Devout instructions on the Epistles and Gospels for the Sundays and holydays
Subtitle: with the lives of many saints of God, explanations of Christian faith and duty and of church ceremonies, a method of hearing Mass, morning and evening prayers, and a description of the Holy Land
Publisher: Benzinger Brothers
Published: 1896
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS; title: Preface by His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons 3; title: Memoir of the Author 7; title: Table of Movable Feasts 8; title: Part First; title: THE SUNDAYS OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL YEAR; title: The Ecclesiastical Year 15; title: Instruction on Sunday 16; title: Instruction on Feast-days and Holy-Day 17; title: Instruction on Fast-days 18; title: Instruction on Blessings 19; title: The Blessing of Salt and of Water 19; title: Instruction on Advent 20; title: The First Sunday of Advent 21; title: The Second Sunday of Advent 25; title: The Third Sunday of Advent 29; title: The Fourth Sunday of Advent 32; title: Christmas Eve 36; title: Christmas 36; title: The First Mass at Midnight 37; title: The Second Mass at Daybreak 40; title: The Third Mass at Daylight 42; title: The Sunday after Christmas 47; title: New Years Day, the Feast of the Circumcision of Our Lord 51; title: The First Sunday after the Circumcision 54; title: Epiphany 54; title: The First Sunday after Epiphany 58; title: The Second Sunday after Epiphany 60; title: The Third Sunday after Epiphany 64; title: The Fourth Sunday after Epiphany 67; title: The Fifth Sunday after Epiphany 70; title: The Sixth Sunday after Epiphany 73; title: Septuagesima Sunday 75; title: Sexagesima Sunday 79; title: Quinquagesima Sunday 84; title: Ash Wednesday 87; title: Instruction on Lent 89; title: Thursday after Ash Wednesday 90; title: Friday after Ash Wednesday 91; title: Saturday after Ash Wednesday 92; title: The First Sunday of Lent 94; title: Monday in the First Week of Lent 97; title: Tuesday in the First Week of Lent; title: Wednesday in the First Week of Lent 100; title: Thursday in the First Week of Lent 101; title: Friday in the First Week of Lent 102; title: Saturday in the First Week of Lent 104; title: The Second Sunday of Lent 104; title: Monday in the Second Week of Lent 107; title: Tuesday in the Second Week of Lent 108; title: Wednesday in the Second Week of Lent 109; title: Thursday in the Second Week of Lent 111; title: Friday in the Second Week of Lent 113; title: Saturday in the Second Week of Lent 115; title: The Third Sunday of Lent 119; title: Monday in the Third Week of Lent 122; title: Tuesday in the Third Week of Lent 123; title: Wednesday in the Third Week of Lent 125; title: Thursday in the Third Week of Lent 126; title: Friday in the Third Week of Lent 127; title: Saturday in the Third Week of Lent 131; title: The Fourth Sunday of Lent 136; title: Consolation in Poverty 139; title: Monday in the Fourth Week of Lent 140; title: Tuesday in the Fourth Week of Lent 142; title: Wednesday in the Fourth Week of Lent 144; title: Thursday in the Fourth Week of Lent 146; title: Friday in the Fourth Week of Lent 148; title: Saturday in the Fourth Week of Lent 152; title: Passion Sunday 153; title: Consolation under Insults 156; title: Monday in Passion Week 156; title: Tuesday in Passion Week 157; title: Wednesday in Passion Week 159; title: Thursday in Passion Week 161; title: Friday in Passion Week 163; title: Saturday in Passion Week 164; title: Palm Sunday 166; title: Holy Week 177; title: Monday in Holy Week 177; title: Tuesday in Holy Week 178; title: Wednesday in Holy Week 185; title: Instructions on Tenable 192; title: Holy Thursday, or Maundy Thursday 193; title: Good Friday 196; title: Holy Saturday 205; title: Easter Sunday 2O8; title: Easter Monday 211; title: Easter Tuesday 214; title: Instruction on what We Ought to Believe Concerning the Holy Scriptures 217; title: Low Sunday, the First Sunday after Easter 218; title: How We May Know the True Church of Christ 220; title: The Second Sunday after Easter 222; title: What We Must Believe Concerning Hope 224; title: The Third Sunday after Easter — The Patronage of St Joseph 224; title: What We are to Believe Concerning the Evangelical Counsels 225; title: Encouragement to Patience in Adversity 228; title: The Fourth Sunday after Easter 229; title: The Fifth Sunday after Easter 231; title: Explanation of the Lord's Prayer 233; title: Rogation-days 234; title: The Feast of the Ascension 234; title: The Sixth Sunday after Easter 237; title: Pentecost 239; title: The Gifts of the Holy Ghost 242; title: Whit-Monday 243; title: Whit-Tuesday 245; title: The Sacrament of Confirmation 246; title: Wednesday after Pentecost 247; title: Friday after Pentecost 248; title: Saturday after Pentecost 249; title: Trinity Sunday 250; title: The Sacrament of Baptism 253; title: The Most Blessed Trinity 254; title: First Sunday after Pentecost 254; title: Corpus Christi 256; title: The Holy Sacrament of the Altar 258; title: Second Sunday after Pentecost 261; title: Lessons against Impurity 263; title: Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus 264; title: The Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus 266; title: An Offering to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus 269; title: Third Sunday after Pentecost 270; title: Instruction on Intemperance 270; title: Fourth Sunday after Pentecost 273; title: Fifth Sunday after Pentecost 277; title: Remedies for Anger 278; title: Instruction on Swearing 279; title: Sixth Sunday after Pentecost 280; title: Seventh Sunday after Pentecost 282; title: Instruction on Good Works 284; title: Eighth Sunday after Pentecost 285; title: Instruction on Calumny 287; title: Ninth Sunday after Pentecost 288; title: Lessons upon Deathbed Repentance 290; title: Tenth Sunday after Pentecost 292; title: Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost 295; title: Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost 297; title: Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost 302; title: Instruction on the Sacrament of Holy Orders 305; title: Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost 306; title: Consolation in Poverty 308; title: Warning against Usury 309; title: Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost 309; title: On Death 312; title: Instruction on the Ceremonies of the Church at Burials 318; title: Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost 314; title: Instruction on Keeping Holy Sundays and Holy-days of Obligation 316; title: Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost 316; title: Wednesday following the Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost 319; title: Friday following the Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost 321; title: Saturday following the Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost 322; title: Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost 324; title: On Indulgences 326; title: Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost 327; title: Lessons of Consolation from the Joys of Heaven 330; title: Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost 331; title: On the Care of the Sick 338; title: Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost 334; title: Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost 337; title: Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost 339; title: On Mockery and Ridicule 342; title: Twenty-fourth and Last Sunday after Pentecost 342; title: Feast of the Dedication of a Church 345; title: Practical Lessons on the Spiritual Temple, which is Man Himself 348; title: Part Second; title: CONTAINING AN INSTRUCTION ON THE VENERATION OF THE SAINTS, THE LIVES OF THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN MOST REMARKABLE, AND EXPLANATIONS OF THE EPISTLES AND GOSPELS PROPER TO THEIR FESTIVALS; title: On the Veneration of the Saints 350; title: On the Invocation of the Saints 351; title: Feast of St Andrew the Apostle, November 30 352; title: Feast of St Francis Xavier, December 8 355; title: Feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, December 8 356; title: Feast of St Thomas the Apostle, December 21 358; title: Feast of St Stephen, December 26 360; title: Feast of St John the Apostle, December 27 363; title: Feast of the Holy Innocents, December 28 365; title: Feast of St Paul the Apostle, January 25 368; title: Feast of St Bridget, Abbess and Patroness of Ireland, February 1 371; title: Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin, Candlemas Day, February 2 373 Instruction for Women after Childbirth 375; title: Feast of St Blase, Bishop and Martyr, February 3 376; title: Feast of St Matthias the Apostle, February 24 or 25 377; title: Feast of St Patrick, Bishop and Apostle of Ireland, March 17 379; title: Feast of St Joseph, March 19 383; title: Feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, March 25 386; title: Instruction on the Angelic Salutation or Hail Mary 390; title: Feast of the Seven Dolors of the Blessed Virgin, Friday in Passion Week 390; title: Feast of SS Philip and James, Apostles, May 1 393; title: Feast of the Finding of the Holy Cross, May 3 395; title: On the Sign of the Cross 398; title: Feast of St Aloysius, June 21 399; title: Feast of the Nativity of St John the Baptist, June 24 400; title: Feast of SS Peter and Paul, Apostles, June 29 404; title: Of the Pope 409; title: Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary July 2 411; title: Explanation of the Canticle Magnificat 413; title: Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel or of the Scapular, July 16 414; title: Feast of the Holy Penitent Mary Magdalen, July 22 416; title: Feast of St James the Greater, Apostle, July 25 419; title: Feast of St Ann, Mother of the Blessed Virgin, July 26 421; title: Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, August 15 423; title: Feast of St Joachim, Sunday after the Feast of the Assumption 425; title: Feast of St Bartholomew, Apostle, August 24 427; title: Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, September 8 428; title: Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, September 14 431; title: Instruction on the Devotion of the Way of the Cross 432; title: Feast of St Matthew the Apostle, September 21 433; title: Feast of St Michael the Archangel, September 29 436; title: Feast of the Holy Guardian Angel, October 2 439; title: Feast of the Holy Rosary, First Sunday in October 441; title: Feast of St Francis of Assisi, October 444; title: Feast of the Holy Apostles Simon and Jude, October 28 447; title: Feast of All Saints, November 1 449; title: Explanation of the Eight Beatitudes 451; title: All Souls' Day, November 2 455; title: Feast of St Martin, Bishop, November 11 457; title: Feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin, November 21 460; title: Feast of St Catharine, Virgin and Martyr, November 25 462; title: Part Third; title: EXPLANATION OF THE SACRAMENTS AND OF SOME OF THE CEREMONIES OF THE CHURCH; title: The Ceremonies 466; title: The Sacraments 467; title: Baptism 467; title: Confirmation 470; title: The Holy Eucharist 472; title: The Sacrament of Penance 474; title: Indulgences 475; title: The Sacrament of Extreme Unction 476; title: Holy Orders 477; title: The Sacrament of Matrimony 477; title: Part Fourth; title: EXPLANATION OF THE MASS; PRAYERS AT MASS AND METHOD OF HEARING MASS; MORNING AND EVENING PRATERS; PRATERS FOR VARIOUS OCCASIONS; DEVOTIONS FOR CONFESSION AND COMMUNION; DEVOTIONS TO THE SACRED HEART; ETC; title: The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass 479; title: The Altar and Its Meaning 479; title: Vestments Worn at the Altar 481; title: Symbolical Objects Used during the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass 482; title: General Ceremonies Observed during the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass 482; title: Prayers At Mass 483; title: The Preparation 483; title: The Confiteor 483; title: The Introit 485; title: The Kyrie Eleison 485; title: The Gloria 486; title: The Collect 486; title: The Epistle 487; title: The Gradual 488; title: The Gospel 488; title: The Creed 489; title: The Offertory 490; title: The Lavabo 492; title: The Orate Fratres 493; title: The Preface 494; title: The Canon of the Mass 494; title: The Commemoration of the Living 496; title: The Consecration 497; title: The Commemoration of the Dead 500; title: The Pater Noster 501; title: The Agnus Dei 502; title: The Communion 503; title: The Post Communion 506; title: The Last Gospel 507; title: A Method of Hearing Mass Spiritually for Those Who are Prevented from Going to Church 508; title: A Method of Hearing Mass for Those Who Wish to Unite their Prayers with those of the Priest 512; title: Morning Devotions 521; title: Acts of Adoration, Thanksgiving, Contrition, and Oblation 521; title: Petition and Commendation to God 522; title: To Mary 523; title: To Our Guardian Angel 523; title: To Our Patron Saints 523; title: A Good Intention 524; title: Acts of Faith, Hope, and Charity 524; title: The Litany of the Most Holy Name of Jesus 525; title: Prayers to be Said in a Storm 527; title: Evening Devotions 528; title: Thanks to God 528; title: Prayer for Light to Know One's Sins 528; title: An Act of Contrition 529; title: A Resolution of Amendment 530; title: A Commendation and Petition 530; title: Litany of the B.V.M. 531; title: Family Prayers to be Said in Common 533; title: Evening Blessing 535; title: Prayer for a Sick Person 535; title: The Litany of the Saints, 535; title: Devotions for Confession 542; title: Devotions for Holy Communion 560; title: Prayers for the Stations 587; title: Daily Exercises for Various States in Life 609; title: Prayer of Married Persons 609; title: Prayer of a Farm-hand 610; title: Prayer of a Servant 610; title: Prayer of a Child 610; title: Prayers to be Said with the Sick 610; title: Prayer for a Happy Death 611; title: How to Suffer Sickness and Death with Merit 611; title: An Act of Faith 612; title: An Act of Hope 612; title: An Act of Charity 612; title: The Memorare 613; title: The Salve Regina 613; title: Prayers for Various Occasions 614; title: A Prayer for the Church, the Pope, the Civil Authorities, etc 614; title: In Any Necessity 615; title: In Any Tribulation 615; title: In Time of Famine or Pestilence 615; title: For Forgiveness of Sins 615; title: For Heretics and Schismatics 616; title: For Our Friends 616; title: For the Sick 616; title: For the Dead 616; title: For a Husband or Wife 617; title: For Parents and Their Children 617; title: Devotions for the Sick 618; title: A Prayer to be Repeated Daily in Time of Sickness 619; title: Short Acts of the Most Necessary Virtues 620; title: Holy Communion as a Viaticum 622; title: Before Receiving the Holy Viaticum 622; title: After the Holy Viaticum 623; title: Extreme Unction 624; title: Prayer before Extreme Unction 624; title: Prayer after Extreme Unction 626; title: Prayer in a Burial-ground 626; title: Devotions to the Sacred Heart 627; title: An Hour's Adoration before the Blessed Sacrament 667; title: A Trip to the Holy Land 678