The Devout Client Of Mary, Instructed In The Motives And Means Of Serving Her Well
Publisher: Burns & Lambert
Published: 1857
Place of publication: London, England
Language: eng
Table of contents: title: TABLE OF CONTENTS.; title: Introduction; title: PART THE FIRST.; title: THE MOTIVES WHICH MAY HELP US TO OBTAIN TRUE DEVOTION TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY.; title: CHAPTER I.; title: THE FIRST MOTIVE IS THE SPECIAL LOVE WHICH GOD HIMSELF BEAKS TO HER.; title: I. — God loves the Blessed Virgin alone more than He loves all other creatures 3; title: II. — The Blessed Virgin is first-born in the order of Nature 6; title: III. — The Blessed Virgin is first-born in the order of Grace 12; title: IV. — The Blessed Virgin is first-born in the order of Glory 22; title: CHAPTER II.; title: THE SECOND MOTIVE IS HER GREAT DIGNITY.; title: I. — The dignity of the Blessed Virgin is above that of all other creatures 26; title: II. — The Maternity of the Blessed Virgin considered as a material fact 32; title: III. — The Maternity of the Blessed Virgin considered as a moral fact 34; title: IV. — The Blessed Virgin obtained her dignity of Mother by merit of congruity 40; title: CHAPTER III.; title: THE THIRD MOTIVE IS HER SANCTITY.; title: I. — The Blessed Virgin was made the most worthy of all love and honour 45; title: II. — The fulness of her sanctity inferred from the end for which it was bestowed 46; title: III. — The fulness of her sanctity inferred from the source whence it was derived 54; title: IV. — The fulness of her sanctity inferred from her own cooperation with Divine grace 08; title: V. — The Blessed Virgin confirms to Suarez the truth of this opinion 82; title: CHAPTER IV.; title: THE FOURTH MOTIVE IS THE HONOUR PAID TO HER BY THE WHOLE CHURCH.; title: I. — Honour paid by the Church is a sure proof of merit 84; title: II. — The antiquity of that honour 85; title: III. — The universality of that honour 91; title: IV. — The sublimity of that honour 95; title: V. — Instances of that honour 100; title: CHAPTER V.; title: THE FIFTH MOTIVE IS THE BENEFITS RECEIVED FROM HER.; title: I. — The Blessed Virgin by being the Mother of Christ is the material cause of all our blessings 104; title: II. — She is thus also the moral cause of all our blessings 108; title: III. — She still continues to concur in the bestowal of all graces 111; title: IV. — Her liberality in the distribution of her favours 120; title: CHAPTER VI.; title: THE SIXTH MOTIVE IS THE GREAT LOVE SHE BEARS US.; title: I. — The difficulty of expressing the greatness of Mary's love for us 120; title: II. — Her love is inflamed by looking upon herself as appointed to be our mother 127; title: III. — Her love is inflamed by looking upon the miseries of her children 130; title: IV. — Her love is enkindled by the fire of tho Divine love 180; title: CHAPTER VII.; title: THE SEVENTH MOTIVE IS THAT THIS DEVOTION IS A MARK OF PREDESTINATION.; title: I. — Devotion to Mary is a sure sign of predestination 139; title: II. — The honour of Mary is the secondary end of our predestination 143; title: III. — Mary is the secondary cause of our predestination 147; title: IV. — The glory of Mary does not detract from the glory of God 136; title: PART THE SECOND.; title: THE MEANS WHICH MAY HELP US TO OBTAIN TRUE DEVOTION TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY.; title: CHAPTER I.; title: THE FIRST AND SECOND MEANS.; title: I. — The first means is meditation 181; title: II. — The second means is spiritual reading 166; title: CHAPTER II.; title: THE THIRD MEANS IS FREQUENTLY TO INVOKE HER IN PRAYER. 170; title: Prayers for each day of the week 172 — 181; title: CHAPTER III.; title: THE FOURTH MEANS IS TO OBSERVE SOME SPECIAL PRACTICES IN HER HONOUR. 188; title: I. — To choose the Blessed Virgin for our mother 184; title: II. — To reverence her in her pictures and images 185; title: III. — To visit her churches devoutly 187; title: IV. — To recite daily her office and rosary 188; title: V. — To make a novena before her principal feasts 190; title: VI. — To pay special honour to those Saints who were more nearly related or particularly devoted to her 191; title: VII. — To have Mass said, or to hear it in her honour 198; title: VIII. — To fast or practise some other works of penance on the vigils of her feasts 195; title: IX. — To give alms in her name 196; title: X. — To receive Holy Communion upon her solemn feasts 197; title: XI. - To imitate her virtues 198; title: XII. — To abstain from some sinful action for her sake 200