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The Complete Manual of Catholic Piety: Containing a Selection of Fervent Prayers, Pious Reflection, and Solid Instructions, Adapted to Every State of Life. To Which is Annexed a Supplement, Containing Excellent and Approved Devotions, With the Epistles and Gospels for All the Sundays and Festivals of the Year. — John Shaqi

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The Complete Manual of Catholic Piety: Containing a Selection of Fervent Prayers, Pious Reflection, and Solid Instructions, Adapted to Every State of Life. To Which is Annexed a Supplement, Containing Excellent and Approved Devotions, With the Epistles and Gospels for All the Sundays and Festivals of the Year.

Name: The Complete Manual of Catholic Piety: Containing a Selection of Fervent Prayers, Pious Reflection, and Solid Instructions, Adapted to Every State of Life. To Which is Annexed a Supplement, Containing Excellent and Approved Devotions, With the Epistles and Gospels for All the Sundays and Festivals of the Year.
Author: Gahan, William

Gahan, William

Catholic Church -- Liturgy; Catholic Church -- Prayers and devotions -- English

[Transcriber's note: The following table is from
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominical_letter.

    A: common year starting on Sunday (or ending on Sunday)
    B: common year starting on Saturday (or ending on Saturday)
    C: common year starting on Friday (or ending on Friday)
    D: common year starting on Thursday (or ending on Thursday)
    E: common year starting on Wednesday (or ending on Wednesday)
    F: common year starting on Tuesday (or ending on Tuesday)
    G: common year starting on Monday (or ending on Monday)
    AG: leap year starting on Sunday (or ending on Monday)
    BA: leap year starting on Saturday (or ending on Sunday)
    CB: leap year starting on Friday (or ending on Saturday)
    DC: leap year starting on Thursday (or ending on Friday)
    ED: leap year starting on Wednesday (or ending on Thursday)
    FE: leap year starting on Tuesday (or ending on Wednesday)
    GF: leap year starting on Monday (or ending on Tuesday)]

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                  Feasts And Fasts

                 Throughout The Year.



   Holy-days On Which There Is A Strict Obligation To
   Hear Mass, And Refrain From Servile-works.

All Sundays in the Year.
Ascension of our Lord.
Corpus Christi.
January 1--The Circumcision of our Lord.
January 6--The Epiphany.
March 17--The Feast of St Patrick.
March 25--The Annunciation of the B.V.M.
June 29--St. Peter and St. Paul.
August 15--Assumption of the B.V.M.
November 1--Feast of All Saints.
December 25--Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ.

    [The obligation is taken away on all other days, by decrees
    of Popes Pius VI. and VIII.]


               Fasting Days On One Meal.

All the Days in Lent, except Sundays.

The Eve of Whitsuntide.

The Quarter-tenses, or Ember-days, being the Wednesdays, Fridays,
and Saturdays, next after the first Sunday of Lent; after
Whit-Sunday; after September 14th: and after December 13th.

The Eves of  St. Peter and St. Paul; of the Assumption
of the Blessed Virgin Mary;  of All Saints; and of Christmas-day.

The Fridays and Saturdays in Advent.


         Days Of Abstinence From Flesh Meat.

All the Sundays in Lent, except when the use of meat is allowed
by the Archbishop or Bishop of the diocese.

All the Fridays throughout the Year.

N. B.--Eggs are forbidden on Fridays, when a fast falls on them;
and if a Fasting Day fall on a Sunday, the fast is kept on the
Saturday before. If Christmas-day fall on a Friday, neither fast
nor abstinence is observed.

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N.B.--The Catholic Church commands all her children to be present
at the great Eucharistic Sacrifice, which we call the Mass, and
to rest from servile work, on Sundays and Holy-days.

Secondly--To abstain from flesh on all the days of fasting and
abstinence, and on fasting days to eat but one meal.

Thirdly--To confess their sins at least once a year.

Fourthly--To receive the blessed sacrament at least once a year,
and that at Easter, viz., between _Palm_ and _Low
Sundays_.

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