The Glories of Mary

About this eBook

Author

Liguori, Alfonso Maria de', Saint, 1696-1787

Title

The glories of Mary

Original Publication

New York: Edward Dunigan and Brother, 1852.

Credits

MFR and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

BT: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Christianity: Doctrinal theology, God, Christology

Subject

Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint -- Early works to 1800

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 72411

Release Date

December 14, 2023

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE GLORIES OF MARY
2. 2.Untitled
3. 3.PREFACE TO THE AMERICAN EDITION.
4. 4.PROTEST OF THE AUTHOR.
5. 5.CONTENTS.
6. 6.PETITION OF THE AUTHOR TO JESUS AND MARY.
7. 7.TO THE READER.
8. 8.INTRODUCTION WHICH OUGHT TO BE READ.
9. 9.PRAYER TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN TO OBTAIN A GOOD DEATH.
10. 10.THE GLORIES OF MARY. PART FIRST: ON THE SALVE REGINA.
11. 11.CHAPTER I. — SECTION I. OF THE GREAT CONFIDENCE WE SHOULD HAVE IN MARY, BECAUSE SHE IS THE QUEEN OF MERCY. — SECTION II. HOW MUCH GREATER SHOULD BE OUR CONFIDENCE IN MARY BECAUSE SHE IS OUR MOTHER. — SECTION III. HOW GREAT IS THE LOVE OF OUR MOTHER FOR US. — SECTION IV. MARY IS ALSO MOTHER OF PENITENT SINNERS.
12. 12.CHAPTER II. — SECTION I. MARY IS OUR LIFE, BECAUSE SHE OBTAINS FOR US THE PARDON OF OUR SINS. — SECTION II. MARY IS AGAIN OUR LIFE, BECAUSE SHE OBTAINS FOR US PERSEVERANCE. — SECTION III. MARY RENDERS DEATH SWEET TO HER SERVANTS.
13. 13.CHAPTER III. — SECTION I. MARY IS THE HOPE OF ALL. — SECTION II. HAST THE HOPE OF SINNERS.
14. 14.CHAPTER IV. — SECTION I. HOW READY MARY IS TO SUCCOR THOSE WHO CALL UPON HER. — SECTION II. HOW POWERFUL IS MARY IN PROTECTING THOSE WHO INVOKE HER IN TEMPTATIONS OF THE DEVIL.
15. 15.CHAPTER V. — SECTION I. THE NEED WE HAVE OF THE INTERCESSION OF MARY FOR OUR SALVATION. — SECTION II. THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED.
16. 16.CHAPTER VI. — SECTION I. MARY IS AN ADVOCATE POWERFUL TO SAVE ALL. — SECTION II. MARY IS A MERCIFUL ADVOCATE, WHO DOES NOT REFUSE TO DEFEND THE CAUSE OF THE MOST MISERABLE SINNERS. — SECTION III. MARY IS THE PEACE-MAKER BETWEEN SINNERS AND GOD.
17. 17.CHAPTER VII. — SECTION I. MARY IS ALL EYES TO PITY AND RELIEVE OUR MISERIES.
18. 18.CHAPTER VIII. — SECTION I. MARY RESCUES HER SERVANTS FROM HELL. — SECTION II. MARY ASSISTS HER SERVANTS IN PURGATORY. — SECTION III. MARY CONDUCTS HER SERVANTS TO PARADISE.
19. 19.CHAPTER IX. — HOW GREAT IS THE CLEMENCY AND MERCY OF MARY.
20. 20.CHAPTER X. — HOW SWEET IS THE NAME OF MARY IN LIFE AND IN DEATH!
21. 21.SOME DEVOUT PRAYERS OF VARIOUS SAINTS TO THE HOLY MOTHER. — Prayer of St. Ephrem. — Prayer of St. Bernard. — Prayer of St. Germanus. — Prayer of the Abbot of Celles, surnamed the idiot. — Prayer of St. Methodius. — Prayer of St. John Damascene. — Prayer of St. Andrew of Candia, or of Jerusalem. — Prayer of St. Ildephonsus — Prayer of St. Athanasius. — Prayer of St. Anselm — Prayer of St. Peter Damian. — Prayer of St. William, Bishop of Paris. — Prayer to the most Holy Mary to be said every day at the end of the visit.
22. 22.THE GLORIES OF MARY. PART SECOND:
23. 23.DISCOURSES ON THE SEVEN PRINCIPAL FEASTS OF MARY, AND ON HER DOLORS.
24. 24.DISCOURSE I. ON THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF MARY.
25. 25.DISCOURSE II. ON THE BIRTH OF MARY.
26. 26.DISCOURSE III. ON THE PRESENTATION OF MARY.
27. 27.DISCOURSE IV. ON THE ANNUNCIATION OF MARY.
28. 28.DISCOURSE V. ON THE VISITATION OF MARY.
29. 29.DISCOURSE VI. ON THE PURIFICATION OF MARY.
30. 30.DISCOURSE VII. ON THE ASSUMPTION OF MARY.
31. 31.DISCOURSE VIII. ANOTHER DISCOURSE ON THE ASSUMPTION OF MARY.
32. 32.DISCOURSE IX. ON THE DOLORS OF MARY.
33. 33.REFLECTIONS ON EACH OF THE SEVEN DOLORS OF MARY IN PARTICULAR. — ON THE FIRST DOLOR. OF ST. SIMEON’S PROPHECY. — ON THE SECOND DOLOR. OF THE FLIGHT OF JESUS INTO EGYPT. — ON THE THIRD DOLOR. OF THE LOSS OF JESUS IN THE TEMPLE. — ON THE FOURTH DOLOR. OF THE MEETING OF MARY WITH JESUS, WHEN HE WENT TO DEATH. — ON THE FIFTH DOLOR. OF THE DEATH OF JESUS. — ON THE SIXTH DOLOR. THE PIERCING OF THE SIDE OF JESUS, AND HIS DESCENT FROM THE CROSS. — ON THE SEVENTH DOLOR. THE BURIAL OF THE BODY OF JESUS.
34. 34.OF THE VIRTUES OF THE MOST HOLY MARY. — SECTION I. OF THE HUMILITY OF MARY. — SECTION II. OF THE CHARITY OF MARY TOWARDS GOD. — SECTION III. OF THE CHARITY OF MARY FOR HER NEIGHBOR. — SECTION IV. OF THE FAITH OF MARY. — SECTION V. OF THE HOPE OF MARY. — SECTION VI. OF THE CHASTITY OF MARY. — SECTION VII. ON THE POVERTY OF MARY. — SECTION VIII. OF THE OBEDIENCE OF MARY. — SECTION IX. OF THE PATIENCE OF MARY. — SECTION X. OF THE PRAYER OF MARY.
35. 35.VARIOUS PRACTICES OF DEVOTION TO THE DIVINE MOTHER.
36. 36.VARIOUS ADDITIONAL EXAMPLES APPERTAINING TO THE MOST HOLY MARY. MEDITATIONS FOR VARIOUS FESTIVALS, AND DIFFERENT DEVOTIONS IN HER HONOR.
37. 37.VARIOUS ADDITIONAL EXAMPLES APPERTAINING TO THE MOST HOLY MARY.
38. 38.NOVENA OF MEDITATIONS FOR THE NINE DAYS PRECEDING THE FEAST OF THE PURIFICATION OF MARY, WHICH COMMENCES ON THE 24TH OF JANUARY.
39. 39.PRAYERS TO THE DIVINE MOTHER FOR EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK.
40. 40.LITTLE ROSARY OF THE SEVEN DOLORS OF MARY.
41. 41.A Little Rosary of the Immaculate Mary, Which is recited in some Churches .
42. 42.VARIOUS PRAYERS TO MARY.
43. 43.Ejaculations to the Most Holy Mary.
44. 44.ACCLAMATIONS IN PRAISE OF MARY.
45. 45.FOOTNOTES
46. 46.INDEX.

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