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.--MARY, THE JOY OF THE MOST HOLY TRINITY SEVENTH DAY.--THE ANGELS REJOICE AT MARY'S BIRTH EIGHTH DAY.--THE JOY OF THE JUST IN LIMBO AT MARY'S BIRTH NINTH DAY.--THE HOLY NAME OF MARY III. NOVENA FOR THE FEAST OF THE ANNUNCIATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY FIRST DAY.--THE ANNUNCIATION SECOND DAY.--THE IMPORT OF THE ANGEL'S SALUTATION THIRD DAY.--THE EFFECT OF THE ANGEL'S SALUTATION FOURTH DAY.--MARY'S QUESTION FIFTH DAY.--THE SOLUTION SIXTH DAY.--MARY'S CONSENT SEVENTH DAY.--MARY'S FORTITUDE IN SUFFERING EIGHTH DAY.--MARY, THE MOTHER OF GOD NINTH DAY.--MARY OUR MOTHER IV. NOVENA IN HONOR OF THE SEVEN SORROWS OF MARY FIRST DAY.--DEVOTION TO THE SEVEN SORROWS OF MARY SECOND DAY.--MARY'S FIRST SORROW: SIMEON'S PROPHECY IN THE TEMPLE THIRD DAY.--MARY'S SECOND SORROW: THE FLIGHT INTO EGYPT FOURTH DAY.--MARY'S THIRD SORROW: JESUS LOST IN JERUSALEM FIFTH DAY.--MARY'S FOURTH SORROW: SHE MEETS JESUS CARRYING HIS CROSS SIXTH DAY.--MARY'S FIFTH SORROW: BENEATH THE CROSS SEVENTH DAY.--MARY'S SIXTH SORROW: THE TAKING DOWN OF JESUS' BODY FROM THE CROSS EIGHTH DAY.--MARY'S SEVENTH SORROW: JESUS IS BURIED NINTH DAY.--WHY MARY HAD TO SUFFER V. NOVENA FOR THE FEAST OF THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY FIRST DAY.--MARY'S DEATH WAS WITHOUT PAIN SECOND DAY.--AT MARY'S TOMB THIRD DAY.--THE EMPTY TOMB FOURTH DAY.--REASONS FOR THE BODILY ASSUMPTION OF MARY INTO HEAVEN FIFTH DAY.--MARY'S GLORIOUS ENTRANCE INTO HEAVEN SIXTH DAY.--MARY CROWNED IN HEAVEN SEVENTH DAY.--MARY'S BLISS IN HEAVEN EIGHTH DAY.--MARY, THE QUEEN OF MERCY NINTH DAY.--MARY IN HEAVEN THE HELP OF CHRISTIANS ON EARTH PART III The Fourteen Holy Helpers CHAPTER I THE FOURTEEN HOLY HELPERS CHAPTER II LEGENDS THE LEGENDS OF THE FOURTEEN HOLY HELPERS I.--ST. GEORGE, MARTYR II.--ST. BLASE, BISHOP AND MARTYR III.--ST. ERASMUS, BISHOP AND MARTYR IV.--ST. PANTALEON, PHYSICIAN AND MARTYR V.--ST. VITUS, MARTYR VI.--ST. CHRISTOPHORUS, MARTYR VII.--ST. DIONYSIUS, BISHOP AND MARTYR VIII.--ST. CYRIACUS, DEACON AND MARTYR IX.--ST. ACHATIUS, MARTYR X.--ST. EUSTACHIUS, MARTYR XI.--ST. GILES, HERMIT AND ABBOT XII.--ST. MARGARET, VIRGIN AND MARTYR XIII.--ST. CATHERINE, VIRGIN AND MARTYR XIV.--ST. BARBARA, VIRGIN AND MARTYR PART IV I. Novenas to the Holy Helpers