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Title: Mary, the Help of Christians
Novenas in Preparation for the Principal Feasts of the Blessed Virgin

Author: Bonaventure Hammer

Release Date: September 8, 2010 [EBook #33671]

Language: English

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MARY, THE HELP OF CHRISTIANS

Novenas in Preparation for the Principal Feasts of the Blessed Virgin

[Illustration: The Sacred Heart of Mary]

COMPILED BY
REV. BONAVENTURE HAMMER, O.F.M.

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NEW YORK, CINCINNATI, CHICAGO
BENZIGER BROTHERS

PRINTERS TO THE HOLY APOSTOLIC SEE
PUBLISHERS OF BENZINGER'S MAGAZINE

Imprimi Permittitur.
FR. CHRYSOSTOMUS THEOBALD, O.F.M.,
_Minister Provincialis._
Cincinnati, Ohio, die 30, Martii, 1908.

Nihil Obstat.
REMY LAPORT, S.T.L.,
_Censor Librorum._

Imprimatur.
JOHN M. FARLEY,
Archbishop of New York.

NEW YORK, March 4, 1909.

COPYRIGHT, 1909, BY BENZIGER BROTHERS.

Contents

RULES FOR THE PROPER OBSERVANCE OF NOVENAS
ON THE MANNER OF READING THE MEDITATIONS AND OBSERVING THE PRACTICES
INTRODUCTION: MARY, THE HELP OF CHRISTIANS

I. NOVENA IN HONOR OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE BLESSED
VIRGIN MARY

FIRST DAY.--THE PREDESTINATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
SECOND DAY.--MARY'S IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
THIRD DAY.--MARY, THE VICTRIX OF SATAN
FOURTH DAY.--MARY WITHOUT ACTUAL SIN
FIFTH DAY.--MARY, FULL OF GRACE
SIXTH DAY.--MARY, OUR REFUGE
SEVENTH DAY.--MARY, THE MOTHER OF CHASTITY
EIGHTH DAY.--THE IMAGE OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
NINTH DAY.--THE FEAST OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION

II. NOVENA IN HONOR OF THE NATIVITY OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY

FIRST DAY.--THE BIRTH OF MARY
SECOND DAY.--MARY, THE ELECT OF GOD
THIRD DAY.--MARY, THE CHILD OF ROYALTY
FOURTH DAY.--MARY, THE CHILD OF PIOUS PARENTS
FIFTH DAY.--MARY'S SUPERNATURAL PREROGATIVES
SIXTH DAY.--MA