Readings and Stories for Each Day
of the Month of Mary
“ Behold from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. Because He that is mighty, hath done great things to me.” ~ (Luke 1: 48-49)
“I am the mother of fair love, and of fear, and of knowledge, and of holy hope. In me is all grace of the way and of the truth, in me is all hope of life and of virtue. … My memory is unto everlasting generations. … He that hearkeneth to me, shall not be confounded: and they that work by me, shall not sin. They that explain me shall have life everlasting.” ~ (Eccles. 24: 24-25, 28-31)
Answering this holy call in the Bible to explain the greatness of the Mother of God, Fr. Marin de Boylesve, S.J. (1813-1892) provided a beautiful set of thirty-one meditations on the life of the Blessed Virgin as presented in the Gospels for May, the Month of Mary, which also aptly serves for the other months dedicated to her or contain her feasts, such as March for the Annunciation, August in honour of the Assumption, October, month of the Holy Rosary, and December, month of the Immaculate Conception and the Birth of Christ. This set of meditations is also perfect spiritual reading for any time of the year.
The first English translation from the original French, this new edition also features a biography of the author, information on the Holy Rosary and the Brown Scapular, the original secrets of La Salette sent to Pius IX, additional devotions to the Blessed Virgin, and also 37 illustrations. A classic for your spiritual reading library.
About the Author: Fr. Marin de Boylesve is best remembered in France for spreading devotion to the Sacred Heart with his writings thereby promoting the cause for the construction of the Sacre Coeur Basilica in Paris.
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Batalha Publishers
254 pages.
ISBN: 978-989-53726-0-7
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About the book - Table of Contents:
Mary in the Divine Plan ………………… 29
The Angels and Mary …………… 31
She Shall Crush Thy Head …………… 33
The Parents of Mary …………… 36
The Immaculate Conception ………… 39
The Relatives of Mary ………… 41
Her Nativity………………………………… 43
The Apostles and Mary ……… 44
Noblesse Oblige ………………………… 45
The Apostles and Mary (Cont.) 47
6. The Presentation …………………………… 48
The Evangelists and Mary …… 51
Her Life in the Temple …………………… 52
The Holy Fathers and Mary …… 54
The Sigh of the Virgin …………………… 57
The Holy Fathers
and Mary (Cont.) ………… 59
The Annunciation ………………………… 60
The Holy Fathers
and Mary (Cont.) ………… 62
The Fiat of Mary ………………………… 63
The Holy Fathers
and Mary (Cont.) ……… 65
The Ave Maria …………………………… 66
The Holy Fathers
and Mary (Cont.) ……… 68
The Visitation …………………………… 69
The Bishop-Saints and Mary … 71
The Magnificat …………………………… 72
The Bishop-Saints and Mary (Cont.) 77
The Magnificat (Continued) …………… 78
The Founders of Orders
and Mary …………………… 80
Nazareth and Bethlehem ………………… 81
The Founders of Orders
and Mary (Cont.) ………… 83
The Purification …………………………… 84
The Founders of Orders
and Mary (Cont.) ………… 88
The First Sorrow – The Sword ……… 90
The Founders of Orders
and Mary (Cont.) ………… 93
The Second Sorrow –
The Flight into Egypt …………… 95
The Religious Saints and Mary 97
The Third Sorrow -
The Loss (of the Child Jesus) …… 98
The Religious Saints
and Mary (Cont.) …………… 100
20. The Fourth Sorrow -The Meeting … 101
The Religious Saints
and Mary (Cont.) …………… 104
The Fifth Sorrow – The Cross ………… 105
The Three Patrons of Youth ……… 110
22. The Sixth Sorrow –
The Descent from the Cross ……… 111
The Saint-Kings and Mary … 113
The Seventh Sorrow – The Sepulchre 115
The-Saint-Kings
and Mary (Cont.) …………… 117
24. The Passion ……………………………… 118
The Saints and Mary ……………… 120
Her Universal Motherhood ………… 121
The Saints and Mary (Cont.) ……… 123
26. Her Death ………………………………… 124
The Saints and Mary (Cont.) …… 127
The Funeral Solemnities …………… 129
The Saints and Mary (Cont.) …… 130
28. The Assumption ……………………… 131
Our Lady of La Salette -
The Apparition …………… 136
29. Her Universal Royalty ……………… 139
Our Lady of La Salette -
The Warning ……………… 140
30. The Secret of Her Grandeur ……… 143
Our Lady of Lourdes - …………… 146
First Apparition
of Mary to Bernadette …… 146
The Chapel, The Spring ……… 148
Apparition of March 25, 1858 … 149
The Last Apparition - July 16 … 149
The Canonical Judgement …… 151
31. Homage and Consecration ………… 153
Mary and the Revolution ……… 155
Hymns
~ Mary and the Church ………………… 156
~ France to Mary ………………………… 158
~ Our Lady of La Salette ……………… 161
APPENDIX
* Devotion of the Seven Temporal Joys
and the Seven Celestial Joys
of Our Lady ……………… 165
* The Brown Scapular of
Our Lady of Mount Carmel …… 177
A Brief History of the Carmelites … 177
St. Simon Stock and
the Revelation of the Scapular …… 178
The Addition
of the Sabbatine Privilege … 179
Questions and Answers
about the Brown Scapular … 180
The Investiture Ceremony
(In Latin and English) ……… 188
* The Holy Rosary ……………… 192
What the Rosary Is: ………………… 192
- The Prayers of the Rosary ………… 192
Origin of the Rosary ………………… 194
The 15 Promises of the Rosary
Revealed by Our Lady to
St. Dominic and
Bl. Alan de la Roche … 197
The Benefits of the Rosary
According to
Bl. Alan de la Roche … 199
The Results of the Rosary
According to St. Louis de Montfort … 200
The Archconfraternity of the Rosary … 201
The Obligations ………………………… 202
The Benefits of being a Member … 203
The Indulgences ……………………… 204
The Archconfraternity Prayer …… 205
The Rosary Blessing
Including the Official Blessing …… 207
Blessing of Rosaries-Longer Form … 208
Blessing of Rosaries-Short Form … 209
How to Pray the Rosary ………………… 209
The Beads and Prayers …………… 211
The Mysteries ………………………… 214
* The Three Hail Marys Devotion … 217
* O Gloriosa Domina ………………… 223
* The Complete Message
of Our Lady of La Salette …… 228
* The Original Secrets of La Salette
Sent to Bl. Pius IX in 1851 …… 234
* Devotion of the Seven Sorrows … 241
* The Salutation to Mary
by St. John Eudes ……… 244
Illustration Credits …………………………… 247
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