Produced by Michael Gray, Diocese of San Jose 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. --- 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.--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