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| Joy in the Lord. — Self-Conquest: Self-Control — The Beatitudes |
3 |
| Introduction |
6 |
| Holy-Days of Obligation |
37 |
| Church Law of Abstinence and Fast |
37 |
| PART I |
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| Reflections |
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| 1. — The Quest of Happiness: “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart” |
41 |
| 2. — Charity. The Greatest Thing in the World |
42 |
| 3. — Fraternal Charity |
44 |
| 4. — The Spectrum of Charity |
46 |
| 5. — Be Indulgent |
47 |
| 6. — Be of Good Cheer |
48 |
| 7. — Don’t Worry |
49 |
| 8. — One Little Secret of a Happy Life |
51 |
| 9. — Abandonment |
52 |
| 10. — Holy Indifference: Self-immolation |
53 |
| 11. — The Saved and Lost |
55 |
| 12. — Lord, Are There Few Saved ? |
60 |
| 13. — Forgive Us Our Trespasses as We Forgive Those Who Trespass Against Us |
61 |
| 14. — Kindness |
62 |
| 15. — Thoughts from Father Faber on Kindness |
65 |
| 16. — Seek the Things Above , |
72 |
| 17. — What Is It That Secures Happiness in a Home? |
73 |
| 18. — The Power of a Smile |
74 |
| 19. — A New Virtue |
74 |
| 20. — Faith and Humor |
76 |
| 21. — Peace Is Happiness |
82 |
| 22. — Happiness in Suffering |
84 |
| 23. — The Practice of Charity |
88 |
| 24. — The Highest Pleasures |
89 |
| 25. — Don’t Go to Heaven Alone! |
89 |
| 26. — Let Us Go About Doing Good |
89 |
| 27. — The Love of God |
90 |
| 28. — Character |
90 |
| 29. — A Young Man and His Beads |
90 |
| 30. — What Flowers Indicate |
91 |
| 31. — Pictures in a Home |
91 |
| 32. — Be at Peace |
92 |
| 33. — Trust in God |
92 |
| 34. — Be Affable Always |
93 |
| 35. — Enthusiasm |
93 |
| 36. — In the Home |
94 |
| 37. — Promote Happiness in Your Homes |
94 |
| 38. — A Sunshiny Disposition |
95 |
| 39. — The Blessing of Pain and Grief |
95 |
| 40. — The Path of Sorrow |
96 |
| 41. — Job’s Comforters |
96 |
| 42. — Peace |
97 |
| 43. — Heart and Face |
97 |
| 44. — Reading, a Molder of Character |
98 |
| 45. — Faults of Those We Love |
99 |
| 46. — Little Kindnesses |
100 |
| 47. — The Power of Silence |
100 |
| 48. — The Title of Our Lady |
100 |
| 49. — The Gentle Saint |
101 |
| 50. — St. Joseph, the Patron of Those Who Love the Sacred Heart of Jesus |
103 |
| 51. — The Guardian Angels |
103 |
| 52. — Exercise Your Charity in Behalf of the Poor Souls in Purgatory |
104 |
| 53. — By Prayer and Almsdeeds |
105 |
| 54. — It Is Sure to Come |
105 |
| 55. — Keep Your Eye on Heaven. |
106 |
| 56. — Use Your Gentlest Voice at Home |
106 |
| 57. — Do It Now |
107 |
| 58. — Frankness, Prudence, Simplicity |
108 |
| 59. — By Trying We Learn |
109 |
| 60. — For His Glory |
110 |
| 61. — Guard of Chastity |
110 |
| 62. — Holy Communion |
111 |
| 63. — Christ in the Eucharist |
114 |
| 64. — Salute Your Lord in the Blessed Sacrament |
115 |
| 65. — What Mass Is |
116 |
| 66. — Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament |
117 |
| 67. — Visits to Jesus in the Tabernacle |
120 |
| 68. — Daily Attendance at Mass |
122 |
| 69. — Practical Suggestions for Fostering Devotion to the Most Blessed Sacrament |
124 |
| 70. — The Sacred Heart |
127 |
| 71. — A Good Old Custom of the Servants of God |
128 |
| 72. — The Habit of Prayer |
129 |
| 73. — Morning Prayer |
129 |
| 74. — Evening Prayer |
130 |
| 75. — Mental Prayer |
132 |
| 76. — Prayers for Meditation |
139 |
| 77. — Vocal Prayer |
141 |
| 78. — Ejaculatory Prayers |
147 |
| 79. — The Apostleship of Prayer |
148 |
| 80. — Continual Prayer |
152 |
| 81. — Presence of God |
154 |
| 82. — Happiness in Goodness |
155 |
| 83. — Success |
157 |
| 84. — Why Deny Myself? — Worth While Now |
159 |
| 85. — Sanctify the Day |
162 |
| 86. — Sanctify the Week |
163 |
| 87. — Sanctify the Month |
164 |
| 88. — Gems of the Months |
166 |
| 89. — Reflections on the Gems of the Months and Their Significance |
167 |
| 90. — Self-Restraint |
174 |
| 91. — A Good Scrap-Book |
175 |
| 92. — Read the Lives of the Saints |
175 |
| 93. — Be Careful in the Choice of Your Books and Magazines |
176 |
| 94. — The Imitation of Christ |
181 |
| 95. — Advantages of a Rule of Life |
193 |
| 96. — A Rule of Life |
195 |
| 97. — Death |
201 |
| 98. — Heaven |
202 |
| PART II |
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| Prayers and Devotions |
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| Morning Prayer |
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| Aspirations |
207 |
| Act of Adoration and Thanksgiving |
207 |
| Act of Faith |
207 |
| Act of Hope |
207 |
| Act of Love |
208 |
| Act of Supplication |
208 |
| Act of Contrition |
208 |
| Act of Consecration |
208 |
| Offering |
208 |
| Indulgenced Aspirations and Prayers |
209 |
| Morning Offering of the Apostleship of Prayer |
211 |
| Evening Prayer |
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| Aspirations |
212 |
| Act of Adoration |
212 |
| Instructions for Examination of Conscience |
212 |
| Act of Contrition |
212 |
| Act of Love |
213 |
| Indulgenced Aspirations |
213 |
| The Memorare |
213 |
| Indulgenced Ejaculations |
214 |
| The De Profundis |
215 |
| Prayers During the Day |
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| Before and After Meals |
218 |
| Act of Faith |
218 |
| Act of Hope |
219 |
| Act of Love |
219 |
| The Angelus |
220 |
| The Regina Coeli |
221 |
| The Salve Regina |
222 |
| The Sub Tuum Presidium |
223 |
| The Lord’s Prayer |
224 |
| The Hail Mary |
224 |
| The Apostles’ Creed |
224 |
| Prayer before Meditation, Study, or Spiritual Reading |
225 |
| Prayer to the Holy Ghost |
225 |
| Prayer after Meditation |
226 |
| The Anima Christi |
227 |
| The Suscipe |
227 |
| St. Thomas Aquinas’ Prayer Before a Crucifix |
228 |
| Indulgences for Reading the Holy Bible |
228 |
| Indulgence for Mental Prayer |
229 |
| St. Teresa’s Book-Mark |
229 |
| Prayer before any Good Work |
229 |
| The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass |
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| Mass the Sacrifice of the New Law |
231 |
| The Four Great Ends of Mass |
231 |
| Important Comment |
233 |
| Prayers at Holy Mass |
235 |
| Mass in Honor of the Passion of Our Lord and the Sorrows of Our Lady |
274 |
| The Ordinary of the Mass, with the Proper Parts from the Mass to Beg the Grace of a Happy Death |
304 |
| The Eucharistic Rosary, Suitable for Holy Mass and the Hour of Adoration |
334 |
| Devotions for Confession |
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| Before Confession |
344 |
| Examination of Conscience |
345 |
| After the Examination |
349 |
| Considerations to Excite True Contrition |
350 |
| Act of Contrition |
351 |
| Thankgiving after Confession |
354 |
| Devotions for Communion |
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| Holy Mass on Communion Days |
358 |
| Indulgenced Prayer before a Crucifix |
376 |
| Pere Eymard on Holy Communion |
377 |
| Various Exercises for Communion |
379 |
| Short Acts, Prayers, and Reflections Before and After Communion |
380 |
| Litany for Holy Communion |
391 |
| Another Exercise of Devotion for Communion |
395 |
| Third Exercise of Devotion for Communion |
424 |
| Prayers after Communion |
426 |
| Act of Petition |
432 |
| Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament |
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| Prayers at Benediction |
434 |
| O Salutaris Hostia |
435 |
| Tantum Ergo Sacramentum |
436 |
| At the Blessing |
437 |
| Act of Reparation for Profane Language |
437 |
| Te Deum Laudamus |
438 |
| The Stations of the Cross |
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| Preparatory Prayer |
442 |
| Prayers before and after Each Station |
442 |
| Stabat Mater (English and Latin) |
455 |
| Litanies |
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| Litany of the Most Holy Name of Jesus |
460 |
| Litany of the Sacred Heart of Jesus |
463 |
| Litany of the Blessed Virgin |
465 |
| Litany of the Saints |
468 |
| Litany of the Blessed Sacrament |
475 |
| Litany of the Passion |
478 |
| Litany of St. Joseph |
688 |
| General Devotions |
MIs |
| THE HOLY TRINITY: ONE GOD |
483 |
| Prayers at Beginning and End of Year |
483 |
| Canticle of the Seraphim |
484 |
| Prayer for Sunday to the Blessed Trinity |
484 |
| Aspiration |
485 |
| THE HOLY GHOST |
486 |
| Hymn to the Holy Ghost |
486 |
| Sequence of the Holy Ghost |
487 |
| Novena to the Holy Ghost |
400 |
| Prayer to the Holy Spirit for the Church |
491 |
| Short Indulgenced Prayer to the Holy Ghost |
491 |
| Prayer for the Feast of Pentecost |
492 |
| Offering to the Holy Ghost |
493 |
| OUR DIVINE LORD |
494 |
| Act of Adoration, Thanksgiving, Reparation, and Supplication |
494 |
| Prayer for a Visit to the Blessed Sacrament |
495 |
| Prayer of St. Alphonsus Liguori for a Visit to the Blessed Sacrament |
497 |
| Pious Ejaculations |
499 |
| Act of Faith. |
499 |
| Act of Hope and Confidence in God |
500 |
| Act of Charity |
502 |
| Indulgenced Acts (Adoration and Thanksgiving) |
502 |
| Tantum Ergo |
504 |
| Act of Reparation to the Blessed Sacrament |
505 |
| Morning Prayer to the Blessed Sacrament |
507 |
| Evening Prayer to the Blessed Sacrament |
507 |
| Petition for the Holy Souls in Purgatory |
508 |
| Spiritual Communion (St. Alphonsus Liguori) |
509 |
| Another Prayer for Spiritual Communion |
510 |
| Petitions |
511 |
| Prayer to the Eucharistic Jesus |
512 |
| Indulgenced Devotions to Blessed Sacrament |
512 |
| Indulgenced Chaplet of the Sacred Heart |
513 |
| Offering to the Sacred Heart of Jesus |
516 |
| Act of Reparation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus |
517 |
| Consecration and Reparation to Sacred Heart |
518 |
| Form of Consecration |
519 |
| Promoters Act of Consecration to Sacred Heart |
520 |
| Rosary of the Sacred Heart |
521 |
| Act of Consecration to Sacred Heart of Jesus |
524 |
| Prayer in Honor of the Passion of Our Saviour |
525 |
| Seven Offerings of the Precious Blood of Jesus |
526 |
| Prayer, “O Most Compassionate Jesus” |
529 |
| Prayer, “Divine Jesus” |
529 |
| Prayer for Greater Love of Jesus |
530 |
| Novena in Honor of the Holy Name of Jesus |
531 |
| Indulgenced Invocations |
532 |
| Prayer to the Infant Jesus before an Image of St. Anthony of Padua |
532 |
| Thirty-three Petitions in Honor of the Sacred Humanity of Our Lord Jesus Christ |
533 |
| Prayer in Honor of the Holy Name of Jesus |
535 |
| Jesu Dulcis Memoria |
535 |
| Jesu Rex Admirabilis |
537 |
| THE BLESSED VIRGIN |
539 |
| Dedication to Mary |
539 |
| Prayer to the Blessed Virgin |
539 |
| Three Offerings in Honor of the Blessed Virgin |
540 |
| Memorare of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart |
540 |
| Act of Consecration to the Holy Heart of Mary |
541 |
| Prayer in Honor of Our Sorrowful Mother |
542 |
| Prayer of St. Alphonsus de Liguori |
542 |
| Prayer of St. Aloysius to the Blessed Virgin |
543 |
| Consecration to Our Lady of Perpetual Help |
543 |
| Chaplet in Honor of the Immaculate Heart of Mary |
544 |
| Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help |
547 |
| Prayer to Our Lady of Good Counsel |
547 |
| Indulgenced Novenas to the Blessed Virgin |
548 |
| Novena to Mary for any Special Occasion |
550 |
| A Visit to Our Lady of Sorrows |
551 |
| Pious Exercise in Honor of Our Lady of Dolors |
552 |
| Prayer to Our Lady of Sorrows |
553 |
| Novena in Honor of the Dolors of Mary |
553 |
| Novena in Honor of the Immaculate Conception |
553 |
| Hymn |
554 |
| Anthem, Versicle, and Prayer in Honor of Mary |
556 |
| The October Rosary |
557 |
| Pious Recommendation to the Blessed Virgin |
558 |
| Indulgences for Month of May |
559 |
| St. Aloysius Act of Consecration |
559 |
| Prayer for the Month of May |
560 |
| Prayer to Our Lady of Lourdes |
561 |
| Invocations |
561 |
| Indulgenced Acts of Consecration to the Blessed Virgin. (For the Blessed Virgin Sodality) |
562 |
| Canticle of the Blessed Virgin Mary |
564 |
| Hymn, Ave Maris Stella |
565 |
| Four Great Anthems of the Blessed Virgin |
566 |
| Indulgenced Ejaculations in Honor of Our Lady |
571 |
| THE HOLY ANGELS |
574 |
| Prayer to Guardian Angel |
574 |
| Little Office of the Holy Angels |
574 |
| Antiphon to the Archangel Michael |
570 |
| Prayer to St. Raphael, Archangel |
579 |
| Prayer to the Archangel Gabriel |
580 |
| ST. JOSEPH |
581 |
| Devotions of the Seven Sundays to St. Joseph |
581 |
| Devout Exercise in Honor of the Seven Sorrows and Seven Joys of St. Joseph |
582 |
| Prayer to St. Joseph for the October Devotions |
585 |
| Another Version, as Recited in the United States |
586 |
| Novena to St. Joseph, Spouse of Blessed Virgin |
586 |
| Prayers in Honor of St. Joseph for the Agonizing |
587 |
| Act of Consecration to St. Joseph |
588 |
| Prayer to St. Joseph in any Great Necessity |
588 |
| Prayer for a Novena to St. Joseph |
589 |
| THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED |
591 |
| Reflections |
591 |
| Short Indulgenced Prayer for Souls in Purgatory |
592 |
| The Month of November |
592 |
| Prayers for Every Day in the Week for the Dead |
592 |
| Miscellaneous Prayers |
|
| Prayer to St. Anne |
595 |
| Prayer to any Virgin-Saint |
595 |
| Prayer to any Other Saint |
596 |
| Prayer for Youth for Divine Guidance |
596 |
| “Lead, Kindly Light” |
597 |
| “To-Day” |
598 |
| Prayer for Church and Civil Authorities |
599 |
| A UNIVERSAL PRAYER FOR ALL THINGS NECESSARY TO SALVATION |
601 |
| Aspirations to St Anthony of Padua |
602 |
| Indulgenced Responsory in Honor of St. Anthony |
603 |
| THE NOVENA OF GRACE |
605 |
| Prayer to St Francis Xavier |
606 |
| Prayer for Infidels and Hymn of Love |
607 |
| Prayer to the Holy Family |
608 |
| Indulgenced Prayer for a Christian Family |
609 |
| Prayers for Travelers |
610 |
| Prayers in Honor of St. Teresa (Little Flower) |
613 |
| Petitions of St. Augustine |
614 |
| Indulgenced Prayer to St. Joachim |
614 |
| Indulgenced Prayer to the Sacred Heart of Jesus |
615 |
| Prayer for happy death (Cardinal Newman) |
615 |
| Prayer for a Sick Person |
616 |
| Prayer for a Deceased Person |
616 |
| Litany and Prayers for Happy Death |
616 |
| Prayer for the Faithful in their Agony |
621 |
| Act of Resignation and Prayer for Happy Death |
621 |
| Prayer to Mary for a Happy Death |
622 |
| Ejaculations in Preparation for Good Death |
622 |
| Ejaculations of Confidence in God |
623 |
| Ejaculations for Conformity to God’s Will |
624 |
| Ejaculations of Desire for Paradise |
624 |
| Ejaculations on Kissing the Crucifix |
624 |
| Indulgenced Ejaculations |
626 |
| Seven Penitential Psalms (Latin and English) |
628 |
| The psalms. Excellent Spiritual Reading |
644 |
| Books that have had the most powerful and lasting influence on our life |
645 |
| Daily Spiritual Food |
647 |
| Marriage Service and Mass |
679 |
| Vespers for Sundays |
690 |
