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ORDER OF DEVOTIONS

HYMN

(All Stand)

Come, Holy Ghost, Creator blest,

And in our hearts take up Thy rest;

Come with Thy grace and heavenly aid,

To fill the hearts which Thou hast made

To fill the hearts which Thou hast made

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Sermon.



NOVENA

Lord God, Omnipotent and Merciful Father,

look favorably upon us. and through the merits

of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, graciously

grant the graces which we need, if our petition

is in accordance with Thy Holy Will.

Saint Frances Xaviet Cabrini, pray for us.

Glory be to the Father, etc., three times.

Divine Saviour, Son of God, equal to the

Father, made Man for love of us, because of

the ardent devotion that Saint Frances Xavier

Cabrini had for Thy divine Heart, free us

from the affliction which weighs upon us and

grant us the favor which we earnestly ask of'

Thee.

Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, pray for us.

Glory be to the Father, etc., three times.



God the Holy Ghost, Consoler of the

afflicted, for the tender devotion professed for

Thee by Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, grant

us Thy all-powerful aid; help us in our neces-

sities and give us the graces which we so much

desire.

Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, pray for us.

Glory be to the Father, etc., three times.

God the Father, Son and Holy Ghost, we

believe in Thee, we hope in Thee, we love

Thee above all things. For the greater glory of

Thy servants, have mercy on us, grant us the

favor which we can expect only from Thee,

and to Thee be honor and glory forever. Amen.



PRAYER

O Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, Thou who
hast placed all Thy confidence in the Heart of
Jesus, and hast found in Him the secret of all
perfection and the strength that made Thee

an Apostle of the Gospel throughout the world,

from the glory of Heaven, look favorably upon

me who confidently have recourse to Thy inter-
cession.

Thou, who, with a maternal heart, hast re-

lieved the spiritual and temporal afflictions of

so many of our brethren, wanderers through the

world, show Thyself propitious also to me, a

pilgrim on life’s journey, and, from the Most

Sweet Heart of Jesus, obtain for me all the

spiritual graces necessary to reach my Heavenly
Country.

Hear, O Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, my
confident prayer, obtain for me the grace I so
ardently desire (here mention your request)

,

and grant that I. too, may be united to that
multitude of souls who, through Thy interces-
sion, gratefully praise the Goodness of God.

Amen.

O Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, pray for me.
Glory be to the Father, etc., three times.

Nihil obstat.

Mons. Salvatore Natucci

Promotor Fidei

IMPRIMATUR In Curia Arch. Mediolani die
3-XI-l 938

P. Castiglioni, V.G.



JESUS, MY LORD, MY GOD

.
(REV. F. W. FABER)

Jesus, my Lord, my God, my all!

How can i love Thee as I ought?

And how revere this wondrous gift.

So far surpassing hope or thought?

^Sweet Sacrament! we Thee adore,

Oh, make us love Thee more and more,

Oh, make us love Thee more and more.

Had I but Mary's sinless heart

To love Thee with, my dearest King,

Oh, with what bursts of fervent praise

Thy goodness, Jesus, would I sing!

MOTHER DEAREST

Mother dearest, Mother fairest,

Help of all who call on Thee;

Virgin purest, brightest, rarest.

Help us, help, we cry to Thee.

Chorus

:

Mary, help us, help, we pray,

Mary, help us, help, we pray,

Help us in all care and sorrow;

Mary, help us, help, we pray.



O SALUTARIS HOSTIA

0 Salutaris Hostia.

Quae coeli pandis ostium!

Bella premunt hastilia;

Da robur; fer auxilium. ,

Uni trinoque Domino.

Sit sempiterna gloria;

Qui vitam sine termino

Nobis donet in patria. Amen

TANTUM ERGO

Tantum ergo Sacramentum

Yeneremur cernui:

Et antiquum documentum

Novo cedat ritui;

Praestet fides supplementum

Sensuum defectui.

Genitori GenitoqUfc

Laus et jubilatio,

Salus. honor, virtus quoque,

Sit et benedictio.

Procedenti ab utroque

Compar sit laudatio. Amen



Priest—Panem de coelo praestitisti eis;
(Alleluia.)

People—Omne delecta'mentum * in se haben-
tem. (Alleluia.)

Priest

—

OREMUS: Deus, qui nobis sub

Sacramento mirabili passionis tuae memoriam

reliquisti; tribue, quaesumus, ita nos corporis

et sanguinis tui sacra mysteria venerari ut re-

demptionis tuae fructum in nobis jugiter sen-

tiamus: Qui vivis et regnas in saecula saecu-

lorum.

People—Amen.

Here earnestly plead with Jesus in the

Blessed Sacrament, the kind and generous Son

of Mary, Our Mother of Perpetual Help, to

grant you the favors you seek, if these be for

God's greater glory, and for the welfare of your

own soul.*



THE DIVINE PRAISES

Repeat Aloud after the Priest

Blessed be God!

Blessed be His Holy Name!

Blessed be Jesus Christ, true God and true

Man!

Blessed be the name of Jesus!

Blessed be His most Sacred Heart!

Blessed be Jesus in the most Holy Sacrament

of the Altar!

Blessed be the great Mother of God. Mary

most holy!

Blessed be her holy and Immaculate Concep-

tion!

Blessed be the name of Mary. Virgin and

Mother!

Blessed be St. Joseph her most chaste Spouse!

Blessed be God in His angels and in His saints!



HOLY GOD,

WE PRAISE THY NAME

Holy God, we praise Thy name;

Lord of all, we bow before Thee;

All on earth Thy sceptre claim,

All in heaven above adore Thee.

Infinite Thy vast domain,

Everlasting is Thy reign.

Infinite Thy vast domain,

Everlasting is Thy reign.

Hark, the loud celestial hymn,

Angel choirs above are raising;

Cherubim and Seraphim,

In unceasing chorus praising.

Fill the heavens with sweet accord,

Holy, Holy, Holy Lord.

Fill the heavens with sweet accord

Holy, Holy, Holy Lord.



GOOD NIGHT, SWEET JESUS !

Good night, sweet Jesus, guard us in sleep

Our souls and bodies in Thy love keep;

Waking or sleeping, keep us in sight,

Dear, gentle Saviour, good night, good night

Good night, sweet Jesus, good night.

HYMN TO
SAINT FRANCES XAVIER 'CABRINI

\ hymn of joy to heaven we raise

In Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini’s praise;

In the realms of saints we see her shine,

See her glow with rays divine.

Oh, Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini!

Oh, obtain for us here belqw

Just a spark of that love so ardent

That you had for the dear Sacred Heart



ANOTHER NOVENA PRAYER

O God, come to mine aid!

O Lord, make haste to help me.

Glory be to the Father, etc.

O Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, thou whc

didst obtain the reward of the glory of heaven

through thy virtuous life, hear the prayer that

I confidently entrust to thee, and through your

merits render it acceptable to God.

Glory be to the Father, etc.

O Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, thou who

during life didst experience sorrow and bitter-

ness, look with benevolence upon me who in the

hour of need confidently have recourse to thee.

f

Glory be to the Father, etc.

O Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, thou who

with filial confidence hadst recourse to God

Almighty in all your necessities, intercede for

me and obtain the grace I so ardently desire.

Glory be to the Father, etc.



O Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, thou who

didst say with the Apostle: “I can do all things

in Him Who strengthens me", now that thou

livest gloriously with thy heavenly Spouse,

implore from Him the grace I desire.

Glory be to the Father, etc.

O Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, thou who

wast enriched by the Holy Ghost with many

celestial gifts, obtain for me also from this

Consoling Spirit the divine comforts.

Glory be to the Father, etc.

O Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, thou who

wast a guide and teacher for many erring souls,

obtain for me also that unwavering faith that

obtains all from God.

Glory be to the Father, etc.

O Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, thou who

didst aid the exiles of this earth as a most

tender Mother, extend over me also your pitiful

protection.

Glory be to the Father, etc.



O Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, thou who

didst assist the sick with exquisite bounty, look

mercifully upon my sufferings and promptly

obtain the grace I confidently ask.

Glory be to the Father, etc.

O Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, thou who

didst traverse the earth to pour the balsam of

inexhaustible charity on grief-stricken hearts,

extend your help also to me by hearing the

prayer which I devotedly entrust to your heart.

Glory be to the Father, etc.

Pray for us, O Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini

That we may be worthy of the promises of

Christ.



PRAYER

O Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, Thou who
hast placed all Thy confidence in the Heart of
Jesus, and hast found in Him the secret of all
perfection and the strength that made Thee

an Apostle of the Gospel throughout the world,

from the glory of Heaven, look favorably upon

me who confidently have recourse t~> Thy inter-
cession.

Thou, who, with a maternal heart, hast re-

lieved the spiritual and temporal afflictions of

so many of our brethren, wanderers through the

world, show Thyself propitious also to me, a

pilgrim on life’s journey, and, from the Most

Sweet Heart of Jesus, obtain for me all the

spiritual graces necessary to reach my Heavenly
Country.

Hear, O Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, my
confident prayer, obtain for me the grace I so

ardently desire (here mention your request)

,

and grant that I, too, may be united to that

multitude of souls who, through Thy interces-
sion, gratefully praise the Goodness of God.

Amen.

O Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, pray for me.
Glory be to the Father, etc., three times.

Nihil obstat.

Mons. Salvatore Natucci

Promotor Fidei

IMPRIMATUR In Curia Arch. Mediolani die
3-XI-l 938

^ P. Castiglioni, V.G.



NOVENA

O Signore, Dio Padre omnipotente e miseri-

cordioso. volgi il tuo sguardo sopra di noi e

per i meriti della tua fedelissima Serva Fran-

cesca Saverio Cabrini concedici la grazia di cui

abbiamo tanto bisogno se ciò’ è conforme alla

tua Santissima volontà.

O Santa Francesca Saverio Cabrini
,
prega per

noi. Tre Gloria.

O Signore, Dio Figlio uguale al Padre fatte

uomo per amor mio, Deh! per quell'amore ar-

dente che la tua Serva Francesca Saverio Cabrini

ebbe per il tuo Cuore Divino, rendi gloria al

Padre Celeste, liberaci dal male che ci afflige

e concedeci la grazia di cui abbiamo bisogno.

O Santa Francesca Saverio Cabrini, prega per

noi. Tre Gloria.



O Signore, Dio Spirito Santo, consolatore

degli afflitti, per la tenerissima devozione che ti

professo' la tua Serva Santa Francesca Saverio

Cabrini, compi il miracolo che da te attendiamo,

aiutaci nei 'nostri bisogni e concedeci la grazia

che tanto desideriamo.

O Santa Francesca Saverio Cabrini, prega per

noi . Tre Gloria,

O Dio Padre, o Dio Figlio, o Dio Spirito

Santo, credo in te, spero in te, amo te sopra

tutte le cose, e spero che tu esaudirai questa

nostra preghiera. Deh! per la maggior gloria dei

tuoi Santi abbi pietà di noi, compi il prodigio

che da te attendiamo e sia a te solo onore e

gloria per tutti i secoli. Cosi' sia.



ORAZIONE

O Santa Francesca Saverio, Tu che nel Cuore
di Gesù hai posto ogni tua confidenza, ed in

Lui hai trovato il segreto di ogni perfezione e

la forza che ti fece Apostola del Vangelo nel

mondo, dalla gloria del Cielo guarda benigna-

mente a me che ricorro fidente alla Tua inter-

cessione.

Tu che hai lenito con cuore materno i disagi
spirituali e temporali di tanti fratelli nostri esuli

per il mondo, mostrati propizio, anche a me,

pellegrino per le vie della vita e dal Cuore dol-

cissimo di Gesù ottienimi tutte le grazie spiri-

tuali necessarie per giungere alla Patria del Cielo.

Ascolta, o Santa Francesca Saverio, la mia

fiduciosa preghiera, dammi la grazia che tanto mi

sta a cuore (si dica la grazia desiderata) e fa che

anch’io mi unisca a quello stuolo di anime che

per la Tua intercessione lodano riconoscente

Iddio. Cosi 'sia.

Ora pro nobis Santa Francisca Xaveria

Ut digni efficiamur promissionibus Christi.

OREMUS

Exaudi nos, Deus, salutaris noster: ut, sicut

de Santa Franciscae Xaveriae Virginis tuae festi-

vitate guademus; ita piae devotionis erudiamur

affectu. Per Christum Dominum nostrum. Amen.

Nihil obstat

Salvator Natucci

Sanctae Fidei Promoter Gen.



NOVENA
in onore dell Santa

FRANCESCA SAVERIO CABRIN1

Deus in adjutorium meum intende.
Domine ad adiuvandum me festina.

Gloria Patri ecc.

O Santa Francesca Saverio, che per la vir-
tuosa Tua vita hai ottenuto in premio della

gloria dei Cieli, ascolta la preghiera che fiducio-

samente Ti rivolgo e per i Tuoi meriti rendila

accetta al Signore.

Gloria Patri .

O Santa Francesca Saverio, Tu che durante la
vita hai conosciuto dolori ed amarezze, guarda

con benevolenza a me che, nell'ora del bisogno,

a Te con fiducia ricorro.

Gloria Patri .

O Santa Francesca Saverio, che con filiale
confidenza a Dio Padre onnipotente in ogni Tua

necessità ricorresti, interponi la Tua intercessione

ed ottienimi la grazia che tanto sospiro.

Gloria Patri.

O Santa Francesca Saverio, Tu che dicevi con
l'Apostolo "Tutto posso in Colui che mi con-

forta," ora che siedi gloriosa presso il Tuo



Sposo celeste, supplica da Lui la grazia che

attendo.

Gloria Patri.

O Santa Francesca Saverio, che dallo Spirito
Santo fosti arricchita di tanti doni celesti, ottieni

anche a me dallo Spirito Consolatore i divini

conforti.

Gloria Patri.

O Santa Francesca Saverio, che per tante anime
erranti fosti guida e maestra, chiedi anche per

me quella fede senza esitazioni che tutto ottiene

da Dio.

Gloria Patri.

O Santa Francesca Saverio, che agli esuli del
mondo come Madre tenerissima soccorresti, anche

su di me, pietosa, stendi la Tua protezione e

tutela.

Gloria Patri.

O Santa Francesca Saverio, che gli infermi
con squisita bontà sollevasti, guarda misericor-

diosa al mio soffrire a prontamente ottienimi la

grazia che fiduciosa Ti chiedo.

Gloria Patri.

O Santa Francesca Saverio, che percorresti il
mondo per donare a tanti cuori affranti il bal-
samo di una carità inesauribile, porgi anche a

me il Tuo soccorso esaudendo la preghiera che
devotamente affido al Tuo cuore.

Gloria Patri.



ORAZIONE

O Santa Francesca Saverio, Tu che nel Cuore
di Gesù hai posto ogni tua confidenza, ed in

Lui hai trovato il segreto di ogni perfezione e

la forza che ti fece Apostola del Vangelo nel

mondo, dalla gloria del Cielo guarda benigna

mente a me che ricorro fidente alla Tua inter-

cessione.

Tu che hai lenito con cuore materno i disagi
spirituali e temporali di tanti fratelli nostri esuli

per il mondo, mostrati propizio, anche a me,

pellegrino per le vie della vita e dal Cuore dol-

cissimo di Gesù ottienimi tutte le grazie spiri-

tuali necessarie per giungere alla Patria del Cielo.

Ascolta, o Santa Francesca Saverio, la mia

fiduciosa preghiera, dammi la grazia che tanto mi

sta a cuore (si dica la grazia desiderata) e fa che

anch’io mi unisca a quello stuolo di anime che

per la Tua intercessione lodano riconoscente

Iddio. Cosi sia.

Ora pro nobis Santa Francisca Xaveria

Ut digni efficiamur promissionibus Christi.

OREMUS

Exaudi nos, Deus, salutaris noster: ut, sicut

de Santa Franciscae Xaveriae Virginis tuae festi- .

vitate guademus; ita piae devotionis erudiamur

affectu. Per Christum Dominum nostrum. Amen.

Nihil obstat

Salvator Natucci

Sanctae Fidei Promotor Gen.



INNO ALLA SANTA

FRANCESCA SAVERIO

Salga al cielo un tripudio di canti!

Giubiliamo! La Madre Cabrini

già risplende nei cori dei Santi

e ne* irraggia fulgori divini.

O Santa Francesca Saverio

deh! intercedi a noi tutti quaggiù

la indomabile fiamma d’amore

del tuo cuore pel Cuor di Gesù.

A te giunto lo strazio dei figli

della Patria più ignoti e più soli,

dell’oceano sfidati i perigli,

missionaria a quell’anime voli.

O Santa, ecc.

Come gli Angeli vigile e pura,

come i Martiri intrepida e forte,

dove passi ogni umana sciagura

divien gioia ed è vinta la morte.



J§l]ori J$>tory of

JSami ^ranrss 3£abter fllabrmt

Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, was born July

15,1 850, at San Angelo Lodigiano, in the diocese

of Lodi, Lombardy, Italy. Her parents, being

pious, practical Catholics, reared their large family

of thirteen children (little Frances being the

last) , in the fear and iove of God. From early

childhood, her rare virtues merited for her the

praise and admiration of all. At her birth, a flight

of white doves, never seen before, flitted above

the roof of the Cabrini home. In later years, this

was interpreted as a symbol of the . numerous

Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus,

of whom Frances became their beloved Foundress
and Mother.

Although frail of body, she possessed strong

sentiments and solid virtue, being trained to this

by her mother and her elder sister Rose. She

was daily nourished by desires for higher ideals

of virtue, which inflamed her with zeal for

God’s greatest glory.

When only six years old, she felt an ardent
longing to receive Jesus in Holy Communion.

Frances sought no amusements in sports common
to children, but spent her time in retirement,

prayer and labor. She cherished an eager desire

to become a Religious and Missionary, in order

to bring the light of Christian faith to the infidel

nations. In her youth, she dedicated herself to

works of piety and charity; this she did in an



heroic manner especially during an epidemic that

raged in the town of Lodi. After obtaining with

honor the teacher’s diploma, she taught in the

public schools, always shedding brilliant examples

of virtue.

At home, she was an exemplary daughter, sister

and teacher, so much so, that she was surnamed

"the little saint.'* In fact, she was esteemed as a

saintly maiden by all those who knew her.

Ever burning with the ardent desire of serv-

ing God as a Missionary, Providence so disposed

that she was given the opportunity of directing

some young ladies in the spiritual life. In 1880,

she assembled them in a house at Codogno, and

it was thus that the Institute of the Missionary

Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus was founded.

In a few years, her small band of companions

and daughters, of whom she was teacher and
guide, had multiplied almost prodigiously. Under

her leadership they were soon scattered through-

out Europe and the two Americas. No place was
too remote, no task too arduous for this intrepid

apostle of Jesus Christ. Everywhere she founded

schools, orphanages, academies, hospitals, dispen-

saries, foundling homes, preventoriums, and other

works of charity, of faith, of civilization and of

Christian patriotism. Every misery, every grief,

every misfortune — found in Saint Frances
Xavier Cabrini — help, comfort and relief.

Inflamed with heroic faith and charity, she

crossed the ocean, traversed forests, climbed

mountains, suffered, labored, and prayed all her



life that faith might be diffused throughout the

world, and the glory of God might be increased.

The luminous, inextinguishable beacon-light that

guided her always and everywhere; the standard

that bound and infused her with indomitable

courage and heroic strength; the furnace from

whence she drew devouring flames of charity,

zeal and of saintly heroism, was the Sacred Heart

of Jesus.

Well did the holy Pontiffs Leo XIII, Pious X.

and Benedict XV, proclaim her the “True Apostle

of the Gospel—Full of the Spirit of God

—

Woman of high ideals, and of great sanctity.”
In truth wherever she went there radiated a

luminous ray of Christian virtue—an order of
ranctity. In obedience to the Pontiff Leo XIII,

America was designated to be the particular field

of her apostolate. So lovingly and indefatigably

did she labor among the Italian immigrants that

she was called “the saint of immigrants.”

At sixty-seven years of age, rich with incom-

parable merits before God, the Church and so-

ciety, amidst the veneration and universal lament-

ation of her innumerable daughters, of other per-

sonages, of the clergy, of the Catholic laity and

even of the non-Catholics, besides the thousands

of poor whom she had benefited in Chicago on
the 22nd of December, 1917, like a dove that

flitted the earth only to benefit, bless, and con-

sole, mantled with celestial candor, she flew to the

embrace of her heavenly Spouse.





Nihil obstat

Arthur J. Scanlan, S.T.D.

CENSOL LIBRORUM

Imprimatur

Francis J. Spellman, D.D.

ARCHBISHOP, New York

Copyright 1944

by

The Missionary Sisters

of the Sacred Heart

701 Fort Washington Avenue

New York 33, N. Y.