THE GLORIES OF MARY [Illustration: G. Steinle Pinxt. ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY “Salve Regina”. Edward Dunigan & Brother, New York] THE GLORIES OF MARY. TRANSLATED FROM THE ITALIAN OF ST. ALPHONSUS LIGUORI, FOUNDER OF THE CONGREGATION OF THE MOST HOLY REDEEMER. SECOND AMERICAN EDITION. NEW YORK: EDWARD DUNIGAN AND BROTHER, 151 FULTON-STREET, NEAR BROADWAY. 1852. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1852, by EDWARD DUNIGAN & BROTHER, In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York. [Illustration] This new and improved translation of “The Glories of Mary,” having been duly examined, is hereby approved of. ✠ JOHN, _Archbishop of New York_ _New York, Jan. 21st, 1852._ PREFACE TO THE AMERICAN EDITION. The edition of the “Glories of Mary” now presented to the Catholic public of America is the first complete translation of the work ever made into the English language. We trust that it will be found to retain the spirit of the learned and saintly author, and that it will be welcomed by the faithful in this country with the same delight which it has universally called forth in Catholic Europe. PROTEST OF THE AUTHOR. In obedience to the decrees of Urban VIII., of holy memory, I protest that I do not intend to attribute any other than purely human authority to all the miracles, revelations, graces, and incidents contained in this book; neither to the titles holy or blessed applied to the servants of God not yet canonized; except in cases where these have been confirmed by the holy Roman Catholic Church, and by the holy Apostolic See, of whom I profess myself an obedient son; and therefore to their judgment I submit myself and whatever I have written in this book. CONTENTS. PAGE. Preface to American edition 3 Protest of the author 4 Petition of the author to Jesus and Mary 11 To the reader 13 Introduction 16 Prayer to the blessed Virgin to obtain a good death 22 CHAPTER I. SECTION 1.—Hail, holy Queen, Mother of Mercy!—Of the great confidence we should have in Mary, because she is the Queen of Mercy 25