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| BOOK ONE |
| CHAPTER I. THE MOST HIGH BEGINS TO PREPARE IN MOST HOLY MARY THE MYSTERY OF THE INCARNATION; THE EVENTS OF THE NINE DAYS PRECEDING THIS MYSTERY, ESPECIALLY THE HAPPENINGS OF THE FIRST DAY |
23 |
| CHAPTER II. THE LORD ON THE SECOND DAY CONTINUES HIS FAVORS IN PREPARATION FOR THE INCARNATION OF THE WORD IN THE MOST HOLY MARY |
33 |
| CHAPTER III. WHAT FAVORS THE MOST HIGH CONFERRED ON MOST HOLY MARY ON THE THIRD DAY OF THE NOVENA BEFORE THE INCARNATION |
40 |
| CHAPTER IV. THE MOST HIGH CONTINUES HIS FAVORS TO MOST HOLY MARY ON THE FOURTH DAY |
47 |
| CHAPTER V. HIS MAJESTY MANIFESTS NEW MYSTERIES AND SACRAMENTS TOGETHER WITH THE WORKS OF THE FIFTH DAY OF THE CREATION TO MOST HOLY MARY, AND HER HIGHNESS CONTINUES TO PRAY FOR THE INCARNATION OF THE WORD |
53 |
| CHAPTER VI. THE MOST HIGH MANIFESTS TO MARY, OUR MISTRESS, ADDITIONAL MYSTERIES AND SHOWS HER THE WORKS OF THE SIXTH DAY OF CREATION |
61 |
| CHAPTER VII. THE MOST HIGH CELEBRATES A NEW ESPOUSAL WITH THE PRINCESS OF HEAVEN IN ORDER TO INAUGURATE THE NUPTIALS OF THE INCARNATION. HE ADORNS HER FOR IT |
68 |
| CHAPTER VIII. OUR GREAT QUEEN, IN THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD, PLEADS FOR THE HASTENING OF THE INCARNATION AND OF THE REDEMPTION OF MAN, AND HIS MAJESTY YIELDS TO HER PRAYER |
77 |
| CHAPTER IX. THE MOST HIGH RENEWS ALL HIS FAVORS AND BENEFITS IN THE MOST HOLY MARY AND, AS THE ULTIMATE PREPARATION FOR THE INCARNATION, MAKES HER SOVEREIGN AND QUEEN OF ALL THE UNIVERSE |
85 |
| CHAPTER X. THE BLESSED TRINITY SENDS THE ARCHANGEL GABRIEL AS A MESSENGER TO ANNOUNCE TO MOST HOLY MARY THAT SHE IS CHOSEN AS THE MOTHER OF GOD |
92 |
| CHAPTER XI. MARY LISTENS TO THE MESSAGE OF THE HOLY ANGEL; THE MYSTERY OF THE INCARNATION IS ENACTED BY THE CONCEPTION OF THE ETERNAL WORD IN HER WOMB |
100 |
| CHAPTER XII. OF THE FIRST ACTS OF THE MOST HOLY SOUL OF CHRIST OUR LORD IN THE FIRST INSTANT OF HIS CONCEPTION AND OF THE CORRESPONDING ACTS OF HIS MOST PURE MOTHER |
116 |
| CHAPTER XIII. AN EXPLANATION OF THE STATE IN WHICH MOST HOLY MARY FOUND HERSELF AFTER THE INCARNATION OF THE DIVINE WORD IN HER VIRGINAL WOMB |
129 |
| CHAPTER XIV. OF THE ATTENTION AND CARE WHICH THE MOST HOLY MARY BESTOWED UPON THE FRUIT OF HER WOMB AND SOME HAPPENINGS IN REGARD TO IT |
146 |
| CHAPTER XV. MOST HOLY MARY IS INFORMED OF THE WILL OF THE LORD, THAT SHE VISIT HOLY ELISABETH; SHE ASKS SAINT JOSEPH FOR PERMISSION TO GO, REMAINING SILENT ABOUT ALL THAT HAD HAPPENED TO HER |
154 |
| CHAPTER XVI. THE JOURNEY OF THE MOST HOLY MARY ON HER VISIT TO SAINT ELISABETH AND HER ENTRANCE INTO THE HOUSE OF ZACHARIAS |
162 |
| CHAPTER XVII. THE SALUTATION GIVEN TO SAINT ELISABETH BY THE QUEEN OF HEAVEN, AND THE SANCTIFICATION OF JOHN |
174 |
| CHAPTER XVIII. MOST HOLY MARY ARRANGES THE ORDER OF HER DAILY EXERCISES IN THE HOUSE OF ZACHARIAS; SOME INCIDENTS IN HER INTERCOURSE WITH SAINT ELISABETH |
187 |
| CHAPTER XIX. OF SOME CONVERSATIONS, WHICH MOST HOLY MARY HELD WITH HER ANGELS IN THE HOUSE OF SAINT ELISABETH, AND OF OTHERS, WHICH SHE HELD WITH HER COUSIN |
197 |
| CHAPTER XX. SOME SPECIAL FAVORS WHICH MOST HOLY MARY CONFERRED UPON SEVERAL PERSONS IN THE HOUSE OF ZACHARIAS |
207 |
| CHAPTER XXI. SAINT ELISABETH ASKS THE QUEEN OF HEAVEN TO ASSIST AT HER CONFINEMENT AND IS ENLIGHTENED CONCERNING THE BIRTH OF JOHN |
214 |
| CHAPTER XXII. THE BIRTH OF THE PRECURSOR OF CHRIST AND WHAT THE LADY MARY DID ON THIS OCCASION |
221 |
| CHAPTER XXIII. THE GOOD COUNCIL AND INSTRUCTION, WHICH MOST HOLY MARY GAVE TO SAINT ELISABETH AT HER REQUEST, SAINT JOHN IS CIRCUMCISED AND RECEIVES HIS NAME; ZACHARIAS PROPHESIES |
230 |
| CHAPTER XXIV. MOST HOLY MARY LEAVES THE HOUSE OF ZACHARIAS AND RETURNS TO HER HOME IN NAZARETH |
244 |
| CHAPTER XXV. THE JOURNEY OF MOST HOLY MARY FROM THE HOUSE OF ZACHARIAS TO HER HOME IN NAZARETH |
251 |
| CHAPTER XXVI. THE DEMONS HOLD A MEETING IN HELL IN ORDER TO TAKE COUNSEL AGAINST MOST HOLY MARY |
258 |
| CHAPTER XXVII. THE LORD PREPARES MOST HOLY MARY TO MEET LUCIFER IN BATTLE AND THE DRAGON BEGINS TO PERSECUTE HER |
268 |
| CHAPTER XXVIII. LUCIFER WITH ALL HIS SEVEN LEGIONS PERSISTS IN TEMPTING MOST HOLY MARY; SHE CONQUERS THE DRAGON AND CRUSHES HIS HEAD |
287 |
| BOOK TWO |
| CHAPTER I. SAINT JOSEPH BECOMES AWARE OF THE PREGNANCY OF HIS SPOUSE, THE VIRGIN MARY, AND IS FILLED WITH ANXIETY, AS HE KNOWS THAT HE HAD NO PART IN IT |
301 |
| CHAPTER II. THE ANXIETIES OF SAINT JOSEPH INCREASE; HE RESOLVES TO LEAVE HIS SPOUSE, AND HE BETAKES HIMSELF TO PRAYER ON THIS ACCOUNT |
312 |
| CHAPTER III. THE ANGEL OF THE LORD SPEAKS TO SAINT JOSEPH IN HIS SLEEP AND MAKES KNOWN TO HIM THE MYSTERY OF THE INCARNATION—HIS BEHAVIOR THEREAFTER |
322 |
| CHAPTER IV. SAINT JOSEPH ASKS PARDON OF THE MOST HOLY MARY, HIS SPOUSE, AND THE HEAVENLY LADY CONSOLES HIM WITH GREAT PRUDENCE |
332 |
| CHAPTER V. SAINT JOSEPH RESOLVES TO DEVOTE HIMSELF ENTIRELY TO THE SERVICE OF MOST HOLY MARY; THE BEHAVIOR OF HER MAJESTY, AND OTHER PARTICULARS OF THE LIFE OF MARY AND JOSEPH |
343 |
| CHAPTER VI. SOME OF THE SAYINGS AND CONVERSATIONS OF MOST HOLY MARY AND JOSEPH REGARDING DIVINE THINGS; OTHER WONDERFUL EVENTS |
353 |
| CHAPTER VII. THE MOST HOLY MARY PREPARES THE SWADDLING-CLOTHES AND THE LINENS FOR THE DIVINE INFANT WITH ARDENT LONGINGS TO SEE IT BORN |
363 |
| CHAPTER VIII. THE EDICT OF CAESAR AUGUSTUS IS PUBLISHED, COMMANDING ALL SUBJECTS OF THE EMPIRE TO REGISTRATE; AND WHAT SAINT JOSEPH DID WHEN HE HEARD OF IT |
374 |
| CHAPTER IX. THE JOURNEY OF MOST HOLY MARY FROM NAZARETH TO BETHLEHEM IN THE COMPANY OF THE HOLY SPOUSE JOSEPH AND OF THE HOLY GUARDIAN ANGELS |
382 |
| CHAPTER X. CHRIST OUR SAVIOR IS BORN OF THE VIRGIN MARY IN BETHLEHEM, JUDA |
393 |
| CHAPTER XI. THE HOLY ANGELS ANNOUNCE THE BIRTH OF OUR LORD IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD, AND THE SHEPHERDS COME TO ADORE HIM |
411 |
| CHAPTER XII. WHAT WAS CONCEALED FROM THE DEMON CONCERNING THE MYSTERY OF THE BIRTH OF THE INCARNATE WORD, AND OF OTHER HAPPENINGS UNTIL THE CIRCUMCISION |
420 |
| CHAPTER XIII. THE MOST HOLY MARY IS INFORMED OF THE WILL OF THE LORD, THAT HIS ONLYBEGOTTEN SON BE CIRCUMCISED, AND SHE CONFERS ABOUT IT WITH SAINT JOSEPH : THE MOST HOLY NAME OF JESUS IS BROUGHT FROM HEAVEN |
432 |
| CHAPTER XIV. THE DIVINE INFANT IS CIRCUMCISED AND RECEIVES THE NAME JESUS |
446 |
| CHAPTER XV. THE MOST HOLY MARY REMAINS IN THE PORTAL OF THE NATIVITY UNTIL THE COMING OF THE MAGI KINGS |
455 |
| CHAPTER XVI. THE THREE KINGS OF THE ORIENT COME TO ADORE THE WORD MADE MAN IN BETHLEHEM |
467 |
| CHAPTER XVII. THE MAGI KINGS RETURN ONCE MORE TO SEE AND ADORE THE INFANT JESUS : THEY OFFER THEIR GIFTS ON TAKING LEAVE, AND RETURN BY A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO THEIR HOMES |
478 |
| CHAPTER XVIII. MOST HOLY MARY AND JOSEPH DISTRIBUTE THE GIFTS RECEIVED FROM THE MAGi; AND THEY REMAIN IN BETHLEHEM UNTIL THEIR DEPARTURE FOR THE PRESENTATION OF THE INFANT JESUS IN THE TEMPLE |
485 |
| CHAPTER XIX. MOST HOLY MARY AND JOSEPH DEPART WITH THE INFANT JESUS, IN ORDER TO FULFILL THE LAW, BY PRESENTING HIM IN THE TEMPLE OF JERUSALEM |
496 |
| CHAPTER XX. THE PRESENTATION OF THE INFANT JESUS IN THE TEMPLE AND WHAT HAPPENED ON THAT OCCASION |
506 |
| CHAPTER XXI. THE LORD PREPARES THE MOST HOLY MARY FOR THE FLIGHT INTO EGYPT; THE ANGEL SPEAKS TO SAINT JOSEPH; AND OTHER MATTERS CONNECTED THEREWITH |
516 |
| CHAPTER XXII. JESUS, MARY AND JOSEPH BEGIN THE JOURNEY TO EGYPT; ACCOMPANIED BY THE ANGELIC SPIRITS, THEY ARRIVE AT THE CITY OF GAZA |
529 |
| CHAPTER XXIII. JESUS, MARY AND JOSEPH PURSUE THEIR JOURNEY FROM THE CITY OF GAZA TO HELIOPOLIS IN EGYPT |
539 |
| CHAPTER XXIV. THE HOLY TRAVELERS, JESUS, MARY AND JOSEPH, ARRIVE IN EGYPT, AND AFTER SOME WANDERINGS THEY COME TO HELIOPOLIS, WHERE GREAT MIRACLES ARE WROUGHT |
549 |
| CHAPTER XXV. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DIVINE WILL, JESUS, MARY AND JOSEPH SETTLE DOWN TO DWELL NEAR THE CITY OF HELIOPOLIS AND THEY REGULATE THEIR DAILY LIFE DURING THEIR BANISHMENT |
558 |
| CHAPTER XXVI. OF THE WONDERS WHICH THE INFANT JESUS, MOST HOLY MARY AND JOSEPH WROUGHT AT HELIOPOLIS IN EGYPT |
568 |
| CHAPTER XXVII. HEROD RESOLVES TO MURDER THE INNOCENTS: MOST HOLY MARY IS AWARE OF THIS. SAINT JOHN IS CONCEALED BY HIS RELATIVES |
575 |
| CHAPTER XXVIII. AT THE AGE OF ONE YEAR THE INFANT JESUS SPEAKS TO SAINT JOSEPH AND REQUESTS HIS MOTHER TO CLOTHE HIM AND ALLOW HIM TO WALK. HE COMMENCES TO CELEBRATE THE DAY OF HIS INCARNATION AND OF HIS BIRTH |
583 |
| CHAPTER XXIX. THE MOST HOLY MOTHER CLOTHES THE INFANT JESUS IN THE SEAMLESS TUNIC; SHE PUTS SHOES ON HIS FEET. THE DOINGS AND OBSERVANCES OF THE LORD |
591 |
| CHAPTER XXX. JESUS, MARY AND JOSEPH RETURN TO NAZARETH AT THE COMMAND OF THE LORD |
601 |
