SALESIAN LITERATURE

MONTH OF MARY

According to the Spirit of SFS

With Examples, Prayers, etc.

By

DON CASPAR GILLI

(Sister of the Institute of Charity)

ROBERT WASHBOURNE, 18 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON. 1890.


This books is a sort of resume of the doctrine of St. Francis of Sales upon the prerogatives and virtues of the august Queen of Heaven, and we may gather a delicious bouquet for her month of May. Hence the devout reader will always meet with the genuine text of the Saint without any paraphrase, though not always in consecutive order. In each of the thirty-one considerations we have been obliged to discard those matters which did not relate to our subject. However, such suppressions only produce greater clearness in the whole work.

Table of Contents

Author’s Preface & Protestation

Preliminary Instruction

The Eve of the Month of Mary: The Immaculate Conception

Eg. Devotion of St. Francis of Sales to the Blessed Virgin Mary

  1. Mary, a Model of Perfect Self-denial from her Birth

Eg. The Miraculous Medal of the Immaculate Conception

  1. Mary consecrates herself to God in the Temple

Eg. The two Invocations of St. Philip Neri

  1. Continuation of the Preceding Subject

Eg. The Feasts of the Blessed Virgin

  1. Fourth Day Fidelity of Mary in following the Call of God

Eg. Lamps and Candles burnt in Honour of Mary

  1. Fifth Day: Mary is a Model to Religious Persons in her Presentation in the Temple

Eg. The edifying Death of St. Jane Frances de Chantal

  1. Sixth Day: The Annunciation of the Most Holy Virgin

Eg. St. Bernard s Love for Mary

  1. Seventh Day The Excellence of the Virginity of Mary

Eg. The Love of St. Alphonsus for Mary

  1. Eighth Day: The Visitation

Eg. The Pilgrimage of St. Francis of Sales to Loreto

  1. Ninth Day The Charity of Mary in the Visitation

Eg. Consecration of the Saturday to Mary

10. Tenth Day By the Visit of Mary, Elizabeth is filled with the Holy Ghost

Eg. Devotion of St. Thomas Aquinas to the Ave Maria

11. Eleventh Day Humility of Mary

Exampale: Origin of the Rosary

12. Twelfth Day Through the Blessed Virgin Mary, St. John the Baptist receives the most special Graces

Eg. Conversion of the celebrated Pianist, Hermann Cohenn

13. Thirteenth Day The Trials and Consolations of the Blessed Virgin

Eg. A Fortunate Mistake

14. Fourteenth Day Mary at Bethlehem

Eg. The Devotion of the Saints to the Angelus

15. Fifteenth Day The Union of Charity and Humility in the Heart of Mary at the Incarnation

Eg. The Efficacy of the Salve Regina

16. Sixteenth Day: The Purification of the Blessed Virgin

Eg. Punishment of the Profaners of a Sanctuary of the Blessed Virgin

17. Seventeenth Day: Mary, the Model of Perfect Obedience, in the Mystery of the Purification

Eg. A Conquest of the Blessed Virgin s

18. Eighteenth Day: The Flight into Egypt. Trust in Providence

Eg. The Excellence of the Hail Mary

19. Nineteenth Day Mary, at the Marriage of Cana, teaches us the Best Method of Prayer

Eg. The Advantages of the Hail Mary

20. Twentieth Day The Petition of Mary at the Marriage of Cana was full of Confidence

Eg. Further Advantages of the Hail Mary

21. Twenty-first Day: Mary obtains the first Miracle from Jesus by her lively Faith

Eg. Most pleasing to Our Blessed Lord is our Devotion to His Mother

22. Twenty-second Day: Mary chose the Better Part

Eg. Beauty of the Ave Maris Stella

23. Twenty-third Day: The Blessed Virgin did not neglect the Duties of Martha

Eg. The Magnificat

24. Twenty-fourth Day: Mary in her Sleep

Eg. Devotion to the Salve Regina

25. Twenty-fifth Day: Mary on Calvary is the Mother of all Christians

Eg. The Regina Coeli

26. Twenty-sixth Day: Mary after the Ascension of Christ

Eg. A courageous Son of Mary

27. Twenty-seventh Day: Mary in the Upper Room at Jerusalem

Eg. The Prayer Memorare

28. Twenty-eighth Day: How precious in the Sight of God was the Death of Mary

Eg. Letters addressed to the Most Holy Virgin -

29. Twenty-ninth Day: Mary, like Jesus, dies of Divine Love

Eg. The Fourteen Joys of the Most Holy Virgin

30. Thirtieth Day The Death of Mary was sweet and tranquil

Eg. Novenas in Honour of the Blessed Virgin

31. Thirty-first Day: The Resurrection and Assumption of the Blessed Virgin

Eg. The Novena of St. Gertrude to the Blessed Virgin

Act of Consecration of St. Francis of Sales to the Most Holy Virgin


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