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| Part 1 |
Instructions And Reflections
on Our Duties toward Jesus
in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar |
| Foreword |
5 |
| Chapter 1 |
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| Jesus Christ Is not Known nor Is He Loved in the Most Adorable Sacrament of the Altar |
27 |
| Chapter 2 |
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| Our First Duty toward Our Lord in the Holy Eucharist Is to Believe in His Real Presence |
29 |
| Practical Faith in the Real Presence |
33 |
| Visits to the Blessed Sacrament |
33 |
| Chapter 3 |
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| In What State Our Lord Jesus Christ Remains in the Most Holy Sacrament |
36 |
| Chapter 4 |
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| The Love of Jesus Christ for Souls Who Have a Lively Faith in His Real Presence. Means Whereby to Increase This Faith. |
40 |
| A Royal Model. |
45 |
| Chapter 5 |
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| The Second of the Duties We Owe to Jesus Christ in the Eucharist Is to Adore Him. The Obligation to Genuflect. |
46 |
| Chapter 6 |
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| The Act of Adoration before the Blessed Sacrament. |
49 |
| Chapter 7 |
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| The Reasons Why Jesus Christ Instituted the Sacrament of the Eucharist |
53 |
| Chapter 8 |
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| Jesus Christ Present in the Blessed Sacrament Is Very Little Visited |
56 |
| Chapter 9 |
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| The Poverty of the Dweller in the Tabernacle. |
59 |
| Chapter 10 |
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| The Prisoner of Love. |
62 |
| Chapter 11 |
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| The Indifference, Ingratitude, Contempt, and Treachery with Which Jesus Meets in the Most Blessed Sacrament. |
65 |
| Chapter 12 |
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| Jesus in the Most Blessed Sacrament Is the Advocate of Those Who Visit Him. |
68 |
| Chapter 13 |
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| Jesus in the Most Blessed Sacrament Is a Charitable Physician for the Souls Who Visit Him. |
71 |
| Chapter 14 |
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| Jesus in the Most Blessed Sacrament Is the Best of Comforters. |
75 |
| Chapter 15 |
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| The Right Manner in Which to Make a Visit to the Most Holy Sacrament. |
79 |
| Chapter 16 |
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| The Love of Mary for Those Who Visit the Blessed Sacrament. |
82 |
| Chapter 17 |
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| Jesus Christ Instituted the Sacrament of the Eucharist in Order That He Might Be the Food of Our Souls. |
86 |
| Chapter 18 |
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| Holy Communion. |
89 |
| Chapter 19 |
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| How Often Ought We to Communicate? |
92 |
| Extract from the Decree concerning Daily Communion. |
96 |
| Prayer for the Propagation of the Pious Custom of Daily Communion. |
98 |
| “Why Art Thou Afraid?” |
98 |
| Chapter 20 |
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| The Frequent and Daily Communion of Children. |
99 |
| Pontifical Decree. |
99 |
| Chapter 21 |
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| On the Power Which Holy Communion Has to Sanctify Us |
107 |
| Chapter 22 |
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| The Importance of Frequent Communion. |
110 |
| Chapter 23 |
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| On the Pretexts Many Christians Put Forward as a Reason for not Approaching the Holy Table. |
113 |
| Chapter 24 |
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| On the Just Chastisements Reserved for Those Who Do not Go to Communion. |
116 |
| Chapter 25 |
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| On Preparation for Holy Communion. |
119 |
| Chapter 26 |
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| On Thanksgiving after Holy Communion. |
123 |
| Chapter 27 |
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| On Prolonging the Thanksgiving after Communion. |
127 |
| I. The Venerable Pere Eymard on Holy Communion. |
127 |
| II. Reflections on Prolonging the Thanksgiving after Communion. |
129 |
| Chapter 28 |
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| On Spiritual Communion. |
131 |
| Chapter 29 |
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| The Love of the Most Blessed Virgin for Souls Who Receive Communion Frequently. |
133 |
| Chapter 30 |
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| On the Reasons Why the Attendance at Holy Mass Is so Scanty. |
137 |
| Chapter 31 |
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| The Nature of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. |
140 |
| Chapter 32 |
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| The Ends for Which the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass Is Offered. |
145 |
| Chapter 33 |
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| The Ends for Which the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass Is Offered (Continuation of the Same Subject). |
149 |
| Chapter 34 |
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| Various Methods of Hearing Holy Mass. |
153 |
| Chapter 35 |
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| The Best Way of Assisting at Mass. The Sublimity of the Most Holy Sacrifice. |
156 |
| Chapter 36 |
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| On Assisting at Mass upon Week Days. |
182 |
| Chapter 37 |
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| Holy Mass a Homage of Supreme Esteem. |
185 |
| Zeal for Assisting at Holy Mass. |
185 |
| Occupation of the Soul during Holy Mass. |
185 |
| Chapter 38 |
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| On the Love of Mary for Those Who Hear Mass Frequently. |
194 |
Appendix: Concerning
Certain Practices of Devotion toward
the Most Holy Sacrament and
the Sacred Heart of Jesus |
| Chapter 1 |
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| On the Exposition and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. |
199 |
| Chapter 2 |
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| The Feast of Corpus Christi. |
203 |
| Chapter 3 |
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| What Should Be Done in Order to Sanctify Aright the Feast of Corpus Christi and Its Octave. |
209 |
| Chapter 4 |
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| The Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. |
213 |
| Chapter 5 |
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| The First Friday of the Month. |
219 |
| Chapter 6 |
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| The Promises of Our Divine Redeemer to Those Who Venerate and Practise Devotion to His Sacred Heart. |
221 |
| The Twelfth Promise in Particular. |
221 |
| Chapter 7 |
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| The Apostleship of Prayer the Perpetuation of the Work of the Incarnation. |
232 |
| Chapter 9 |
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| Pious Practices in Honor of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. |
235 |
| Part 2 |
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Prayers and Devotions
for Various Occasions,
In Particular for
Visits to the Blessed Sacrament,
the Holy Hour and
the Hour of Adoration |
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| Morning Prayers. |
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| Morning Offering of the Apostleship of Prayer. |
245 |
| Morning Salutation and Offering to the Blessed Sacrament. |
246 |
| Evening Prayers |
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| A Night Prayer by St. Alphonsus Liguori. |
248 |
| Night Salutation and Prayer to Jesus in the Tabernacle. |
249 |
| The Angelus. |
249 |
| The Regina Coeli. |
250 |
| Mass Devotions |
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| The Ordinary of the Mass with the Proper Parts from the Votive Mass of the Most Holy Sacrament. |
252 |
| Prayers after Low Mass. |
275 |
| Mass to Beg for Peace. |
277 |
| Indulgenced Prayers Arranged for Use at Mass. |
281 |
| Devotions for Confession |
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| Before Confession. |
305 |
| Prayer. |
305 |
| Examination of Conscience. |
306 |
| The Ten Commandments of God. |
306 |
| The Six Commandments of the Church. |
307 |
| The Seven Deadly Sins and the Opposite Virtues. |
307 |
| The Four Sins Which Cry to Heaven for Vengeance. |
307 |
| Nine Ways of Being an Accessory to Another’s Sin. |
307 |
| The Seven Spiritual Works of Mercy. |
308 |
| The Seven Corporal Works of Mercy. |
308 |
| Preliminary Examination. |
308 |
| Examination on the Ten Commandments of God. |
308 |
| Examination on the Precepts of the Church. |
310 |
| After the Examination. |
310 |
| An Act of Contrition. |
310 |
| An Act of Charity. |
311 |
| Thanksgiving after Confession. |
312 |
| Ejaculations. |
312 |
| Devotions for Holy Communion |
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| Before Communion. |
313 |
| Direct Your Intention. |
313 |
| Acts of Faith, Adoration, Hope, Charity, and Contrition. |
314 |
| Prayer. |
314 |
| After Communion. |
315 |
| Acts of Adoration, Thanksgiving, Reparation, and Prayer. |
315 |
| Suscipe. |
317 |
| The Anima Christi. |
317 |
| Prayer for the Church and the Supreme Pontiff, for Friends, Relatives, and Benefactors; and for the Holy Souls in Purgatory. |
318 |
| O Sacrum Convivium. |
318 |
| Prayer before a Representation of Jesus Crucified. |
319 |
| Prayer. |
320 |
| Another Form of Devotion for Holy Communion |
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| Before Communion. |
321 |
| An Act of Faith and Adoration. |
321 |
| An Act of Hope. |
321 |
| An Act of Love and Desire. |
321 |
| An Act of Contrition. |
322 |
| An Act of Humility. |
322 |
| Domine Non Sum Dignus. |
323 |
| After Communion. |
323 |
| Welcome. |
323 |
| Faith and Adoration. |
324 |
| Hope. |
325 |
| Love. |
326 |
| Consecration. |
326 |
| Reparation. |
327 |
| Prayer. |
328 |
| Oblation. |
329 |
| Thanksgiving. |
329 |
| Prayer of St. Thomas Aquinas. |
330 |
| Offerings, Thanksgiving, and Petitions of St. Gertrude. |
331 |
| Anima Christi, Sanctifica Me. |
332 |
| Prayer to Jesus in the Sacrament of the Altar. |
333 |
| Ejaculations. |
333 |
| Prayer to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. |
333 |
| Thanksgiving and Petitions. |
334 |
| Indulgenced Prayer to Be Said after Holy Communion |
336 |
| Prayer for Perseverance |
337 |
| Ejaculations |
337 |
| A Plenary Indulgence at the Hour of Death. |
338 |
| Thanksgiving to the Holy Trinity. |
338 |
| Indulgenced Prayer to Jesus Crucified. |
339 |
| Prayers and Devotions for Visits to the Blessed Sacrament, the Hour of Adoration, and the Holy Hour |
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| Moments before the Tabernacle. |
341 |
| Jesus Is Waiting in His Prison of Love. |
342 |
| The Hour of Adoration |
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| Method of Adoration according to the Four Ends of Sacrifice. |
348 |
| First Quarter of an Hour – Adoration. |
348 |
| Second Quarter of an Hour – Thanksgiving. |
349 |
| Third Quarter of an Hour – Reparation. |
351 |
| Fourth Quarter of an Hour – Prayer. |
353 |
| The Forty Hours’ Adoration |
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| Indulgence Attached to This Devotion. |
355 |
| The Liturgy of the Forty Hours. |
356 |
| First Day. |
356 |
| Pange Lingua. |
356 |
| Psalm 69. |
358 |
| Second Day. |
361 |
| Third Day. |
361 |
| Lauda Sion Salvatorem. |
362 |
| Prayers for Visits to the Blessed Sacrament. |
364 |
| Indulgences for the Hour of Adoration on Thursdays. |
364 |
| Short Indulgenced Visit to the Blessed Sacrament. |
364 |
| Prayer of St. Alphonsus Liguori for a Visit to the Blessed Sacrament. |
365 |
| Prayer before the Blessed Sacrament. |
367 |
| Prayer in Behalf of a Municipality. |
367 |
| Act of Spiritual Communion of St. Alphonsus Liguori. |
368 |
| Prayer: “Behold, my most loving Jesus”. |
368 |
| Prayer to Jesus in the Holy Eucharist. |
369 |
| Oblation of St. Ignatius Loyola. |
369 |
| Anima Christi, Sanctifica Me. |
370 |
| Prayer to the Sacred Heart. |
370 |
| Prayer to the Divine Heart of Jesus. |
371 |
| Ejaculation to the Sacred Heart. |
371 |
| Indulgenced Prayer to the Sacred Heart of Jesus for the Church and the Supreme Pontiff: for the Living and the Dead. |
371 |
| Cardinal Newman’s Prayer for a Happy Death. |
372 |
| Prayer for Those in Their Agony. |
372 |
| Prayer to Jesus. |
372 |
| Short Indulgenced Prayer for the Souls in Purgatory. |
373 |
| Petitions before the Most. |
373 |
| Holy Ejaculations for a Happy Death. |
374 |
| Acts of Faith, Hope, and Charity in the Presence of the Blessed Sacrament. |
374 |
| Act of Faith. |
374 |
| Act of Hope and Confidence in God. |
375 |
| Act of Charity. |
376 |
| Prayer for Greater Love of Jesus. |
377 |
| Act of Contrition. |
378 |
| Another Act of Contrition. |
378 |
| Act of Consecration, by Blessed Margaret Mary. |
379 |
| Ejaculation of Blessed Margaret Mary. |
380 |
| Consecration to the Sacred Heart. |
381 |
| Act of Oblation to be Made before a Representation of the Sacred Heart. |
382 |
| Indulgenced Acts of Devotion in Honor of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus. |
382 |
| Indulgenced Acts of Adoration and Thanksgiving. |
385 |
| Tantum Ergo. |
387 |
| Act of Reparation to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. |
389 |
| Act of Reparation of Honor to Our Lord Jesus Christ in the Most Adorable Sacrament of the Altar. |
389 |
| Prayer to Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament. |
391 |
| Prayers during a Procession of the Blessed Sacrament. |
392 |
| Offering to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. |
392 |
| Act of Reparation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus (for the First Friday). |
393 |
| Act of Consecration and Reparation to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus (with prayers for the Pope, the Church, etc.). |
394 |
| Act of Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. |
395 |
| Indulgenced Chaplet of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. |
396 |
| Prayer in Honor of the Sacred Sufferings of Our Saviour. |
399 |
| Prayer : “Divine Jesus” for a Holy Death. |
399 |
| Ejaculatory Prayer to Our Lord. |
400 |
| Ejaculation of Resignation to the Will of God. |
400 |
| Prayer: “Jesus, My Master”. |
400 |
| Prayer to Jesus for a Holy Life and a Happy Death, in Honor of the Holy Family. |
401 |
| Acts of Adoration and Reparation to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. |
401 |
| Seven Offerings of the Precious Blood. |
404 |
| Act of Oblation in Thanksgiving for Blessings Received. |
406 |
| Offering of the Precious Blood. |
406 |
| Prayer to Jesus Dead. |
406 |
| Prayer in Honor of the Most Holy Name of Jesus. |
407 |
| Prayer to Jesus Our Redeemer: An Act of Reparation for Blasphemies Uttered against the Holy Name. |
408 |
| Invocations. |
409 |
| Prayer of St. Clare of Assisi to the Five Wounds of Our Saviour. |
409 |
| Prayers for the Church and for the Civil Authorities. |
412 |
| A Prayer for All Things Necessary to Salvation. |
414 |
| Prayers in Commemoration of the Passion of Our Lord, for the Poor Souls in Purgatory. |
415 |
| Versicle and Responses for the Dead. |
417 |
| De Profundis for the Faithful Departed Ejaculation of St. Jerome Emiliani. |
419 |
| Short Prayer in Honor of the Holy Family. |
419 |
| Three Offerings in Honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary. |
419 |
| Prayer of St. Alphonsus Liguori to Be Said before a Representation of Our Lady. |
420 |
| Dedication of St. Aloysius to Our Lady. |
420 |
| Ejaculation to Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament. |
421 |
| Prayer to Mary, Our Lady of Good Counsel. |
421 |
| Ejaculations. |
421 |
| Prayer to Our Lady, Mother of Confidence. |
421 |
| Chaplet in Honor of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. |
422 |
| Ejaculations. |
424 |
| Anthem, Versicle, and Prayer in Honor of the Immaculate Mary. |
425 |
| Invocation to Mary Immaculate. |
425 |
| Consecration and Prayer to Our Lady of Perpetual Help. |
425 |
| Prayer to Mary Our Helper. |
426 |
| Pious Exercise in Honor of Our Lady of Dolors. |
427 |
| Prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary, Our Lady of Sorrows. |
428 |
| The Prisoner of Love |
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| Venite, Adoremus. |
429 |
| Who Is This Prisoner of Love in the Tabernacle of the Altar? |
429 |
| What Is the Occupation of This Prisoner of Love? |
429 |
| What Is the Desire of This Prisoner of Love ? |
430 |
| Venite, Adoremus. |
430 |
| Whom Does This Prisoner of Love Cherish Most? |
430 |
| Ejaculations. |
431 |
| Jesus, Master, Teach Me. |
432 |
A Method for the
Hour of Adoration |
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| First Quarter of an Hour. |
433 |
| Second Quarter of an Hour. |
435 |
| Third Quarter of an Hour. |
436 |
| Fourth Quarter of an Hour. |
437 |
| Indulgenced Prayer to the Sacred Heart of Jesus for the Church and the Supreme Pontiff: for the Living and the Dead. |
439 |
| A Method for the Holy Hour |
441 |
| “Could You Not Watch One Hour with Me?”. |
442 |
| Offering of the Holy Hour. |
442 |
| Acts by Which to Unite Oneself to the Heart of Jesus Praying in the Garden of Olives. |
443 |
| Ejaculations. |
445 |
| Prayer for the Sovereign Pontiff. |
445 |
| Prayer for God’s Holy Church. |
445 |
| Prayer to the Holy Spirit for the Church. |
446 |
| Prayer for the Propagation of the Faith. |
446 |
| Prayer for Benefactors. |
446 |
| Prayers to Implore Peace. |
446 |
| Thoughts and Affections on the Passion of our Lord. |
448 |
| Steps of the Passion. |
451 |
| Hymn to the Sacred Heart. |
453 |
| Forget Me Not. |
454 |
| Hymn to the Blessed Sacrament. |
455 |
| The Mysteries of the Holy Rosary. |
456 |
| Prayer to St. Joseph for the October Devotions. |
457 |
| Invocation to St. Joseph. |
458 |
| Prayer to St. Joseph, Patron of the Universal Church, |
458 |
| The Eucharistic Rosary. |
459 |
| The Beads of the Sacred Heart. |
466 |
| The Stations of the Cross. |
469 |
| Litanies |
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| Litany of the Most Holy Name of Jesus. |
480 |
| Litany of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. |
482 |
| Litany of the Blessed Virgin. |
484 |
| Litany of St. Joseph. |
488 |
| Litany of the Saints. |
490 |
| Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. |
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| Prayers at Benediction. |
497 |
| Ejaculations. |
498 |
| O Salutaris Hostia. |
498 |
| Tantum Ergo Sacramentum. |
499 |
| Prayer. |
500 |
| An Act of Reparation for Profane Language. |
500 |
| Adoremus in Aeternum. |
500 |
| Laudate. |
500 |
| Te Deum Laudamus. |
501 |
| Holy God, We Praise Thy Name. |
505 |
| Alphabetical Index. |
507 |
