The life of the blessed Mary Ann of Jesus, de Paredes y Flores
Subtitle: An American Virgin Called The Lily Of Quito
Publisher: Peter F. Cummingham
Published: 1855
Place of publication: Philadelphia, USA
Language: eng
Description: The saints and servants of God series
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS.; title: Dedication 3; title: CHAPTER I.; title: Resemblance between the sanctity of St. Rose of Lima and the Blessed Mary Ann, of Jesus. Wonderful things that took place before and after the birth of Mary Ann. Extraordinary examples of abstinence and charity given in her childhood 12; title: CHAPTER II.; title: Her first fervour in devotion and piety. She is miraculously preserved from many dangers which threatened her life. Most extraordinary artifices to afflict and torture her innocent body 27; title: CHAPTER III.; title: The solitary and penitential life which she led in the villa and in the city. Attempts twice to fly from home to go and convert the infidels, and to live in solitude, and is prevented by Almighty God in wonderful ways 43; title: CHAPTER IV.; title: She is not yet eight years of age and is admitted to holy communion, for which she prepares herself with great fervour, and derives abundant fruit from it. he consecrates herself to God by the three simple vows of poverty, chastity and obedience. Gives herself up entirely to the direction of her confessor, and suffers contradictions and opposition on account of her daily communion 58; title: CHAPTER V.; title: Several times the Blessed Mary Ann is on the very point of entering a monastery to become a Religious, but is always prevented by Almighty God from executing her resolution ; finally by a special light from heaven she determines to lead a solitary life in her own home. She detaches herself from every thing, and takes leave of her relatives. Her prophecies, and a remarkable occurrence that happened to her niece D. Sebastiana 73; title: CHAPTER VI.; title: The rigid course of life which the Blessed Mary Ann commenced to lead in her retirement. The order and distribution of her actions. The inventions and strange contrivances to torment her body, and the horrible manner in which she treated it. The ardent desire she had of shedding her blood for the love of Jesus Christ ; it is rewarded by Almighty God with wonderful prodigies  91; title: CHAPTER VII.; title: The extraordinary rigour practised by the Blessed Mary Ann in the - short sleep which she took during the night. Description of her ordinary and extraordinary beds. Her wonderful abstinence from every kind of food, prolonged from eight to fifteen days in succession, and rendered more painful by an heroic exercise of mortification 113; title: CHAPTER VIII.; title: The Blessed Mary Ann, after being reduced to the last degree of attenuation by the rigour of her fasts, is instantaneously restored to her usual appearance and strength, which miraculously continues to her death. Proofs of her being supported for many years on daily communion alone. Her tender devotion to the most Blessed Sacrament of the Altar 133; title: CHAPTER IX.; title: The solitary life of the Blessed Mary Ann in her domestic retreat. Her interiour mortification and perfect mastery over her passions. How perfectly she observed the vows of poverty and obedience, even in things difficult and repugnant to nature 145; title: CHAPTER X.; title: The great love of the Blessed Mary Ann towards God. Her ardent desire to suffer, and the incredible delight she experienced in sufferings. Her innocence of life, and tne angelic purity of her manners, which she preserved unspotted to her death. Wonderful effects of the same 163; title: CHAPTER XI.; title: The high degree of prayer to which the Blessed Mary Ann was raised by Almighty God. The continual but vain assaults of the devil to divert her from it. The heroic resignation and patience she displayed in time of aridity and desolation of spirit. God provides her with an experienced director who consoles her 181; title: CHAPTER XII.; title: The love and devotion of the Blessed Mary Ann for the most august Trinity, for the mysteries of the life of Christ, for the most Holy Virgin and her patron Saints. 196; title: CHAPTER XIII.; title: The zeal of the Blessed Mary Ann for the salvation of souls. Her stratagems to bring back to a better life those who had gone astray. Remarkable conversion of a noble Indian lady. Her charity to relieve the temporal wants of her neighbour confirmed by Almighty God with miracles 205; title: CHAPTER XIV. Supematura gifts imparted to the Blessed Mary Ann by Almighty God. She sees hidden and distant things, and predicts the future. She miraculously heals many persons of mortal distempers, and re calls a dead woman to life 220; title: CHAPTER XV.; title: The invincible patience and perfect resignation of the the Blessed Mary Ann in her long and painful infirmities. Her heroic fortitude in mortifying her thirst rewarded by Almighty God with miracles. 234; title: CHAPTER XVI.; title: The great desire which the Blessed Mary Ann had of death. She offers herself to God as a victim for the preservation of her fellow-citizens, and falls grievously sick. Receives with the most tender affection the last sacraments, and expires in the arms of Jesus and Mary, who descend from heaven to receive her soul, whose glory is revealed to Brother Ferdinando della Croce 242; title: CHAPTER XVII.; title: The universal commotion of the city at the report of Mary Ann's death. A lily miraculously springs from her blood, whence she acquires the title of "Lily of Quito." Great crowds of people at the translation of her body and her funeral obsequies. Prodigies which took place before and after It 258; title: CHAPTER XVIII.; title: The esteem and the universal opinion of sanctity in which the Blessed Mary Ann was held. Authentic testimonies of her confessors  267; title: CHAPTER XIX.; title: Numerous prodigies wrought by Almighty God through the intercession of the Blessed Mary Ann. A few of the most remarkable ones are given. Conversions and reformations of lives produced by the reading of her life 275; title: CHAPTER XX.; title: Two miracles approved of by the Sacred Congregation of Rites before the beatification of the servant of God 291; title: CHAPTER XXI.; title: Introduction of the cause into the Sacred Congregation of Rites ; its progress and termination 295