo et exemplo, quibus praeest, proficere, ut ad vitam una cum grege sibi credito perveniat sempiternam. O GOD, the Shepherd and Ruler of all the faithful, graciously look down upon thy servant N., whom Thou hast chosen to be the Pastor of thy Church; and grant him, we beseech Thee, both by word and example, so to direct those over whom Thou hast placed him, that together with the flock entrusted to his care, he may attain eternal life. DEUS refugium nostrum et virtus, adesto piis ecclesiae tuae precibus, auctor ipse pietatis; et praesta, ut quod fideliter petimus efficaciter consequamur. Per CHRISTUM DOMINUM nostrum. R. Amen. O GOD, our refuge and strength, who art the author of all holiness, listen to the pious prayers of thy Church, and grant that what we ask in faith we may effectually obtain, through CHRIST our LORD. R. Amen. | Raccolta #199 |
| Mary | Novena | Novena for the Feast of Our Lady’s Nativity, September 8 | 300 days; Plenary on the feast or octave. | VENI SANCTE SPIRITUS, reple tuorum corda fidelium, et tui amoris in eis ignem accende. COME O HOLY GHOST, fill the hearts of thy faithful and kindly in them the fire of thy love. V. Emitte SPIRITUM tuum, et creabuntur. R. Et renovabis faciem terræ. V. Send forth thy SPIRIT and they shall be created; R. And thou shalt renew the face of the earth. Oremus. DEUS qui corda fidelium SANCTI SPIRITUS illustratione docuisti, da nobis in eodem SPIRITU recta sapere et de ejus semper consolatione gaudere. Per CHRISTUM DOMINUM nostrum. R. Amen. Let us pray. O GOD, who hast taught the hearts of the faithful by the light of the HOLY SPIRIT; grant us by the same SPIRIT to relish what is right, and evermore to rejoice in his consolation. Through CHRIST our LORD. R. Amen. MOST holy Mary, elect and predestined from all eternity by the most Holy Trinity to be Mother of the only-begotten SON of the Eternal FATHER, foretold by the Prophets, expected by the Patriarchs, desired by all nations, Sanctuary and living temple of the HOLY GHOST, sun without stain, conceived free from original sin, Mistressof Heaven and of Earth, Queen of Angels: humbly prostrate at thy feet we give thee our homage, rejoicing that the year has brought round again the memory of thy most happy Nativity; and we pray thee with all our hearts to vouchsafe in thy goodness now to come down again and be reborn spiritually in our souls, that, led captive by thy loveliness and sweetness, they may ever live united to thy most sweet and loving heart. So now whilst we salute thee nine times, we will direct our thoughts to the nine months which thou didst pass enclosed in thy mother s womb; and we will devoutly say: We hail thee, O Mary, who tracing thy descent from the royal house of David, didst come forth to the light of Heaven with high honour from the womb of holy Anna, thy most happy mother. Ave Maria. We hail thee, heavenly babe, white dove of purity; who in spite of the serpent wast conceived free from original sin. Ave Maria. We hail thee, bright morn; who, forerunner of the heavenly Sun of Justice, didst bring the first light to earth. Ave Maria. We hail thee, Elect; who, like the untarnished Sun, didst burst forth in the dark night of sin. Ave Maria. We hail thee, beauteous Moon; who didst shed light upon a world wrapped in the thickest darkness of paganism. Ave Maria. We hail thee, dread warrior-child; who, in thyself a host, didst put to flight all hell. Ave Maria. We hail thee, fair soul of Mary; who from eternity wast possessed by GOD. Ave Maria. We hail thee, dear child, and we humbly venerate thy most holy infant body, the sacred swaddling clothes wherewith they bound thee, the sacred crib wherein they laid thee, and we bless the hour and the day when thou wast born. Ave Maria. We hail thee, much beloved infant, adorned with every virtue immeasurably above all saints, and therefore worthy Mother of the SAVIOUR of the world; who, having been made fruitful by the HOLY SPIRIT, didst bring forth the WORD Incarnate. Ave Maria. Let us pray. O MOST lovely infant, who by thy holy birth hast comforted the world, made glad the Heavens, struck terror into hell, brought help to the fallen, consolation to the sad, salvation to the weak, joy to all men living; we entreat thee, with the most fervent love and gratitude, to be spiritually reborn in our souls by means of thy most holy love; renew our spirit in thy service, rekindle in our hearts the fire of charity, bid all virtues blossom there, that so we may find more and more favour in thy gracious eyes. Mary! be thou our Mary, and may we feel the saving power of thy sweetest name; may it ever be our comfort to call on that name in all our troubles; may it be our hope in dangers, our shield intemptation, and our last utterance in death. Sit nobis nomen Mariæ mel in ore, melos in aure, et jubilus in corde. Amen. Let the name of Mary be honey in the mouth, melody in the ear, joy in the heart. Amen. | Raccolta #199 |
| Mary | Novena | Novena for the Feast of the Annunciation, March 25 | 300 days; Plenary on the feast or octave. | VENI SANCTE SPIRITUS, reple tuorum corda fidelium, et tui amoris in eis ignem accende. COME O HOLY GHOST, fill the hearts of thy faithful and kindly in them the fire of thy love. V. Emitte SPIRITUM tuum, et creabuntur. R. Et renovabis faciem terrae. V. Send forth thy SPIRIT and they shall be created; R. And thou shalt renew the face of the earth. Oremus. DEUS qui corda fidelium SANCTI SPIRITUS illustratione docuisti, da nobis in eodem SPIRITU recta sapere et de ejus semper consolatione gaudere. Per CHRISTUM DOMINUM nostrum. R. Amen. Let us pray. O GOD, who hast taught the hearts of the faithful by the light of the HOLY SPIRIT; grant us by the same SPIRIT to relish what is right, and evermore to rejoice in his consolation. Through CHRIST our LORD. R. Amen. I VENERATE and I admire thee, most holy Virgin Mary, as the humblest of all the creatures of GOD on the very day of thy Annunciation, when GOD Himself exalted thee to the most sublime dignity of his own Mother. O mighty Virgin, enable me, wretched sinner that I am, to know the depths of my own nothingness, and at once with all my heart to humble myself before all men. Ave Maria. Mary, most holy Virgin, when thou wast saluted by Gabriel the Archangel, and the message from GOD was conveyed to thee, and thou wast exalted by GOD above all the Choirs of the Angels, then thou didst humbly say, Behold the handmaid of the LORD. Oh, obtain for me true humility and angelic purity, enabling me so to live on earth that I may ever be worthy of the blessing of GOD. Ave Maria. O Virgin ever blessed, I rejoice with thee because solely by thy humble Fiat thou didst draw from the bosom of the Eternal FATHER the divine Word into thy own pure bosom. Draw then ever my heart to GOD; and with GOD draw grace into my heart, that I may ever bless thy Fiat, and cry with devotion, O mighty Fiat! O efficacious Fiat! O Fiat to be venerated above all Fiats (St. Thomas of Villanova). Ave Maria. O Virgin Mary, on the day of thy Annunciation thou wast foundby Gabriel the Archangel quick and ready to do GOD’S will, when it pleased the most Holy Trinity to await thy consent in order to redeem the world. Enable me in every good and bad fortune to turn to GOD with resignation and say: Be it done unto me according to thy word. Ave Maria. Most holy Mary, I well understand that thy obedience made the union between thy GOD and thee more intimate than shall ever again be possible for any other creature: (No creature could be in closer union with GOD. B. Albertus Magnus). I am confounded to see how sin has separated me from GOD. Help me then, kind Mother, truly to do penance for my sins, that thy own loving JESUS may yet once more live in me and I in Him. Ave Maria. Most holy Mary, thou wast troubled by reason of thy modesty, when Gabriel the Archangel stood before thee in thy house; but I, when I come before thee, am troubled because of my great pride; wherefore do thou in thy incomparable humility, which brought forth GOD for men, reopened Paradise, and set the captive souls free from hell beneath (S. Aug. Sermo de Sanct.), draw me, I pray thee, out of the deep pit of my sins, and enable me to save my soul. Ave Maria. Most holy Virgin, though I have an unhallowed tongue, I have the boldness to salute thee all hours of the day: Hail, hail Mary, full of grace. I pray thee from my heart to replenish my soul with a little of that grace wherewith the HOLY SPIRIT, when He overshadowed thee, filled thee to the full. Ave Maria. Most holy Mary, The LORD is with thee; I know by faith that the great GOD who has been ever with thee from thy Conception, is, by his Incarnation in thy purest womb, made still more closely one with thee; make it thy care, I pray thee, that I may ever be one in heart and soul with that same dear LORD JESUS, by means of his sanctifying grace. Ave Maria. Most holy Mary, Blessed art thou amongst women; pour out upon my heart and soul thy heavenly blessing, as thou thyself wast ever blessed of GOD among all women; for I have this sure hope, that if, my dear Mother, thou wilt bless me while I live, then when I die I shall be blessed of GOD in the everlasting glory of Heaven. Ave Maria. | Raccolta #199 |
| Mary | Novena | Novena for the Feast of the Purification, February 2 | 300 days; Plenary on the feast or octave. | VENI SANCTE SPIRITUS, reple tuorum corda fidelium, et tui amoris in eis ignem accende. COME O HOLY GHOST, fill the hearts of thy faithful and kindly in them the fire of thy love. V. Emitte SPIRITUM tuum, et creabuntur. R. Et renovabis faciem terrae. V. Send forth thy SPIRIT and they shall be created; R. And thou shalt renew the face of the earth. Oremus. DEUS qui corda fidelium SANCTI SPIRITUS illustratione docuisti, da nobis in eodem SPIRITU recta sapere et de ejus semper consolatione gaudere. Per CHRISTUM DOMINUM nostrum. R. Amen. Let us pray. O GOD, who hast taught the hearts of the faithful by the light of the HOLY SPIRIT; grant us by the same SPIRIT to relish what is right, and evermore to rejoice in his consolation. Through CHRIST our LORD. R. Amen. MOST holy Virgin, bright mirror of all virtues, the forty days after thy delivery were no sooner passed than thou, though the purest of all virgins, didst will to be presented in the Temple to be purified; oh, help us then to keep our hearts unstained by sin, that so we too may be made worthy one day to be presented to our GOD in Heaven. Ave Maria. Virgin most obedient, at thy presentation in the Temple, thou didst willingly offer the sacrifice customary among women; enable us so to follow thy example, that we may make ourselves a living sacrifice to GOD by practising every virtue. Ave Maria. Virgin most pure, thou didst despise the reproach of men, observing the precepts of the Law; ask for us grace always to keep our hearts pure, whatever the world may think of us. Ave Maria. Virgin most holy, by offering thy Son, the Divine Word, to his Eternal FATHER, thou didst make Heaven glad; present our poor hearts to GOD, that by his grace they may be kept free from mortal sin. Ave Maria. Virgin most humble, in consigning JESUS into the arms of the holy old man Simeon, thou didst fill his spirit full of heavenly joy; consign our hearts to GOD, that He may fill them full of his HOLY SPIRIT. Ave Maria. Virgin most diligent, in ransoming thy Son JESUS according to the Law, thou didst co-operate in the salvation of the world; ransom our poor hearts from the slavery of sin, that they may be ever pure in the sight of GOD. Ave Maria. Virgin most clement, on hearing the prophecy of Simeon foretelling thy woes, thou didst at once resign thyself to the good pleasure of thy GOD; make us always resigned to the dispositions of his Providence, and enable us to bear all troubles with patience. Ave Maria. Virgin most compassionate, when thou didst fill the soul of Anna the prophetess with light, by means of thy Divine Son, thou didst make her magnify the mercies of GOD by recognizing JESUS as the REDEEMER of the world; enrich our spirits too with heavenly grace, that we may joyfully reap in full measure the fruits of our LORD’S Redemption. Ave Maria. Virgin most resigned, although thou didst feel thine own soul transfixed with sorrow, foreseeing all the bitter Passion of thy Son, yet knowing the grief of Joseph thy spouse for all thy sufferings, thou didst console him with holy words; pierce through and through our souls with true sorrow for our sins, that we may one day come to rejoice with thee in everlasting bliss, partakers of thy glory. Ave Maria. V. Responsum accepit Simeon a SPIRITU SANCTO. R. Non visurum se mortem nisi videret CHRISTUM DOMINI. V. Simeon received answer from the HOLY SPIRIT. R. That he should not see death till he had seen the CHRIST of the LORD. Oremus. OMNIPOTENS sempiterne DEUS, majestatem tuam supplices exoramus, ut sicut unigenitus tuus cum nostrae carnis substantia in Templo est prsesentatus, ita nos facias purificatistibi mentibus praesentari. Let us pray. ALMIGHTY, everlasting GOD, we humbly pray thy Majesty that, as thine only begotten SON was presented in the Temple in the substance of our flesh, so Thou wouldst enable us to present ourselves before thee with clean hearts. DEUS omnium fidelium pastor et rector, famulum tuum N., quem pastorem ecclesiae tuae praeesse voluisti, propitius respice; da ei quaesumus, verbo et exemplo, quibus praeest, proficere, ut ad vitam una cum grege sibi credito perveniat sempiternam. O GOD, the Shepherd and Ruler of all the faithful, graciously look down upon thy servant N., whom Thou hast chosen to be the Pastor of thy Church; and grant him, we beseech Thee, both by word and example, so to direct those over whom Thou hast placed him, that together with the flock entrusted to his care, he may attain eternal life. DEUS refugium nostrum et virtus, adesto piis ecclesiae tuae precibus, auctor ipse pietatis; et praesta, ut quod fideliter petimus efficaciter consequamur. Per CHRISTUM DOMINUM nostrum. R. Amen. O GOD, our refuge and strength, who art the author of all holiness, listen to the pious prayers of thy Church, and grant that what we ask in faith we may effectually obtain, through CHRIST our LORD. R. Amen. | Raccolta #199 |
| Mary | Novena | Novena for the Feast of the Assumption, August 15 | 300 days; Plenary on the feast or octave. | VENI SANCTE SPIRITUS, reple tuorum corda fidelium, et tui amoris in eis ignem accende. COME O HOLY GHOST, fill the hearts of thy faithful and kindly in them the fire of thy love. V. Emitte SPIRITUM tuum, et creabuntur. R. Et renovabis faciem terrae. V. Send forth thy SPIRIT and they shall be created; R. And thou shalt renew the face of the earth. Oremus. DEUS qui corda fidelium SANCTI SPIRITUS illustratione docuisti, da nobis in eodem SPIRITU recta sapere et de ejus semper consolatione gaudere. Per CHRISTUM DOMINUM nostrum. R. Amen. Let us pray. O GOD, who hast taught the hearts of the faithful by the light of the HOLY SPIRIT; grant us by the same SPIRIT to relish what is right, and evermore to rejoice in his consolation. Through CHRIST our LORD. R. Amen. Hymn O GLORIOSA virginum Sublimis inter sidera, Qui te creavit parvulum Lactente nutris ubere. O QUEEN of all the virgin choir, Enthroned above the starry sky; Who with pure milk from thy own breast Thy own CREATOR didst supply. Quod Heva tristis abstulit Tu reddis almo germine: Intrent ut astra flebiles, Caeli recludis cardines. What man hath lost in hapless Eve, Thy sacred womb to man restores; Thou to the sorrowing here beneath Hast opened heaven’s eternal doors. Tu regis alti janua, Et aula lucis fulgida: Vitam datam per Virginem Gentes redemptae plaudite. Hail, O refulgent Hall of Light! Hail, Gate sublime of Heaven’s high King! Through Thee redeemed to endless life, Thy praise let all the nations sing. JESU, tibi sit gloria, Qui natus es de Virgine, Cum PATRE et almo SPIRITU In sempiterna saecula. Amen. O JESU, born of Virgin bright Immortal glory be to Thee; Praise to the FATHER infinite, And HOLY GHOST eternally. Amen. First Day, August 6. The glory of Mary in death, in that she was well prepared to die. LET us meditate how glorious Mary was at the moment of her death, because in life she was so well prepared to die; first by reason of her ardent longing to see her GOD and to be again united to her Son; and next, by the unapproachable merit of her consummate perfection. Then, reflecting how different we are from Mary in our practice ot preparation for our death, let us say: MOST holy Virgin, who in order to prepare thyself for a holy death, didst live in continual desire of the beatific vision; oh, take from us all vain desires for the frail things of earth. Ave Maria thrice. Most holy Virgin, who in order to prepare thyself for a holy death didst in life ever sigh to be united to thy Son JESUS; obtain for us fidelity to JESUS even unto death. Ave Maria thrice. Most holy Virgin, who, in preparation for a holy death, didst attain an unapproachable height of merit and of virtue; intercede for us that we may know that virtue and the grace of GOD alone will lead us to salvation. Ave Maria thrice. Let us now give praise to Mary, so prudent in preparing for death; and whilst we exalt her glory, we will unite with the nine Choirs of Angels, who, on her Assumption into Heaven, escorted her, praising her with the first Choir: V. Exaltata est Sancta DEI Genitrix. R. Super Chores Angelorum ad caelestia regna. V. The Holy Mother of GOD is exalted. R. Into the heavenly kingdom above the Angel Choirs. Oremus. FAMULORUM tuorum, quaesumus DOMINE, delictis ignosce: ut qui tibi placere de actibus nostris non valemus, Genitricis FILII tui DOMINI nostri intercessione salvemur. Let us pray. WE, beseech Thee, O LORD, to pardon the shortcomings of thy servants; that we who by our own works are not able to please Thee, may be saved by the intercession of the Mother of thy Son, our LORD JESUS CHRIST. DEUS omnium fidelium pastor et rector, famulum tuum N., quem pastorem ecclesiae tuae praeesse voluisti, propitius respice; da ei quaesumus, verbo et exemplo, quibus praeest, proficere, ut ad vitam una cum grege sibi credito perveniat sempiternam. O GOD, the Shepherd and Ruler of all the faithful, graciously look down upon thy servant N., whom Thou hast chosen to be the Pastor of thy Church; and grant him, we beseech Thee, both by word and example, so to direct those over whom Thou hast placed him, that together with the flock entrusted to his care, he may attain eternal life. DEUS refugium nostrum et virtus, adesto piis ecclesiae tuae precibus, auctor ipse pietatis; et praesta, ut quod fideliter petimus efficaciter consequamur. Per CHRISTUM DOMINUM nostrum. R. Amen. O GOD, our refuge and strength, who art the author of all holiness, listen to the pious prayers of thy Church, and grant that what we ask in faith we may effectually obtain, through CHRIST our LORD. R. Amen. Second Day, August 7. The glory of Mary in death, in that she was assisted by her Son Jesus and the Apostles. Let us meditate how glorious Mary was at her death, in that, according to the teaching of holy writers, she was comforted not only by the apostles and saints, but also by her dear Son JESUS; and whilst we contemplate the unspeakable joy which filled her soul at this grace granted to her alone, let us entreat her for ourselves: GLORIOUS Virgin, who for thy consolation didst merit to die in the blessed company of apostles and saints: obtain for us, that when we breathe forth our souls we may feel thy presence and that of our holy patrons, assisting us. Ave Maria thrice. Glorious Virgin, who at the moment of thy death wast comforted by the sight of thy dear Son JESUS: oh, pray for us, that at that awful moment we too may be comforted by receiving JESUS in the most holy Viaticum. Ave Maria thrice. Glorious Virgin, who didst surrender thy spirit into the arms of JESUS: assist us, that we also, in life and in death, may surrender our souls into the arms of JESUS, and that we may always desire that his most holy will be done. Ave Maria thrice. Come then, let us magnify the glory of Mary, assisted at her death by her Son JESUS and his apostles, and join in jubilee at her triumph, with the second Choir of the heavenly host: Third Day, August 8. The glory of Mary in death, in that she died in an ecstasy of love. Let us meditate how glorious the holy Mary was in her death, because she died in a very ecstasy of the love of GOD; and desiring that we too may be strengthened by that holy fire of love, let us ask for her help. MARY, most happy Virgin, who didst die of the vehemence of the love of GOD; make it thy care that in our hearts, as GOD wills, there be lit up this living fire of his love. Ave Maria thrice. Mary, most happy Virgin, who dying of divine love didst teach us what our love of GOD ought to do; pray for us, that we may never abandon our GOD in life or death. Ave Maria thrice. Mary, most happy Virgin, who in leaving this mortal life, by virtue of an ecstasy of love didst make known the fire which ever burnt in thy heart, obtain for us at least a spark of that same fire, to give us true sorrow for our sins. Ave Maria thrice. Let us with the third Choir of Angels now exalt the ineffable glory of Mary inflamed with the love of her GOD: Fourth Day, August 9. The glory of Mary after death in her dead body. Let us meditate how glorious Mary was in her dead body, because it was adorned with marvellous splendour and majesty, and spread around an odour of sanctity, which was the very fragrance of Paradise, and because innumerable miracles were wrought at the sight of it. Then, thinking on our own misery, let us pray: O LADY, most pure, who by reason of thy virginal purity didst merit the glory of being so bright and so majestic in thy body after death; obtain for us the strength to detach ourselves from every foul spirit of impurity. Ave Maria thrice. O Lady most pure, who by reason of thy rare virtue didst from thy dead body spread around the sweetness of Paradise; make it thy care that we may edify our neighbour by our life, and never more by our bad example become a stumbling block to others. Ave Maria thrice. O Lady most pure, at the sight of whose holy body numberless bodily infirmities were cured; intercede for us, that by thy prayers all our spiritual ills may be healed. Ave Maria thrice. Come, let us rejoice in the glory given to the dead body of Mary, magnifying her with the fourth Choir of Angels: Fifth Day, August 10. The glory of Mary after death in the resurrection of her body. Let us meditate how glorious Mary was after death, since by the power of the Highest her body, raised again to life, forthwith acquired the four gifts of brightness, agility, subtlety and impassibility; and filled with consolation at the excellence of her glory, let us invoke her: O LADY exalted, who wast so gloriously raised to life again by thy GOD; help us so to live on earth, that we also may rise again like unto thee in the last judgment day. Ave Maria thrice. O Lady exalted, to whose risen body were given the gifts of brightness and subtlety, by reason of the bright example and humility of thy life on earth; pray for us, that all contemptuous affectation may be taken from us; that so our souls, being freed from all self-love, may be adorned with humility. Ave Maria thrice. O Lady exalted, whose risen body was glorified by the gifts of agility and impassibility, by reason of thy spiritual zeal and patience while on earth; obtain for us courage valiantly to mortify our bodies, and patiently to curb all our disordinate inclinations. Ave Maria thrice. Then let us render due praise to Mary, and magnify the glory which adorned her risen body; while, with the fifth Choir, we exalt her: Sixth Day, August 11. The glory of Mary after death in her Assumption into Heaven. Let us meditate how gloriously Mary was taken up to Heaven, being escorted thither by many legions of the heavenly host and of blessed souls drawn by her merits out of Purgatory; and rejoicing in that majestic triumph, let us with all humility offer to her our supplications: GREAT Queen, who wast assumed so royally into the Kingdom of eternal peace; obtain for us that all sordid, earthly thoughts be taken away from us, and our hearts be fixed upon the contemplation of the unchangeable happiness of Heaven. Ave Maria thrice. Great Queen, who wast assumed to Heaven amidst a company of the Angelic Hierarchy; obtain for us strength to overcome the wiles of all our enemies, and that we may lend a docile ear to the counsels of that good angel who continually assists and governs us. Ave Maria thrice. Great Queen, who wast assumed to Heaven most gloriously, in the company of souls drawn by thy merits out of Purgatory; free us from the slavery of sin, and make us worthy to praise thee for all eternity. Ave Maria thrice. Let us not cease to applaud the royal triumph of Mary; and uniting our homage with the sixth Choir of angels, let us honour the singular glory of her Assumption into Heaven: Seventh Day, August 12. The glory of Mary after death in her exaltation as Queen of Heaven. Let us meditate how glorious Mary is in Heaven, because she is enthroned there as Queen of the universe,"and is ever receiving homage and veneration from countless hosts of angels and of saints; and assisting at her royal throne, let us implore her aid: SOVEREIGN Queen of the universe, who for thy incomparable merit art raised to such high glory in the heavens; in thy pity look upon our miseries, and rule us with the gentle sway of thy protection, Ave Maria thrice. Sovereign Queen of the universe, who art ever receiving worship and homage from all the heavenly host; accept, we pray thee, these our invocations, offered with such reverence as befits thy dignity and greatness. Ave Maria thrice. Sovereign Queen of the universe, by that glory which thou hast by reason of thy high place in Heaven; vouchsafe to take us into the number of thy servants, and obtain for us grace that with quick and ready will we may faithfully keep the precepts of GOD our LORD. Ave Maria thrice. Let us take part in the joy of the angels praising Mary, and rejoice with the seventh Choir, because we know that she is raised to the dignity of Queen of the universe. Eighth Day, August 13. The glory of Mary after death in the crown which decks her brow. Let us meditate how glorious Mary is in Heaven by reason of the royal crown wherewith her divine Son has crowned her, and for the full knowledge which she now has of the deep mysteries of GOD, past, present and to come; and full of veneration for the incomparable honour bestowed upon our Queen, let us have recourse to her and say: QUEEN unrivalled, who in Heaven above dost enjoy the high glory of being crowned by thy divine Son with a royal diadem; help us to share thy matchless virtues, and ask for us that, purified in heart, we may be made worthy to be crowned with thee in Paradise. Ave Maria thrice. Queen unrivalled, in the full knowledge granted thee of all things on earth; for thy own glory’s sake obtain pardon for our past evil deeds, that we may never offend again by froward tongue or wanton thought. Ave Maria thrice. Queen unrivalled, whose desire it is to see men pure and clean of heart, that so they may be made worthy of thy GOD; obtain for us forgiveness of our sins, and help us, that all our looks, words and deeds may please his heavenly Majesty. Ave Maria thrice. Let us then purify our hearts, in order that we may be worthy to give praise to Mary; and to the glory she possesses in that bright crown which decks her royal brow, let us add humble tokens of our love, rejoicing in union with the eighth Choir: Ninth Day, August 14. The glory of Mary after death in her patronage of man. Let us meditate how glorious Mary is in Heaven by reason of her patronage of man, and for the power she has to aid him with great watchfulness in all his necessities; wherefore with lively confidence in the patronage of the very Mother of our GOD, let us implore her aid. MARY, our most powerful patroness, whose glory it is in Heaven to be the advocate of man; oh! take us from the hands of the enemy and place us in the arms of our GOD and CREATOR. Ave Maria thrice. Mary, our most powerful patroness, who being in Heaven the advocate of men wouldst that all men should be saved; make it thy care that none of us succumb at the thought of our past relapses into sin. Ave Maria thrice. Mary, our most powerful patroness, who to fulfilthy office dost love to be continually invoked by men; obtain for us such true devotion that we may ever call upon thee in life, and above all at the awful moment of our death. Ave Maria thrice. Now with all our hearts let us celebrate the glories of Mary; and consoled at having Mary for our advocate in Heaven, let us join in praising her with the ninth Choir of angels: | Raccolta #199 |
| Mary | Novena | Eleven Novenas in Honour of Our Lady | 300 days each day; Plenary during the novena or octave. | the Immaculate Conception; the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary; the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary; the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary; the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary; the Sacred Delivery of Mary and Birth of JESUS; the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary; the Seven Dolours of the Blessed Virgin Mary; the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary; the Sacred Heart of Mary and her Patronage; and for the Feast of the Most Holy Rosary. O DOMINA mea! O Mater mea! memento me esse tuum. Serva me, defende me, ut rem et possessionem tuam. MY Queen! My Mother! remember I am thine own. Keep me, guard me, as thy property and possession. Other Ejaculations Sweet heart of Mary, be my salvation! O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee! Mary, Mother of God, and Mother of mercy, pray for me and for the departed. | Raccolta #200 |
| Mary | Prayer | One Ave and Prayer, O Domina Mea! for Victory in Temptations, especially those against Chastity | 100 days; Plenary once a month. | Ave Maria. O DOMINA mea! O Mater mea! Tibi me totum offero, atque ut me tibi probem devotum, consecro tibi hodie oculos meos, aures meas, os meum, cor meum, plane me totum. Quoniam ita que tuus sum, O bona Mater, serva me, defende me, ut rem ac possessionem tuam. MY Queen! my Mother! I give thee all myself, and, to show my devotion to thee, I consecrate to thee this day my eyes, ears, mouth, heart, my entire self. Wherefore, O loving Mother, as I am thy own, keep me, defend me, as thy property and possession. | Raccolta #201 |
| Mary | Prayer | O Beata Virgo | 50 days Toties Quoties | MARY, Virgin ever blessed! who can worthily praise thee or give thanks to thee, who, by that wondrous assent of thy will, didst rescue a fallen world? What honours can the weakness of our human nature pay to thee, which by thy intervention alone has found the way to restoration? Accept, then, such poor thanks as we frave here to offer, though they are unequal to thy merits; and, receiving our vows, obtain by thy prayers the remission of our offences. Carry thou our prayers within the sanctuary of the heavenly audience, and bring forth from it the medicine of our reconciliation. Through thee may those sins become pardonable the release from which through thee we ask of GOD, and that be granted which we demand with confidence. Accept what we offer, grant us what we seek, spare us what we fear, for thou art the sole hope of sinners. Through thee we hope for the forgiveness of our faults, and in thee, most blessed Virgin, is the hope of our reward. Holy Mary, succour the wretched, help the faint-hearted, comfort the sorrowful, pray for the people, shield the clergy, intercede for all women consecrated to GOD, let all feel thy aid who keep thy holy commemoration. Be thou at hand, ready to aid our prayers, when we pray; and bring back to us the answers we desire. Make it thy care to intercede ever for the people of GOD thou who, blessed of GOD, didst merit to bear the REDEEMER of the world, who liveth and reigneth for ever and ever. Amen. | Raccolta #202 |
| Mary | Prayer | Prayer of St Alphonsus to be said before a representation of Our Lady | 300 Days Toties Quoties; Plenary once a month. | MOST holy Mary, Immaculate Virgin and Mother, to thee who art the Mother of my LORD, the refuge of sinners, I, who am the most miserable of all, have recourse to-day. I adore thee, O great Queen, and I thank thee for the many favours thou hast done me up to now, especially for having preserved me from hell, which I have so often deserved. I love thee, most dear Lady; and by the love I bear thee I promise to desire ever to serve thee and to do all I can to make thee loved by others. I place all my hopes in thee, all my salvation. Accept me for thy servant and shelter me under thy mantle, O thou Mother of mercy. And since thou art so powerful with GOD, free me from all temptations, or obtain for me strength to overcome them as long as I live. Of thee I ask true love of JESUS CHRIST. Through thee I hope to die a good death. O Mother, by the love thou bearest to GOD, I pray thee to help me always, but specially in the last moment of my life. Do not leave me until thou seest me safe in Heaven, there to bless thee and sing thy mercies for all eternity. This is my hope. Amen. | Raccolta #203 |
| Mary | Prayer | Prayer for a Good Death | 100 Days. | O MARY, conceived without stain, pray for us who fly to thee. Refuge of sinners, Mother of those who are in their agony, leave us not in the hour of our death, but obtain for us perfect sorrow, sincere contrition, remission of our sins, a worthy reception of the most holy Viaticum, the strengthening of the Sacrament of Extreme Unction, so that we may be able to stand with safety before the throne of the just but merciful Judge, our GOD and our REDEEMER. Amen. | Raccolta #204 |
| Mary | Prayer | Psalms and Prayers of St Bonaventure for every day in the week | Seven Years and Seven Quarantines once a day; Plenary on several feasts. | i. Seven Years and Seven Quarantines, once a day, for reciting, in any language, the psalms and prayers for each day, according to the order of the days of the week, from the Book entitled, The Daily Tribute of Loving Prayers and Praises for each day in the week to the Immaculate Mother of God, etc. ii. Plenary, on the accustomed conditions, on the Feast, of the Immaculate Conception and once during its Octave, on the Feast of St Joseph, St. Bonaventure (July 14), and on any one day at pleasure during the month of May, to those of the faithful who for one month previous to these days shall have said daily the above Psalms and Prayers. | Raccolta #205 |
| Mary | Chaplet | Chaplet of the Twelve Privileges of Our Lady | 100 Days; Plenary once a month. | In the Name of the FATHER and of the SON and of the HOLY GHOST. Amen. V. O GOD, come to my assistance. R. O LORD, make haste to help me. Glory be to the FATHER…. HAIL to thee, purest, holiest Mother of JESUS. We humbly pray thee, by thy predestination, whereby thou wast even from all eternity elected Mother of GOD; by thy Immaculate Conception, whereby thou wast conceived without stain of original sin; by thy most perfect resignation, whereby thou wast ever conformed to the will of GOD; and, lastly, by thy consummate holiness, whereby throughout thy whole life thou didst never commit one single fault: we pray thee to become our advocate with our LORD, that He may pardon our many sins, which are the cause of his wrath. And thou, O FATHER Almighty, by the merits of these privileges vouchsafed to this thy well-beloved Daughter, hear her supplications for us, and pardon us, her clients. Spare, O LORD, spare thy people. PATER once, Ave four times, Gloria once. By thy holy and Immaculate Conception deliver us, glorious Virgin Mary. HAIL to thee, purest, holiest Mother of JESUS. We humbly pray thee, by the most holy Annunciation, when thou didst conceive the Divine Word in thy womb; by thy most happy delivery, in which thou didst experience no pain; by thy perpetual virginity, which thou didst unite with the fruitfulness of a mother; and, lastly, by the bitter martyrdom which thou didst undergo in our SAVIOUR’S death: we pray thee to become our mediatrix, that we may reap the fruit of the Precious Blood of thy Son. And Thou, O Divine Son, by the merit of these privileges granted to thy well-beloved Mother, hear her supplications, and pardon us, her clients. Spare, O LORD, spare thy people. PATER once, Ave four times, Gloria once. By thy holy and Immaculate Conception deliver us, glorious Virgin Mary. HAIL to thee, purest, holiest Mother of JESUS. We humbly pray thee, by the joys which thou didst feel in thy heart at the Resurrection and Ascension of JESUS CHRIST; by thy Assumption into Heaven, whereby thou wast exalted above all the Choirs of the Angels; by the glory which GOD has given thee to be Queen of all saints; and, lastly, by that most powerful intercession, where by thou art able to obtain all that thou dost desire: we pray thee, obtain for us true love of GOD. And Thou, O HOLY SPIRIT, by the merits of these privileges of thy well-beloved Spouse, hear her supplications, and pardon us her clients. Amen. Spare, O LORD, spare thy people. PATER once, Ave four times, Gloria once. By thy holy and Immaculate Conception deliver us, glorious Virgin Mary. Antiphon. Thy Conception, Virgin Mother of GOD, brought joy to the whole world, for of thee was born the Sun of Justice, CHRIST our GOD, who, loosing the curse, bestowed the blessing, and, confounding death, gave unto us eternal life. V. In thy Conception, Virgin Mary, thou wast Immaculate. R. Pray to the FATHER for us, whose SON JESUS, conceived by the HOLY GHOST, thou didst bring forth. Let us pray. GOD of mercy, GOD of pity, GOD of tenderness, who, pitying the affliction of thy people, didst say to the angel smiting them, “Withhold thy hand”; for the love of thy glorious Mother, at whose precious breast thou didst sweetly find an antidote to the venom of our sins, bestow on us the help of thy grace, that we may be freed from all evil, and mercifully protected from every onset of destruction. Who livest and reignest for ever and ever. R. Amen. | Raccolta #206 |
| Mary | Prayer | Prayer for the Conversion of Heretics and Schismatics | 300 Days. | Mother of mercy and Refuge of sinners, we beseech thee to look with pitying eyes on heretical and schismatical nations. Do thou, who art the Seat of wisdom, illuminate their minds, wretchedly involved in the darkness of ignorance and sin, that they may know the Holy, Catholic, Apostolic, Roman Church to be the only true Church of JESUS CHRIST, out of which no sanctity or salvation can be found. Finally, complete their conversion by obtaining for them the grace to believe every truth of our holy Faith, and to submit to the Sovereign Roman Pontiff, the Vicar of JESUS CHRIST on earth, that thus, being soon united to us by the bonds of divine charity, they may make with us but one fold under one and the same pastor, and that we may thus, O glorious Virgin, all sing exultingly for ever, Rejoice, O Virgin Mary! alone thou hast destroyed all heresies in the whole world. Amen. Ave Maria thrice. | Raccolta #207 |
| Mary | Prayer | Prayer for the Conversion of Greek Schismatics | 100 Days; Plenary once a month. | O IMMACULATE Virgin Mary, we thy servants, and sons of the holy Catholic and Roman Church, full of confidence in thy powerful protection, humbly beseech thee that thou wouldst deign to implore of the HOLY GHOST, by the honour and glory of his eternal Procession from the FATHER and the SON, the abundance of his gifts for our separated brethren, the Greek schismatics, that, enlightened by his vivifying grace, they may reenter into the bosom of the Catholic Church, under the infallible guidance of her supreme pastor and teacher, the Sovereign Roman Pontiff; and that thus, sincerely re-united to us by the indissoluble bonds of the same faith and the same charity, they may, with us, glorify, by the practice of good works, the most august Trinity, and at the same time honour thee, O Virgin Mother of GOD, full of grace, now and through all ages. Amen. Ave Maria thrice. | Raccolta #208 |
| Mary | Prayer | Act of Reparation | 300 Days; Plenary once a month. | MOST glorious Virgin Mary, Mother of GOD, and our mother, look with pity upon us poor sinners, who, afflicted with so many miseries surrounding us in this life, feel ourselves cut to the heart by the many horrible insults and blasphemies which we are often constrained to hear uttered against thee, O Immaculate Virgin. Oh, how these impious sayings offend the infinite Majesty of GOD, and JESUS CHRIST his only begotten SON! How they provoke his anger, and give us cause to fear the terrible effects of his vengeance! If the sacrifice of our lives could avail against such outrages and blasphemies, very willingly would we make it, for we desire, most holy Mother, to love and honour thee with all our hearts, such being the will of GOD. And just because we love thee, we will do whatever lies in our power to make thee loved and honoured by all. And do thou, Mother of pity, supreme consoler of the afflicted, accept this act of reparation offered to thee, in our name and in the name of all our families, and on behalf of those who, not knowing what they say, impiously blaspheme thee; that so, by obtaining from GOD their conversion, thy glorious compassion, thy power, and thy great mercy may become more manifest, and they too may join with us in proclaiming thee blessed amongst women, the Immaculate Virgin, the most compassionate Mother of GOD. | Raccolta #209 |
| Mary | Prayer | Prayer, O Powerful Virgin | 100 Days. | O POWERFUL Virgin, who alone hast destroyed all heresies throughout the world, deliver the Christian world from the snares of the devil, and have compassion on the souls deceived by diabolical cunning, that laying aside all heretical guilt, the hearts of the erring may be converted and return to the unity of the Catholic Faith, through thy intercession with our LORD JESUS CHRIST thy Son, who liveth and reigneth with GOD the FATHER in the unity of the HOLY SPIRIT, GOD for ever and ever. Amen. | Raccolta #210 |
| Mary | Prayer | Prayer, O Mary | 300 Days. | O MARY, who, crowned with stars, hast for a footstool under thy feet the moon, and for thy throne the wings of angels; turn thy eyes upon this valley of sorrows, and listen to the voice of one who puts his hope and refuge in thee. Thou dost now enjoy the infinite sweetness of Paradise, but in the midst of joy and splendour thou bearest always in thy inmost heart the recollection of what thou didst suffer in this life. Thou hast tried the needs of this exile, and therefore knowest how bitterly flow the days of those who live in sorrow. Ever in thy remembrance rises up a mount covered with armed men and the dregs of the people; thou hearest ever a voice, so well known by thee, which says to thee: “O Lady, behold, in my place, thy son.” And these thoughts move thee to profound tenderness, and thou dost realize, O blessed one, that on that mountain and with those words thou wast destined to be the Mother of the living. Without thee what would life be to the unhappy children of Adam. Each one of them has a sorrow which tries him, a grief which overwhelms, a wound which torments. And all have recourse to thee, as to a port of safety, to a fount of complete refreshment. When the waves lash themselves into fury, the wayfarer turns to thee and prays for calm. To thee has recourse the orphan who, like a flower in the wilderness, lies exposed to the whirlwind of life. To thee pray the poor who want their daily bread; and not one of them remains without help and consolation. But if all find in thee aid and refreshment, what shall we say, to whom thou art wont to appear, glorious as thou art in heaven. O Mary, mother of all, enlighten our minds, soften our hearts, so that this most pure love which streams from thy eyes may be poured forth on every side, and produce those marvellous fruits which thy Son prepared for by shedding his Blood, whilst thou didst suffer the most cruel pangs at the foot of the Cross. | Raccolta #211 |
| Mary | Little Office | Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary | Seven Years and Seven Quarantines once a day; Plenary once a month; 300 Days for Matins and Lauds; 50 Days for each Little Hour, Vespers, and Compline. | Raccolta #212 | |
| Mary | Hymn | Hymn, Ave Maris Stella | 300 Days. | AVE maris Stella, DEI Mater alma Atque semper virgo, Felix caeli porta. Sumens illud Ave Gabrielis ore, Funda nos in pace, Mutans Evae nomen. Solve vincla reis, Prefer lumen caecis, Mala nostra pelle, Bona cuncta posce. Monstra te esse matrem, Sumat per te preces, Qui pro nobis natus, Tulit esse tuus. HAIL thou star of ocean! Portal of the sky! Ever Virgin Mother Of the LORD most high! Virgo singularis, Inter omnes mitis, Nos culpis solutos, Mites fac et castos. Vitam præsta puram, Iter para tutum, Ut videntes JESUM, Semper collaetemur. Sit laus DEO PATRI, Summo CHRISTO decus, SPIRITUI SANCTO, Tribus honor unus. Amen. Oh! by Gabriel’s Ave, Utter’d long ago, Eva’s name reversing, Stablish peace below. Break the captive’s fetters; Lighten blindness pour; All our ills expelling, Every bliss implore. Show thyself a Mother Offer Him our sighs, Who for us incarnate Did not thee despise. Virgin of all virgins! To thy shelter take us: Gentlest of the gentle! Chaste and gentle make us. Still as on we journey, Help our weak endeavour; Till with thee and JESUS We rejoice for ever. Through the highest heaven, To the Almighty Three, FATHER, SON, and SPIRIT, One same glory be.Amen. | Raccolta #213 |
| Mary | Prayer | Reparation for Blasphemy against Our Lady | 300 Days, Toties Quoties | O MARY, bless this house, where thy name is ever held in benediction. All glory to Mary ever Immaculate, ever Virgin, blessed among women, the Mother of our LORD JESUS CHRIST, Queen of Paradise. | Raccolta #214 |
| Mary | Hymn | Magnificat | 100 Days; Seven Years and Seven Quarantines. | MAGNIFICAT: anima mea DOMINUM. MY soul doth magnify: the LORD. Et exultavit spiritus meus: in DEO salutari meo. And my spirit hath rejoiced: in GOD my Saviour. Quia respexit humilitatem ancillae suae: ecce enim ex hoc beatam me dicent omnes generationes. For He hath regarded the humility of his handmaid: for behold from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. Quia fecit mihi magna qui potens est: et sanctum nomen ejus. For He that is mighty hath done great things unto me: and holy is his name. Et misericordiae ejus a progenie in progenies: timentibus eum. And his mercy is from generation to generation: unto them that fear Him. Fecit potentiam in brachio suo: dispersit superbos mente cordis sui. He hath shewed strength with his arm: He hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their heart. Deposuit potentes de sede: et exaltavit humiles. He hath put down the mighty from their seat: and hath exalted the humble. Esurientes implevit bonis: et divites dimisit inanes. He hath filled the hungry with good things: and the rich He hath sent empty away. Suscepit Israel puerum suum: recordatus misericordiae suae. He hath upholden his servant Israel: being mindful of his mercy. Sicut locutus est ad patres nostres: Abraham, et semini ejus in saecula. As He spake unto our fathers: to Abraham and his seed for ever. Gloria PATRI, et FILIO, et SPIRITUI SANCTO. Glory be to the FATHER, and to the SON, and to the HOLY GHOST.Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, et in saecula saeculorum. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. | Raccolta #215 |
| Mary | Prayer | Prayer of St Aloysius Gonzaga | 200 Days. | O HOLY Mary, my mistress, into thy blessed trust and special custody, and into the bosom of thy mercy I this day, everyday, and in the hour of my death, commend my soul and my body: to thee I commit all my anxieties and miseries, my life and the end of my life, that by thy most holy intercession and by thy merits all my actions may be directed and disposed according to thy will and that of thy Son. Amen. | Raccolta #216 |
| Mary | Prayer | Prayer for England | 300 Days, Toties Quoties; Plenary once a month. | O BLESSED Virgin Mary, Mother of GOD, and our most gentle Queen and Mother, look down in mercy upon England thy Dowry, and upon us all who greatly hope and trust in thee. By thee it was that JESUS our SAVIOUR and our hope was given unto the world; and He has given thee to us that we might hope still more. Plead for us thy children, whom thou didst receive and accept at the foot of the Cross, O sorrowful Mother. Intercede for our separated brethren, that with us in the one true fold they may be united to the supreme Shepherd, the Vicar of thy Son. Pray for us all, dear Mother, that by faith fruitful in good works we may all deserve to see and praise GOD together with thee in our heavenly home. Amen. | Raccolta #217 |
| Mary | Prayer | Prayer for Reunion | 300 Days. | O Immaculate Virgin, who wast preserved by a singular privilege of grace from original sin, look with pity on our separated brethren, who are still thy children, and recall them to the centre of unity. They have, even from afar, preserved a most tender devotion towards thee, O Mother; do thou, who art so generous, reward them for it by obtaining for them the grace of conversion. Victorious over the infernal serpent from the first moment of thy being, renew, now that the necessity is more urgent, thy triumphant progress, as of old. If our unhappy brethren continue in separation from our common Father, it is the work of the enemy; do thou, then, unmask his wiles, put his forces to rout, and let his victims see that it is impossible to obtain salvation except in union with the successor of St Peter. Do thou, who from the first in the plenitude of thy gifts didst glorify Him who worked such great wonders in thee, glorify thy Son, bringing back into his one fold his strayed sheep, making them subject to the guidance of the universal Shepherd, his Vicar on earth; and may it be thy glory, O Virgin, as well to have rooted out of the world all errors, as to have put an end to schisms, and so to have restored peace to the world. | Raccolta #218 |
| Mary | Invocation | Aspiration, “My Lady and my Mother, remember I am thine…” | 40 Days, Toties Quoties | O Domina mea! O Mater mea! memento me esse tuum. Serva me, defende me, ut rem et possessionem tuam. MY Lady and my Mother, remember I am thine; protect and defend me as thy property and possession. | Raccolta #219 |
| Mary | Invocation | Ejaculation, “Mary, Mother of God and Mother of mercy…” | 100 Days. | Mary, Mother of God and Mother of mercy, pray for us, and for the departed. | Raccolta #220 |
| Mary | Invocation | Three Invocations with Ave thrice | 100 Days. | VIRGO ante partum, ora pro nobis. Ave Maria. Virgo in partu, ora pro nobis. Ave Maria. Virgo post partum, ora pro nobis. Ave Maria. Thou who wast a Virgin before thy delivery, pray for us. Ave Maria. Thou who wast a Virgin in thy delivery, pray for us. Ave Maria. Thou who wast a Virgin after thy delivery, pray for us. Ave Maria. | Raccolta #221 |
| Mary | Invocation | Ejaculation of St. Philip Neri | 50 Days. | Mary, Virgin Mother God, pray to Jesus for me. | Raccolta #222 |
| Mary | Chaplet | Chaplet of the Seven Joys of Our Lady | Several Plenary and Partial Indulgences | Raccolta #223 | |
| Mary | Invocation | Ejaculation before the Blessed Sacrament exposed. | 300 Days, Toties Quoties | Our Lady of the most holy Sacrament, pray for us | Raccolta #224 |
| Mary | Invocation | Ejaculation, “Mary, our hope, have pity on us.” | 300 Days, Toties Quoties | Mary, our hope, have pity on us. | Raccolta #225 |
| Mary | Invocation | Ejaculation, “Mary sorrowing, Mother of all Christians, pray for us.” | 300 Days, Toties Quoties | Mary sorrowing, Mother of all Christians, pray for us. | Raccolta #226 |
| Mary | Invocation | Ejaculation, “Mother of love, of sorrow, and of mercy…” | 300 Days, Toties Quoties | Mother of love, of sorrow, and of mercy, pray for us. | Raccolta #227 |
| Mary | Prayer | Prayer to Our Lady | 300 Days. | O Mother of mercy, help of Christians, faithful handmaid of divine providence, treasurer of all graces, remember that never was it known that those who devoutly had recourse to thee were left without consolation. Wherefore, I prostrate myself humbly before thee, trusting in thy heart of pity and in thy most generous watchfulness, and beg of thee to hear my prayers. Obtain for me holy prudence, and graces in all my spiritual needs, and also that temporal prudence necessary for spending my days in this vale of tears. I commend most fervently to thy loving and maternal heart Holy Church, the Supreme Pontiff, the conversion of souls, the propagation of the Catholic Faith, as well as the chosen spouses of our LORD who are suffering in the cruel flames of Purgatory, that they may quickly be consoled with eternal refreshment. Amen. | Raccolta #228 |
| Mary | Prayer | Prayer to Our Lady | 300 Days, Toties Quoties | Raccolta #229 | |
| Mary Sorrowing | Chaplet | Rosary of the Seven Dolours | Seven Years and Seven Quarantines, Toties Quoties; 100 Days for each Pater and Ave; 200 Days for each Pater and Ave; 200 Years; Plenary; Plenary; Ten Years; 100 Years; 150 Years | Raccolta #230 | |
| Mary Sorrowing | Prayer | One Hour’s Prayer | Plenary | Raccolta #231 | |
| Mary Sorrowing | Mary | Devotions of the Sorrowful Heart | 300 Days, Toties Quoties. | Raccolta #232 | |
| Mary Sorrowing | Mary | Devotions for Holy Week and Fridays | Plenary; 300 Days, between three o’clock on Friday and Sunday morning; Plenary. | Raccolta #233 | |
| Mary Sorrowing | Prayer | Ave Maria seven times | 300 Days, once a day; Plenary, once a month. | Raccolta #234 | |
| Mary Sorrowing | Mary | Devotions during the Carnival | 300 Days, each time; Plenary. | Raccolta #235 | |
| Mary Sorrowing | Prayer | Stations of the Dolours | Seven Years and Seven Quarantines once a day; Plenary on making the Stations. | Raccolta #236 | |
| Mary Sorrowing | Mary | Month of September | 300 Days, each day; Plenary. | Raccolta #237 | |
| Mary Sorrowing | Hymn | Stabat Mater | 100 Days, Toties Quoties | Raccolta #238 | |
| Mary Sorrowing | Prayer | Prayer, “Mary, most holy Virgin” | 200 Days, once a day. | Raccolta #239 | |
| Mary Sorrowing | Prayer | Prayer, “O most holy Virgin and Mother” | 200 Days, once a day. | Raccolta #240 | |
| Mary Immaculate | Chaplet | Chaplet of the Immaculate Conception | 300 Days, Toties Quoties, Plenary, once a month. | Raccolta #241 | |
| Mary Immaculate | Mary | Seven Sundays in Honour of the Immaculate Conception | Seven Years and Seven Quarantines; Plenary. | Raccolta #242 | |
| Mary Immaculate | Little Office | Little Office of the Immaculate Conception | 300 Days, Toties Quoties | Raccolta #243 | |
| Mary Immaculate | Prayer | Antiphon, “Haec est virga” | 100 Days, Toties Quoties | Raccolta #244 | |
| Mary Immaculate | Invocation | Ejaculation, “In thy Conception, O Virgin Mary, thou wast Immaculate…” | 100 Days, Toties Quoties | In Conceptione tua, Virgo Maria, immaculata fuisti; ora pro nobis Patrem, cujus Filium Jesum de Spiritu Sancto conceptum peperisti. In thy Conception, O Virgin Mary, thou wast immaculate; pray for us to the Father, whose Son Jesus Christ conceived of the Holy Ghost thou didst bring forth. | Raccolta #245 |
| Mary Immaculate | Invocation | Ejaculation, “To thee, O Virgin Mother, who wast never defiled…” | 100 Days. | To thee, O Virgin Mother, who wast never defiled with the slightest stain of original or actual sin, I commend and entrust the purity of my heart. | Raccolta #246 |
| Mary Immaculate | Invocation | Ejaculation, “O Mary, who didst enter the world free from stain…” | 100 Days. | O Mary, who didst enter the world free from stain, do thou obtain for me from GOD, that I may pass out of it free from sin. | Raccolta #247 |
| Mary Immaculate | Invocation | Ejaculation, “Blessed be the holy and Immaculate Conception…” | 300 Days, Toties Quoties | Blessed be the holy and Immaculate Conception of the most blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God. | Raccolta #248 |
| Mary Immaculate | Invocation | Invocation, “O Mary, conceived without sin…” | 100 Days. | O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee. | Raccolta #249 |
| Mary Immaculate | Invocation | Invocation, “Most holy and Immaculate Virgin Mary…” | 100 Days. | Sancta Virgo Maria Immaculata, Mater Dei, Mater nostra, tu pro nobis loquere ad Cor Jesu, qui tuus Filius est et frater noster. Most holy and Immaculate Virgin Mary, Mother of God and our Mother, speak on our behalf to the Heart of Jesus, who is thy Son and our Brother. | Raccolta #250 |
| Mary Immaculate | Prayer | Crown of Living Stars | 100 Days, Toties Quoties | O Mary Immaculate! come to our aid, and help the little infidel children. Ave Maria. | Raccolta #251 |
| Mary Immaculate | Prayer | Prayer to Our Lady Immaculate | 300 Days. | Raccolta #252 | |
| Mary Immaculate | Mary | First Saturdays | Plenary on each Saturday or Sunday | Raccolta #253 | |
| Mary Immaculate | Prayer | Consecration of Blessed Grignon de Montfort | Plenary on 2 days. | Raccolta #254 | |
| Mary Immaculate | Sacramental | Miraculous Medal with Ejaculation | 100 Days, Toties Quoties | O MARY, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee. | Raccolta #255 |
| Mary Immaculate | Prayer | Prayer of St Alphonsus for Purity | 300 Days, twice a day. | Raccolta #256 | |
| The Sacred Heart of Mary | Prayer | Prayer and Act of Praise | 60 Days; Plenary; Plenary. | Raccolta #257 | |
| The Sacred Heart of Mary | Chaplet | Chaplet of the Immaculate Heart of Mary | 300 Days, once a day; Plenary, once a month. | Raccolta #258 | |
| The Sacred Heart of Mary | Invocation | Ejaculation, “Sweet Heart of Mary, be my salvation.” | 300 Days, Toties Quoties Plenary, once a month. |
Sweet Heart of Mary, be my salvation. | Raccolta #259 |
| Our Lady of the Rosary | Sacramental | Rosaries blessed by the Canons Regular | 500 Days for each Pater and each Ave. | Raccolta #260 | |
| Our Lady of the Rosary | Chaplet | Dominican Rosary | Five Years and five Quarantines; 100 Days; Plenary; Ten Years and ten Quarantines; Plenary; 100 Years and 100 Quarantines; Plenary. | Raccolta #261 | |
| Our Lady of the Rosary | Chaplet | Month of October | Seven Years and Seven Quarantines; Plenary; Plenary. | Raccolta #262 | |
| Our Lady of the Rosary | Prayer | Prayer, “O Queen of the most holy Rosary” | 100 Days. | Raccolta #263 | |
| Our Lady of the Rosary | Chaplet | Fifteen Saturdays | Plenary; Seven Years and Seven Quarantines. | Raccolta #264 | |
| Our Lady of the Rosary | Mary | Our Lady of Pompeii | 100 Days; Plenary on May 8 and Rosary Sunday. | Raccolta #265 | |
| Our Lady of the Rosary | Prayer | Prayer to Our Lady of the Rosary | 300 Days. | Raccolta #266 | |
| Various Titles of Our Lady | Prayer | Prayer to Our Lady of Pity | 100 Days; Plenary. | Raccolta #267 | |
| Various Titles of Our Lady | Prayer | Prayers to Our Lady of Perpetual Succour | Raccolta #268 | ||
| Various Titles of Our Lady | Prayer | Prayer to Our Lady of Good Counsel | 100 Days, once a day. | Raccolta #269 | |
| Various Titles of Our Lady | Prayer | Prayer to Our Lady of Mount Carmel | 200 Days, once a day. | Raccolta #270 | |
| Various Titles of Our Lady | Prayer | Prayer to Mary, Mother of Divine Providence | Raccolta #271 | ||
| Various Titles of Our Lady | Prayer | Prayer to Our Lady of the Cenaculum | Raccolta #272 | ||
| Various Titles of Our Lady | Prayer | Prayer to Our Lady, Help of Christians | 100 Days, once a day. | Raccolta #273 | |
| Various Titles of Our Lady | Prayer | Another Prayer to Our Lady, Help of Christians | 200 Days, once a day. | Raccolta #274 | |
| Various Titles of Our Lady | Prayer | Prayer to Our Lady of Africa | Raccolta #275 | ||
| Various Titles of Our Lady | Invocation | Invocation to be said Morning and Evening | 200 Days. | My Mother, preserve me this day from mortal sin. Ave Maria thrice. | Raccolta #276 |
| Various Titles of Our Lady | Prayer | Prayer to Our Lady, our Helper | Raccolta #277 | ||
| Various Titles of Our Lady | Prayer | Prayer to Our Lady, Queen of Prophets | Raccolta #278 | ||
| Various Titles of Our Lady | Prayer | Prayer to Our Lady, Mother of Confidence | Raccolta #279 | ||
| Various Titles of Our Lady | Prayer | Prayer to Our Lady of Lourdes | 300 Days, Toties Quoties | Raccolta #280 | |
| Various Titles of Our Lady | Invocation | Ejaculation, “Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us.” | 300 Days, Toties Quoties | Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us. | Raccolta #281 |
| Various Titles of Our Lady | Prayer | Prayer to Our Lady “Reparatrice” | Raccolta #282 | ||
| Various Titles of Our Lady | Prayer | Prayer to Our Lady of Lourdes for a Sick Person | 300 Days, Toties Quoties | Raccolta #283 | |
| Various Titles of Our Lady | Mary | Our Lady of Ransom | Raccolta #284 | ||
| Various Titles of Our Lady | Mary | Seven Saturdays | Raccolta #285 | ||
| Various Titles of Our Lady | Invocation | Ejaculation to Our Lady del Pilar | 300 Days, Toties Quoties | Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us. | Raccolta #286 |
| Various Titles of Our Lady | Invocation | Ejaculation to Our Lady, Deliverer of Slaves | 200 Days. | Our Lady, deliverer of slaves, pray for us. | Raccolta #287 |
| Various Titles of Our Lady | Invocation | Ejaculation to Our Lady of Good Studies | 300 Days. | Our Lady of Good Studies, pray for us. | Raccolta #288 |
| Mary | Hymn | Alma Redemptoris Mater | |||
| Mary | Hymn | Ave Maria | |||
| Mary | Hymn | Ave Regina Caelorum | |||
| Mary | Hymn | Concordi Laetitia | |||
| Mary | Hymn | Maria, Mater Gratitiae | |||
| Mary | Hymn | Quem Terra, Pontus, Sidera | |||
| Mary | Hymn | O Gloriosa Virginum | |||
| Mary | Hymn | O Maria, Virgo Pia | |||
| Mary | Hymn | O Sanctissima | |||
| Our Lady of the Rosary | Hymn | Caelestis aulae Nuntius | |||
| Our Lady of the Rosary | Hymn | In monte olivis consito | |||
| Our Lady of the Rosary | Hymn | Jam morte, victor, obruta | |||
| Our Lady of the Rosary | Hymn | Te Gestientem Gaudiis | |||
| Mary | Hymn | Hail, Holy Queen Enthroned Above | |||
| Mary | Hymn | Holy Queen, We Come before Thee | |||
| Our Lady of the Rosary | Hymn | Immaculate Mary (Lourdes Anthem) | |||
| Mary | Hymn | O Mother Blest | |||
| Our Lady of the Rosary | Hymn | O Queen of the Holy Rosary | |||
| Mary | Hymn | Bring Flowers of the Rarest | |||
| Mary Sorrowing | Little Office | Little Office of the Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary | AVE dulcis, Mater CHRISTI! Quae cor tuum gladio Transfigendum audis, tristi Senis vaticinio: Tanti memor fac doloris, Mihi sis praesidio, Ut post vallem hanc moeroris, Caeli reddar gaudio. AVE dulcis Mater CHRISTI Quae prae Regis furia Saeviente, corde tristi, Fugis exul patria: O Regina beatorum, Nostri spes exilii, Fac infractus vi malorum Fiam consors FILII. AVE dulcis Mater CHRISTI. Natum lugens inclytum: O quam tristis quaesivisti Triduo jam perditum: Hujus memor o doloris! CHRISTUM fac inveniam, Et inventum per amoris Nexum semper teneam. AVE dulcis Mater CHRISTI. Quae dilectum FILIUM Capi, coepi, flens vidisti, Manibus crudelium: O per poenas Patientis, Nobis fit impunitas: Per amorem Condolentis Matris crescat caritas! AVE dulcis Mater CHRISTI. Quae sub Crucis arbore Gemens, Natum morte tristi, Vides, heu! succumbere. O per ensem hunc doloris Qui tunc scidit animam Fac me firmet vis amoris Mortis ad victoriam. AVE dulcis Mater CHRISTI. Quae de Cruce mortuum Ulnis natum suscepisti, Madens unda fletuum Eia praestet vis doloris, Mater plena gratiae, Ut supremis server horis Gremio clementiae. AVE dulcis Mater CHRISTI. Quae sepulchro conditum Plangis Natum, heu quam tristi Mente volvens obitum! In virtute tot dolorum Quos tulisti fortiter, Omnem contra vim malorum, Stare nos viriliter: Demum sorte beatorum Fac gaudere jugiter. HAIL to thee, CHRIST’S Mother dearest, Who, by sad prophetic word, In the sacred temple hearest Of the keen heart-piercing sword. Make me mindful of thy sorrow, Guard me, that, the valley past, I may, in the eternal morrow, Give thee thanks in heaven at last. HAIL, thou CHRIST’S sweet Mother, flying From an angry tyrant’s hand, In thy heart’s deep sorrow sighing, Banished from thy fatherland. O thou Queen of blessed spirits, Exiles never seek in vain; Safe from evil man inherits, Grant me with thy SON to reign. HAIL,to thee, CHRIST’S Mother sweetest, When was lost thy SON, thy KING, Thou, with mother’s woe completest, Three days sought HIM sorrowing. Ne’er be this remembrance over, Let me find thy SON by grace, And when I have found my lover, Hold HIM in a long embrace. HAIL, CHRIST’S sweetest Mother, looking While thy SON was led along, And from cruel hands was brooking Blows and thorns and torture-thong. By the pains which ne’er another Bare as HE, may we find peace; By the love of HIS dear Mother Suffering, may our love increase. HAIL, CHRIST’S sweetest Mother, sighing ’Neath the cross predestined tree, When thy SON, so sadly dying, Turned HIS eyes to look on thee. By the sword of bitter sorrow, Which then cleft thy soul in twain, Grant that I love’s might may borrow, And o’er death the victory gain. HAIL, CHRIST’S sweetest Mother, craving Dead, thy SON, let down from rood, In thy arms to bear, and laving HIM with thy tears’ holy flood. May the power of that great anguish, Mary Mother full of grace, Keep me, when in death I languish, Till I see my SAVIOR’S face. HAIL, CHRIST’S sweetest Mother, weeping JESUS hidden in the tomb, Done to death and lowly sleeping, Thou dost mourn HIS early doom. By the might of anguished hours, Suffered with a constant heart, ’Gainst the force of evil powers, Help us bear a manly part; Till with Saints on heavenly towers We may join thee where thou art. Cui comparabo te? Vel cui assimilabo te, filia Jerusalem? Cui exaequabo te, et consolabor Virgo, filia Sion? Magna est enim velut mare contritio tua. To what shall I compare thee, or to what shall I liken thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? To what shall I equal thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Sion? For great as the sea is thy destruction. Tuam ipsius animam doloris gladius pertransivit. Ut releventur ex multis cordibus cogitationes. Thine own soul a sword shall pierce. That out of many hearts thoughts may be revealed. Vide, Domine, quoniam tribulor: conturbatus est venter meus: subversum est cor meum in memetipsa; quoniam amaritudine plena sum: foris interfecit gladius, et domi mors similis est. Behold, O Lord, for I am in distress; my bowels are troubled, my heart is turned within me, for I am full of bitterness: abroad the sword destroyeth, and at home there is death alike. Domine ante te omne desiderium meum. Et gemitus meus a te non est absconditus. Lord, all my desire is before Thee. And my groaning is not hidden from Thee. Plorans ploravit in nocte et lachrimae ejus in maxillis ejus, non est qui consoletur eam ex omnibus charis ejus. Weeping she hath wept in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: there is none to comfort her among all them that were dear to her. Posuisti me desolatam. Tota die moerore confectam. He hath made me desolate. Washed with sorrow all day long. Vide Domine afflictionem meam; quoniam erectus est inimicus. Manum suam misit hostis ad omnia desiderabilia mea. Behold, O Lord, my affliction, because the enemy is lifted up: the enemy hath put out his hand to all her desirable things. Quis dabit capiti meo quam, et oculis meis fontem lacrimarum. Et plorabo die ac nocte. Who will give water to my head and a fountain of tears to my eyes. And I will weep day and night. O vos omnes qui transitis, per viam attendite et videte, si est dolor, sicut dolor meus. O all ye that pass by the way, attend and see if there be any sorrow like to my sorrow. Plauserunt super te manibus omnes transeuntes per viam. Sibi laverunt et moverunt caput suum super filiam Jerusalem. All they that passed by the way have clapped their hands at thee. They have hissed, and wagged their head at the daughter of Jerusalem. Ne vocetis me Noemi (id est pulchram) sed vocate me Mara (id est amaram) quia amaritudine valde me replevit Omnipotens. Call me not Noemi (that is, beautiful), but call me Mara (that is, bitter), for the Almighty hath quite filled me with bitterness. Fasciculus myrrhae dilectus meus mihi. Inter ubera mea commorabitur. A bundle of myrrh is my Beloved to me. He shall abide between my breasts. Idcirco ego plorans et oculus meus deducens aquas: quia longe factus est a me consolator convertens animam meam. Therefore do I weep, and my eyes run down with water, because the Comforter, the relief of my soul, is far from me. Defecerunt prae lacrimis oculi mei. Conturbata sunt viscera mea. My eyes have failed with weeping. Within me all is troubled. Oremus. Interveniat pro nobis, quaesumus, DOMINE JESU CHRISTE nunc et in hora mortis nostrae apud tuam clementiam Beata Virgo Maria Mater tua, cujus sacratissimam animam in hora tuae Passionis doloris gladius pertransivit. Per te, JESU CHRISTE, SALVATOR mundi, qui cum PATRE et SPIRITU SANCTO vivis et regnas per omnia saecula saeculorum. Amen. Let us pray. O LORD JESUS CHRIST, we beseech Thee that the blessed Virgin Mary, Thy Mother, whose most holy soul was pierced by the sword of sorrow in the hour of thy passion, may appeal for us to Thy clemency, now and at the hour of our death. Through Thee, JESUS CHRIST, SAVIOR of the world, who with the FATHER and the HOLY SPIRIT, livest and reignest, forever and ever. Amen. | ||
| Mary | Psalter of the BVM | Psalm 1 | See Raccolta No. 205 | St. Bonaventure | |
| Mary | Psalter of the BVM | Psalm 2 | See Raccolta No. 205 | St. Bonaventure | |
| Mary | Psalter of the BVM | Psalm 3 | See Raccolta No. 205 | St. Bonaventure | |
| Mary | Psalter of the BVM | Psalm 4 | See Raccolta No. 205 | St. Bonaventure | |
| Mary | Psalter of the BVM | Psalm 5 | See Raccolta No. 205 | St. Bonaventure | |
| Mary | Psalter of the BVM | Psalm 6 | See Raccolta No. 205 | St. Bonaventure | |
| Mary | Psalter of the BVM | Psalm 7 | See Raccolta No. 205 | St. Bonaventure | |
| Mary | Psalter of the BVM | Psalm 8 | See Raccolta No. 205 | St. Bonaventure | |
| Mary | Psalter of the BVM | Psalm 9 | See Raccolta No. 205 | St. Bonaventure | |
| Mary | Psalter of the BVM | Psalm 10 | See Raccolta No. 205 | St. Bonaventure | |
| Mary | Psalter of the BVM | Psalm 11 | See Raccolta No. 205 | St. Bonaventure | |
| Mary | Psalter of the BVM | Psalm 12 | See Raccolta No. 205 | St. Bonaventure | |
| Mary | Psalter of the BVM | Psalm 13 | See Raccolta No. 205 | St. Bonaventure | |
| Mary | Psalter of the BVM | Psalm 14 | See Raccolta No. 205 | St. Bonaventure | |
| Mary | Psalter of the BVM | Psalm 15 | See Raccolta No. 205 | St. Bonaventure | |
| Mary | Psalter of the BVM | Psalm 16 | See Raccolta No. 205 | St. Bonaventure | |
| Mary | Psalter of the BVM | Psalm 17 | See Raccolta No. 205 | St. Bonaventure | |
| Mary | Psalter of the BVM | Psalm 18 | See Raccolta No. 205 | St. Bonaventure | |
| Mary | Psalter of the BVM | Psalm 19 | See Raccolta No. 205 | St. Bonaventure | |
| Mary | Psalter of the BVM | Psalm 20 | See Raccolta No. 205 | St. Bonaventure | |
| Mary | Novena | Novena to Our Lady of Lourdes | Fr. Daniel Lord | ||
| Various Saints | Novena | Novena to St. Anne | Fr. Daniel Lord | ||
| Mary | Novena | Novena for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception | Fr. Daniel Lord | ||
| Mary | Novena | Novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel | Fr. Daniel Lord | ||
| Mary | Novena | Holy Face Novena of Reparation to Obtain a Favor | Sister Marie Saint Pierre |