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 hereby declare that, subject to the approbatiw, of 
 the Church, we only ascribe a purely human value 
 to the names of revelation, miracle, vision, giveh by 
 us to certain facts, a. well as to the appellation of 
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 to us 1 
 St. Ann 
 howeve 
 Mathan 
 Miriam 
 rentian 
 town 
 Garmel 
 their bli 
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 i 
 
 INTRODUCTION, 
 
 Christian tradition has handed down 
 to us but few details with regard to 
 St. Anne. It is the received opinion, 
 however, that her father's name was 
 Mathan and that of her mother, either 
 Miriam, or, according to others, Eme- 
 rentiana. Both Nazareth and the little 
 town of Sephoris at the foot of Mt. 
 Garmel claim the honor of having been 
 their blessed dwelling place. St. Anne's 
 sisters were the mothers of several 
 among the Apostiesand of St. Elizabeth, 
 Anne espoused Jo-Achim or Eli-Achim, 
 who, like herself, was of the tribe of 
 Juda and of David's royal lineaire. In 
 the Gosnel a:. ordnii? to St. Ijikp .Iom. 
 
 
INTRODUCTION. 
 
 ctiira is mentioDed under thp abhrp 
 
 Wrlm M^rv 'iri'^' ^'/ '"" ^'''ssed 
 iipi" 3iary m. Anne after her hnitr 
 
 later on her sacred remains were <Jeno 
 
 uur Lady,,, in the va ey of .Jeho<!h-i 
 phat. During the reign of the Rom -.n 
 emperor Trajan, in th? fi? t centu" of 
 Christendom, the venerable body of 
 St. Anne, or rather the greater nm-iinn 
 
 AD't''in7ho'/°"='^' over ^lo ?^e t^^n of 
 Apt, in the diocese of Avignon CFnnrp/ 
 
 Crcernin'i!' 'tl' '" '^-P "-eS 
 predSf.rSi:i ^TZrt, '"iZ 
 one day a mysterious barS sS 
 to appi-och the shores of France h 
 had neither sail nor rudder but PnH 
 was Its pilot. Never had . ho A ^^'^ 
 borne a .Greater treasu.^e For i^^'tbTs 
 
 , ^,.._e. ^^iin oe^eraioinersaiiuly 
 
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 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 VII 
 
 
 women. They were (leeing from Pales- 
 tine, their country, carrying away 
 \yilh ihem number of priceless relics, 
 ihe most precious among which was 
 the hallowed body of St. Anne. This 
 treasure was placed in the hands of St. 
 Auspicius, the first Bishop of Apt, 
 whilst the remaining relics were taken 
 to Marseilles. However, on acconnt of 
 the reignmg persecutions, St. Anne's 
 body had to be buried in the ground 
 to protect it against sacrilegious hands, 
 and at length the place where it had 
 been secreted was wholly forgotten. A 
 miracle caused the discovery of the 
 hiding-place.— The great christian Em- 
 peror, .Charlemagne, had come one 
 year to Apt, and whilst present on 
 Easter-day, at the office, as he himself 
 wrote to Pope Adrian the First, he sud- 
 denly beheld a young man enter the 
 church, as if led by an unseen hand 
 and seeming to be inspired. This young 
 man was the son of Baron de Case- 
 ijeuve and had been deaf aad dumb 
 from his birth. 
 
VIII 
 
 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 The crowd followed him to the altar- 
 step and he there made signs that one 
 of the flag-stones should be raised and 
 he ground excavated beneath. The 
 tmperor ordered this to be done, and 
 at once rays of light where seen to issue 
 from the wonderful spot. Then the 
 bystanders beheld a miracle worthy 
 ot being for ever remembered. The 
 noble young mute, instantlv and ne-- 
 
 is she ! The Emperor, and all the faith- 
 ful with him, fell on their knees and 
 
 It IS she ! There was indeed no room 
 for doubt : the relics of St. Anne had 
 been discovered ! On examining the 
 reiquary-case containing the body the 
 following words were found iraprint-d 
 on the cloth that was wrapped around 
 the relic : Here lies the body of St 
 Anne mother of the glorious Virgin 
 Mary."- This event took place in 792 
 and since that time the Shrine of St' 
 Anne at Apt has always been celehra^ 
 
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 I 
 
 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 IX 
 
 ted and ever Ireqiienied by devout pil- 
 grims. 
 
 We will now add a word concer- 
 ning the pilgnmagp of St. Anne d'Au- 
 ray, m Bnttany. Evidence of the love 
 and devotion borne to St. Anne in Brit- 
 lany is lo be Cound in the national 
 records and ie.eends ol that country, 
 however far back we may seek. In 
 the sevenih century, St Meriadec, Bis- 
 hop of Vannes, had raised a chapel on 
 the very spot where the celebrated pil- 
 grimage church • nv stands. A statue 
 of St. Anne was tiicre exposed to public 
 veneration ; but in the month of Fe- 
 bruary 699 a hoard of barbarians pil- 
 laged the sanctuary. The holy statue 
 alone escaped from the ravages of 
 these impious men, and this by having 
 been buried in the ground, in the 
 same place where it had been venera- 
 ted. There it awaited the decrees of 
 God's Providence for nine hundred 
 years. An apparition of the Saint 
 herself to Yves Nicolazie, in 1624, re- 
 vealed to that pious husbandman 
 
 I 
 I* 
 
INTRODUCTION. 
 
 that It was the djvine will that the 
 mother of Mary shottltl he ho, ored 
 
 had been venerated nine centuries 
 previously. Furthermore, that thi 
 ancient statue whicn had stood in the 
 old chapel should be sought for and 
 would certainly be found. After many 
 difnculties from the pastor and tiie 
 
 ?.f-^T " "'^' finally decided to under! 
 take ihe necessary e.xcavations, and, as 
 
 was Z1 fh.°™,T^.' "'^ eladsom'e res'ul 
 was that the old statue was discovered 
 I his was on march 8th 1625.— Such 
 
 fetirine and pilgrimage of St. Anne 
 a Auray, now so deservedly celebrated 
 ihroughout the whole catholic world 
 
art the c^ml 
 
 A brief historical sketch of the Shrine at 
 St. Anne de Beaupre (Canada.— Pro- 
 vince and diocese of Quebec.) (l* 
 
 ORIGIN. 
 
 popular tradition relates that 
 some Breton mariners, whilst 
 navigating the river St. Law-^ 
 rence, were overtaken by a violent 
 storm. In their youth and manhood 
 they had been accustomed to have 
 
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 deratiou contain to-day a o&tholio population of 
 1,963,000 souls. 
 
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Part the rmsT. 
 
 recourse to the well-beloved patroness 
 
 hid It "r'nnP '"■ ^"'^""y ^"d ""4'^ 
 DravP^t Th ''^"?3'"ed deaf to their 
 
 ff tie %aim 'I ' m"""'^ ^"^^'ed thit 
 II tne caint would save them frnm 
 
 -here they \Sd^ ^ap e'n T^iaTd' 
 Their prayers were heard When hi* 
 morning dawned ihe^e brav^ n!. 
 
 nortt e^^t^of 5. febtr^d^Tthfe 
 known as PetitCap. True lo th»ti ^ 
 ;hey raised a lutle v^oodrchapd^^^^Tch 
 
 in 1S40, sn26»ftn last ^''sl U^ '"»• '»•«»»! 
 
 register of the last centurv am* 'V^« Paroehial 
 memoirs of Mgr de Wl i.7r* J* ^'kewiee in th« 
 
 M. de La.our/boo1rxrb h?pr^e'?6£'':^^'*' '^ 
 
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 5*^i 
 
 ORIGIN. 
 
 Even though the existence of this 
 first chapel should not be an historical 
 fact beyond dispute, as some contend, 
 there are nevertheless documents re- 
 liable and certain, which go to prove 
 that the origin of Beaupre dates back 
 almost to the early times of the colon- 
 ization of Canada. The place having 
 commenced to be 'settled, the « Com- 
 pany of the Hundred Associates n, that 
 for the time being had all the interests 
 of the country in hands, agreed to pay 
 a yearly salary of 25 crowns to a priest 
 from Quebec, with the stipulation that 
 the sacraments should be administered 
 among these colonists once a year. In 
 1645, we meet with the first missionary 
 in PetitCap, namely Mr. de Saint- 
 Sauveur, of Quebec. After him, came 
 the Jesuits: Father Vimont in 1646, and 
 Father De Quen, in 1647 and 1648.^ 
 In 1650, were given by the government 
 the first grants of land to the colonists 
 of Eeaupre. Father Andrew Richard, 
 a Jesuit, came on mission to the place 
 iii lOu/, aiiu vii luu *otu day 01 July he 
 
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 4 
 
 PART THE FIRST. 
 
 there baptised Clrude Pellelier, who 
 afterwards became a franciscan lav- 
 brother under the name of Brother 
 Didace. This holy friar, whose cause 
 ]s being introduced at Rome, is the 
 lust Canadian who died in the odor of 
 sanctity. 
 
 Up to this time, the missionaries 
 
 vvho Visited Petit-Gap, had exercised 
 
 u ^?^^P ministry either in the little 
 
 chapel of the Breton sailors, if it exis- 
 
 la-'o"^!^ ^}^^^^ P"^^^® houses. But in 
 lbD8 took place the event which is at 
 once the joy and the glory of Canada 
 and all America. « Honorable man 
 iitienne Lessart-sb say the archives 
 of the parish,-knowing the wish that 
 the inhabitants of Beaupre had for a 
 long time nursed in their hearts, namel v 
 to have a church or chapel, wherein 
 they could meet and assist at divine 
 service, has of his own accord given a 
 irontage of two acres, with a depth of 
 a league and a half, upon condition ■ 
 that in the very year, 1658, the erection I 
 ^- ^ ...xt^xvu oiiOuiQ Dt; bcaried on tbis ^ 
 
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 ORIGIN. 
 
 r, who 
 m lay- 
 brother 
 
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 lition 
 JCtioii 
 i this 
 
 ground and thereon completed, in 
 most suitable place thereof, according 
 to the judgment of the Vicar General.)) 
 —This offer was made in the month 
 of March and in the course of the 
 same month, Mr. de Queylus, a sulpi- 
 cian, parish priest of Quebec, deputed 
 Mr. Vignal to go and bless the founda- 
 tion of the new church. He was accom- 
 panied by Mr. d'Ailleboust, the Gover- 
 nor of New-France, who had consented 
 to lay the corner stone. Canada, on 
 that day, began "her first sancluarv 
 in honor of St. Anne. • 
 
 At this period there were but ten 
 churches in all Canada. Tadoussac 
 possessed a pretty little stone church, 
 which the Jesuits had built for their 
 Montagnais neophytes, who on return- 
 ing from their hunting expeditions, 
 resorted thither in large numbers 
 during the summer season, to receive 
 the sacraments and listen to the word 
 of God There was no church at all 
 on the Island of Orleans, nor anywhere 
 on the south shoreof iheSt. i.awrence. 
 
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 I'AUT THE FIRST. 
 
 but <it Cliateau.Richer (the next parish 
 
 to B(.aupre westward) there was a 
 
 clunrh built of stone/on the ed-e of 
 
 he nver. At Montreal, thev haa bu 
 
 the [ ote -Dk-u. Three-Rivers had its 
 parish churclu built of wood, which 
 the Jesuits had constructed and dedi- 
 cated to the Immaculate ConcepUon. 
 In the neigborhood of Quebec there 
 was at Sillery a church built by the 
 Jesuits, near their residence, and on the 
 site now occupied by the parish of St 
 John the baptist, on the St. Genevieve 
 hill, here was a little wooden chapel 
 which was for a long timeserved by Mr 
 ?„« ="• Sauveur. In Quebec itself were 
 four churches, built of stone: the par- 
 sh-church and Ihoseof the Jesuits, the 
 Ursulines and the Hotel-Dieu. The 
 chapc-i then that Mr. de Queylus com 
 nienced, at » the Good St. Anne's, » was 
 the eleventh throughout the whole 
 colony of Canada; but the village of 
 
 [fivTl T'l "*^ ''""'' establishment 
 which had been fniindod oi.,„„ 
 
 discover 
 establish 
 order : ' 
 Three-R 
 de Beau 
 
 JMM<.#***4 
 
 
 seems, in 
 church 
 by themj 
 taken pla 
 Thus it ij 
 sionary 
 what iiac 
 
1 
 
 FIRST MIRACLES. 
 
 parish 
 was a 
 Ige of 
 Id but 
 ing to 
 lad its 
 vhich 
 dedi- 
 ption. 
 there 
 y the 
 >n the 
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 viove 
 lapel 
 yMr. 
 were 
 spar- 
 5, the 
 The 
 corn- 
 was 
 hole 
 :e of 
 
 nent 
 fu- 
 tile 
 
 discovery of the country. These six 
 establishments come in the following 
 order : Tadoussac, Quebec, Montreal, 
 
 Three-Rivers, Chateau-Richer, St. Anne 
 de Beaupre. 
 
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 II 
 
 FIRST MIRACLES. 
 
 s God has ever signally selected 
 for His wonderous works some 
 churches among others, so He 
 seems, in our day, to have chosen the 
 church of St. Anne, as is clearly shown 
 by the many miracles which have there 
 
 taken place for six years past. » 
 
 Thus it is that Mr. Thomas Morel, mis- 
 sionary priest, begins his account of 
 what had occurred at Beaupre from 
 
8 
 
 Part the FinsT. 
 
 16M to 16()/ ; and he continues : ., I do 
 
 lhs-(..e. to relate the first rniraclesl- 
 all the more willinsly that, haviL 
 
 ?nfo" m d 7"..'^' ^"r^.' ^--e'^e well 
 
 cert- imv' v. 'P''''' °^ ^^'"^ with 
 certainty. I, _ Monseigneiir de Laval 
 
 the then Bishop, in approving of This 
 
 account, was pleased to add : f All th L 
 
 s sincerely true, and we have made o 
 
 tha ihf '' '" 'f ^^"' «" examination 
 that they may be made known to th^ 
 
 Zt f,'""^VPi""f"' '■heumatisra, he 
 
 one's 'in'l'fi' r^'^°'/°"' '« P'^^^ '^ree 
 stones in the foundation of the new 
 
 tTr^' ""' '=°."^"-"ction of which wa^ 
 J"f ' c°"^mencing, and he found him! 
 ielf suddenly cured. 
 
FIRST MIRACLES. 
 
 9 
 
 In U)G2, another and more striidng 
 cure took place. Mary Esther Ramage, 
 wife of Elie Godin, also of Petit-Cap, 
 was stricken with an infirmity, which 
 for eighteen months kept the poor 
 invalid so bent and doubled up as to 
 render her unable to straighten herself 
 in the least. She had given up ail hope 
 of being cured by human means, but 
 remembering what her husband had 
 related about the instantaneous cure of 
 Louis Guimont, of which he had been 
 an eye witness, she began to invoke 
 St. Anne, in order to obtain the same 
 favor. At the very moment she was 
 able to stand erect and to walk as well 
 as before her infirmitv. 
 
 Again in 1662, Nicholas Drouin, of the 
 parish of Chateau-Richer, was cured 
 of epilepsy. On account of the fre- 
 quent attacks of this dreadful malady, 
 he was often in danger of death. He 
 made a novena in honor of St. Anne 
 and was entirely cured. 
 
 S.U. iuo-i, uuouiiuu lud cure 01 Mar- 
 garet Bire, of Quebec. Through a 
 
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 PART THE FinST. 
 
 rracture of the leg, this woman had 
 
 10 walk, and abandoned bv the snr 
 eeom as incurable. She had herself 
 
 57;'5;^dloPetitCap,on thesaiho 
 July, the feast of St. Anne. Durin<i 
 Mass, she suddenly recovered the free 
 and regular use of the disabled mem- 
 Cure of Elie Godin, parishioner of 
 St. Anne.— Suffering f^om a dronsv 
 which had defied all "remedies, K.' 
 pected his death from day to day. Mr 
 Morel, in preparing him to receive the 
 last sacraments, urged him to have 
 recourse to Good St. Anne, and Godln 
 
 Z'^ltTr i'^ '\ Holybommunron 
 was g ven to him after a Mass said to 
 his intention, and scarcely had he re- 
 ceived the holy Viaticum than he 
 exclaimed : I am cured ! and in the 
 ^ery presence of Mr. Morel he went to 
 the church to thank Godand St Tnne 
 In I660, cure of John Adam. Hav- 
 
 mLf^rhi"^''ide''/ "'"^ '~°' '''''' 
 uis, Hv. uiaae a vuw to bfc. Anne, 
 
 began a 
 
 on a pil 
 
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 sight in 
 
 been be 
 
 be true 
 
 says Ml 
 
 In 1 
 
 french 
 
 bee. — F 
 
 had be 
 
 paired 
 
 novena 
 
 he coil 
 
 never < 
 
 « to ih 
 
 accoui] 
 
 conditi 
 
 easy U 
 
 his cu 
 
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 script 
 
 • Still 
 
 cures, 
 
 given 
 
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f:rst MiRAcr.ES. 
 
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 n had 
 jnable 
 e sur- 
 lerself 
 Slh of 
 •uring 
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 meiii- 
 
 er of 
 •opsy, 
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 . Mr. 
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 have 
 rodin 
 inion 
 id to 
 .6 re- 
 i he 
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 at to 
 one. 
 iav- 
 iree 
 ane. 
 
 be^an a novona in hor honor and went 
 on"a pilgrimage to Peti Cap. Before 
 the end of the novena he recovered his 
 si^ht in a belter slate ^han it ever had 
 been before. This fact was declared to 
 be true and subscribed to by Adam, 
 sav« Mr. Morel in his relation. 
 
 In 1G67, cure of John Prades, a 
 french soldier of the garrison of Que- 
 bec— P^or six months one of his legs 
 had been entirely paralysed. He re- 
 naired to St. Anne's, there to make a 
 novena. On the fifth day, he felt that 
 he could walk as easily as if he hud 
 never experienced the least infirmity, 
 (do the great admiration— says th ^ 
 account— of those who, knowing hi^ 
 condition, believed that it would be as 
 easy to rais^ the dead to life as to effect 
 
 his cure.)) . . 
 
 Mr. Morel concludes his pious manu- 
 script with these beautiful words : 
 I Still of more moment than all these 
 cures, are the graces which God has 
 given and continues to give every day 
 through the intercession of Good St. 
 
AM Y\ »— 
 
 ^0 a Wp??"r^ ^ sinner f.. " "" — ^ 
 /•°Pe that (h^f^'^'er 'he iveli .^ '^^PPr 
 
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 (^h fop 
 
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 h be 
 lappy 
 
 nded 
 I the 
 
 ^Pon 
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 nly 
 
 111 
 FIRST CELEBRITY. 
 
 SECOND CHURCH. 
 
 •eaupr^ was not long without rear- 
 
 ► fn^a temple more worthy of her 
 
 1^ mg a ieiut> ^ ^^^^^^ rhnrch, not 
 
 ^ Pfnm accounilhe wooden chapel 
 taking into accoun V ^^jjj_ 
 
 erected by the manners ^^^^^ -^ 
 
 menced and J^as hnauy i ^^^^^^^ 
 1686. 1' was buiUm stoned j^ 
 
 not on the shore as in |6^»' °^;\^here 
 foot of the hill, on 1^^ ^er/ JP^'ome too 
 "Ztflo'ac'cSda^eXCrshippers 
 small to ,^^^0"^ ." ,nQA ond surmounted 
 
 with a steepie 1 ^^^^^^5^ 
 
 SJi'y rlSirnb, on the same 
 
 nS^°8^nspite^oC the great jesire 
 
 to preserve It th, chu^rcn,^^ ^^^^^ 
 
 Ihreaienea lu la^ ^^-^^ — > 
 
 13 
 
Part the first. 
 
 same spot : constrMrti^ f ' °" "^^ 
 
 material ; ornaraen el .Juh' /^ ^"'"^ 
 ^uriiiturp nnrj '^^^^^ ^vith the same 
 
 old «teeple'a„'d''b;r"ffpV"il '"« 
 wiitersmainta nth! ,K "^ 1^^*- O'her 
 
 J,e?rSf „^Sjt:„«f-^^^^ Which 
 
 place at Beau ore ^hf ^^"''^ '"ok 
 mony of Mr. Morel 'an^iu"'^'^-'^'}^ 'esti- 
 
 foundress oT thL J ,^^ incarnation 
 
 Jn leesHna le'tt te 's^ fh^"^^^"' 
 these words- /q"^.^"'^^^ writes 
 
 l^ere (Quebec), tLetel" a^^t^"^! ^^ 
 cated to St. A r Pin u^ 'L''"'"'^!' dedi- 
 
 vouchsaves Vo"woVL"gSat t^^ ''''^ 
 
 SK?^i-o^«»Coi 
 
 '^^e paralytic Sto'trCX'^S 
 
FIRST CELEnRiTV 
 
 15 
 
 receiving their sight, and the sick no 
 matter what their maladv may' be 
 regaining their health. ^-Uis not then 
 astonishing that Petit-Cap should have 
 soon become celebrated. The Journal 
 
 ,ii ^uT.'l^'^ ^^^^^^^ ^^'^^ on the 30th 
 ot March 1666, the vice-roy of the colony 
 the marquis de Tracy, went on a pil- 
 grimage to Deaupre, in company with 
 the governor, where they together 
 made their devotions. Durincr Mass a 
 collectien was taken up lor the benefit 
 ol the church and realized 68 pounds 
 
 On the 17ih of August, in the same 
 year, the marquis de Tracy again 
 came thither with the Bishop to enrich 
 the church with a precious ex voto. 
 Being in danger of perishing by shin- 
 wreck, this pious man made a vow 
 that il St. Anne would deliver him he 
 would make her some valuable offer- 
 ing. ]n fulfilment of this vow he came 
 that day to offer a painting, by the 
 celebrated artist Lebrun, representing 
 bt. Anne with the blessed Virgin and 
 two pilgrims in nraver, Th" " 
 
 1 O V-^ « ^% 4 ■ a .. .,_ 
 
 iio |JlutUrfcJ 
 
16 
 
 PART THE FIfiST. 
 
 Still exisis and can be seen behind iha 
 main altar in the church. 
 
 The first Sunday in Advent, in 1667 
 Monseigneur de Lava] ordered a oas 
 toral letter to be read, by vvhich Hp 
 established the feast of'sL Anne as a 
 
 extent 01 New I- ranee, because : « Chris- 
 lanity, he says, has in these counUies 
 a particular need of powerful prolec 
 tors in heaven and because wevvitne's 
 a general recourse of all the faithful to 
 St. Anne in all their needs, and that u 
 has pleased God for some years nas 
 manifest by a number of wondrous 
 Him", ""' ""'.''"''" '^ pleasing ?o 
 About the same time the Queen of 
 
 Sch of '^^T^A P'^'^f ^ 'o give to the j 
 venir np 1 • A""e de Beaupre a sou- 
 
 Shrse^ ^tlfef ^; siiT'^EX 
 
 tiSheV;s^,e^.Tt^r',;.'?rdty 
 
FIRST CELEBRITY. 
 
 17 
 
 to 
 
 brought forth for high ecclesiastical 
 dignitaries, who celebrate Mass at St. 
 Anne's. This chasnble is worked in 
 red, black and white shaded vandykes 
 and richly trimmed with gold and sil- 
 ver lace.— Besides two paintings, by 
 Brother Luc Lefrangois, a Franciscan, 
 and a reliquary of silver, given by Mon- 
 seigneur de Laval, we may also men- 
 lion a crucifix of solid silver offered in 
 1706 by the gallant hero d'lberville. 
 This pious warrior wished thus to ma- 
 nifest his gratitude to St. Anne for the 
 favors which he had obtained. 
 
 Before closing these details we will 
 textually copy fromtheancientregisters 
 the following extract : « About the year 
 1708 the inhabitants of St. Anne and 
 St. Joachim (the neighboring parish) 
 made, by common consent, a vow to 
 have, every year in all perpetuity, a 
 Mass sung at the church of St. Anne, 
 during the octave of the Immaculate 
 Conception, to obtain by the mercy of 
 God deliverance from a contagious 
 disease, v/hich was then prevalent 
 
no,,' and V r r» f """''' "i^" Ca- 
 ofJanua,;T73K Th''''''l'2''iday 
 
 which Irom ho dn,P '°'?™" ^^^^s 
 been and is sw^f^n^"''!'""'^^ has 
 ^vliich lheiwoDari,hp5 '„'^/''>' ^"^ at 
 
 i'""d jd ;eT^tra "^ '^ '^- "o 
 
 ing, vvhe,^e the ii'm? h, 'P°' "^ '^''^««- 
 '0 glorify tlie G, -, f^y,,'"'^' P'eased 
 
 ••onfidence incre!Zri . '.P''^''' «« also 
 
 niuiliplied tl fnTra£s „"ftr '^'^^"•^e 
 created by deerep77ni ^ P'jsi-ims and 
 
 current of piofs "'i tnTt'"''\^l""P'-^ a 
 develop latei on r. «. V'^^"'^ ''*'«« to 
 Proportions Fo" IZ^ remarkable 
 
 'Ws tide had not sens h^f^' " ■'" '">« 
 
 sensiciy grown ; but 
 
I 
 
 i 
 
 FUiST CELEBRITY. 
 
 19 
 
 whPH we weigh the circiimsUnces, na- 
 melY the fewness of Ihe people up to 
 ilH, present century; the struggles 
 which ihey had lor a long time tosus- 
 laiu against the Indian tribes ; the 
 allacks, so many times renevv-ed, on 
 ihe part of the English ; the difficulty 
 of travel and communication, espe- 
 cially before the era of railways ; the 
 necessity, on account of the long win- 
 ter in Canada, of limiting to the sum- 
 mer time the season for pilgrimages, 
 we can only wonder that these pugn- 
 maces had been continued at all, ana 
 had not fallen by degrees into complete 
 
 desuetude. , , ^ ,, ^ 
 
 The savages themselves kept up tne 
 devotion. Having become christians, 
 thev had learned to honor and lovebL 
 Anne. Each year, during the month 
 of July, they quitted their wood s, went 
 up or down the St. LawTenc- '^^"■'-^ 
 swift canoes and arrived i" ' 
 ber at Beaupre, to implor 
 lion of the blessed won'' 
 Canada. 
 
 ,df r-\yorker of ^ ^^ ^ 
 
 V 
 
 \ 
 
**^^^^**^yy^iyL***jMMMMMMMt * 
 
 IV 
 
 THE PRESENT CHURCH. 
 
 :he history of St. Anne de Beaupre 
 
 fh!%"'V'u'''!'"S notable during 
 Uie first half of this centurv 
 
 an F[?'^l"?1 '"""^ P'"'=^ «^ '" "^e pill 
 and It plainly appeared from the innu- 
 merable crutches, suspended to the 
 cornices or thevvails,that St. Annee ter 
 recompensed in a wonderful manned 
 the con idence of her servants. More 
 
 tHr w',v 'Ir^Tr' "°- prepared 
 which ,^.,.?'''^' "'^ development 
 
 h JvT''' "I'' '■'"'^'y incitementgiven 
 by his Grace the Archbishop of Quebec 
 
 e'au'lnd'.n H J"'"^'^ ^^'■'''"^' Tasche: 
 
 to ^dJ^^o dnes"^id°'"-' -"• "'"^^ 
 - ><— je.oteane&a uikI zeaioi tiie cana- 
 
 tf 
 
 ( 
 i 
 
 i 
 
THE PKESENT CHURCH. 
 
 • 
 
 , 
 
 
 dian 
 
 cierc 
 
 y to promote individual 
 
 pilgrimages and to organize pari'^h 
 pilgrimages or pilgrimages of confra- 
 ternities ; thanks also to the publica- 
 tion, in French and English, of the 
 Annals of Si. Anne, which go forth to 
 speak each month to so many families 
 of the goodness, the power and the nu- 
 meroiis favors of the great protectress 
 ot Canada ; there has now arisen a 
 strong onward movement of th-e people 
 towards the sanctuary of St. Anne de 
 Beau pre. 
 
 The old chapel no longer sufficed to 
 hold the visitors and threatened to fall 
 into ruin. It was decided to construct 
 a new church on a plan and with 
 dimensions that better answered the 
 requirements of the ever increasing 
 pilgrimages, and would stand as a 
 public and lasting monument of the 
 devotion and gratitude of the Canadian 
 people to St. Anne. ) ; a collective 
 letter of the 1-2th of May 1872 his 
 
 urace ine Archbishop and the Bish 
 
 of the Province of Queb 
 
 ops 
 
 ec, invited the 
 
22 
 
 Part the first. 
 
 lai hful of all the dioceses to contri- 
 bute by tlieir offerings to the erection 
 of the new sanctuary. The sums re- 
 ceived from one end of the country to 
 ine other were considerable. The 
 church was solemnly blessed, and 
 opened for public worship on the 17th 
 
 completed, for as yet there were only 
 the four walls and the roof. Since 1880 
 the side-aisles have been ronslructed 
 under the form of lateral chapels 16 
 in number, ail well linished and fur- 
 nished with altars and confessionals. 
 Ihe edifice has been expended in leni?th 
 some 60 feet the fagade surmounted 
 by two steeples, between which stands 
 a colosal statue o^' St. Anne ; the sac- 
 risty has been noiably enlarged ; the 
 ancient furniture repaired and restored 
 the old chapel. Furthermore, the 
 large square, in front of the church 
 the decorations, the unparalleled main 
 altar in white marble, the vestment^ 
 the statue with its precious crown oi 
 massive gold, are all among the work. 
 
 i^> 
 
THK niESKNT Clll-UCn. 
 
 o« 
 
 of 
 
 accoinplislipd sinro IS80. It can now 
 ho well said that Si. Anno possesses Jit 
 Ik-aupie Olio of ilio most, boauliful 
 leinples iii Canada The churcli was 
 oonsocrated with imposing' ceremonies, 
 on the lOlli ol Mav i8»0, by his Emin- 
 ence Cardinal Ta>choreau, in presence 
 of ten Bishops and a large nnmber of 
 the cler-v. Jt has b(^en in charge of 
 the Redemptorisls Fathers since 1878. 
 We will here subjoin a detailed de- 
 scription of the chnrch. .The edifice is 
 of Corinthian architectnre and meas- 
 nres two hundred feet in length with 
 a height of fifty-six feet interiorly, by 
 one hundred and five feet in breadth. 
 The towers are one hundred and sixty- 
 ei^rht feet in height. In the fagade 
 there are three entrance doors in the 
 Doric style, Hanked by fluted columns 
 with pediments. Over each door is a 
 slab on which are carved the emblems 
 of the three Theological Virtues: Hope, 
 Faith and Charity, represented by the 
 QHchnr the cross, and the heart. Ihe 
 whole is surmounted by a magnificent 
 
 mK''^.'*^lf«UlS^Jr'\ 
 
Part the first. 
 
 colossal statue of Sf AnT,« • 
 
 The pilgrim who enters for ih» n , 
 time mio the chmvh nf c, , ^ "''*' 
 
 the richness 3 1^ ^•™P'''''^ed by 
 
 of the ed"flce Tn ^P"^'"S grandeiu- 
 
 tions and the e'l e~ of th'' ^Pf"'- 
 
 tlmn architecture fsaddeS the stH?--'"- 
 fflectof the most apmonria.p ^ '""^ 
 tions. The Pn«omKi .'<•?? ^''^ decora- 
 
 Rome, b n semLSufaf ' T^'^^'^h ''^ 
 
 s-^enes exonisit .Vv rhf n ^^^^ various 
 
 'he Lak Supper fa cnnv 'rV'P''^^''"' 
 
 PicUH;e by Ef,d7a IS^it.-^rr 
 promise of the Pi..>;=o,i i.- ,'"'-'■' 'be 
 
 J- clJ. VI? Melc sedp. o"fl'"''''' '»'• 
 bie-ifi -in 1 ."^"-'"secec oflerins the 
 Ditad and wine; the biah.nri,fn 1 
 
inE ri;i:si:NT (:ni;iu;n. 
 
 '^J 
 
 1 carved 
 e which 
 marvel- 
 >f a Bel- 
 
 the first 
 nne de 
 ssed by 
 andeur 
 propor- 
 Corin- 
 ti'iking 
 decora- 
 )ration 
 racter. 
 narble 
 he im- 
 1, not 
 rch of 
 arioiis 
 resent 
 imoiis 
 ; the 
 t, (St. 
 ? the 
 St in 
 
 nraver ; iho snri'innc of Abraham. On 
 the%id(>a!tar, dcMlicaled to Our Ladv 
 of PerpcUial Help, are represented 
 Judith, D.'bbora and Esther. At the 
 altar of the Sacred Heart is a beauli- 
 fully carved panel representing human- 
 ity with its diiferent races and social 
 conditions, adoring Our Redeemer. 
 Behind the main altar, in the apse, are 
 represented : to the right, the coat of 
 arms of his Eminence the Cardinal 
 Taschereau, and, to the left, the seal of 
 the Archdiocese. 
 
 Immediately over Lebriin's picture 
 of St. Anne, is a rich escutcheon bear- 
 ing the initials of St. Anne, which is 
 surmounted by a crown and flanked 
 by green palms, the symbols of triumph 
 and glorv. Between the ceiling and 
 the cornice there is a series of baif- 
 moons OT semicircular bays, on which 
 are painted a variety of sacred and 
 appropriate scenes. In the central bay, 
 above the main alter, are the arms of 
 our Order; then, to the right, the 
 
2G 
 
 Part the first. 
 
 Lnst Supper, the sacrifice of Melchi- 
 sedec, the eating of the Paschal Lamb 
 ^y the Israelites about to leave Egynt 
 the Presentation of the Blessed Vh-in 
 111 the J em pie by St. Anne and St. 
 Joachim. Alter the picture of the Pre- 
 '.nr^lh?' r '"' ^^°/^ wrong-side up 
 
 watei. The inscription on the original 
 picture runs: Exvoto. J. B. Aucler 
 Louis Bouyier, Marthe Feuilletant, all 
 three saved, M" Chamar, aged 21 years 
 Marguerite Ghampagne'a|ed 20 years 
 and^one day, both drown?d, June 17 
 1 70^, at 2 clock in the morning. All 
 ive in the sad position recommending 
 themselves to the good St. Anne.-The 
 next picture represents Brother Pierre' 
 a recollect, and his companion, togethpi^ 
 with the crew of the vessel the 1^ 
 J^^sprit, making a vow to the Good St 
 Anne and asking her to deliver them* 
 iT.Mf^ r"^?"^'" ^^'^ ^'^ ^" through 
 feh p ^"'^''^ '''^^'^ ^^' ^''^^^'^ 
 
 I' ' 
 
 \ 
 
THE PHESENT CHURCH. 
 
 27 
 
 Melchi- 
 1 Lamb 
 
 Egypt, 
 
 Virgin 
 md St. 
 he Pre- 
 side up 
 
 in the 
 riginal 
 \ucler, 
 ant, all 
 
 years, 
 3 years 
 me 17, 
 ?. All 
 ending 
 .—The 
 Pierre, 
 gether 
 the Sl- 
 >od St. 
 
 them 
 rough 
 sabled 
 
 Next comes a picture representing a 
 man named Dorval, who being crushed 
 by the fall of a tree, owed the timely 
 arrival of help and his subsequent cure 
 lo the powerful intercession of St. 
 
 Anne. 
 
 The following picture recalls the 
 miraculous and 'instantaneous cure of 
 a person from near Ottawa who had a 
 white swelling on her knee. She re- 
 commended herself to St. Anne and 
 her prayer was heard. She left her 
 bandage at the foot of the miraculous 
 statue, and it may still be seen. His 
 Lordship the Bishop of Ottawa, the 
 Rev. M. Campeau, the Rev. Father 
 Rector of St. Anne's were witnesses of 
 this miracle in 1884. 
 
 The next picture shows us pilgrims 
 receiving Holy Communion in the 
 Sanctuary of the Good St. Anne. At 
 the feet of the priest, may be seen a 
 young Irishman from Montreal, who, 
 filled with faith in St. Anne, lays aside 
 his crutches and throws himself down 
 
28 
 
 PAIVr TUE I'inST. 
 
 rj,, -' - possible. 
 
 sivino- fho h u • ^^- ^""e and 
 
 frequently had recourse 'o for nh^-'' 
 In the following bay, we tfLf„. 
 
THE PF.ESl^NT CHURCH. 
 
 29 
 
 m Cecilia, the parlroii saint of mus^ 
 ria.vf 'I'o Vhe Ift is represented the 
 pro consul leaving his tribuna and 
 ordering the executioner to put ine 
 heroic Christian to death. 
 
 in the last picture, we see an angel- 
 musician hovering in the air, snrronnd- 
 TbY little angels sing.ng the praises 
 A,r God and ol' St. Anne. 
 
 To the left, opposite to this last pic- 
 ture we see m angel-nuisiciari, sinnlar 
 Uie one jnst mentioned ; then lung 
 Dav d surriunded by priests, all joiu- 
 Sign singing the psalms; a teiWs 
 
 comes the representation ol the old 
 church. In the ne.xt picture, we see 
 ?he fountain which is now on the spot 
 where tlie old church stood. Many 
 miracles take place there, simply Irom 
 Set with that miraculous water 
 Se wonderful virtue is imparled 
 by the power of St. Anne and the faith 
 nf the pilsrif^s. ^ ^ 
 
 In the next half moon, we see a 
 vessel, ice-bound and in a most dan- 
 
f^-'jio. .rseiih ^y,:^-!';! '":-■''■> i^ do. 
 
 '•econiinend Ihnvl, .^ \ ■"',« officers 
 '-'"'l WH/nlio -r,; v' ' i^ ''^ «'• Ann,,, 
 All sail is,:, Jj,,^'''l--;,'vou- toll,,, 
 
 ^''l- Anne, ;ind i„ sniterl V '" '""«J 
 v-'sscls advance Im'f i "■"'' ^^'"''li 
 
 'f7^s cannon Z 'sS^-'r"'^' '■'- 
 t''- Anno ! 'j'|,e '.^i " ' ^'"ry to 
 
 ''°"^a'-e.- Sr; e s"i^r^''"^'-■"'■^• 
 'I'^-n'h ; the Nau ;'*. o «'''«"" St. 
 
THE PRESENT CHL-RCH. 
 
 31 
 
 washing his apostles' feet ; Moses m 
 he desert and the Jews gathering 
 Manna; the sacrifice of Abraham ; the 
 miracle of the Loaves. _ t ThP 
 
 In the side-aisle to the left are : I. The 
 Good Shepherd with St. Mphonsus de 
 Liguori at his feet and the B essed 
 Father Hofbauer, Redemptonst.il. The 
 Prodigal Son. JIL The conveTsion of 
 the Samaritan woman at Jacobs well. 
 IV Our Saviour blessing little child- 
 ren. V. Mary Magdalen at the feet of 
 Our Saviour in the house of Simon. 
 VI The Paralvtic being cured in tne 
 Dool VII. The woman taken in adul- 
 tery'presented to Our Saviour by the 
 Phliisees. Vm. Lazarus recalled to 
 life IX. Lastly, on the tower Our 
 Saviour manifesting his Divine Heart 
 to Marguerite Marie Alacoque 
 
 In the side-nave to the right : \. We 
 see, above the altar, Mary amid the 
 cloudsoverlooking the terrestrial globe 
 which the infernal serpent is trying to 
 iateriace within his folds. On a scrQll 
 
^ART THE FIRST. 
 
 before been seen in th; 
 vince. It is divided fhnn u'^ P^^^' 
 
THE PI\E5ENT CHURCH. 
 
 33 
 
 sions 15 again divided by projecting 
 ribbings, concave in form and ricniy 
 bordered. Al the junction of the four 
 angles, an elegant pendant serves as a 
 key-stone. We here again remark the 
 introduction of emblems. In the centre- 
 aisle we see the ark of the covenant 
 and the tables of the law, then the bra- 
 zen serpent and the cross, then the 
 paschal lamb and the sacrificial knite; 
 then a chalice and a host surmounted 
 by a hand bestowing a blessing indi- 
 cating the treasures of grace and mercy 
 contained in the Blessed Sacrament 
 In the smaller angles may be remarked 
 a fish, a palm aud certain Greek letters. 
 These letters form the Greek word tor 
 /is/iand are the initial letters of the 
 phrase, « Jesus Son of God Saviour,)) in 
 that language, it is this mystical mean- 
 iiiK which caused the early Christians to 
 adopt the symbol of the fish to repre- 
 sent Our Lord, joining thereto the palm 
 in remembrance of the victory gained 
 over hell by means of his Passion. 
 
 -■*#Ste5''''S 
 
34 
 
 paht the first. 
 
 lost. 1 1 t he „ In °"' '^^"'"S^-'^rnaUy 
 there is a ^I^XV'^^,^^^^^^'^ 
 symbol or (i-iuv of iha If pP''®' ^^ * 
 Cross ; the mono ° -rn^ 'r 7'"*^^ "^ "le 
 
 accon^auLTh'Lhyrbo/ '""^ ^'^"^' 
 
 coS^sr ::.A^Str ?'^^-'^ 
 
 enifle under the irLaw m" th*" 
 
 the priests XZe^ P^.'S^'^" of 
 perfumes. M Tha o , ''* hum 
 candlestick a m'J,. ,„„ r''".''?"'^hed 
 for the JaiPps n rlll'r '? ^ "^^d 
 vestment, ,f,e „ ,e ', d .'If" V''*^^''^ 
 plate, Aa on's rod md m, '" '^''^^^t- 
 
 i^n.fe; the fire a,l^iufve-l"'"'?^''l' 
 
 iv.Thei'n!.r'o°fii^:.,^:s,-t!'r/^^ 
 
 sl^ow.hread. la the epLjr'fiJ^'^f^^'jJ^^ 
 
THE rntsKNT CMuncH. 
 
 35 
 
 we fee lirst. ih'; leliors N. D. (Nolro- 
 Dame, in Kn.^lish Our La<Jy) inlor- 
 t\vin»M], smmoniued by a crown and 
 sni'rounr.l('<l wiili siars; lor Nolre-Dame 
 (Our Lady) si;^iiiri.*s Oi:ir Qnoen ; we 
 next, see lUe Irianple of the Trinity, a 
 chalice, a liost^ ami branrlies of olive, 
 the symbol of pea<:e. Next, we see the 
 nanieor N'ary ai companied by little an- 
 chors and a "I'orUess, wliich means that 
 Mary is our hope and our sure refupje. 
 In the following compartment is the 
 Crown of thorns, the nails, the lance, 
 the sponge, the monogram, ,1. II S. (Je- 
 sus Saviour of men). Intheneighboring 
 compartment, the name of Josei h, the 
 lilies of virginity and a saw, showing 
 his state of life. In the last compart- 
 ment but one, there is the harp, the 
 staff and sling of David the shepherd 
 of the flock, and in the other angles, 
 his royal crown and a volume of his 
 Psalms. The series ends with symbols 
 which remind us of God's judgments, 
 chastisements and revvarJs. 
 
3G 
 
 PART THE nnST. 
 
 fi^h anri ,ho n,ot.g ."^, o J^s^r";'^ f 
 accompanied w'^l'i' "'''.r,^' f^^ '^ 
 sacramental sppcios In .V r'r i ^'^" 
 dity with whirl. I V n- ^ Ihn rapi. 
 
 »«ofcr";,".',,VSr',"-'»»'«"^ 
 
 Incenis-C, i S °» »;■' l«s "■■« «" 
 
 T Piriino. r ^^^"f^^^ ana torches. 
 
 side .ue later".? /t'^" 'f "^^'^ °" ^a'^h 
 
 municate withl^'n, ihl'''° '°'°- 
 I nued chain of e"4rchanpi " " 'T 
 side, thus formingTeadjTeanr.f""' 
 grass to all parts ^f it.lZck' Th'^: 
 
■riiK 1'hi;si;nt ciiuiif.ii. 
 
 37 
 
 are nspodivnly dedicated, "" /'^^ 
 episUn Sid. : I. loSt Aljdum.ijs . bt 
 JoachimJII.SU'atncU IV bul>au- 
 
 rk Xavicr. V. S' (Vnodicl. VI. bt. 
 1 ouis kinqot iMance. Vll.Sl. A.itliony 
 vni-'Thellolyrace. On the Rospel 
 
 side, IX. 'llie Holy I'^'"" Y- ^J? • 
 Joseph. XL St. V ncenl de Pau 1. XL 
 The An^el Guard.aii. XIIl. b' J""" 
 Jh'e'aiust. XIV OurUdy of pay 
 
 XV. St. Francis ol Assisium. am. JM. 
 
 ^ Oreach side of the entrance door 
 are lar^e pyramids oi crutches and 
 vrrious%u,^ical appliances Uiat have 
 been left bv those who have fo'-ind 
 relief from their sufferings and mfirm- 
 Ui.s through ihe powerful intercession 
 oftheGoodSt. Anne. The pyramid to 
 the right-hand side is surmounted by 
 a small wooden statue of bt. Aunt, 
 which probably is the most ancient iii 
 
 Canada. , , „oi,^»o/i 
 
 The maonificent carved and painted 
 
 wooden statue of St. Anne which stands 
 
 v' 
 
i'AMT Tilli FJItST. 
 
 Anne w;is s7 I m„i' ""^"'' »' «'• 
 
 ■'■■•mo orthe^Ho "y" ■l^i/.irrl'';^ '*■« 
 
 ***''***-*-'"-XX"'»ii», 
 
 MATKMKNT O^" THE PILCUMACES, 
 
 Jjr "leiit and progress of the nilr.,.-- 
 Cgv. m.'i.t,^es to St. Anne de lieann?!^ " 
 sncJiniL some figures wZhT"^ ^^^ 
 »or llieinselves. H^ndW 
 
STAIEMK 
 
 T OF Tin-: IMLC.UlMAr.KS. 
 
 ni) 
 
 As^onr in forma 
 
 lion IS moro positive 
 
 since 1«74, wo w 
 year 
 
 II bci^iii Willi lliiil 
 
 1883 
 
 1884 
 
 1885 
 
 1886 
 
 ^ '87 
 
 1888 
 
 1889 
 
 1890 
 
 1891 
 
 68,174 
 
 61.725 
 
 79.282 
 
 85,659 
 
 90,884 
 
 91,347 
 
 100,951 
 
 105,672 
 
 115,29U 
 
 8' 
 106 
 114 
 109 
 116 
 111 
 129 
 130 
 
 50,1 00 
 52,100 
 60,350 
 66,000 
 68.365 
 80,000 
 97.000 
 108,575 
 117,000 
 
 2,05n 
 2,145 
 2,211 
 
 2,;;o3 
 
 2,394 
 2,378 
 3,047 
 3,696 
 4,985 
 
 On looking over 
 pilgrimages, one 
 ediiied by seeing ^ 
 
 Ihe list of organized 
 
 is both struck and 
 
 rt inriTP n immber of 
 ■,\j i---. - Q-^ — — 
 
»»»»* 
 
 VI 
 
 PRIVILEGES CONFERRED DY THE POPE. 
 
 ^Y a Rescript of the 7lh of May 
 Wl 1870 Pius the Ninlh was pleased 
 (M to declare St. Anne Patroness of 
 tn7Province of Qn.bec, wilhoni pre- 
 judice, however, to the title ol bt. 
 loseuh the Patron, since two centuries 
 a^d a half, of all Canada. On his part, 
 T eo XllI has within the last three or 
 four yearssin.irularly enriched the sane- 
 luarv of St. Anne and granted thereto 
 exceptional favors.' The church has 
 Sed the title and privileges of a 
 Basilica. It belongs to Rome to nnpar 
 this title, which gives the pastor he 
 rirrht to sit on a throne, to wear the 
 ca°ppa magna (a special cope) and to be 
 preceded by ringing bells at divine 
 service. Besides, the indulgences of 
 the seven privileged altars of the ^asi- 
 Uca of St. Peter's at Rome have been 
 ' H^rhfid to seven altars of the church, 
 i^e"Vo'the three in the chancel and me 
 41 
 
 if 
 
:|^ 
 
 4'2 
 
 r'AHT Tj/K n,:sT, 
 
 T'ONTIFrCAL BRIEF 
 
 "I- lltr 2Sth or- ..,,.v„,„;j. ,<;,- , 
 
 Si'- A.VXK 
 
 TO TDB 
 Oii' 
 
 LKo xni, popij. 
 
 for future memory. 
 
 for llloiran m van l?"*^ remarlc-ible 
 others for ho m "I-u '^'"?^^'?'-'d above 
 take place and^hr '^''"^'^ "'"'•ein 
 
 ^- ^^ ^^ ^i^s been brouglu. 
 
 ^i 
 
PRIVILEGES CONFERRED BY THE POPE. 43 
 
 to Our knowledgo that amonj? these 
 sanctuaries must be numbered the 
 church of St. Anne, at Beaupre, justly 
 famed for the multitude of its pious 
 pil^rrims, We have resolved to confer 
 upon it an especial title of honor. 
 
 Wherefore, in virtue of Our aposto- 
 lic authority, We grant by these pre- 
 sent letters, in all perpetuity, to the 
 church of St. Anne de Beaupre, diocese 
 of Quebec, the title of minor Basilica, 
 together with alUlie privileges, honors 
 and prerogatives thereof. 
 
 Given at Rome, near St. Peter s, vin- 
 der the seal of the Fisherman, this 
 twenty-eighth day of January Ibbo, in 
 the ninth year of Our Pontificate. 
 
 PONTIFICAL INDULT. 
 
 C^ UR Most Holy Father, on request 
 <^§^ made by the undersigned, Arch- 
 ,^^ bishop of Cyr, Secretary to the 
 Gonsregation of the Propaganda, has 
 
\o a persona v^'/'^" ?!'«=«« attached 
 leged altars of %» Vl\ f""^" P^^'- 
 Thefaiih/uicaLn',, Z^''"''"* «' Rome, 
 twelve limes a ve^^:'"nl':'"'^"'ffences 
 mined by his f„! ' " "^y« '» ie deter- 
 
 condiiio;, to visit vvi.h f''^^''^ ^Pon 
 seven altars, desienaTpJ^ devotion the 
 Basilica of St Annp ^ ' d "^« *^'nor 
 'here to pray for k,'^!. ^^^"P^^, and 
 Faith and ilie inL.in P^pgation of 
 
 eign Pontif^-cte, 'at R^^ '^^ ^°''^'- 
 Jan. IGih, 1887 ^'""^' etc 
 
 K'frL^_?0"' health and 
 
 IJenedictionl TC".'"i°. apostoIic 
 
 <^^ tJanadian 
 
 •■V. ucvunon of (ho 
 people to their Cefl! 
 
paivii.iiOKs 
 
 CUNl'IiRIiKD bY THE POI'E. 45 
 
 cieiil l>atnme8s St. Anne, the mollier 
 he Uu-ss>'d Vn-i.i, is attested by 
 ihf. renowned and noble temple, erect- 
 I^:ouo.-orSl. AnnealO.«npre; 
 
 bv the ueninal worship of \yliic,li this 
 
 of pils-nrns who repair thither lo 
 encoura-o so great a piety and he 
 n"o.^ to stiranlate it, We condescend lo 
 Se prayer olOnr beloved Son Nicholas 
 Matfroif, Snoerior General ol the tl Ins- 
 trious Congiegation ot the Mo.l 1 oly 
 Redeemer to wliich the temple ol St. 
 AnneTs confided, and We give ut.io 
 tou beloved son who, by v.rtne of 
 OuV apostolic authority, rule the arch.- 
 epiLopal See ot Quebec, the power to 
 impose with full liberty and pern s- 
 sion in Our name and by Our autho- 
 X either by yourselfor by adelogate, 
 
 r precious crown on the btalr.e o ht^ 
 
 Anne, at Beaupre. Given M^iy 
 
 5lh 1887. 
 
'_:Zi'- «r> 
 
 40 
 
 PAHT THE FinST. 
 
 PONTIFICAL BULL 
 
 OF ru, 2St„ op apuii. ,S8r kstabush,™ „b 
 AllCllCc)^^■lli|ell^■.Tr. 
 
 tKO xnr, POPE. 
 
 For future memory. 
 
 BotJT seven leagues from the City 
 ol Qiu; bee, ill a place called 
 Ueaiipio, stands an ancient and 
 
 cel,..bratodten,plo built in bono, of sf 
 Mal'h"' '"•'' V"'o''^f'" lmmaculateVir<^„ 
 Alolher of God, to which a great nnm 
 bor of p.lgrims, not only in^hedVo"™- 
 Of (.(..bec but also from the DomiS 
 of Canada and the United Slates o?- 
 North America, come with gn/at ilety 
 and ■•■igions sentiments; for here 
 the obtain innumerable graces aid 
 co;sionn"fs']'T'''■'''^■''"^^h^he1nt'^ 
 
 TnTw f v,"°' ^^^ «'0"0"s mother 
 olli.. Olossed Virgin Mary. 
 
 I his vast and famous »nnoi,,~.,„ • 
 
 directed with great zeal by the mem! 
 
 ii 
 
rUIVlLEGESCONFEURIiDBY THE POPE. 47 
 
 UINO THE 
 
 bors of thP illustrious congre-raUon of 
 Ihp Mo'^t Holy Redeemer. A confrater- 
 nilv of St. Aline, canonically erected, 
 is established there and is in a flourish- 
 in-^ condilion. In order, therefore, 
 that this pious confraternity may pro- 
 duce more abundant frnit. Our Dear 
 Son Nicholas Mauron, superior general 
 of the said congregation, pelitioned us, 
 with the approbation of the Archbishop 
 of Quebec, to deign to raise the said 
 con'fratprnity to the rank ot an Arcti- 
 confraternity with the privilegeb at- 
 tached to this tittle. ^ 
 
 Therefore, wishing to testify Uar 
 special benevolence, \ye erect and 
 institute by the present letters, in vir- 
 tue of Our apostolical authority and for 
 perpetuity, the said confraternity can- 
 onically established in the said church 
 under the invocation and patronage of 
 St Anne, into an Archconfraternity 
 with all the rights, honors, and ordin- 
 ary privileges. ' . , „ 
 
 Tn the suoerior of the said confra- 
 ternUy thus^rectcd, We grant also ior 
 
t 
 
 48 
 
 PART THE FIRST. 
 
 I 
 
 i : 
 i 
 
 diui only, the power to admit to thp 
 Ar hco,,fraternity the confraterniHes 
 
 Uniif StS?;," n? ,1^ ^"""'^^ ^"d the 
 uiiiica states, of the same namp anH 
 
 having (he same object. ^ ^""^ 
 
 ihoreforo, we decree that Our mp 
 
 ^d'a^'T}^ •^'^'^y^ remai"7rm: 
 K 7 ? elTicacious ; that thev hi 
 
 efir'th tTh'/'h'''''^",^'^""^"de"«'e 
 .1 :■ n "^''y ''^ '" al' and in everv 
 way iully useful to those vvhomTheT 
 concern and may concern in theTuture^ 
 Ihat ,n this matter it may tl uis be 
 judged and ordained by all ,Xe<f 
 ei her ordinary or delegated WeTe- 
 c are null and void all that' may be 
 attempted otherwise, knowingly or 
 through Ignorance bV any aufhori^y 
 whatsoever. NotwitUstandin^aU Si 
 to thecontraryeven worthy of a snec fl 
 and individual derogation. ^ ' 
 Oiven at Rome, near St. Peter's nn 
 der the seal of the Fisherman ' th"s" 
 Sl!'r;l'-^'h 1«y of April 1««7, i'n the 
 t>.niij juar 01 uur Jr'ontificate. 
 
.»*jMMMMtmi*£14^^ 
 
 VII 
 
 THE RELICS. 
 
 s we have already seen wonder- 
 fill cures were wrought m the 
 -^0- sanctuary of Beaupr6 as early 
 ^02! P&s of all classes wen 
 
 thilherin great """'^^'^^ ^ <?/. nne to 
 there was no souvenir of St- Anne to 
 be offered to the veneration of Ihe laun 
 ful S zeal of Monseigneur de M 
 suorned this want Through hisefforts 
 IT^^ious relic ^^y^T'^Z^. 
 5;rfr%"™ero"a Ker bone of St^ 
 
 i^-t=r^?trsS^ 
 
 its authenticity can be «««"- 'if*.V|'^f. 
 n f rimes —,upon the walls ol the sa 
 cHstv Anot leV relic, less remarkable, 
 b..f iiilV of areat value, xyas given m 
 1877 bv" Father Laliberl6, formerly pa»- 
 '49 
 
'■»• *ti7 
 
 50 
 
 ,li 
 
 Part the fikst. 
 
 f^aii niissionarip»« it ;o « • ^^n- 
 
 ment of lock exi.ni. ,i . r P'''''='°"« ^''ag- 
 
 or St. Anne v. Je msilern " Th '''' ''"''"' 
 wherein took nia. » h?' ^'"^ .'"Om. 
 the ImmaculitP M "^e mysteries of 
 
 of the"D,^^l^^^ vTTTaTt ''^'^ 
 
 i'eS^!^ ^'--^-^^ of^f/™ 
 
 Again, in 1880, Mgr. Boldnr nfn,.. 
 
 to divide imn t,t« ^ condescended 
 luab e rel/c of S? !?"^' P'""''^ »'« ^a- 
 hand bones and to share 't'hi''"'-''' .'*»« 
 object with our church P""'"'' 
 
 J 
 

 Mil 
 
 THE FOUNTAIN.— THE EX VOTOS. 
 
 .^-r^ cannot close this sketch with- 
 vVWA nnt savins a word about the 
 W 5^n„la^n an.i water of St. Anne. 
 Tim water comos from a spring at he 
 {L\ of the hill, a few steps, to the 
 °°hl, behind theold chapel. Allhough 
 His spring has always .been known to 
 be there, it is only within 2o or 30 years 
 that the Pilgvims began to make a pious 
 use of the water, bel'eving that the 
 Almighty, for the honor ol St. Anne, 
 had attached toit a marvellous efficacy 
 What particular occasion gave rise to 
 this confidence, or when this practice 
 Tst spread among the people, cannot 
 be positively asserted. However th;.s 
 ma? be it is ""deniable that faith ,n 
 Ihe water from the fountain^ has .be- 
 come general ; and the use oi .n, .fiou. 
 5t-2J 
 
 
 
52 
 
 r.virr tiii-: rnisr. 
 
 motivos of rh^voiion, oFUmi produces 
 ejects of a niai'vcllrms iialiiro. 
 
 Weu'illnow -jvo a list of tlio pic- 
 
 ures lliat liave bocii olfned as r^- voto. 
 
 It IS tins f.ict, aloiio that giws the 
 
 grcatorpaitoftliomaiiy valuo,for (hov 
 arein .i^enor.'il lu.lly doiiu and miicli 
 deternoted by tinio. Tiioy ani now to 
 beseoiion the walls of llio old chapel. 
 
 1. I wo pictures fonnr'rly in the side 
 chapels : tJie [Jlesscd Vii'-in and St 
 Joachim. 
 
 2. St. Lonis, King of Franco. 
 
 3. The Ileros, a vessel of the roval 
 lleet, on the point of foundering. " 
 
 4. Father Pierre and the crew of the 
 vessel the Si. Esprit, making a vuw to 
 bt. Anne. 
 
 5 The vessel of Mr.Hayer, surround- 
 ed by ice and saved by the intercession 
 01 St. Anne. 
 
 ed kM TOg'"''^^ ''^^'''''' ^^^''^'^' ''''^'^^'" 
 
 7. A vessel being wrecked. The crew 
 making avow to St. Anne and St. An. 
 (cony ot Fadua. 
 
 , i 
 
THB 1-OUNTAlN.— THE EXVOTOS 
 
 R 'The crew ot Mr. Gaulin's vessel 
 and a lU'CoUtct praying with the great- 
 
 ''^V'n.c'vVssnl of Mr. .Ining, a n.cr- 
 ,,;inl or Quebec, pursued by three 
 
 '^To' SUAnne and the Blessed Vh-gJ. 
 
 SuierorihelIo;yTrini.y,allheLrsu- 
 
 lineC-ovuni, Quebec. .. 
 
 II iVnif- aiverui of Quebec, wiui 
 
 '"^'^r,nan';'am;d Oorval, wounded 
 by ihe fall of a tree and cured by the 
 
 "".l^'^A^shlpwr^clf JahUed on wood, 
 
 ^•^r4P^KSp'r?^'.'Sa^fo.<.. Canada 
 
 commanded Ly P'^rre ^""f'.gg"^ 
 completely dismasted, Sept. 20lh, 18.5^. 
 
 Nnr4 8 9, 12 have been repro- 
 duS i the'decoralions of the church 
 
 Another gift, worthy of me lion tha 
 has been made tolhesanctuaty, is that 
 ofa very handsome banner wuicti, lu 
 
 I .\ 
 
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1|! 
 
 I!! 
 
 i:\ 
 
 54 
 
 I>Ai>T Tllli filiST. 
 
 1875 was presented to his Grace tho 
 Arc ibishop 111 tlie iinriio of the sub 
 scnbers, by his Honor the Lieutenant- 
 Governor Caroii. Tliis banner, which 
 IS Corne in the processions of the Dies- 
 sed bacrament, is seven feet andai^lf 
 high and lonr feet and a half wide. On 
 one side is represented in relief, on a 
 whue ground, St. Anne teaching the 
 Rlessed Virsm. Immediately above 
 hese two figures is a semicircuil? 
 scroll on which is written : « SaiiUe 
 
 the bottom o the picture are the con- 
 cluding words : . Pnez pour nous. „ 
 '^ sZ] <=o"splorof the afflicted, pray 
 
 ?s nrn^ -^"l f"'"'' °'' ^^ ^""«'^ ^antll 
 
 sp.ussian blue and her dress is scar- 
 let, lie Blessed Virgin is dressed in 
 azure blue The figures a,e framed ir" 
 t)y two columns embroidered in tfold 
 
 Chenille. The reverse of the banner 
 represenis St. Joachim witha pib-rim's 
 stalTin his right hand, and, iifhfs left 
 a J .iMvei containing two lurtle-dovesl 
 
 I 
 
LINES ON ST. ANNE DE UEAUPRE. 
 
 55 
 
 Mis mantle is of a brownish color. The 
 desii^Mi on this side of the banner is 
 surronnded by a j^arland of maple- 
 leavt^s in green velvet, the stalks and 
 veinini^ in i;old. The fi-nres which are 
 of raised work done in chenille are 
 verv well designed. 
 
 This chef-d'a3nvre wa? made by the 
 Reverend Sisters of Charity of Qnebec. 
 
 fJ>'>^^!^>!.^?^>!--H^>H^^>?>!-^-^>!^-^-^!-*^-^*^^^'^*^^-* 
 
 LINES ON ST. ANNE DE DEAUPRE 
 
 I love this s.ioredppot, where pious pilgrims kneol 
 Before thy holy shrine, in forvent prayer, 
 great St. Anne ; thy tender heart doth feel 
 For all with true maternal love and care. 
 As they appeal to thee in pain or grief, 
 Thou dost obtain for thorn a sweet relief. 
 
 The waters of the grand Saint l.awronce glido 
 In calm, majestic motion, on their way 
 Past Bonne Salute Anne, as if the gentle tide, 
 Its silent humble homage thus would pay. 
 Before the ancient shrine, as on its br«ast 
 it bears the pilgrims to this place of rest. 
 
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 11 
 
 5G 
 
 PAUT THE FIRST. 
 
 AJ^hat joy to ho.r. at evenioR's solemn hour. 
 The music cf thy sweet-toned bell resound 
 er land and water, from thy lofty tower, 
 Inv. mg all to prayer. Its heav'niy sound 
 Is like an angel's warninK from above 
 Kemindmg us of God's eternal love. 
 
 The sons of St. Alphonsus guard thy .hrine. 
 Good St. Anne, thy pilgrims they receive 
 Who come to seek that potent help of thine 
 And speak consoling words to those who grieve 
 O'er s.n, wh.le they, as priests of God impart 
 A holy peace that heals the contrite heart. 
 
 And daily here the praise of God is sunir. 
 
 From distant shores the faithful, old and younff 
 
 They leave the busy scenes of worldly strife. 
 Confess their sins, receive the Bread of Life. 
 
 How oft the erring child of sin. for years 
 Astray from virtue's path, hath here obtained 
 The grace of true repentance, and in tears 
 Ilath severeu bonds by which he was enchained 
 In crime, but now by assistance freed, 
 To him a Mother thou hast proved indeed. 
 
 ]lh7J^^? ^'"'^^ \^^ ''''^' ^^« ^''"^' the lame 
 Obta ned a cure by thy maternal aid, 
 
 Sr?ri • !"■ ;'['' ^' '^^ ^y ^^'th they came ' 
 From d.stan homes by danger- undismayed, 
 
 Tn ' w™'^ '}'l ''*""«' °'" *^nd and sea 
 i J __^. .0. u,.aii« uiiu comion iiero from thee. 
 
 'vummaeniem* 
 
TO TMAVEI.LKnS. 
 
 57 
 
 great SI. Anne, I behold, call on thee 
 T«raid me in this life of toil and care, 
 'lb:it I to God may ever faithful be, 
 Wiih pi. 7 listen to my humble prayer, 
 Receive ihis votive wreath I now entwine 
 With lovo to thee, place before thy shrine. 
 
 St. Anne de Beauprd. M. S. Burke, C. SS. R. 
 June 26th, 1881. 
 
 TO TRAVELLERS. 
 
 ■^T. Anne de Beaiipre is a small vil«- 
 ' lage, siliuited on the north shore 
 ^.^ of the St. Lawrence at a distance 
 of 21 miles from Quebec, which is the 
 nearest city, bolh by land and by 
 water, the country passed is striking 
 and beautiful. During the navigation 
 season a steamboat makes a daily trip. 
 The Quebec, Montmorency and Charle- 
 voix railroad, which passes near the 
 famous Montmorency Falls, has lately 
 been opened and runs as far as bt. 
 Anne's. 
 
58 
 
 I'AIIT THE ruisr. 
 
 Trains for St. Anne leave Quebec- 
 
 2.ioT\t' ^""^ •' ''' ^--^ ^- *^- ^"d 
 
 CR M. '■"^'* A-^l-i l-«. I'. M. and 
 
 Leave St. Anne : at 5.55 A M • » 19 
 (Noon) and 4.00 P. M. '^•™-' '" '2 
 
 There are nnrnerons boarding houses 
 in the vic.nuy of the churcl? where 
 accommoda .on for any len^Hi of 
 ime may be had. At (he convent 
 
 ranstem'^ ^''='d-' are received "as' 
 Uanbient or permanent boarders -in,! 
 
 &T,be'! '"''" ^'" '■-'■ n.;al2 
 tneie. hi the basement of llje church 
 
 IS a shop vvhereallarfciesofdevo on 
 may be obtained, and whore applica on 
 may be made for water f -on, tl m ,a 
 culons fountain, as well as fo oi t it 
 
 '-' "'•'miKmiem 
 
|m1 ih Second 
 
 Pious practices in honor of St. Anne 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 MONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 A coniideratioD. a prajer and an eianiple tor each daj. 
 
 DIGNITY OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 ^onslbctrttion, 
 
 St. Anne has a right to our homage. 
 
 fHE veneration of the paints is most 
 agreable te God. This doctrine 
 ,._,_,.. i° based on the Scriptures, on 
 sound reason and the tradition of Chris- 
 
 69 
 
f!" 
 
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 60 
 
 ■pART THE SECOND.— 1st DAY. 
 
 tian nations.—To me. o God, are thy 
 Iriends exceedingly li-norabie, says 
 ine psalmist (p. 10s), and St. Paul 
 adds : give honor to whom ho;u}r is 
 
 ^^'^^ honor and clory is due to 
 
 every one who worketh good (Rom. 
 y.U)), An 1 iias not God taught us to 
 honor the saint? by Himself beslowino- 
 on them the gift of miracles ? The 
 natural prompting of our heart impels 
 us to respect and honor those who are 
 renowned fo.^* their talents, learning, 
 bravery, the 'dignity of their office 
 great charity and other virtues. And 
 we show this esteem outwardly in our 
 words and actions Good children 
 honor and respect their parents; serv- 
 ants show respect to their masters, and 
 subjects to their superiors. In like 
 manner, the catholic Church honors 
 those servants of God who are crowned 
 with glory in heaven. Who should 
 not reverence them, since during their 
 life they did so much good, fought 
 and suffered so much, and conferred 
 50 many ijeneiits upon the human race • 
 
 mum 
 
MONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 61 
 
 since now they are friends of God, and 
 his L^iests, possessing a higher dignity 
 than all the dignitaries of the world / 
 This veneration has been paid to the 
 saints from the earliest times of Chris- 
 tianity. The li-hls both of the Greeiv 
 and Latin Church, St. Basil, St. Gre- 
 gory of Nazienza, St. Ambrose, St. 
 Jerome, Sl Augustin, St. Chrysoslom, 
 St Gregory the Great, and more, or 
 rather all, have spoken to the saints 
 and desired their assistance.— Unbe- 
 lievers repl V : You are wrong in mvok- 
 ing the saints and praying to them.-— 
 Why? It is quite allowable to ask 
 prayers of my friends. St. Paul him- 
 self gives me the example, since, in his 
 Epistles, he asks for the prayers of the 
 faithful. To desire the prayers of the 
 saints in heaven is certainly no less 
 consistent with Christian piety, than 
 to ask the prayers of the faithful upon 
 earth. To the saints it is still said : ask 
 and you shall receive (Mat. c. 7). For 
 themselves thev have nothing more to 
 ask, they are happy. They ask then for 
 
i 
 
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 62 
 
 PART THE SECOND.— 1 ST DAY 
 
 lis. And to appeal to reason : is (his 
 sentiment, is this law of svmpathv 
 which the God who framed our nature 
 has so deeply planted in our hearts, and 
 which He has sanctified by a holy 
 commandment, to be rooted out from 
 our soul, on the threshold of heaven ^ 
 Among all the saints now rei^nin*^ 
 in glory, few have more right to ouT- 
 homage than St: Anne. Is not her 
 being the Mother of Mary, a sufficent 
 proof of this ? This is the very reason 
 that this devotion is so beneficial to us 
 Mary is our great and universal Media- 
 trix with Jesus Christ, it is she who 
 renders our prayers agreeable to Him 
 and seconds them with her all power- 
 lul intercession ; it is she who opens 
 the treasure-house of the merits of 
 Jesus Christ when she will, and as she 
 will and in favor of whom she will 
 bo that whoever rneiiLs Mary's favor is 
 certain of having his name written in 
 the book of the predestined, and this 
 doctrine is held by all the saints. Now 
 wno does not perceive that doing honor 
 
 
MONTH OF ST. ANNE 
 
 63 
 
 10 her Mother is one of the surest 
 wavs of attracting the merciful eyes of 
 our all-powerful Queen ? The Holy 
 Ghost tells us to honor our parents,suice 
 without them we should never have 
 existed. This law concerns Mary the 
 <;ame as it concerns the other children 
 of Adam : after God, it was to St. Joa- 
 chim and St. Anne that she owed her 
 existence, and what an existence ! The 
 happiest, the most glorious that can he 
 conceived and one which will always 
 remain unequalled. After her Divine 
 Son, Mary fills the highest place in the 
 universe and this happiness, I repeat, 
 comes to her, after God, through St. 
 Joachim and St. Anne. How deeply 
 then must she love them and how 
 gladly behold the honors paid them ! 
 It is not that St. Anne has any neea 
 of our homage, she is in perfect bliss, 
 and nothing that we can offer her is 
 to be compared with the homage she 
 is receiving from the saints, the angels, 
 St. Joseph, Mary and Jesus. She does 
 ve /»*.or<i» and honor hv accenting the 
 
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 ^i'ART THE SECON'D.-^Isi 
 
 roxwded bv herein J f^"'"^ '"'"- 
 honor ,o sLe ip/' ^^^"'^ ,'^'> S^eat 
 
 that she is pleased to Seen' ^ 
 P.OUS offoring we mat 'he' ^' i/onl 
 
 her In- the heavp it P.'"'''''''''^^'''^^ 
 'ike all noble hearts^ iX'T' ''^^' 
 
 chier'dSt.t I if'^'^^^^^^ her 
 
 in honor of <^^ T/^o«u• " "airi 
 
 after vn,r . '-iff ^''"" ^nd St. An- . 
 
 af^£.T, ""rti^uim anc 
 
 Sb';ad;iS^f Pr*^--. oraPer 
 
 With he sar'^eTn^enUon ""'' '"^^"^ " 
 
MONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 65 
 
 l-iiiAKEn 
 
 To implore the proUcUon of St. Anne. 
 
 .KSSED was Iho wo""h Ihat tore 
 Uiee O Mary! Blessed \yds bOe 
 ae< who'haa the happiness ol carry- 
 ^hl^ in her arms and of waich.ng 
 inglheemn^ Blessed was she 
 
 'Z n t hS ness of heariu. thee 
 "^ u°K/r " Molhe • " ! Blessed was she 
 call her Mo "" •, ^g^ch thee how 
 whose glory it wa. to [^^^^Qj^riousSl. 
 
 nit\4i& UhTht bexause Ihou 
 ^' Vhn in bv God to fulfill so gruat 
 fdest ST tai part in the joy wh ch 
 
 ^1^ Tf^S'S''^ofS 
 seated on ;\^^/V .^^j than the An- 
 
 J'tlrrnSis:£rJUsand^.r. 
 
 P'^^n'rau.1;er^••'Gr tl'in'^^' 
 Jh.n Vr efer fiiled with joj at thy 
 til"". ?.':.i!!!L hut V -chsafe not 10 
 SetTSrsinnerwhot^ to.thee. 
 
I 
 
 ' 
 
 iHi 
 
 PAnr THE SECONn.-lsT DVAV. . 
 
 her special p;ote'o„<'obtaf„ ur 'r""^^' 
 for me and 1 \vill as ■' ni '"* '^^''O'' 
 «he deigns to m'o e? m^ [""'' = '"<"• *f 
 salvation. ' "'"' ^ *"» sure of 
 
 wh1rSSi^'o'^r\*^°"^erofher 
 Hope,pra;toh'e;fo,:s1'"'^^''"'^'^"'- 
 
 The medal' of St. Anne. 
 
 (SaiPBKECE AKD fol.LT.) 
 
 J the commencement of this r^n 
 fury, an Irish Cathol c f-fmfi 
 embarked on board a veSe^' n^ 
 
 EiJ^and in der to come to' P'" '" 
 At the entrance of .h?L"w.'° ^"^^'-'ca. 
 
 At?reTn;;;roVrg"'.r,/°firr-'" 
 
 anddismastedtheveTra,>dT'f •'<='' 
 wrecked it. Nearlv al ,1 '^'^^P'etely 
 
 were lost, and amoni .h ' P^^''-'"Sers 
 
 father of he r^iT-?"? '''"" ^^^^ the 
 
 " -milj- we are spt-jking 
 
1st d 
 
 va v. 
 
 MONTH OF ST. aNNE. 
 
 67 
 
 isk thy most 
 *^e me under 
 ain this favor 
 ["ore ; for if 
 I am sure of 
 
 ^fotherofher 
 ness and our 
 
 nne. 
 .) 
 
 of this cen- 
 >lic family 
 a vessel in 
 ' America. 
 >fSt. Lavv- 
 ^se, struck 
 •o^npletely 
 passengers 
 ^ was the 
 spt^king 
 
 of : but the molheranddangh er both 
 of ^vhom wore a picture of bt. Anne, 
 pioned from death Each was igno- 
 rantVlhofateof the other, for they 
 had bepn rescued by different vessels 
 and arrived in Quebec the one two 
 davs after the other. 
 
 the mother, who was on board the 
 first vessel that arrived believed hat 
 her dau-hter had perished as well as 
 The father. The double loss proved too 
 niuch for her. her mmd gave way and 
 while in such a state, she tried to put 
 
 an end to her life. ^ • i ;„ 
 
 The daughter having arrived in 
 Quebec found herself, at fifteen years 
 of age, alone in a strange land. 
 
 She learned that a woman, who had 
 escaped from the same shipwreck as 
 herself, was near at hand in an insane 
 asylum and that this woman had been 
 driven mad by some terrible misfor- 
 tune. Her heart at once told her that 
 this noor madwoman must be her 
 
 11113 IJUWi ^ ^ If „,rt^ T^rk* on 
 
 mother, and mat sue iier=.cil wao ww. «» 
 orphan. She hastened to the establish- 
 
 ». 
 
 » 
 
Part the second.— t 
 
 ST DAY. 
 
 man, instead of reco„n^=; 'u'"^'® wo- 
 gazed at her all ni»h ' "",'*''' '^''^'d, 
 away. ■*" lightened and fled 
 
 knolnril^f.f^ij;" did not lose courage 
 
 St.. Anne de Spr^e a„d T'^f^ «' 
 mined to hasten thi.? " she deter- 
 
 her mother 1 kevvhp'^' """^ '° ''ave 
 Dj"-ing the Holy S'frrin?''^'^ '^^^e. 
 which was offered bvh^ °' "'^ ^'^^s 
 poor woman" ^eeovlrlthPT' '"'"■ '^e 
 slniffgling fearfulll /'f ^^ '^""' was 
 whilst her danXpJ "^"''^ ''^^ altar 
 all possible fSrp7.7''ir"g with 
 change took pllcein ihp f,"^"^ .* S-'^at 
 ^'our of the invaW "iV^^««"d beha- 
 ger agitated b, . ^® ^^'''^ "<> ion- 
 
 '^i^i'st tears began to fl''^'""''' "^^'mer 
 9"e„tly murmf.red ."'^!.V«"d ^hefre. 
 
 »- Auer the Mas. thel^^sfaj, -- 
 
 '"^stammmmtmrnr- 
 
MONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 To SatSlnRfmollaer, seizing it 
 her lips andherhea t^ ^Jn r ^ s 
 
 I am, Dui IS "ly J"; .", ^g j^ the form 
 I fancy she appeared o me m 
 
 ?r^ra!rdtrshaUseeJ.erpr. 
 Tni'niS'dStef t"hrt ^ hi" arms 
 
 daughter s love. 
 
 r 
 
1 1 
 
 Dia-vm- or st. anne. 
 
 "■ ^""^ ;f ''^^^ ^^o'^- or Mar, and ^e 
 Grandmother of Jesus. 
 
 page would comafn a7th^ '•,• i^'"»'« 
 related therein of thp Ri '^, ^irectlv 
 and scarcely is S, t„ ^'•^^^'^'^ Virgin 
 aIl,wlaletiL i|'-f,nr^"''^''"°"«^«t 
 the name of St/l^!.' !' T?/'"** ^^^n 
 Plete oblivion. The Pv.n f '" "^"i- 
 helov-ed name of St ALt^T'^ ^"^ 
 ti'ansmitted to us on v h vT' ,^'f' ^^en 
 Jjy the gratitude oFch^l if ''"°" ^nd 
 
 Notwithstanding ?his n,'!'1" ."^"o"^. 
 lencf- nP H„i.. "^Tr .'* niysterioiic; o, 
 :-,,--. vvnt, to conceiv-e a,; 
 
********* 
 
 M 
 
 ONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 71 
 
 iflea ol Ihp Rrandnnv of our Palroness, 
 will suffice 10 apply to t>«-a"jn «11- 
 ,ible n.le,-a measure PO'" ^.^ ^ ' ,^f^ 
 Wisdom itself, wl.o has ^a'^ J.^y '^/J^ 
 fruits you ^hM know I hrm. 1 hen j ou 
 wish to apprec ate the worth ot St. 
 Anne,^eirer fruit: The Lily » 
 culale took its root m her heajt and 
 
 budded forth f>-o™. h«'' ''l^^'l 'hiesse^ 
 a most Piiie foiiutain ; on that blessea 
 fand in thai celestial paradise sprang 
 urihe rod of Jesse, the tree ^vhlch 
 has aiven the Fruit of life. U 's "er 
 gbrylo have been the Mother of Mary 
 nnd the Grandmother of Jesits. 
 "It Anne is the Mother of her ^vhom 
 the devils fear, whom the A"gels bless 
 and whom God oved above all other 
 0? hiTcre^ures. She is the Mother o 
 her who, after God, sees none superior 
 or equal' to herself either in hohness 
 in clorv or in power. She is the Mother 
 o" ^er who Js promised to Adam as 
 the last resort of himself and h s 
 ^P,rendants after the shipwreck of their 
 innoceuce : of her who was lypmea uy 
 
'2 PART THR SECOND.. 
 
 .9 
 
 -ND DAY. 
 
 f Virgin a"d yei a S"°"- ^''o wTs 
 
 s?"t sin, not even th! "p'l'""0'■ofpre- 
 of an imperfelaZ %l!\'Shlest shadow 
 
 ^^r. ^^ho is purer it' h*''^'^^'- of 
 ^oher than the Arrh.„ "^^ ^"^^Is, 
 than the Throne; ^'''^"^n&els, higher 
 
 the Dominauons T" P'^'^^''^'" 'ban 
 •h'-'n the Cherubim^*"'" enlightened 
 J'-lh divine love ^t^aA T'^ '""'""ed 
 She is the Mother of hVr^ ^eraphims. 
 «"d who is the eldpL n ^^^ '« called 
 l^^'her, the tr.L Sefot"fh'''l'" "^ '^e 
 Spouse of thp -^Z rfF "' 'he Son, the 
 
 Mother of ht' wh'o^ij'jtl ^^ '^ '^^ 
 of her who has L,fl i "^f ^i-ace, „ 
 
 bestows ransom on thp^= f*^ ^"'^ «" I 
 to the weak sr^M „ .u^Pt'/^'STength 
 'ation to the fffli ° ^ '"'"d, conl^ 
 
 desponding, an "Sow n?? "* ""e 
 
 Aigels, hnman flesh m .J^^'r!" "^e 
 Wnrrl o vr„ . .'"-''" to the nnr;„„ 
 
 "w>w««ai.-^aa«^,,i,jp^^ 
 
MONTH OP ST. ANNE. 
 
 73 
 
 tr. thp Eternal Father, a 
 ^'''\? wo Ihv of Hs Soilness lo ihe 
 rtr^ost Anne is ihe Mother of 
 ?°rlhoi the ladder to heaven, the 
 ^nclfor the shipwrecked, the star of 
 
 crossed the a^y^^^;'; ^^^ "Mother of 
 LrSm no Cgne, not even an 
 AncreVs can worthily praise, vvhose 
 creauie^s cannot be conceived by 
 fnv created intelligeuce, whom no 
 h Lt! save that of ner Son, can suffi^ 
 dently love : St. Anne is Mother ot the 
 
 '*t'lnne''fs '• the Grandmother of 
 JeSs Chnst, our Re.leemer onr Sa 
 
 bfflS:nf Ufm^o, ^ 
 
 'i'""Wui^'!rntrr^'^tSir^'i?y 
 
 *t° '' ?M th nL"ve?e made and who 
 whom a'J„'\^'"6| v>"eVall things by 
 ffifpZer and word Ves, the Angel 
 S go^oTcounsel, the Strong, the Hope 
 
7i 
 
 , PART THE SEC0ND.~.2nd 
 
 Day. 
 
 of God the Father 'ffr'' "!f «"'ySon 
 Anne ! A nob le hAm .'^''^"'Ison lo St. 
 
 wear neither diaml^dsrfthe^lew'' 
 
 -i'ogavf'g?earho"S'for?h'et,''"'* 
 
 Jesus and Cy ^.'h^^T^ P0'"'i-8 to 
 els!, The wfse Man hf^ ""^ J^*^' 
 children are a c own M^h'- '^"^ "»^' 
 what a crown is Jp,?,= t u""" P^''enfs = 
 is Mary . Q tlHZ,! '''''2' ^ ""wn 
 loved Saint thon /w ' /"J^ ^^^" be- 
 singularly the mo'th'l«'^''{* '^''^ ''"d 
 after Mary.Mot^er of ? f °^ '^^""^n 
 
 Anne, do not fail to'^a k^o?\ '" «'■ 
 love of Jesus and Ma y.'tt f/.u^'^ "'« 
 benefimal prayer you can Lr ™°*' 
 will always be granip" '^" '"^^''' and 
 
M 
 
 ONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 p.n.ivF.n. 
 
 To implore the grace of r.voiding sin. 
 
 esi^TFBNAL father, I bless Thee for 
 ^"^havtng from all eternity chos,^ 
 
 r.*M^ et Annp from among all ine 
 Shters orAdam, to be the Mother 
 of Mary and Grandmo her of Jhy Son 
 made flesh. Jesus, only Son of God, I 
 Sank Thee for having vojachsaled, for 
 our salvation, to become Son ot the 
 naiishter of this slonous Saint. Holy 
 rhoftl praise Thee for having ren- 
 dered Sl.^ Anne worthy of hev h.^h 
 
 vocation. Blesse^""*' \ Se'for 
 thv happiness and glory ; I rejoice Jor 
 
 ihL and also for myself. For 1 know 
 Kriikelhy blessid Daughter thou 
 
 foUaS "or* un"fortSai,"and 
 Shou askest no better than to use 
 Sy inlluence with -lesus and Mary in 
 favor of those who invoke thy name. 
 nZld! I DOW invoke thee from the 
 
 li 
 
f 
 
 'i $ 
 
 depths of mxr • ~~ 
 
 'I'O" vouchsafe to 38^;/? «'"^i"- Do 
 S'nner quite undese, ^l %""?' « Poo^- 
 only meriiins rh-.?, c<^ ° °^ "" gJ-ace, 
 
 «o»l. However Ihif'^^ -°''^ of ray 
 0"e grace whirh h "^^ '"'> 'here is 
 obtai", for rae a dt ."• IT t' "»' ^''il to 
 every other ;Va'2f^,^l'='' ^ P"^" above 
 i?8 my God, of wln?^?'"°ff«"d. 
 
 Ma'T, andofonedavli^ '^^'"« and 
 *o face and ZlinJ f^^ing them face 
 
 for all eternity '^ "'^'^ with thee 
 
 ^o/m:tty-?-',3«[,^ Obtain 
 
 ''"'^^"^^4'ahmKi.y°- 
 
 Pilgrimage to Beauprd. 
 
 (DKBlLIllr.) 
 
 f ? mi,"hr!^rjt? Sep. 
 
 -'^ extraordinaT? l;^^ of 
 
 A 
 
MONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 77 
 
 vnnne ''I from the parish of Ste. 
 EZ Caroline L., by name who, for 
 Seril years had been enlireh^ unable 
 tn walk had arrived at bt. Anne ine 
 orSs evening. Seeing her stretched 
 Sear Y tnotionlMS on a bed and worn 
 ?o a sL^ow. many persons were heard 
 
 remarking that St. A""ff ^""'^^^ed 
 hard task to perform if she enaoiea 
 SXl^o wear the clothes she had 
 brought with her ; for this courageous 
 e ?l had such faith and confidence in 
 ?he intercession, of St. Anne hat she 
 had brought wilh her Ihe dress sne 
 fooked lonvard to wear on her reti^n. 
 The next morning, she had her=en 
 earned to the church were she heard 
 the first Mass. After having given her 
 Holy Communion, the cure made her 
 venerate the relic fnd she immediately 
 exnerienced considerable rel ef. Abbe 
 
 Slin then said t^;« «^f «'t' cS 
 after the Elevation she left >'« c"uUi. 
 At the termination of the Md^s, i.he 
 „.,n.„^ .pve-;>i tinios round I he church 
 andTho.i rariook of food w. lU an excel- 
 
/f 
 
 •• m 
 
 } 
 
 t 
 
 ^AnTTHI.:sEC0ND.^3RD 
 
 DAY. 
 
 lent 
 
 J "'"o to the sieaiiiboat. 
 
 4;i*****=W::!;:>....,,. 
 
 ii;t**2-Ml******^^^ 
 
 DIO-VITV OF ST. ,XNE 
 
 ^ beiivr^ /mm 7r "iiiips : all 
 
 fi'i^^atest, are 1 Z) " "."'''"''«' 'o the 
 
 "«"• Man has nJed o „ n'r '"'.'''''•^a- 
 servaiion of his lifo / ' u" '^"'' ""'Pre- 
 
 "' " "'"'^'' ^"-J dependence' ;';: 
 
 are 
 
 •:.'»»t«Mie -;-.■«•,» 
 
MONTH OF ST. ANN 
 
 79 
 
 found, and with no less splendor, in 
 Ihe mave.is, where the annihilation o 
 Tsiiigle star would occasion a great 
 d,s urbance in the hannony of the 
 Xres. The supernatural woria is not 
 evoneraied from these same laws. U 
 , reahty we owethPnksp,v,ng only to 
 God through our 1 Jesus Christ, 
 so°e Autho? of our ation, we con- 
 •-act nevertheless ol ..gallons more or 
 ess rigorous towards those tlirongh 
 whom He chooses to come to us 1 he 
 mslors of oui souls, whoso tender 
 ■haiitv has communicated to us all the 
 ueasu res of faith ; the missionaries 
 who have evangelized our country, 
 have thev no claim on our gratitude . 
 Now if we owe so much to our fathers 
 in the faith, what then are our obliga- 
 tions towards the parents ot the Mo»t 
 
 Holv Virgin ? 
 
 other saints have been to us generous 
 masters, charitable ambassadors leu 
 office was to leach, to exhort, to help 
 „,. K„ a faithful transmission ot wnat 
 iheVhad tUmselves received ; but to 
 
 
"i'ovluuale ""'' """^ ' 
 
 chin.,,, wo repeauvkl,%,^"'!« •''nd Joa- 
 ce„o, "every ''c-eaKf;-/"''" ^^"'as- 
 ed 10 you. Th,ou.'h von P'S' '"debt- 
 «<?/'i"' Cieaior the m/?" "''^ "ii offer 
 g'f's—a chaste mn.h" .P'^'"^''" of al[ 
 ^7'hyofit/Go7''"''^«°"'y being 
 
 ^'•'"s-v^hiJh^^^^-d'a speaks Of the 
 w.To 1, ,^j into exYten?"l "°"»ng 
 
 mi^ea us our rinc^ ^ mercy nrn 
 
 time fixed nnT ^ '" wait fnr ,1 ' 
 
 7"'<i seu. 'Ce '"i'^J"- ^^oJe\To 
 
 'bepropheoip/f. .•.._'^"'^s Passed .ow. ° 
 
 ^"^ ^"' slo^viy fujfli: 
 
 MONTH OF S 
 
 led, ihe Patriarchs ar 
 ed in painful expec 
 had died and his desi 
 longed lor the day 
 the mvstery of ll e 
 filled. " David, pn cl 
 ment near, made h 
 to leap with joy. 1 
 phets cried out witl 
 the Christ was abo\ 
 all these passed av 
 their hopes, for the 
 had not yet come, ai 
 worthy failed to pi 
 Finally, the Creator 
 in His ancestry^' in 
 of His designs— Ai 
 parents of her whc 
 the fulfilment of the 
 therefore to them t 
 joy and the first pie 
 ness. 
 
 But St. Anne has 
 on our veneration a 
 united with her by 
 mate anil more sacr 
 
MONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 81 
 
 d, the Patriarclisand the just remain- 
 [ in painful expectation. Abraham 
 id died and his descendants ardently 
 nged for the day which would see 
 le'^rnvsterv of tl e Redemption fnl- 
 iled." David, pncUiming lis fulfil- 
 lent near, made his contemporaries 
 I leap with joy. The choir of Pro- 
 tiets cried out with a loud voice that 
 le Christ was about to appear ; but 
 il these passed away frustrated in 
 leir hopes, for the determined time 
 ad not yet come, and those who were 
 worthy failed to present themselves, 
 inally, the Creator of all things found 
 1 His ancestry- instruments worthy 
 f His designs—Anne and Joachim, 
 arents of her who was to conclude 
 tie fulfilment of the promise. We owe 
 lerefore to them the Author of our 
 3y and the first pledge of our happi- 
 
 ;ess. . 
 
 But St. Anne has still other claims 
 in our veneration and love, for we are 
 mited with her by ties still more inti- 
 oate ami more sacred. 
 
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 "Uon ; they aites^ n fl V?"" ^xagge- 
 
 i^od made Man ^ '^^ ^'"d with 
 
 -iatrisJVZil'r.:: iSf/f special 
 '0 her parents ? If w/,11? ? ^^'T and 
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 °"/- Lord, shari, °'t''u'^'' "o^ because 
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 called Himse fZ ffC^ ^-™i'^' d 
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Y, 
 
 MOXTH OF ST. aNNE. 
 
 83 
 
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 >ers of 
 
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 ire of 
 
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 ecial 
 and 
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 After ostabli^hir.jr what precedes, a 
 celebrated panegyrist ol our saintaclds : 
 « p'or this simple" reason, Anne has a 
 right to our veneration as Mother of all 
 the elect to whom Mary has given 
 birth. » And so St. Anselm and Si. 
 Bernard say : « All the children of God, 
 that is to say Christians, in virtue of a 
 particular right of adoption and love, 
 are under obligations to her as spiri- 
 tual and adopted sons. » Thus our 
 family according to grace is complete : 
 we have in our Lord a devoted and all- 
 powerfuU Brother : in Mary, a tender 
 Mother ; in St. Joseph, a foster father; 
 and in their parents, a holy ancestry. 
 In Jesus Christ and in them we have 
 brothers and sisters innumerable, with 
 whom, in community with the angels, 
 we shall share eternal joys. 
 
 Practice. — Ask of God, through the 
 intercession of St. Joachim and St. 
 Anne, the virtues proper to your state 
 of life and the grace worthily to fulfil 
 all il> obli stations. '' 
 

 84 
 
 i >M 
 
 PART THE SEGOND.^Srd 
 
 Day. 
 
 ••BAVEn 
 
 I I 
 
 To tmplore the grace of becoming better. 
 ramfl V iTL '"5' baptism f be- 
 
 'he Elect, f alao, ?! ^T'^ ^^^ 
 ""worth; of these S V I r;/ 'gf ''^«'- 
 many vices and s'ns h^vn r ^^^^ow 
 
 thou canst nle J^^^^^^^^f^ Protectress 
 
 f ion and ccfc^eSr^^^^^^^ 
 
 J,^^8 thee to do so PiL^h ? ^^^^ ' ^"^ 
 
 the Advocate Of .^LSrch^-^h^e S? 
 
 "••'••««*l»*m»e)l 
 
ohtain me the grace of repentance and 
 the pardon of all my iniquities, the 
 strength to fight against those inclina- 
 tions which most defile my soul, as 
 well as the lights to perceive how 
 worthy is our God of being loved and 
 how great is my obligation of serving 
 Him with all my strength. Thus wilt 
 thou rejoice the Hearts of Jesus and 
 Mary and glorify the august Trinity, 
 and there will be one soul the more to 
 Icve It here en earth and to sing Its 
 glories with thee in heaven. 
 
 Ejaculation.— Good St. Anne, obtain 
 for me the victory over my predomin- 
 nant fault. 
 
 m 
 
 CXAMPLfi. 
 
 Novena. 
 
 CONTERSIO.N. 
 
 ^^^OR nearly forty years my father 
 ^JK. had fulfilled none of his reli 
 ,i^- gious duties, when suddenly his 
 
^G 
 
 Part t^v ct.^ " ■ 
 
 __j;»E stco.vn.-3nD DAv. 
 
 r.''°.'">ced Ws'fC;;' ''' doctors 
 
 fon ' T '^V°^«d no s'^'l " 'f™inate 
 '«ade to allow a nr^l ,'' '"e'luesis we 
 
 t"^ /or death. 1 '/h?n '^^'^'^ i"'-''i»«rf 
 "ovena to St Annt » ? <^ommericed a 
 
 f Charity of Quefeclh""'' '''^ «'ste« 
 ? "Jgrimage with thl^° ^^^^ making 
 asiied them toToin ?h • ''^P'^anhoys f 
 «« wuh mine oJbtiin'.V'^"^"' P^ay 
 of one so dear to me ^'^^ conve^sio^ 
 received Holv r^,^ ^ '^^ard Mas« 
 ^'^e reJic and LJS""'™' ^eneS" 
 
 nave obtained by 
 
 '~^*WwiW!ai|t3l«!BK« 
 
 !j3l^g»M|B«^^ 
 
 ^^^^RS»»fe-,i»^_ ^ 
 
MONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 87 
 
 Si. Amie's i 
 
 nlercession, in the Annals 
 
 of SI. Anne, so suro did I feol of success. 
 On reliirniiip: homo, 1 found my pa- 
 tient very snllering and very much 
 preoccupied. Tlio • \l day a priest, a 
 d of the family , called accidentally 
 
 [?ir 
 
 and finding my fallier very ill, urged 
 on him. the necessity of losing no time 
 in making his peace with Good., Al- 
 though he could not obtain the sick 
 man's positive consent, he withdrew 
 and went in search of a confessor. 
 That afternoon the confessor arrived 
 and shortly afterwards my father made 
 his confession in a most edifying man- 
 ner. The next morning he had the 
 happiness of receiving the last Sacra- 
 ments, he himself joyfully repeating 
 the pious prayers and ejaculations sug- 
 gested to him and recommending him- 
 self lo the good prayers of those 
 who were present. After three weeks 
 more suffering, borne with wonderful 
 patience and resignation and offered to 
 <}od in reparation, mv dear father 
 breathed his last 
 
 pea I 
 
 jiuiiy 
 
 n 
 
 ■aMBmBhia 
 
88 
 
 I*ART THE SECOND.— 4th 
 
 Day. 
 
 fu£'i!f rl"r'"'' '•'•P«"'an'--e and con- 
 
 vvin fcfr h i^'°a' IZ'fn \' '"''^'''' ^°<J 
 in conin.icUon vv .if.l ^^^'""^< where 
 
 proclaim that the Good s, ' a ""^y 
 never invoked in vain , ^""^ " 
 
 fl' ' i 
 
 DIGNITY OP ST. ANNE. 
 
 ^^'"Sy Of SI. Anne tv the Fathers ofthe 
 Greek Church. ' 
 
MONTH OF ST. ^S^SE. 
 
 80 
 
 cation. St. John Damascene, in his 
 sixlli and scveiilli homilies on the Nat- 
 ivity, savs that Mary is more the 
 (lan'"hter"oi' L^race than of nature, that 
 we are uulehled lor her to the prayers 
 and sanctity of h^M- parents. We shall 
 note some of his rellections. 
 
 « Who were the father and mother, 
 the parent stock of his virginal 
 branch ? Anne and Joachim, gloiious 
 spouses united I>y the Word Himself; 
 spouses whose union was more divme 
 tha:i all other unions. Since their so 
 tender charge is of transcendent worth, 
 how could the stem be unworthy of 
 the branch which it produced ? Now, 
 this magnihcent stem proceeding from 
 a holy stock seemed impotent to pro- 
 duce its fruit. Dut ' the just cried out 
 and the Lord heard them : and lie has^ 
 delivered them from all their tribulations.* 
 This is what David the king foretold 
 in his hymns of "vine inspiration. 
 ' The just cried out, said he, and it 
 seems to me that he made himself by 
 these words the interpreter of the 
 
90 
 
 !1Z!^ secono.-^4th n.v. 
 
 whole huimin^^Zr^i ^ ^ 
 
 .^^MheydoninndetUh/;" ^^'''^ cried 
 '"^on and or God an '^ '^'"'^ ^^ ^^^U' 
 (^station. ^ ^ "^^"^^^^ V^i'lecl rriani 
 
 " Now God Whn • 
 P'-'ssion and slow To ant'n"]P' '° "o"'- 
 prayer and granlod „iem I' '"^'^ ""^i'' 
 the name of Mary a 'd ,''J^'i° •'«''"•« 
 for us a magnincent\n • ^^"^^ '^'-'came 
 Peiisation for ilVel Vl^ ""'"^''"'^ com 
 
 " " Anne ' O Jn It"""."*^^ ^ve. 
 
 <^ouple ! Every S™ ! « ''ortunate 
 
 yo" by the sWc'e? nhi" ^"^'^''ed to 
 
 f <"'^A yo^ it can Offer >"'/'?«' ^O' 
 
 the most perfect of all J?. "' ^''eator 
 
 ">».l /run or .anciiJv r S^ "lov.lopM 
 
 ^eaven, more vast ih^n tl - ^^^mg 
 ^^Panse which over-arcLt^n '^"^^"^e 
 fiome. ""^ arenas our earthiy 
 

 MONTH OF ST. ANEE. 
 
 91 
 
 (1 broast, whose milk nourished 
 lhf3 virgin, fosterer of lliin who feeds 
 tlie world ! O wonder of wonders ! O 
 prodigy snrpassing all prodigies ! It 
 was just that God, wishing to humble 
 Uiniseli even to us, should trace by 
 miracles the path to His inellable In- 
 carnation. Dut how shall I go on? 
 My soul is enraptured ; it is divided 
 between fear and desire. My heart 
 palpitates; my tongue is paralysed ; 
 i can no longer contain my transports ; 
 a divine languor seizes me, and my 
 love leads me astray. Dut away, all 
 vain terrors ! let love dissipate them t 
 let my soul sing on the lyre of the 
 Holy Spirit: '-Let the heavens rejoice^ 
 and let the earth leap for joy. » 
 
 A little later, the same Father calls 
 Anne and Joachim a couple exempt 
 from all stain, and presents us Mary as 
 the fruit and reward of their sanctity. 
 
 tfAnne! Joachim! happy and spot- 
 less couple I ll is of you that we are 
 r.ermitted to say with the Lord: ^ Ex 
 ff'uciibus cvrum cognoscetis eos,' By the 
 
1)2 
 
 J'AMT TUL- si:coxd.~-4th 
 
 Day. 
 
MONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 D'i 
 
 Hymn of praise. 
 
 E praise thee, blessed Mother St. 
 ^^©5 Anne; we honor thee as the 
 glory of thy .,ex. All creatures bless 
 thee, thou who art the model of 
 widows, the assured hope and power- 
 ful help of the barren. 
 
 The earth honors tiiee, as the taber- 
 nacle of the Dau.c^hter of el'^rnal life. 
 
 The Church sings thy praises, be- 
 cause thou art the splendid palace of 
 the Mother of the Son of God. Heaven 
 beholds in thee the dwelling of the 
 Spouse of the Holy Ghost. 
 
 The Cherubim and Seraphim cry to 
 Ihee saying : 
 
 Hail, hail, hail, most glorious of 
 women. 
 
 Heaven and earth are filled with the 
 sweetness of thy grace. 
 
 Thou art the Mother of the Queen of 
 
 A 11 rv/\ ! c? 
 
I 
 
 nni 
 
 Apost!esr"''^^'"°"^«-'>ftheQueenof 
 Jh.u an the Mothe, Of the Queen 01- 
 CoItsorr'^^'^^'^'-'^^^of'i^eQueenof 
 ^,T^.o« an the Mother Of t,e Queen Of 
 alSltf ''^''^^'^"^-oftheQueenof 
 4'^verl£5!t^-- «^ the Queen 
 
 a'o.e the Mo,' . 8^?"?"'^ ^^^^'^'^e 
 
 

 MONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 95 
 
 thee, holy Mother, to commend us to 
 Jesus, Who hath redeemed us with 
 His Precious Blood. 
 
 Make us to be numbered with the 
 Saints, in glory everlasting. 
 
 May we always merit eternal conso- 
 lation. O good, b glorious, O pious, O 
 merciful, incomparable Mother Anne. 
 
 EjacxUalion,SL Anne, obtain for me 
 the grace of holy humility. 
 
 EXAMPLE. 
 
 Pilgrimage. 
 
 LAMENESS. 
 
 •^^OR the last ten or twelve years, the 
 (jtK. diocese of St. Hyacinth has sent an 
 ^S^ annual pilgrimage to St. Annede 
 Beaupre, and in the year 1884, there 
 were two, one on July 9lh, the other on 
 July 16th. At both of these the miracles 
 and favors obtained were innumerable, 
 I do not speak only of spiritual favors, 
 though they were exceedingly nnme- 
 rous° since, for obvious reasons, these 
 

 1.1 s 
 
 P'^RT THE SEC0ND.-4TH 
 
 Day. 
 
 speak of corpolll tnr '"''^ >'"' ^nt I 
 description vvhic, wpr?""' "^ «W 
 
 »^«'o, a native of ,hp '^ i^'^ "f Mr. 
 mase, wJio Jen bis tw„Pf ''.'^K^'^St' Da- 
 church of St. Anne dpR •"'''' '" "^^ 
 years a;?o tliis rnVn ^«aupre. Tiiree 
 
 United Sla^ 'S hf J °'*i"° '" "'e 
 ff an elevator accWpn,'^'"."'? ^'«'m 
 
 egs broken in seve'Tnl"'* ^^^ ^'^ 
 Jong time be was fmi^'fu^'"- ^O"" a 
 ^f re, and con d o Iv H "'^ ^."'^'"'•'s 
 along miserably ^v ".h'^''^?. ^'"^self 
 crutches. HaviZ arrivl^' f c^ °^ '^^o 
 he approached the a .. m' »'• Anne's 
 Hoiy Communion nf,^[''V° '-^ceive 
 
 crutches inside the rai/'\""^ ^'' 
 t-ood St. Anne f ;>i „! '' ^^ said : 
 f °d if you do ;,ot^af y°" my crutches 
 <o walk on my hand ^n^V '"" ^^^'e 
 was his prayer and n-f '"•" ^^'' 
 After receiving Hoi v^r^ '''"°" **'" ^^ith- 
 "»e greatest piety anrf?"'";,""'^" with 
 rose to his feet pLII recolleciion, he 
 
 walked a^aTlvU^',^/ -'assisted 'and 
 
 lA uiegicmesi ease. 
 
 -I 
 
 
fOy but I 
 0/ every 
 ^ niiracu- 
 se of Mr 
 of St. Da~ 
 tes in the 
 •e. Three 
 nginlhe 
 e victim 
 ^ad hi& 
 • For a 
 doctor's 
 liimself 
 of two 
 Anne's- 
 receive 
 ng his 
 
 said : 
 ^lUches 
 il have 
 
 This 
 'faith, 
 fiwith 
 >n, he 
 d and 
 use. 
 
 DIGNITY OP ST. ANNE. 
 
 Eulogy of St. Anne by the Fathers of the 
 Greek Church, 
 
 AiNT Andrew of Crete, one of the 
 most illustrious servants of St. 
 Anne, took great delight in exalt- 
 ing her dignity-. ^Here is a fragment of 
 his second sermon on the Nativity of 
 the Most Holy Virgin : — 
 
 " Let us return to the solemnity of 
 that birth. Let our praise ascend in 
 honor of St. Anne, like the accents of a 
 nuptial song. Anne bore in her besom 
 a child given by God and the pledge 
 of His Promise. She obtained that 
 child by her prayers ; she gave birth 
 to her who gave to the world a God 
 visible to men and living in the midst 
 of them. 
 • 97 
 
',"'(;■ 
 
 ! '('■ 
 
 -I. if: 
 
 PART THE SECOND-OTH DAV. 
 
 mother who ha<f ^ f/f acclamation, the 
 The names of t,vn?M "','"'='^ ^ ^^'W ? 
 
 St. Anne : the bJe^ipri !. ^"""^ «' 
 Mother and the Kht r'on'/^ 
 day, the one is delivm^H f ^? "^'^ 
 probriiim of steriHiv^ ^'""^ "^« OP" 
 will give us very soon' r'^ "i" °'he'- 
 Let us then say lo Ter viuhlh""'' ^°"- 
 
 from whicif?hoi L f °^ David 
 is the womb in which Go"d'f!! ' ^.^PP^ 
 Ark of sancliflcaUon her Jhn ""^ "?? 
 
 t^^ou wh^oJ^aSretKSPf.-' 
 
 -t°jtVannd'.r?^^'^^'^^^^^^^^^^^ 
 
 and of all honor nn^ r ^ °^ ^^^ P^'^^se 
 
 George of Viconi 
 
 ^<^i3 gives expression 
 
MONTH OF ST. ANNK 
 
 90 
 
 to similar senii-ments in several of his 
 discourse's. « Consider, » he says, « the 
 election of all tlie just and of all the 
 prophets; see by what lies gratitude 
 .jttached them, and you may form an 
 idea of the excellence of Anne and 
 ,loachim. Do you not find in them a 
 dignity whieh surpasses our compre- 
 hensio^n,— a dignity more precious and 
 more honorable than all other digni- 
 ties? God their Creator chose them for 
 the restoration of the world. He re- 
 ceives of their blood a Mother, and in 
 the womb of that Mother He has re- 
 solved to make a new creation. These 
 favors render these holy patriarchs 
 superior to all the just, and confer on 
 them rights surpassing all merit. 
 Were they not chosen from amongst 
 all others, and reserved for the accom- 
 plishment of a stupendous mystery ? 
 See how all that concerns them is 
 beyond comparison. » 
 
 To these testimonies we will add 
 ttiat of Al'varez de Paz, one of the first 
 ascetic authors of the Society of Jesus. 
 
 
 
 .ML.-k. 
 
f i 
 
 [< i) I' 
 
 wSnl^eE'"' ^ ^^•■-'^ Virgin ! 
 wards themselvPs" ,hP ' ,""'1*"'^'e to- 
 
 sessed iliy Whole hearl an^ 1^"'" 
 
 onand of surprising fertility ^ 
 « Anne also siffhed aiid hi^*h« * 
 slie obtained thir Thip . Th^' ^^^''^ 
 of all the wpalfh nV >, ^ * ^^^ ^onrce 
 laL weaitli oi heaven aiid earth 
 
 ■.,»'mmmmimmtmm. 
 
MONTH OF ST. >^NNE. 
 
 101 
 
 « Such were the Father and Mother 
 which God Himself chose for Ihee, 
 virginal Spouse of the Lord. And it 
 was from I he blood of these chosen 
 ones that He formed thy sacred body. 
 But further, before its animation, be- 
 fore its formation even, in the womb 
 of thy Mother, He purified it, by the 
 ministry of angels, from all natural 
 imperfection. 
 
 ((Wretches that we are! nature in- 
 clines some of us to sluggishness, 
 others to anger, and others again to 
 vices still more shameful. God willed 
 not that it should be so with thee, 
 Mary ! and before He drew thy soul 
 froni nothing. He purified completely 
 the dwelling which it was to ni habit, 
 in order that no motion of the flesh 
 should come to disturb its peace. Could 
 it be otherwise ? .When, of old, a 
 house of God was to be built, the 
 stones were beforehand cut and polish- 
 ed. In this house no sound was heard 
 
 whether of hammer or hatchet, nor 
 
 other instrument. 
 
 •! tm 
 
 I? m 
 
 
 the noise of 
 
 anv 
 
1 02 
 
 ^'AJrr THKsi:co.<n.-5 
 
 iyTL 
 
 i 
 
 most accompMs od h??*^-^ 'T" ">« 
 gi'ied, where h! h. ' '^^" ''^ ma- 
 had „'otIi'ti''^;f"?'""-of contrition 
 
 ™onincat,o1>nothi';;^^'to''p"oli;i''^^'' 
 
 loved Dau"hter wf ?'^ vveli-be- 
 masterpieceofHi- .""'^'^ her the 
 mi I ted her to thP /°'"^,"'^^' «"d com- 
 
 rents wonhyV the'm[ft''"li;!P "^ P«- 
 
 ■^5^B^WiflT(*fl^9V * 
 
MONTH OF ST ANNE. 
 
 103 
 
 pnAYcn 
 
 Praise lo St. Anne. 
 
 (^^AiL, holy Anne, illustrious 
 W^ daughter of David and descend- 
 Ci^-^ ed from a race of kings ! The 
 Eternal Father cherishes thee as the 
 Mother of His beloved Daughter and 
 the Grandmother of His divine Son. 
 Hail, holy -Anne, the Son of God, the 
 eternal Word loveth thee, because thou 
 didst give Him so pure, so good, so 
 holy a Mother. Hail, holy Anne, 
 worthy spouse of the virtuous Joa- 
 chim ! The Holy Ghost holdelh thee 
 in great esteem, because thou didst give 
 unto Him so worthy, so beautiful, so 
 perfect a Spouse. Hail, holy Anne, 
 Mother of Mary, the immaculate Vir- 
 gin ! The whole court of Heaven be- 
 holdeth thee with admiration, because 
 thy happiness surpasseth that of all 
 other molhers Hail, holy Anne, joy 
 of the Angels ! All the blessed spirits 
 
 %, 
 
 V' J 
 
Iff 
 
 PAnr THE SECOND -5th ,UV. 
 
 " « 
 
 tnnihil vine I AM ,t'''c' "'^ A'""'. 
 
 Church cplebr/ifp« f . • ^ whole 
 
 Mo.her onhe'spoU.?v5r:vho h^^ 
 
 ii'voke lliee is hp."r h!''^.''""er alike 
 
 tress and IhPi . po ve^nl '."h "' P''^'^*'- 
 fore God. Hiil hJi l' ^^"ocale be- 
 
 «tar that gSdet'h the ,"}""'' ^?"'«"' 
 port. The exile an) .hi ''^'■^•^'^^'^ '» 
 on thee as their Mlv in^ ff '?''™ '"oJ^ 
 
 mirror of all virtiiM in ' u- J Anne, 
 are called to a h fe "1^:'^''^^ «'l who 
 of perfection and tli it •"! "* '"O'^el 
 aid in the aV™? k'"'""'^"^ find 
 lae accomplishment of t>-i" 
 
 fe-«a(i*i.-, 
 
MONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 105 
 
 duties. Hail, holy Anne, consoler of 
 the unfortunate ! In thee the widow 
 finds support, the orphan a mother, 
 the prisoner delivrance, the sick health 
 and the dving hope. Hail, holy Anne, 
 helpof alfwho implore thy as>istance! 
 Thy intercession is all-powerful with 
 the Sacred Heart of Jesus; and Mai y, 
 thy immaculate Daughter, beareth thy 
 petitions to the foot of the throne of 
 our thrice-holy God. 
 
 Ejaculation.— Goodi St. Anne, obtain 
 for me the grace of honoring God in 
 his Saints. 
 
 EXAMPLE. 
 
 Pilgrimage. 
 
 (wounds.) 
 
 married man fromSt.Vincpntde 
 Paul writes : My wife was taken 
 - ^^_^ ill some years ago. After having 
 been attended by several doclors, her 
 illness was looked on as incurable and 
 her suiiernigs vv'ere terriwic ; s^ie could 
 
 ill 
 
106 
 
 y^nr TjiK se(:ond.-^5th 
 
 Day. 
 
 Not bo! !; able t. h'^f """' ^™""ds. 
 
 t'y that position "t"S ^;;°"S'" 9" 
 constantly sente.l s ff. •/«<- from """^ 
 incessant thirst tl ii ih^i ^>j "" *"ch 
 'none than Z I r^^ *'he coi,id not pass 
 
 Shehad'Len'r.'^,rfi;°,'\„^'''''<V 
 
 wo years and a ha wl en !h 'T'^ 
 
 tors Jespairin- of hJ, r. u '^^ <*"<=- 
 
 all her /,opes"in°St.'T,.::^^'^''« placed 
 
 Amir de"'Bea?i6 ^'^'^'^-''^^ '» St. 
 which our rela nnt'. '■'r !'"dertaking 
 
 on as Cli'h'a'^^iVSf ^*^^' 
 she won d die hefm-o =••"'' ^^ying 
 
 journey's end? med ^17 -^ ^'^• 
 confideiice, she se off for S, a'"" ^""^ 
 BL'aupr6, and hivii,^ ' '^""«' <^e 
 
 was seatk on 'a chl 1 '['''^'^'^ 'here, 
 the sanctuary bv niv It"' T"''^ '"'o 
 ble gentlemafi.l'^ieyeS' r" f "?."'«- 
 munion seated in her Ph.,"°'^,^?"'- 
 heard three Masse '„,,," 'l''^'^^" 
 Dunng all this time sh" feu ;','S"^- 
 
TMONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 107 
 
 f;,Uiii«x nny bovcrajrp. Alter her Ihanks- 
 .riviii'T, sho loinarkod to me that she 
 ff'lt better ; she rose and went towards 
 llie sacristy and mounted the steps lead- 
 \\)<r u it vviihout any great diiliculty. 
 Al'ler having received the blessing of 
 the parish-priest, she retraced her steps 
 quite unassist.'d,,and walking more 
 and more easilv. Si. Anne had cured 
 her ! Shortly aflervvards all her pains 
 left her, her wouds healed, the swell 
 ing disappeared and now she is per- 
 fectly well.— D. li. P. 
 
 We adjoin the c^'tificate given ny 
 one of the physicians who attended 
 
 this lady : 
 
 I, the undersigned, nhysician, certify 
 to having attended iM. dame Par6 from 
 the end of the vear \^11 to the com- 
 mencement of 1880, Without obtaining 
 any satisfactory result. A month ago 
 the same Madame Pan came to see me 
 and appeared to be perloctly cured. 
 
 F. A. Glimain, M. D. 
 

 to 
 
 SANCIXrr OF SAINT ANNE. 
 
 Oreat sancUuj bntov:ca on S, Anne. 
 
 choosps 
 
 any 
 
MONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 109 
 
 hei 
 
 liable 
 
 i^v. .*..^ c. sveryttiing 
 
 to'siicii elevation, and iKat, after Mary, 
 no dall,^^hte^ of Eve received such fa- 
 vors from the divine goodness. St. 
 Anne's maternity thfm raises her above 
 all women saints. What other woman 
 can glorify herself in comparison with 
 this venerable Mother ? Would it be 
 the mother of the prophet Jeremias ? 
 or of St. John the Baptist ? or again 
 that of St. Joseph ?'. No ; these did not 
 see their children e^xempt from the in- 
 fluence of sin ; their children, though 
 sanctified before the common lot of 
 starvelings, were not conceived with- 
 out sin, they were not called to so high 
 a dignity as the Daughter of St. Anne. 
 Would it be Eve, the mother of the 
 human race, who could compare with 
 St. Anne. Alas ! she gave birth to a 
 disinherited race, condemned to an- 
 guish without end, while St. Anne gave 
 to the world the repairer of her fault— 
 the true Mother of all the living. Anne, 
 the gracious or the kind, as her sweet 
 
 name expresses. 
 
 brought 
 
 forth the 
 

 f i > 
 
 PAflT THE SKCOND.— GtH DaV. 
 
 the sa.au, ,n support of this a ertfon 
 bm d. rr?*^ doubt, „ savs St Fu": 
 
 fliied witrthe^piH7or,?fS sr 
 
 They showed theraselvi .1 ^"■-'"• 
 perfect in their who cl.lJu ?''1u^° 
 one needs not marve' 'ha/ f!!l ' 'H' 
 
 perfection shou Id come forth th/"'^ 
 whose lustre is a« th„ • '"® °"e 
 
 goodness in l.e^ pl^st'S^dr^oLf .^" 
 » Truly blessed and worthv nr .11 
 
 «irrt°oih';"^^f^'^-''--i 
 
 mothrs, b"cash. .«'"'■'"'''« «« 
 brought" for?li"a daS^hter'S "^ ^"""^ 
 
 -. . i^^juiceaadboglad 
 
Month of st. anne. 
 
 Ill 
 
 angvisl 
 
 of heart ; the gift of so 
 Daughter is such, that no woman be- 
 fore or since has merited a greater. » 
 
 Certain books belonging to the Greek 
 Church express the same sentiment 
 with an oriental enthusiasm. 
 
 « Run all you who love tne Christ, 
 and in hymns adorned with all the 
 flowers of language raise your voices 
 and sing with us : 
 
 « Anne, thou ai^t worthy of all ve- 
 neration I Happy the womb that bore 
 the Mother of the divine Word ! Anne 
 15 above all praise : she brought into 
 the world that germ which flowered 
 before all other germs, and which 
 never withered. 
 
 « Hail, blessed land I thou gavest 
 to the w^orld the ground on which a 
 God sojourned ! thou who wert at- 
 tached to the divine law by an un- 
 swerving practice, thou, before all 
 others, traced the first features of the 
 law of grace, when by the birth of the 
 illn^trimis Virgin, thou sawest the 
 bonds of thy sterility broken, u 
 
 ")i 
 
 
 fi' 
 
 ii 
 
 

 \i2 
 
 'ART THE SEC0ND.-~6th 
 
 DAY. 
 
 Anne ise^vLclabotp n'i"?^ "^^' «'• 
 that she is of in I "'"'"'y ^^omen, 
 
 what a mulfitude oh"raLf Hn ^f'*'' 
 
 suppose :n her who rS/ed°t^r' °°' 
 
 />ra«i«.-Maije a habi[ of 1 Ji • 
 ,^ok.'ng Joachim and Anne ,hJ I"" 
 
 heir intercession you m^v i^' '?y 
 love to Jesus and Marv nf,l ^'°'^' ^" 
 victory over thocp ;„ 7' '^"'^ S^'n the 
 
 pn,%iEn 
 
 7b »n>p/.r. ^^. grace of imiialino 
 
 J-ORIOUS 
 
 Annph.'P""''' -Joachim and 
 Anne, happy are ye that ye can 
 
 heaven'l dTour''r"4'- '^" '«" of 
 kings, So'n'Jf he Afn5:Sy°" t'^h'^^" 'I 
 
 Mary and Jesus, ye^r-^^- ^'""^^ 
 
 -7 yc arc ni a real, 
 
 *'''iWB8PfWliim 
 
 "'iXiUluiUASISXIWtH 
 
MONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 113 
 
 though spiritual manner, the father 
 and mother of that innumerable mul- 
 titude of Apostles, Martyrs, Confessors, 
 Virgins, Saints of all orders and condi- 
 tions who are the glorious members of 
 the mystical body of Jesus Christ. And 
 I also, by the grace of God am a mem- 
 ber of that sacred body, but, alas, I am 
 nol worthy of calling ■ .myself your 
 child ! Ye are great Saints, whilst I am 
 the most miserable of sinners ; ye are 
 all heavenly, I am all earthly ; ye are 
 humble, pure as the light, inflamed 
 with divine love like the Seraphim, 
 whilst 1 am all pride ; and though mv 
 heart is inflamed with the love of sen- 
 sual gratifications, yet it is of ice for the 
 things of God. Holy and beloved Pro- 
 tectors, have compassion on the depths 
 of my misery,and by your intercession, 
 change me, convert me, make me wor- 
 thy of Mary, make me worthy of Jesus ! 
 Ejacalation. — Si. Joachim and St. 
 Anne, obtain the grace of conversion 
 for the vilest of sinners. 
 
 ¥ ''« 
 
\ ! 
 
 I 
 
 Ijl 
 
 I !4 PART THE SECOND.—Gth DAY. 
 
 EXAMPLE. 
 
 Pilgrimage. 
 
 (paralysis— CO.VVERSrO.V). 
 
 ^11 the moiUh of August 1876 a Ci- 
 
 visited St. Anne de li 
 as a pilgrim, but as a tourisr'^R 
 
 J^y a christi 
 
 Bosto 
 
 '-aupre, not 
 
 eared 
 
 an mother in Quebec, he 
 
 had lost his faith, ahaudon^.i all 
 gieus practices, and becorn> 
 son. He did not at all bel 
 
 reli- 
 
 '10 a free-ma- 
 
 ^?ve in the 
 
 power of St. Anne, and had no the 
 shghtest intention of invoking her 
 intercession A conversation whTch he 
 had had with the pastor of the narish 
 induced him to disclo.se these a>cum7 
 tances of his life. Persuaded bv the 
 pastor, this free -ma ^ ^ 
 
 assist, the following day 
 which was to be celebrated fo. .. 
 arriving from Sorel and Three I 
 
 The pastor prayed assid 
 prayers said for him. 
 
 son promised to 
 -y,_ at a Mass 
 
 '•pilgrims 
 ^livers. 
 
 nouslyandhad 
 
'S 
 
 MONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 115 
 
 Y. G. was already in the church 
 when the pilgrim-] entered. Among 
 them was a young man, infirm, who, 
 in sight of all, moved painfully along 
 with crutches. His limbs were stiff, 
 adhered one to the other in such a 
 manner that hecould not separate them.. 
 As he approached Y. G., one of his crut- 
 ches slipped and he fell heavily on the 
 fioor from which he was raised with 
 the help of many willing hands. The 
 free-mason was deeply moved at the 
 sight of such infirmity, »and inwardly 
 said: «lf this young man should be 
 cured in my presence, I must believe 
 that there is in religion, and in that 
 devotion to St. Anne something, besides 
 what has been told me. What must I 
 do ? Can I resist evidence ? Impossible ! 
 And impossible it seems to me to 
 change my life. » Mass began. The poor 
 infirm one prayed with all his soul, 
 saying to God, as he afterwards stated : 
 aO Lord, I am only a miserable sinner 
 unworthy of appearing before Thee, 
 but, here, Good St. Anne prays for me. 
 
 
I'i! 
 
 1IG 
 
 PAHT THE SECOND.— 6th DAV. 
 
 in ask relief from mv infirmilips t 
 IS nor Lliat I desire my health to be res- 
 tored ; because I mi-ht ill-use the (?ift 
 ofheaKh to offend Thee a^ain, bat I 
 ask that I may earn the dailv bread 
 01 my aged parents, who. without mv 
 assistaiice, will be obliged to be/ 
 Have mercy on them, have mercy oii 
 
 rianchet, the infirm man, went to 
 receive Communion with such devo- 
 tion as to move the entire congrega- 
 
 nnv p^^^2"«^^^i« actions wa'slSst 
 on \.G. who attentively watched all 
 his movements. When Mass was over 
 Blanche! moving on his crutches! 
 approached ihe balustrade to venerate 
 the holy relics. With ardent pietv he 
 hTf ^^^'/^"d, at the same instant! 
 he dropped his crutches, stood erect 
 exclaiming: « A miracle, a miracle I 
 2™ /^"^d.! With tears and prayers 
 he thanks St. Anne for her intercession. 
 The astonished and moved multitude 
 ffrm^ cTf J /.!?!!^ ^5. ^^ Passe.^ with a 
 
 firm Sten. mnafanfNr «,. . 
 
 - sri 
 
MONTH OF ST ANNE. 
 
 11 
 
 ihank thee, O Good St. Anne.)) Every 
 one \vi>hes to see him, and all are 
 happy in his happiness. But he whom 
 the sight has most moved is Y. G. He 
 has seen the prodipjy and can no Ion- 
 ger resist the intlnence of grace. He 
 pushes his way through the vast con- 
 course of people, his eyes filled with 
 tears, and reaching the sacristy, meets 
 the pastor, to whom he says : « Sir, 1 
 should he the most miserable of sin- 
 ners, if 1 did not become sincerely con- 
 verted after what I have witnessed. 
 Help me to make a good confession ! » 
 Good St. Anne had really converted 
 him while she cured Blanchet. Y. G. 
 from tourist became a pilgrim, prayed, 
 received Holy Communion, and went 
 away resolved to lead thenceforward a 
 christian life. 
 
 The Rev. M. Gauvreau pastor of St. 
 Anne, a happy witness of these won- 
 ders, wrote an exact narration thereof, 
 confirmed as regards the cure of Blan- 
 chet by the cevlificate of a physician. 
 
 Su^SH 
 
 Pjp,. 
 
■ I 
 
 SANCTITY OP ST. ATOE. 
 
 # 
 
 ISonsiiS 
 
 <tai\on. 
 
 Sanctity acquired by St. Anne. 
 
 <i .1 
 
MONTH OF 
 
 \NNE. 
 
 Itn 
 
 what «;radation of virtues and perU»c- 
 lion did she raise herr^elf to make this 
 thing possible ? Let us remember what 
 Marv was from the first instant of her 
 creation, and we shall then be able to 
 form an idea of what must have been 
 her mother. Must not the stem be 
 worthy of the flower, and the vase 
 worthy of the perfume it contains ? 
 
 On leaving the hands of God, still 
 under the action of Plis creating breath 
 the soul of iMary was joined to a most 
 pure body, forever virginal and imma- 
 culate like itself. In order that this 
 virginal body should not come in con- 
 tact with anything defiled, was it not 
 necessary that her parents should have 
 themselves attained an unblemished 
 purity, by their concurrence with 
 grace"? Was it not necessary that St. 
 Anne, the blessed receptabie for that 
 Ark of the Covenant, should have ab- 
 solute command over all the motions 
 of her being ? O ! how the Immaculate 
 Conception of Mary exalts and enobles 
 St Anne ! 
 
 »V«J^SJS^*-. 
 
120 
 
 . PART THE SECOND— 7th DAY. 
 
 Morrovpr, whal was not the dignity 
 
 even in which she was created ? Was 
 It not then in the highest decree be 
 coming that she shonl.l perceh'e in her 
 rnolhor nothing which could alt^r the 
 fi.lnessofhPrresp,>,tor diminish he? 
 veneration? On the other hand, ^vould 
 
 Li ■■^?'' '"'^'■'^ ''■•"^ of confnsion and 
 regret i she could have reproached her 
 sell wiih the shghtest imperfection, if 
 she sa^v herseir condemned to carry 
 unworthily in her vvimb the Queen of 
 heaven and earth, to see hersdf a sub' 
 jectol pain, even iliongh involuntarily 
 to her Immaculate Daughter ? ^' 
 
 J hus, not only may it be conjectured 
 but It may be held as certain tha as 
 soon as Anne became a mother, she 
 had outstepped the limits of perfect 
 auiiif' '° "^^''^ "'' greatest sain?3 
 She had put an everlasting barrier 
 to the shghtest imperfections which 
 fit '.."^v'table. to souls less humble 
 -" vigilant, less generous : she had 
 
the gift of beinj? confirmed to grace 
 and in justice. By her faith and her 
 hope she had left the Just of the Old 
 Teslament far behind her; she be- 
 lieved and hoped all her life, never 
 suffering in her heart any hesitation 
 injurious to her fidelity to God. As to 
 the love of God, it manifests itself out- 
 wardly by the interests taken in holy 
 things, by offerings of value destined 
 to enhance the pomp of sacred ceremo- 
 nies, and above all by the practice in 
 Its varied forms of brotherly love. No 
 one surpassed St. Anne in charily. In 
 concert with St.."Joachim she made 
 three parts of her revenue, as the le- 
 gend relates, one part being destined 
 for the temple, a second for the poor, 
 and a third for the maintenance of her 
 own house. 
 
 St. Anne had then merited her ma- 
 ternity by the practice of laith, hope 
 and charity ; in her these essential vir 
 tues had attained to a perfect maturity. 
 Mary had not then to blush for her 
 
 and during nine 
 
 f 
 
 fl 
 III 
 
 
 thp nn^'^ftls- 
 
' I' 
 
 I! 
 
 I !l 
 
 12-2^ 
 
 PART THE SEC0XD.~7th DaV 
 
 months she could 
 
 Am 
 
 le as 
 
 hor euclosii 
 
 I'e was as a i 
 
 repose within Sl 
 
 les 
 
 '1 a bed of roses and lil 
 
 with the perfume of all 
 *^o place, except the h 
 
 was more worthy of her 
 Practice. — Ho" 
 
 emple filled 
 
 virtues, and 
 
 eart of Jesus. 
 
 possession to ' which 
 
 'I'less is the highest 
 
 aspire; by the help of d 
 J^ay a tain to it and God 
 ■^is to do so, si 
 
 a creature can 
 
 ivine grace we 
 command: 
 
 nee It was to this end 
 
 that he made us chrisUa^s" K 
 the hencefnrfh to o * ^^^^^ 
 
 ?nc-eforth, to spare 
 
 ve 
 no pains to 
 
 acq.ure this treasur^rXhese h v "been 
 f^""= 'n every station of life • and what 
 itiey liave been able to do with PnH-i 
 help, why cannot vou do » ^'^ ' 
 
 >*»« vcn 
 
 To implore the grace of becomu 
 
 christian. 
 
 l^v beloved Protectress 
 Mi Smse that all is vanitv^excenr 
 
 '^9 a good 
 
 reco- 
 
 wo 
 
 -ci.ratiuii. Oi vviiat 
 
MONTH OF ST ANNE 
 
 123 
 
 avail to thee would have been thy titles 
 of « Mother of Mary » and « Grand- 
 mother of Our Saviour, » if thou hadst 
 not added to them that of being a great 
 saint ? And for me likewise, of what 
 avail to me will be health, strength, 
 beauty, fortune and every other earthly 
 possession ; death will rob me of them 
 all; it is only my good works and the 
 virtues I have practised that will follow 
 me beyond the tomb. How insensate 
 then should 1 be, if I neglected the- 
 means of working out my salvation 
 which have been vouchsafed me by 
 God ! 
 
 Like the saints, i have divine grace 
 at my disposal, as also the Sacraments 
 which are its source, prayer which is 
 its channel, Mary who dispenses it. 
 And thou too, good and beloved St. 
 Anne, thou with thy glorious spouse 
 and all the Angels and Elect, art ready 
 to intercede for me with Jesus and 
 Mary. It is specially in the mterests 
 ol my soul that I would honor and 
 invoke thee. If perchance i ask of thee 
 
 iil 
 
124 
 
 PAHT THE SEC0.ND._7tH DAY. . 
 
 sanation, grant not mv praver hnt 
 -ain. an. ,„.." i^J' K^J-™ 
 
 EXAMPLE. 
 
 Pilgrimage on foot, 
 (the mute speak). 
 
 ■"ril n^f'w '''",''''^'"'"' from St. Cv- 
 
 ger of death. The last sarnmTn 
 
 administered to hlmM^rhrS 
 faculties were not impaired He mad j 
 
 avowtogotoSt.An!'edeBp"n.^' 
 
 on 
 
 ■l»-?<»s«»i»«(a»«»(sai 
 
MONTH DF ST. ANNK, 
 
 125 
 
 foot, l)(^prj:in,Lr his \)vq;\(\ on the way, if 
 (};)(1 would restni-o h,ni his heallh. 
 iM-om Sf.. C^ynl to St. Aimo llio tlisance 
 IS ai I'-asi I'-f) miles, The [)atieiil got 
 ht4lei', llie eir.:cis of his ninlady disap- 
 pcai'eii, h'aviiif? him however quite 
 diiinh n anclicrniii could not articu- 
 late a single syllahle, A month passed 
 away wiLlioutf any amelioialion in his 
 eondilion. How conid he, dnmbashe 
 was, [ullil Ills pilgrim's project, and 
 b?g liis bread as he advanced ? Forlu- 
 nalely he knew how lo write. Full ot 
 courage and confiding m St Anne, he 
 started out on his journey with his 
 slate, by means of which lie showed 
 his condition, expressed his wants, and 
 the object of his pilgrimage. After 
 having endured the most humiliating 
 trials, surmounted all fauithearted- 
 ness, and overcome the temptation, a 
 hundred times renewed, which impeU 
 led him to abandon this tiresome and 
 perhaps fruitless journey, he finally 
 arrived at St. Anne de Deaupre. There 
 he began a novena, and confessed his 
 
 U 
 
 III 
 

 v. 
 
 PART THE SPrnvn 
 
 "^ M.LOi\D. — /TH Day 
 
 ^' iM!i«Mu.iijtra« w i ' .i8», ! ijttii!u i ^v i ; 
 
^:u^l II or sr. anne. 
 
 127 
 
 1)(^ ! )) It would bo i in possible, writes 
 the p;istor, in his narrative of this cure, 
 to express lh<' sentiments which, at 
 fliat mouient, fiiled mv soiiL and the 
 transports of gratitude which filled 
 liim to whom spetujh had been restored, 
 lie finished his novena in thanksgi- 
 ving; and all llie pilgrims at that time, 
 who had been informed of what had 
 befallen iiim, wished to see and hear 
 happy Beauchemin. 
 
 POWER OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 |Sonsii»<rrtlien. 
 
 The holiness of St. Anne is the measure 
 of her power. 
 
 %T is plain that St. Anne and St. Joa- 
 5|p chim occupy a place of distinction. 
 vss-> All are indebted to them for their 
 Queen. This exceptional position en- 
 
 > V 
 
Tins exceDirnnni ^^ ■. °^ '^'* "^ercy ? 
 
 tli.o„ci, the ,?no«:, f "" "*' '"^''-^i^ed 
 « VVe bt ,>./ ^"' "•"^'•'■ession. 
 
 .S"unrAr''''-^"-''«"dbrdly 
 <is!-fu uiat Anne, anci'etnr ni ."i " "'/ 
 
 dit ami i\! h I ." *^'" "'^"'and cre- 
 
 p.-.nsa,ives \v^,tb e 'V^'fciT''"' 
 our favor If ^vn iJr • ^-^"^'^^^ses in 
 
 oilipr saipu Onii , .^Postles and 
 
 doubttha' Lpa'.enrofn''',"'''^"' 
 inv T cf.ii . . X^P'^'^^'Jts 01 our Lord en. 
 
 no • vvi I ''^^'"r ^consideration ? qk 
 «o, we have hill reliance in Vk ' 
 
 *"'" -^ciusu noinin^' 
 
 lea- 
 
 vmtttawmj^' 
 
MONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 120 
 
 '' Believe me, denr bretliron, for I 
 speak tlie IriUli. If you love ihis vener- 
 able Mother with all your heart, you 
 will experience the efficacy of her in- 
 tercession. It is a certainty, brethren, 
 that God i^rants to her merits innumer- 
 able favors, in order to make us vener- 
 ate her memory; approach, then, with 
 confidence this sweet patroness, and 
 anything that, piay form an ohstacle 
 to^^your holy des'ires-your sorrows 
 and" burdens," whatever they may he- 
 lay them at the feet of St. Aunt*, and 
 for the honor of God she will deliver 
 you. It is impossible that she should 
 fail to obtain the effect of her prayer, 
 and Jesus can refuse her nothing. The 
 whole court of heaven cherish her as a 
 mother, and unite their wishes to hers. 
 Could a mother's interposition with 
 her children be vain ? Certainly not. 
 Happy, therefore, he, who, by his 
 prayers and a true devotion makes hei- 
 his protectress, tt 
 
 Granted, then, that the patronage of 
 St. Anne is of powerful efficacy— unlike 
 
 h 
 
 i9 
 
 r 
 
 11 
 
130 
 
 ^Airr THK skcond.-^Sth 
 
 dav. 
 
 ^ ^%i4-^ 
 
MONTH OF ST. ANNE, 
 
 131 
 
 'I m 
 
 fait^ fill know to whom they should 
 have recourse according to their requi- 
 rements. 
 
 But the patronage of St. Anne is 
 universal ; she shares the privilege 
 granted to St. Joseph, who is the Pa- 
 tron and Protector of the Universal 
 Church, and whose intercession is se- 
 cond only to that of Mary« 
 
 (Generally speaking christians in- 
 voke and honor in a special manner 
 •only those saints from whom they 
 daify receive graces, or who have 
 given proof of their power with God. 
 Novv. if we are to be guided by these 
 exterior marks, St Anne merits with- 
 out any doubt the highest veneration, 
 trie most tender and most persevering 
 devotion ; she has a right to all our 
 confidence. After the Blessed Virgin 
 and St. Joseph, of whom can so many 
 favors be recounted, or so many won- 
 ders celebrated ? They come to pass in 
 all places, in all ages, in all countries. 
 A proof of this is the number of prodi- 
 gious favors obtained through her 
 
 I'll 
 
132 
 
 •"'"''■ ■""' sEciJ^^Zi^;;;^ 
 
 intercession in her virm 
 
 in CunaL, where tht ^n'"" 1' ^ ■'■«"|.r6 
 
 'afce place at Lourdes""' ^'^'C'"! 
 
 ''on'ase each day'" ;°'" ,T^ -orthy 
 who fiom all etm-n',,' ," ^^"''^'^ ^nne 
 f We to Go 1 than al^ Zn "'°'" ■''^'•««- 
 the Classed Vi " in f!L° ''^'' '"others, 
 sons eiiM-ed in 1 ?P'*''^- -Let her- 
 
 i-rcquentfyt she fancMr"V".?'^« ^'^- 
 
 maculate. Let wtSfl."/ ^'''''^ ^™- 
 rence her, she trXprf^ Z'^?''" '•* J-eve- 
 rules of m'odestv Let v" ^"^ '^'"^ 'h.> 
 cherish her wL t= f!"' tenderly 
 
 purest and hoStofaM,^""' '° 'h^ 
 iJ'e just render loll ,'•'''«'"'• Let 
 f^^'vice, she is the ^i f'f ''•'^erential 
 Let sinners hasten t^ h "' ''^ J"«''ce. 
 b=-ought into the world'L'""^""''' '^'^ 
 
MONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 133 
 
 Saviour. Let no one bocome lukewarm, 
 let no one become cold in devotion to 
 her. Let each and all make of her 
 name an armor and a shield. God atta- 
 ches to the i.n vocation of that blessed 
 name innimierable f^races ; nay to the 
 very recollection of it and even to the 
 simple respect and pious affection 
 which we manifest in hearing it pro- 
 nounced. An author has said : 1 assert 
 positively, and 1 say the truth on the 
 testimony of my conscience, I have 
 known many souls to prosper in every 
 way, by the simple invocation of her 
 holy name. Try its power : after the 
 names of Jesus, Mary and Joseph her 
 name is the most venerable and the 
 most holy that oilers itself to our con- 
 fidence. 
 
 Practice. — Since in the love of Our 
 Lord Jesus Christ is comprised all 
 christian holiness, let us strive to ac- 
 quire that love and let us daily ask 
 this grace through the intercession of 
 St. Joachim and St. Anne. 
 
 ii^aHM^' ' 
 
 '•wtm.,. ii 
 
^ 
 
 f 
 
 V 
 
 I3i- 
 
 I'AriT 
 
 THE SECOND -8th DA V. 
 
 ^'^ if^^plorc the love Of God. 
 
 UOUST Mother nP Alo 
 
 "-t I could ;ov°e'i7wir::!" 
 
 „._ whole heart, evemf.LT "'3' 
 J'"n. All the Uram nr k " '*"''-''*' 
 
 si.eh a love 7fp i,^?"^'''"';'''" ^''h 
 everything to <. n ,', '^''*;'^' '^'''s done 
 
 hoar[isso'f;^,fwtl™{vorrd1'^''''"J' 
 monts and anxieties ihTr'^ ''"'"^h. 
 
 can find no pla e the W '^mT '«^« 
 protectress, do thou ob ,■„ 'Y^ '^^««' 
 
 piM-e heart 'in which no creat/d'".h"' * 
 can find a nlare • nh.?: r '™ "i'nj?8 
 
 '«al .-ecouSn,' th ' s,; ,-U Vr ''^'''- 
 and a nernpfn'.! V ^P''^ of prayer 
 
 «>enefits^S;id"oT"Sf "' h 
 viour. His loving ablsenienr ^^ ^ ^?- 
 ferings, His lov!n- care '/ ' "'" ^tif- 
 Aiid since thy blosled n, ^u"^^ 'O"'' 
 l'a.s been entLs ed bt Ou'^^,''''^'; ^'^''y 
 'he slonous task o,^ h! ' ,/k°':'* «'"'» 
 
 ■'*^ ■ 'IW*** 
 
MONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 135 
 
 souls that precious liquor of divine 
 love, do ihou beg of her to pour a large 
 measure of it into my heart, so that 
 intoxicated by this heavenly draught, 
 I may forget all things, myself in- 
 cluded, and no longer think of aught 
 but my loving Jesus who is so worthy 
 of all my love. 
 
 Ejaculaiion.^Good St. Anne, obtain 
 for me an ardent and pure love for 
 Jesus Christ. 
 
 11 
 
 Pilgrimage. 
 
 iSALYSIS). 
 
 (pY'E extract the following from the 
 /:5^ vvritien testimony jfDr. Boulet, 
 o: Quebec, dated the 3 1st July, 1886. 
 
 1 first knew Miss Labrie about six 
 years agr^. She had been suffering for 
 twenty-five years from dyspepsia in a 
 most pronounced and acute form, and 
 
 aiT^/^rt \navi r> r n-inl ai n t Via« hppn UCrtrr^la 
 
136 
 
 PART THE SEC0XD.-~8th 
 
 DAY. 
 
 •t ^as ill ir n "^ '■''^""- ^n 1881, 
 Extre;e'"&fo'!io"„"X7,ol:;,^'V^'' 
 
 biirnins sensaimn ;,. fu " caused n 
 
 digestive or4ps ,"'' '"""^^l^ ""^ 
 evin lasD yea? sh^ ^,"J"any occasions, 
 
 ges, so ha X .virt'^' '^r°"ha. 
 
 'Kniost weakness 1 hi l*^"^,'",'^ '» 'he 
 to keep her hpd fL^'^'^ °^''ge'l her 
 time A,Z,fh ^® ^''^'"er part of the 
 
 I was cm s?il/f '?'",^ "^ "''^ month 
 
 some fatal issue there'f L ■'^'^''' 
 dunr;? the Rv^ nrcil i • Moreover, 
 Pieceeliin! tie 15 h n'? '""nediatelv 
 
 ditior -'? '^'h of July, her r-nn 
 
 was worse man eveiV L 
 
 spite 
 
 
MONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 137 
 
 of all obstacles, Miss Labrie persisted 
 in her desire to go to St. Anne. So 
 <rreat was the fatigue she experienced 
 on this journey, that many persons 
 present, and the invalid herself, 
 thought that she would never return 
 alive to Quebec. 
 
 Dutaftrr having venerated the re- 
 lic of St. Anne, she immediately felt 
 stronger, and more at ease, and began 
 to walk without assistance. More than 
 this, she partook of some nourishment 
 what she had been unable to do for a 
 ion^ time. Her return home was a 
 most happy one, and since, her condi- 
 tion has undergone constant ameliora- 
 tion. In fine, this change wrought m 
 Miss Labrie has been so great, so sud- 
 den, and so complete that i have not 
 the slightest doubt of its being due to 
 the powerful intercession of Good St. 
 Anne, and I am most happy to give 
 this testimony m her honor. 
 
 (Si-ned), 
 
 T ^ B'^u? ET M D. 
 
 ^■}^l 
 
^'^ I'^^-^T THE SECOND.^8 
 
 C5TH Day. 
 
 This I 
 com 
 
 e and 
 have 
 
 St. Jean-B.piiste de Quebec, 
 ^'"^ August, 1886. 
 
 P- X. PtAMo.vao.v, Pastor. 
 
 The 14th of Au^-iKit u 
 mondon added tl,?.' ^^^'- **'•• PJa- 
 '° his signature "'Mi""T de-^'aratio" 
 n^es to eSjoy perfe;, h° F?'^'''^ conti- 
 
 jvuhout the sli^he^^*'!. '^'•^"°e. 
 hears Alass eve' v ml • -""gue. Sh 
 
 floiy Con,^;'n.rThirlaf ^ '■''T^^ 
 the rest cf th^ dav f^ ' .^Pendiug 
 v:suing the sick ^ '" ^'°'"^'"g aj 
 
 -•r«t»»»i»m!i 
 

 lOVE OF ST. AN>fE. 
 
 \n 
 
 .. * 11 
 
 f i1 
 
 i 
 
 ^ontibcu.iiott. 
 
 How dearUj St. Anne loves christians. 
 
 ^N order lo picture to ourselves the 
 extreme tenderness felt by St. 
 ^.. Anne lor us, and her great desire 
 of conlributing to our teniporal as well 
 as our spinlua) happiness, we must 
 recall lo muid the many beautiful 
 examplesofchantyshovvn by the saints 
 in general towards their brethren in 
 Jesus Christ. St. Paul would have con- 
 sented to have never entered Paradise, 
 if at that price he could have purchased 
 the entrance therein of the Israelites 
 his fellow-citizens. St. Francis Xavier, 
 as well as an infinite number of mis- 
 sionaries who followed his example, 
 left fortune, pleasure, friends,^country, 
 iamilv to seek after tribes of savages 
 ^ 139 r 
 
 li 
 
 u 
 
 I: 
 
 til 
 
 -4': 
 
,''»"d wandev^k, "\'^'". '" their va/a 
 ,'^^;;de.p,„„ „,',^oS ',v.ng (heir 4' 
 
 -' ofe,J-f Of France's"^ g IJ : 
 o^ry and manv n.h ^''==»*'eih of Hm, 
 '^'"^ 'heir owrha';;! '•"'"^'^ "^e poor 
 
 --^•'e bread f^^ZhlT'^i "^ o^, 
 Of he beg„,,,. "'^;a;d mouldy crusis 
 
 sin ''!'""= '"s frugal rL^'-,A'Pho»sns 
 'JOP short whenever if '^f ''''>« ^0"' J 
 S^"^ a' the door a.,!) '?''''"'J a be" 
 slot''i'"'^« "°HI a?„,r"'d notcontt: 
 stowed. Such is thp^^- ''"d been be- 
 
 out the proof of a ,.^, '^^o^eofGod • 
 «ays St. John H ,L""^ , 'o^e of God' 
 
 children. J,. °'^ '"^ lowest of God'I 
 
 ^'!i ^a^i«aB w m i,i!i mn i a, j, 
 
MONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 iftSi 
 
 ut 
 
 Doubtless St. Anne was distinguished 
 among all the saints here below for 
 her charity : her heart, the fountain 
 whence issued the blood which was to 
 form the heart of Mary, must have 
 heen a very furnace of love of God, and 
 consequently of charity towards men. 
 Has her glory changed her ? No, clo- 
 sely united as she is to God, the source 
 of all charity and Charily itself, and 
 having novv a more intimate acquain- 
 tance with our trials and our needs, 
 she can but have become more com- 
 pasuonate, more assiduous in helping 
 
 us. 
 
 Another reason we have for redou- 
 bled confidence in her is the fact that 
 she looks on all our trials with a 
 mother's eve. In everything she shares 
 the sentiments of her'glorious Daugh- 
 ter Mary, The woman of Canaan desi- 
 rous of obtaining her daughter's cure, 
 said to Jesus : « Have mercy on me, 
 Lord, Thou Son of David, my daughter 
 is cruelly tormented." Why did she 
 not say :" Have pity on my daughter / 
 
^r THE SEC0ND.-9TH DAV. 
 
 AloiLrMaV^'Vl/;''^ our lovinj 
 «o 't is wUh our hoi"'' ^'■^Pon-'on. 
 
 far higher n ,ro;, J ^- ^"'herlove is 
 ihat of ihe' K,n '."^ "*"■'' '^"''er than 
 (lau^h-er V'?.- ?""^ woman for her 
 
 "e"h a d blood' n'f ^^'"-"'' ''«'• own 
 St. Anne sees hi us ih/n'^',"^^"'-' ''"^ 
 members of Jesus her r "^ '''""'^ »"" 
 Grandson, She arden iv^.'"^^°*^ ''^r 
 lis delivered f, cm , hi ^ '','''"'*'' '"see 
 Sers of this hfe^nH ''7''. '''"^ ^an- 
 
 Maryand Lrsd'f'"just"r,^" •'^^"^' 
 way an en.thly gra, dm^ h "'^^ ^^me 
 on some great fesifvii ,„'?'''' ^-^^'^es 
 
 ff'eruy°aboutheroaf*\o'h''''\«'- 
 :^«^';Sht of counting C gandrhwV'^'' 
 
 a.'id great-grandcliildren an . r ''''''^" 
 "ng intoevervthimTl^ a"d of enqui- 
 
 The s.oht of h "m 1^""^""^ "lem. 
 she seems to i ve a Al, f ' ^": ^"'"'^ J 
 "lem : their healif>."F'' °"e of 
 ^"ve her back tA S/^^PPi^-- 
 
so St. Anno thrills with joy every time 
 that anolli(3r elect enters Paradise and 
 swells that number of that blessed 
 throng of posterity who join with her 
 in singing Onr Lord's eternal praises. 
 ^he rejoices because their salvation 
 mcreases the glory of Jesus and Mary; 
 she rejoices too for her own sake : for 
 ?he enjoys a fresh paradise each time 
 that one of her spiritual offspring 
 enters heaven. 
 
 Practice.— From what we have said 
 it can be clearly perceived that one of 
 the best means of making ourselves 
 dear to St. Anne is that of being char- 
 itable to our brethren, who are all of 
 them her children. Let us then apply 
 ourselves to relieving their corporal 
 necessities, as much as lies in our 
 power; let us be zealous in furthering 
 their salvation, and to this end let us 
 give them a good example and good 
 advice. Do not let us pass a day with- 
 out praying for the conversion of sin- 
 ners and the deliveiancG of the souls in 
 Pureatory. 
 
 %,-'■' 
 
 ill 
 
■'ART THE SECOND—Oth 
 
 "•"AVER 
 
 Day. 
 
 '' ''""°'-"':' n^or Ua,in, a ,ooa 
 
 % 
 
MONTH OF ST. ANEE. 
 
 145 
 
 conversion of sinners. But, in order 
 th'it mv oravers may bo favorably re- 
 celve^b? O^nr Lord, do ihou obtain 
 the grace of conversion for me, the 
 most unworthy of all, so that I may 
 commence wilh all my strength to 
 serve and love that good Jesiis whom I 
 have so deeply otVended, and continue 
 to love Him to my life's end. 
 
 |acu/aao...-G?anl, Good St. Anne 
 that henceforth I may show myself 
 more worthy of thee, so that, one day, 
 I may be united to thee in heaven. 
 
 ¥•'* 
 
 if m 
 
 
 T.x/knpt.r^ 
 
 Novena. 
 
 (S- SAL i)Ts?..«:.x). 
 
 N Sunday October 9th there ar-:- 
 ? vedatSt.Annede Beaupre, irorn 
 ^^^ the States; Miss Mathilda Powell 
 oftnrnnia N.H. She was twenly-thrce 
 ye^Js of age and had been a cripple for 
 
 I'l 
 
 
 :%^ -L 
 
MONTH OF ST. ANNK. 
 
 147 
 
 Irorn thai inonieiit slio had fdl some- 
 whal slron^(M* ami couccixmmI I ho ^»rea- 
 Icsl ( oiilitleiice that six* would hocnred 
 l»y St. Aone. On eacli day ol Iho no- 
 vena she prayed long and IVrvorilly 
 Itcfore the sialue of the Saint. On Sun- 
 day, Oct. IGth, she received Holy Com- 
 innnion, venerated the relics and soon 
 perceived that her petition had heen 
 •granted. She had neillier pain nor in- 
 lirniity; the spinal colinnn had slrai;,^ht- 
 ened and returned to its normal state. 
 The paralysis of the left leg had disap- 
 peared, and although it had been shor- 
 tened by sullen ng, it was now of its 
 natural length. 
 
 The happy pilgrim had recovered 
 perfect use of her limbs, walked with 
 ease and without sullering, and related 
 her complete cure to her listeners, 
 attributing it entirely to St. Anne's 
 goodness and power. We have learned 
 another most interesting circurrstance 
 concerning Miss l^owell's cure. "Whilst, 
 siifl'erinfi' from what we have already 
 related, a most painful Lnmor had for- 
 
 *-^i 
 
 MMt'. . 
 
 i 
 
!(';f 
 
 jned under IJie left arm tT 
 
 had not developed inf^; ^' """<>'• 
 
 sP'-ead to the shou de -^i ^ -"""^ ''■'d 
 »'■ lli'^ arm. Dur .> , fr^ "fl'-' part 
 
 11 recurred loher mi. i .'".'"'J ^^''^" 
 ed its seat she f, """'''"■ P-^aii),,,. 
 
 'ely disajeanfd fe ' ."^ " ''^"' '^"'P'^ 
 
 fa.l5rft'poim"f '^^•^^^-^^'-.^"her 
 
 '■n Ihe month 01 ^."' "'"'■^ ''«^veH 
 
 another pUg La^e ^o'^T'^T'' "''--d-' 
 
 PeMectheairi, "'^" •^"Joyin? 
 
 a>ii:";vVo'l:^T;f-,r--^'' Ca,,,oHc.s 
 and )n Boston, ,teyJ:'',''''/"''^-«'''a 
 eleven months nndertl,? ''"' P'^'^'-''^ 
 njem, were as o fl e, .V 7'°'^ ^, "'^a'- 
 ^'e cure, for il pv i '"* ailmjra. 
 
 '« have teen i.S.lie^'''^'',"'"''''^^ 
 
 one, even Cathol •, v,.t ,''?'''>' every 
 
 cietit confiden..„ l^.'c.?^o '^^d "ot sufi/. 
 
 -— - -w .11. -vniie, had tried 
 
MONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 149 
 
 to dissuade her from the long and 
 fatiguing journey which she wished 
 10 iindcM'lake, for thoy Ihoughl liiat 
 she would meet with her death, rather 
 than her cure. Gre;U were the rejoi- 
 cings and deep was Ihe thauUfiihiess 
 wliich greeted the news of the event. 
 I.elters and telegrams arrived (hiiW a*. 
 P'^int Ijevis enquiring whether MioS 
 i^owiTs cure was real and com[ilete. 
 One .^»oston Protestant young lady 
 'vho, '. ke her, iiad an illness for which 
 i:.jdical treatment had done noihing, 
 wrote i-O her : « My dear fvirnd, is it 
 possible that you are really cured ! how 
 glad I am ! Do tell me who is this won- 
 derful doctor whoin y,,^ call Good St. 
 Anne. Could I too avail myself of his 
 skill ? )) 
 
 At Laconia, Miss Powe'Ts relalions 
 and frieruls had several lligli Masses 
 sung in honor of (Jood St. Ainie, to 
 thank her for having worked a cure 
 wliich in their eyes was as niiiaculous 
 as raisin«r the dead to life. 
 
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§ih 
 
 
 ***Jrll*jMt* »**•** 
 
 ^5^^'^J^^^!il***i^*:H*^H,.^ 
 
 LlfE OF ST. ANNE; 
 
 lake more iiciivp ....n^ '"' s''oul( 
 
 was to' L 'Cm a'"'' P'"- -^''^i""^ 
 '■"ivnrsal op o j „n l^?';''"^ 'o il.e 
 
 iSe or':,!'" '"'■-^-''''-! , ::,^'i^^^ 
 
 b<<<ce 01 all cieatiiips It ..,., . 7 . ' 
 reason, Dial UieJfov PI .Yf'*"' ^'''^ 
 
 to be il,e fall "r of !l . f""' "'^^"'d 
 '" "' ' 'at adrniial.lH Vi... 
 
 rill.. it . - s — - 1 1 - 
 
 g^-'S giviug ill 
 150 
 
 "i tiie pious A 
 
 iiJie, 
 
MONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 151 
 
 daughter of the same family, as a wife. 
 From their very childhood, He be- 
 stowed the most precious ftifts on ihem, 
 so that, progressing step hy step in vir- 
 tue, they might, by the time of their 
 marriage, be worthy of their sublime 
 calling of being the grandparents of 
 otir Redeemer. 
 
 They neither of hem possessed qua- 
 lities liiat would enable them to shine 
 in the world : they were not rich and 
 the nobility of their race had long been 
 forgotten. 13ut if overlooked by the 
 world they were endeared to God and 
 the holy Angels by )heir innocence, 
 their piety, their "submissiveness to 
 their parents, their universal charity, 
 their life of recollection. With what 
 purity of intention did they not prepare 
 for that union? As we see by the ox- 
 ample of Thobias and Sara his wife, 
 marriage was held in high esteem by 
 the just of those days ; it was not con- 
 tracted with a view to the increase of 
 wnrdlv coods- but in order to acconi- 
 
 
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■i»!^ i 
 
 4^ 
 
 !!!j;^^^l^;;£™^ day. 
 
 bi'rden oflif " ".^d ?nr,h" ''^^""^ «he 
 of the only race whth^^.?.""""^°ce 
 worshipped IfL'^tr^e &' "'^^ P«"od> 
 
 father wh^n^ ZcT.T. ^/ ^"" «'' 
 
 <hen, botJi' 4av ni '"4?!' ^^ *"essed 
 
 Abraham, and &„,i'? ^°'' of 
 i^'sGod of J cob be fvl °^ ^''*^' and 
 He join vou tnrrpfh *5'°"'andmav 
 
 P''oniislalIudPfl n K . .'^ blessing or 
 Abraham by u,eT;,,^;'"?^r" 8'^'^" ^o 
 "I" Ihee shall all1h«L-"r^ '^^is : 
 earth be b-o.^ed ' it, ^"l'^'"^ "^ ">e 
 ^'"8 shall be heinpH n f '" '^"•J"' bles- 
 «f iby 04,?;^ ^-^,^^"'«^nbyn,eans 
 
 ^nMaryranV:rorii:-J-l1oS? 
 
MONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 153 
 
 Iliin-olf. And lliiis the blood of Joa- 
 chiiii iiiul Anne, passing through the 
 most pnre heart and veins of Mary, 
 was to become the blood of Josus, that 
 blood which, by being shed on Cal- 
 vary, was to purify the earth and our 
 souls, reconcile us to God, open heaven 
 to us ; the blood transmited by Joa- 
 chim and Anne to Mary, was to form 
 that Divine Flesh which, until the end 
 of time, was to be mystically immo- 
 lated on everv altar in the world for 
 our salvation, and to serve as spiritual 
 nourishment to all God's children. 
 
 Practice. — Those young people, who 
 are called to the marriage state, will 
 here see what are the marriages which 
 God blesses! All the faithful will re- 
 cognise the gratitude they owe to 
 Mary's holy parents, and will take the 
 resolution of daily honoring them by 
 some short prayer. 
 
 
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134 
 
 PART THE SEC0ND.-1 0th DAY. 
 
 PBitVER 
 
 To implore devotion to St. Anne. 
 
 j^ENERADLE Joachim and ever bles- 
 
 i\Y/> f .^"?^' .""^" what a debt of 
 W graliiude is the whole Church 
 
 uy me i^oid, ye who were found wor- 
 thy, not by your riches, nor bv the 
 splendor of your birih, but b/ the 
 
 rederan ion^ ? '''' ^""^^ ^^"'^ of our 
 leuemption. How pure must ve h-ivo 
 
 been, how holv, how detTchli r.^ 
 
 all.earlhly .ffeciionTneti^] vZ 
 
 cTrd>Vrof'Ar''"'^.'''>' ' ^''''-'' ''•« 
 
 of the dav or h'",'- '' '^"' ^ forerunner 
 "1 uie aay of deliverance, the s''>ml 
 
 for innumerable benefiis, since it" w^s 
 of n? n' ""^ ''^^ '"IS'''-*'^?. " a'"l « Cause 
 
 of our inv 
 
 
 , it is 01 yuii above ali 
 
AIONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 155 
 
 that it may be said that you are dear 
 lo God and to men, and that your 
 memory is blessed I 1 resolve to honor 
 you all the days of my life and to lead 
 all others to honor you. O ye, who are 
 so all-powerful with Jesus and Mary, 
 obtain from them the grace that I may 
 imitate your purity of heart, your 
 mortification, your recollectedness, and 
 that like you, 1 may perform all my 
 actions for the greater glory of God, 
 for my own salvation and for that of 
 my nojfrhbour. 
 
 Ejaculation — St. Joachim and St. 
 Anne, obtain for me a perfect purity 
 of intention. 
 
 Pilgrimage. 
 
 (Ki-ILKPSY). 
 
 V 
 
 ADAME Genevieve Mailloux, a 
 resident of Ile-aux-Goudres, had 
 been, for several years, subjeci 
 

 '50' ''Af-rTHESECOND—IOTHDAV. 
 
 to rro.jiioiU attacks of eoilpns^ r~~r 
 
 ,l'me these attacks bronS^'v!^"? 
 
 •iiid painful .-nMi,-,,' • " " ^"''cnt 
 
 t.-emities, which h4' ;; • ,,^7^ ''- 
 •-"^vay by degrees. Th s iofl -mf,' /''' 
 woise from var- in Ji. '"'"mity grew 
 
 bad steadily ia'ted ^oH™''"^"'- ^' 
 
 hpiT.- . r r ^'°"^ entreaties werp 
 iK'anl ; for she went home cnmnilTfr 
 cured and never Hflerthl^^u ^^^^^^^ 
 
 Xle-aux-Goudres. -^"^^ ^^ ^'- Louis, 
 
 ^''^W^^w^'v^..^™,-^:,..^,.,,,,,,^^ 
 
 :^i 
 
*iLii^f^^^^r*>^**^ ^****'^**********'i 9****^'>'^* 
 
 ©ktJcnth Pai^, 
 
 -."••ii 
 
 [life or ST. ANNe. 
 
 Honsi^fva'ii'n, 
 
 r/ic lime of trial. 
 
 ^^OR the just of the Old Testament 
 '" there could not be a greater trial 
 ,.,.,^ than that of having no posterity. 
 St. Joachim and St. Anne had to bear 
 iris trial for nriany long years. 
 
 Why did the Lord decree that the 
 parents of the glorious Virgin should 
 undergo this trial? For many reasons 
 which all redound to the glory of their 
 blessed Daughter as well as to their 
 own. Firstly. It was filling that the 
 birth of such a child as Mary should 
 have a miraculous character, as had 
 that of Isaac, Jacob, Samuel and John 
 157 
 
 t . u 
 
 **t.;.i 
 
e-i-e soodno's rather Can'j^^'^' '^^ 
 ;!'""%. HowpvTi- hni, ' ?" '"^ nature. 
 An>ie were at the t me Jth •'"''"'" «d<1 
 'hey were not vet ,?,ffi^"^?'' carriage 
 socli a Daughter as m''^"!'^^.^'' 'o&ive 
 By mul(ipij^n:f^ff^.fe to the world. 
 
 through so^m^,; Jo ,„\f ' i'^' •''■ "'"'«' 
 to obtain this gi^ce f?rm P 'V." '"'^e'- 
 ness, they made lanii n ^°<^ ^ good- 
 fection and in the Iovp'^'pT"!' '" ?«•- 
 length arrived at, hi /'^^°'^> «"<! at 
 
 andhoh-nessiiUSyfel'^r'^y 
 Fourthly. C V £n^,.n n . . • -' ^^Ost. 
 
 blessing' Ito iKeE ' '"^ "^'^ ^^ild of 
 ^vorks, Vod niad^'^th^;^y«rs and good 
 
 worth of the emTpT, ""iPP^^^'-ale the 
 them and, a! fh*e sam^; ' ^'^^'?'ving on 
 whole of he hnmlTJ"^"' P'^'^^d the 
 febt of gratitude™ o;ards"lhf ' ^l'^ 
 
 our%S:r;htrT,^f"^^ 
 -ith admiXn ^i^"fhe"°i:i..!;'; ^? «"-' 
 
 aiiij 
 
MONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 159 
 
 had cost them no effort. Fifthly, We 
 mav add that God hereby gives us a 
 high idea of the power of prayer. If 
 prayer could obtain the birth of Mary, 
 what can be impossible for it to obtain ? 
 If, says Jesus Christ, you have faith as 
 a grain of mustard seed, nothing shall 
 be impossible to you. Let us here ad- 
 mire how beautiful are the ways of 
 divine wisdom. iSaint Paul assures us 
 that « to them tfiat love God, all things 
 work together for good. » How comple- 
 tely is this saying verified in the 
 Blessed Virgin's holy parents ! Devout 
 souls, ye too must believe that it will 
 be so in your own case, if you but 
 truly love the Heavenly Father. If 
 trials overtake you, bear them patiently 
 and believe that He has only your spi- 
 ritual advantage in view ; pray to Him 
 with humility, confidence and perse- 
 verance ; to prayer add penance, alms- 
 giving and other good works ; and 
 then, one day, together with Joachim 
 and Anne, ye will rejoice over the re* 
 membrance of vour days of trial. . 
 
 5i 
 
 'm 
 
crosses overtake^ yj,'' ';"«"• When 
 'Jeliver you f/oin ilJL k ^'- ^""e to 
 yo" patience loXa;.X„i:'"'^°'°S've 
 
 ^0 ^''^'p/or^ M^ grace or h.i i 
 
 ^ '''' ''f holy resignation. 
 
 ^^onrous Pafrnn o; 
 holyVVillofOu'y^f 'tis 'he 
 
 Hsiaw. Born in s.mnH i '"^'"" to 
 self many •• ,,„o ' ? " '^^a iiav nrr m„ I 
 
 f"d it is belli .for 1 i' '"'^' '^"ner; 
 than, after death, Yor^f ; ° •^'A''^'' here I 
 of divine iusljr-e l,\fl "' ''e J-ands I 
 
 penance. St. Pa,,I Ltl .u^ '"^'a,,. o- I 
 
 ^"'^••: the A.njfdom o? /-''!,' ^^'^ must I 
 
 muth tribulaiiSn w/ ^""^ through I 
 
 "«'havetoS-Lv^.'/r^°"!dIthen ■ 
 
 - '-eTo' pr.y"iLtlJ' 
 
 
 :<«.WiW* 
 
 ^^^^ 
 
ArONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 I6I; 
 
 1 
 
 was trodden by all the just, even by] 
 Jesus, the Chief of the iu?t, and byj 
 Mary His Mother, the Mothe of all the! 
 elect? From this moment then 1 accept 
 whatever trials it may please God to 
 seinl me now and henceforward ; I 
 unite them to the sufieriugs of Jesus ; 
 I place myself in those hand:^ which 
 were wounded for love of me. Do thou^ 
 ^jod and beloved St. Anne, together 
 with thy saintly spouse, obtain for me 
 courage, resignation, perseverance in 
 prayers and good works, the strength 
 to stand beneath the salutary burden 
 of the Gross. I ask these graces of 
 Jesus and Mary by your merits ; by 
 your prayers I hope to obtain them. 
 
 Ejaculation. —Ql Joachim and St. 
 Anne, pray f ( " me, so that by patience 
 nnder suffering, I may become *vorthy 
 of the promises of Jesus Christ, 
 
I^AHTTHK SECOND.-^! I 
 
 ^H DAY. 
 
 K\AMP,.E. 
 
 age. 
 
 Pilgrim 
 
 (THB BLIND SKB.) 
 
 of weakness. Shep,, "^^'""'^ s'ai 
 nevably lost .? ,/ " ™'''l 'o he hZ 
 
 the young mother oftp'",'",?"'' was 
 without any mean^\^? *""''''•«" and 
 the scanty \~ltl '"PP^" excent 
 ordinary Uk"„L^"^^,fr^';»sband.t 
 
 If h- .ol,,re'£«;'JXr'''':''-^"°" 
 
 -'-"a"^pi,4Lrrit~sS°t2 
 
 with rer/or° Threat "'J ^ff'^" '« prav 
 ^^;o"8h,,-,,o change '^Th':' ^^'^^''^^l 
 won,an =o„tin„e| h.,' . P°°" ■l>'i"(I 
 
MONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 163 
 
 and one day, behold ! her eyes siid3 
 deiily opened a^^ain to the light. This 
 fact is of public notoriety and attesle(| 
 in writing by the cur6 of the parish. i 
 
 — - ■ ' ■■ • ' ■■'■' — — — — ■ " ■ .. ' . »» I » > 
 
 I 
 
 . .>, i LIFE OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 The Immaculate conception of 3!dry. 
 
 'Y(3C)^HEN the time had arrived for God 
 4)vj(^ to accomplish the mercifnl de- 
 signs of His holy Providence, the Queen 
 of the universe, the Mother of the 
 Desired of nations was conceived. As 
 a daughter of Adam, she should have 
 to sufi'er the sad consequences of ori- 
 ginal sin and to be marked with the 
 
 ol-. ->--.- '^r..! ^i^:.^ ^e £-i ^ ji . j*__i t-».-«. 
 
 Siiaiiiuiui Bian; ui tjuu 6 uibpieuburfc;. Diifc 
 
 such stain was greatly repugnant to 
 
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1(54. 
 
 PART THE SECOND.— .12th 
 
 DAY. 
 
 eldest Da«'h"er^.l7h!'^>f;'o he His 
 Son, who vv ,s M k ''S''"^** of the 
 from her and al ^ Jt''^ ^""'^" Aesh 
 as His Mother • tn ?hl '""^^ °" ^e." 
 Holy Ghost Who havirtr^^^i'^^ 
 from amons all creit7,rp% ,''T" ''^'' 
 eminently Hi« tjn^f ^^ '** ^e pre- 
 
 «3lf to eniw hSTn'a'.Sr'^ '' '" "''»- 
 of Him. TheJeJbre any Wrth^lr """^^ 
 
 anlS'er'^^odB^'^-S 
 
 wLrftlofv ,„'' LP"^''«Sed creature • 
 their prSt L,V r .•"'"'"hnted by 
 vvork<i (A .1,^ "^ desires, their good 
 
 worthy' "the" ho[r"°" °/ ^ '^^2 
 High ! What % «?i T' "^ ">« Most 
 
 thus conirted w itT h"Th", ''^'^^ 
 Persons of the adorab leS u" , w\'"? 
 a sacred Hrrhf h^/tl ^^*""y I What 
 
 gratitude of ii^ the 
 
 What admiration Tn^*" ^"'"^" ^^ce ! 
 
 ***<»S>l««»a8we«a«i«ii«», 
 
MONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 165 
 
 not the holy Angels for St. Anne! 
 How terrible has she not become to the 
 power of hell ! What graces, what 
 heavenly favors must have descended 
 on the holy Anne during the nine 
 months when, not merely in her house 
 but within her womb, dwelt the true 
 Ark, the living Ark, Mary, the eldest 
 Daughter of the Father, the affianced 
 Spouse of the Holy Ghost, the Mother 
 of the Eternal Word 1 '^ According to 
 the opinion of the Saints, Mary was 
 not, during this period, like other child- 
 ren, without the use of reason. In 
 order that she might love God from 
 the very lirst moment of her existence, 
 the Lord had endowed her with the 
 use of all her faculties, so that, having 
 a sublime knowledge of the divine 
 .^•oodness, she might at once commence 
 to love Him more than all the Angels 
 and Saints together. And how could 
 God do otherwise than cast down loving 
 looks not only on Mary, but also on 
 her happy Mother, the dear St. Anne, 
 
 
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m 
 
 1C6 
 
 PAnTTHESL-,.mo.-I2.,„„^,. 
 
 inph^f^i '"•"'"'"»' whPiice ro<!P t„ u 
 ef haled acts of ht JT'^r ^^"""^^ 
 
 fore the golden ?,?''• '^^«''"8 be- 
 
 her presence and «^ Js'i,!" ''«'•. by 
 '"^ying the holy nren Z,^^°"?; sanc- 
 '■■• his niolher'/Xmb'^°[.^hile siiu 
 
 spirit of propheev a„^'' ^'"h the 
 the fortunate child hp ?P?««i"g on 
 predestination, V r^initv ^1^ '""^ "^ 
 dom Can it be don'hVBH^.K"'^ martyr- 
 
 drew down choicest hi«'"' "'^^ *^« 
 happy Mothe who £d h"="' ?" »>« 
 worthy to give her bfHl, r,",rJ"'^8ed 
 
 alreadysaicJ that Aarvshn ^'^ ^^^^ 
 joyed the use of imPi^p,., 'j','""' en- 
 ^••om the first n,o, en of "f '"""'"es 
 i^'oni that first insc, , I "* creation, 
 all the myst^rL's^o t;^ i„fj, """ !i'^"'°d 
 
 an3siy:4Si:^/^>-S;^^^^^^^^ 
 
 ^"« - onir;^''l>,--onced p^^^^^ 
 
 ? f 
 
 u 
 
 mmmmiimmiim--.- 
 
 -^;i,t>^^^4i^i^^ 
 
 rA$^^»ij 
 
MONTH OF ST ANNE. 
 
 167 
 
 mankind. But who can have been 
 dearer lo her than her father and 
 mother? To whom did she owe more ? 
 For whom then can she have prayed 
 more, or more fervently ? Happy Joa- 
 chim, happy Anne, to have been parents 
 of j*iich a Daughter, still happier to 
 have been, after God, the dearest object 
 of her affections and the first to profit 
 by her intercession ? % 
 
 ' Practice. — H-ave recourse to St. Joa- 
 chim and St. Anne in order to obtain a 
 sincere and constant devotion to Mary. 
 
 To implore the proie^ion ofMamj through 
 St. Joacfiim and St. Anne. 
 
 (j^APPY they who are under the pro- 
 wm teclioa "of Mary and who have 
 Ci*,-^ a share in her prayw^s! A Saint 
 ha» said : « He for whom Mary prays 
 ca»i never perish eternally.» O glorious 
 navents of the Queen of Mercy, she 
 will never refuse to pray for those re- 
 
 I; 
 
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^ml" 
 
 
 lilt ^^ 
 
 -"cfit^i?? ',t^,r"' in^ti" 
 
 e-er Wessed Da^hL^" ^r'"' of Jour 
 of Jesus. ^''Shler and to the gCv 
 
 , Ejaculation r , ' 
 
 ^or me vvitrii^..«°o1 St. Anne, p,ea„ 
 
 ^iigrimagc, 
 Cca\cer.) 
 
 ^ t'le 26th nP A 
 the-. '^V'^'^oX^^^^^^^^^ 
 
MONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 169 
 
 owchsafe 
 ^er and 
 
 ^o^g her 
 ' shall I 
 p. If you 
 ^ me her 
 'eel con- 
 cession, 
 of your 
 ^e glory 
 
 y plead 
 
 , AJa- 
 
 sent 
 
 i>n to 
 
 felt 
 
 while made rapid progress. Accord- 
 ing to the opinion of the doctor no cure 
 could be expected without an operation. 
 This I underwent in Montreal, but to 
 no avail, for a second operation was 
 soon deemed to be necessary. As I 
 was too weak to bear it and was great- 
 ly discouraged on remembering my 
 first sufferings, it was postponed for 
 several months.*' I placed the matter 
 in the hands of Good St. Anne and in 
 September I started on a pilgrimage to 
 her beloved Shrine at Beaupre. After 
 this I felt for a time somewhat better, 
 but toward the end of the month the 
 pain returned with increased violence. 
 The doctor then declared that, short of 
 a miracle, nothing could master my 
 disease. I began another novena to 
 Si. Anne, but my sufferings only re- 
 doubled ; so much so that I had to 
 receive the last Sacraments and my 
 death was expected every momeni. 
 But Oil the I7lh of the followins: Janua- 
 ry (1879), towards morning, i fell into 
 a neaceful sleeT^. After a few hours 
 
 fj-- 
 
 S»IM».^v 
 
 .1^^. 
 
ine doctor of tho^o • "■ ^^^ cure anri 
 sjgnatnres . rT^p""' "'^'' "ver ,he"f 
 
 ^boveisafactJtn'rall.r""""''^ 
 
 I.. 
 
 trPB OP ST. ANNE. 
 
 *sS«nsi>(fa( 
 
 iiin, 
 
 j:,f^ on one occasio?°'K''' ^^'d Our 
 often would her fot 'V' ^"'' ^'as, how 
 'f.she could fo^TeCh'^' '° ^o^^o^ 
 y^l^ich this beloved hw^ ""^'''sh of 
 '"« <=ause. On the day 'i.^°"'d he 
 
 y °^ Mary's bir(-h 
 
MONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 171 
 
 there was, neither for her nor for her 
 holy Mother, any reason to weep but 
 every reason to rejoice. The day on 
 which St. Anne brought forth her holy 
 Child was the first beautiful one that 
 had risen on our earth since the fall of 
 Adam, and with the exception of that 
 of our Saviour's birth, the most beau- 
 tiful one that ever dawned. It was the 
 signal for immense rejoicing, not only 
 for Joachim and Anne, but also for all 
 the human race, and even for the 
 Angels;' It was a source of infinite 
 glory to the auguste Trinity, and the 
 spirits of darkness alone deplored it. 
 
 It was the custom among the Jews 
 that on the occasion of the birth of 
 a child, the parents, neighbors and 
 friends came to visit the mother and to 
 congratulate her on God having bles- 
 sed her and, as they said, visited her 
 with His goodness. The relations and 
 friends of Joachim and Anne, on the 
 great day of Mary's birth, did likewise ; 
 and they hastened the more to do so as 
 the age of the two holy spouses, as 
 G "^ 
 
 I 
 
.-fC" — 
 
 ^- ^^^^^ THE SEC0ND.-.1 3th 
 
 DAY. 
 
 '^.''' •-'^^''■'''"la ions' on 'If' '° o'T'-''' 
 of Mary's birth thp L?, '^f occasion 
 «"d A„ne was 'v siteS hf ''^ ''«^'=him 
 cohort of ill visiblTh.- ^'^ ""merous 
 T'^e iegioZ or J^IT ^''"''' "'«^- 
 he splendor which fhin "f ^^^'^"^ "v 
 fhe ovely soul of fc '^"'•''i from 
 *nd by ihe divine odl l^T^ Child 
 ,'r"'» which she was ^iii"! "^<? S'-^ces 
 'huigs are as op^n .n rK ^P'^^ual 
 Angt'ls as corpoZi ,(/;„ ""^ S^^^e of 
 and even as ih» V V"""»a''e toonrs • 
 attracted by ' heZf ' S^ "aiknefs Jr.: 
 "ate, as it were, fiS^' t^^^^.-" '^at ema-' 
 
 of hatred, odjlnlZt "''P'''^''' 
 'he Angels of Hehf .',TP";'"y' ^o ar, 
 
 sweet perfume of he violef^t^ by the 
 the lily of chastiiv ihrrf "^humilitv 
 
 *-. •>^tD0ll 
 
MONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 173 
 
 nad been preserved from original sin 
 and its consequences, they foresaw her 
 noble desliny. 
 
 Did these holy spirits make them- 
 selves visibly manifest to Mary's pa- 
 rents ? I cannot say ; yet I cannot 
 doubt but that these latter experienced 
 the happy effects of so holy a compa- 
 nionship. Every pious soul has remar- 
 ked that while in the presence of the 
 Blessed Sacrament a certain indefin- 
 able well-being is experienced, a peace, 
 a sweet joy, a something indescribable 
 which is never felt elsewhere. In the 
 world, in the domestic circle a more 
 keenly perceptible joy may sometimes 
 be experienced, bu t this joy only affects 
 the soul superficially, whilst the joy 
 ielt at the foot of the altar penetrates 
 the whole being. 
 
 But this was not all : the house ot 
 Anne was visited by far nobler beings 
 than the Angels, Archangels, Cheru- 
 bim and Seraphim. The Father, Son 
 and Holy Ghost took up their abode m 
 this heart and dwelt there to bestow 
 
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f'fl 
 
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 a ■ . 
 
 174 
 
 pan.;;" ttT''-'-hiIstpre. 
 
 His we l-belov,.,l w„ " molhei- of 
 that tl,e au.'usrr-^i'^ '".'y,^^«" '''^"eve 
 besto,v,„g g aces '' r'' ""'' '^'^''8^' *■■ 
 spouses wl.o bv n«i " '^^^ holy 
 goods works h Jim ^"; P''aj'e.s aud 
 
 found so perfect n n.. ,"'" ^'^'^ f'ather 
 Ghost so accSpHs&i't' "^^ ^"'y 
 whom the Son alrolri v i ^';°"s«. and 
 His Moiher. '"'^^'^ady looked on as 
 
 .^''act ice. —Follow di ai i 
 ^'ce and invoke \!'^'P''°"s"s' ad- 
 8t. Joachim a,?dS. A '"'^.''cession of 
 obtain a te^^der anA """ *" "''der to 
 Mary. "^^ ^"'^- constant love for 
 
 ■' ;: 
 
i 
 
 • :i' 
 
 ^ DAY. 
 
 W Chiiu 
 Aiid more 
 
 lilst pre- 
 itted for 
 5ty that 
 1 vvithin 
 St boun- 
 3tlier of 
 ! believe 
 iiglit in 
 holy 
 
 Ppiness 
 Father 
 e Holy 
 '«, and 
 on as 
 
 us' ad- 
 on of 
 ier to 
 ve for 
 
 MONTH 
 
 o i 
 
 ANNE. 
 
 175 
 
 PRAICR 
 
 To implore from Si. A ae itie proLeclUm 
 
 of Mary. 
 
 ■E whc ' \s Mary has all. For 
 whe' lary is there will .It^sus 
 C^^ hast( , accompanied by the hea- 
 venly Father, the author of every good 
 and perfect gift, and the Holy Ghost, 
 Who is the giver of grace. As lor the 
 Angels of light, they vvalch over those 
 whom their Queen loves. How happy 
 should 1 be, then, if 1 could drawdown 
 on myself the loving regards of that 
 Mother of Mercy I My powerful pro- 
 tectors, Joachim and Anne, this is my 
 most ardent wish and ye can oblaui it 
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 your beloved Daughter ; tell Mary that 
 I would rather be the least of her ser- 
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 beg of her i i to reject me because ot 
 mv unwortLiness. Thus ye will have 
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 Day. 
 
 uTi'J ^^^h^ f^^her and mother of 
 to ns ? ^^ "^ salvation has come 
 
 Ejaculation. ^ Ciorious parents of 
 
 te.'^i^'T" "^/ '^' ^'^'^ ^f Moving 
 her tenderly and constantly. ^ 
 
 EVAWPLE. 
 
 Medal Of St. Anne, 
 
 (blikdxess). 
 
 BOL'T the end of Au-ust, 1881 
 C^eorge Merciire, a boy of nine 
 _ years, was afflicted with an in- 
 flammation of the right eye, whirh 
 
 rapidly increased and utterly destroyed 
 Ills sight. A very skilful physician ^n 
 examining the patient, found, as' he 
 afte .vards testified in writing, that it 
 was a perforation of the cornea. He 
 considered the case to be incurable^ 
 at least as to the recovery of sight' 
 
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 MONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
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 recourse lo Good Si. Anne. They gave 
 Ihe child a blessed medal thai had 
 Suched the holy relics, and he re^ 
 nupnlly applied il lo his eye. The use 
 Srremedies was abandoned and the 
 fan Uy began a novena. Before a was 
 over the innamtnalion had sensibly 
 Snished and the eye which till then 
 had been constantly closed, opened 
 Utile by little and began to distinguish 
 ,ariouJobject=f, The cure was visibly 
 Idvancing and on the 17th ot April, 
 1882 thi doctor, who some months 
 before had declared the case incur- 
 ablerteslifled over his signature ha 
 the child saw as well with the eye Iha 
 Keen affected as with the one that 
 had remained healthy. 
 
 
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 LIFE OF ST. ANNS, 
 i^- ^'!«. ft«,y. ;,fc,y., ^^^^,^_ 
 
 prayer I Hovv man, '.'h?! "'T^'^ 
 owed their grea ^nJ /''''''''^en have 
 
 tion, their h®oliness,h '•'"!'/"' ^"-a- 
 Piness, their p"ed'tn^r '''"'^ '"?' 
 prayers of a soorl m^ h^"°"' '» 'he 
 by that moiCl'Z'e":^'^'^ "P 
 presented to God < Wh^l ^""^ ^'^^ 
 dant glory and joy foV.^h ' '"Pf^bun- 
 St. Aii!?ustin qt /h '"^ mothers of 
 gory Naz i^„'- l-hrysostom, St. Gre- 
 
 cisXavier.StAbyshr'""^^'-^^^"- 
 
 Francis of Sales, St A nV ^^'f ^' ^'^ 
 
 motliers of an inn^,';, ^ " -'"^-for the 
 
 ,7 °M" infinite uumisr of goo,l 
 
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MONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 179 
 
 priests, religious and other Elect, to be 
 abletosav eternally: « This Saint who 
 has contnhnted so mnch to the divine 
 nlory, and who is now shining in the 
 front ranks of the jnst, is my child, 
 and after God it is to me that he owes 
 this happiness.), This retlection is from 
 
 St. Teresa. ' , -n 
 
 Had St Anne anything to do with 
 the perfection, the holiness, the eternal 
 glory of her Blessed Danghter? We 
 cannot doubt it. She had obtained her 
 from God, through continual prayer 
 joined to rigorous fasts and abundant 
 almsgiving, and no sooner did she re- 
 ceive this Child whom stie had so 
 ardently desired, than she devoted her 
 life to her alone, so as to assure her 
 the greatest possible nmount of happi- 
 ness. And as in her eyes, holiness and 
 happiness v/ere one and the same thing, 
 Anne, in order to assure that happiness 
 to her Daughter, now offered to God 
 the same prayers, fasts and good works 
 which formerly she had oITered with a 
 view to obtain g her. * 
 
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 ''ART THE SECOND ]/, 
 
 TH DaV. 
 
 till! wjisnot Marv fnii „i- 
 Iho very first momp^n.^f,'^^''^'^'' ^"'"^ 
 
 'he sense that sL "^'^ '^'^'i it in 
 
 grace „ece.' at fc Tchiff h ""• '"« 
 'o l^e the MotiL of Pn h^ .''^'""^d 
 
 until the (lav of [h/4,i r '' y- '^^«'"' 
 the ilav of iL hil. ^" >"",'^iat;on and 
 
 her holy Mothpr'c\: ^*^ '^°'' her by 
 her to ob.1, , P'k,^^'""' 'hus aiding 
 Tim pnner of ;? „^"^''"'« Pe'Tection ? 
 
 ''^--IwelLreo herctldi''''''*^^P'"- 
 able 10 Him WhA h ^ ^^'^'' "gi^ee- 
 
 cailllimourStherV^ ordered i?s to 
 
 '-S;:j^S:i^^n.S by the 
 
 monnted to the t rnn!.;Ai".'"P''^y«''s 
 
 in language like .h.?',^°'^' 'touched 
 oU'ioe JiKe (he folJowing ; My 
 
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MONTH OF ST, ANNE. 
 
 18t 
 
 God who didst vouchsafe to send me 
 this child when all hopes were at an 
 end Thou knowest how dear she is to 
 me. Dear Lord ! grant me the crowning 
 Grace of keeping her as pure as she 
 ^ow is ; take her from me now rather 
 than let her ever be detiled b- sin. 
 Thou, Author of every perfect giiT 
 bestow on her Thy choicest favors: 1 
 ask for her neither riches, nor a noble 
 alliance, nor earthly prosperity, tor 
 perchance she might be led away by 
 the allurements of the v^orld. But gram 
 her the fear of Thee, inviolable punly, 
 love of the poor and a spirit of piety. 
 
 These prayers emanating Irom so 
 pure and humble a heart, ascended 
 straight to heaven, whence they retur- 
 ned like a celestial dew falling on 
 MarVs head and making her increase 
 in holiness day by day. What glory 
 was it not for the blessed Anne thus to 
 have contributed to Mary's sancuhca- 
 iion, that is to say, to ihe complet-.on 
 of the most beautiful piece ol creauou 
 iDai ever bpiauo liOni •-"-?- 
 
 
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 182 PAHT THE SECOND. -.14th DAY. 
 
 S veil a p.ous mother, look on her a. 
 
 LORronsand holy Queen, admired 
 
 ■"" heaven, honored by he sants 
 
 I'^alher lovetir.?' "" '^'"'- ^od the 
 
 God loveth theeSrvin.'g ve'n'Him 
 ilm Mother from whom lie'' was born 
 
 rh. .^r"* ^f^'""'- «<■ men ; he ilo v 
 Ohost loveth thee for havin" ./vpn 
 .m so vvorthy and perfect a gpo^ul^ 
 "^^, «"Sels and elect honor thee Is 
 molher of their Sovereign ; theinst 
 the pen.ient and sinners chUm hie as 
 
MONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 183 
 
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 their powerful advocate with God, for, 
 hv thv intercession the just hope for 
 nn increase of grace, the penitent for 
 1 ustiflcation and sinners for forgiveness 
 'of their sins. Be thou then compas- 
 liLandmerciful, and whilst here 
 
 bdow, we are invoking thee, do hou 
 be pleading for us in heaven. Do thou 
 exert the Ireat influence in our favor 
 and let not those who place Iheir trust 
 in thee be lost. Show thyself to be 
 always the refuge of sinners, ihe resort 
 of the guilty, the consolation of the 
 atnicted and the assured help of thy 
 faithful clients. Do thou de.end our 
 cause now and at the hour of our death ; 
 we beg this through the love thou bea- 
 rest for my Jesus and for His Mother 
 thv Daughter, so that, aided by thy 
 prayers, we may one day arrive at 
 
 eternal life. ^ ^ . ^.^^^ 
 
 Ejaculation.---Gve?i\. St. Anrie,in these 
 sad and trying lim^s, be thou more 
 than ever the consolation and support 
 of mothers and the protectress of their 
 children. 
 
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 I'ART THE SECOND.— 14 
 
 TH DAY. « 
 
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 Ui 
 
 J^ilgrimage. 
 (TBR Lame Walk). 
 
 e^'eiy care ihp i |L„ ' '" ''P"e of 
 'he Nth of ihe n^ff '"'•''*^s«d- Oa 
 
 •'' doctor, called for l"'','"''"'^' and 
 dared iri'a'reem/m '^.°:'*""a'ion, de- 
 plivsiciHn'th'^'h"' ''■'"' '^'^ l^''0'her- 
 
 ThoLnh^'o ,he i%n'.r" '^'^^^^««- 
 weakened that .Ha .,. f "erer were so 
 
 "orrenK.-nea,d.'°L'''',";!"^<^'-^tand 
 
 Pufflnent stren^t,,, ', r,*^ '^^d not even 
 
 fiotrin bpd The doctor'""' ''''' P««''^ 
 
MONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 185 
 
 become able to v/alk, except perhaps by 
 dragging herself along like an infant. 
 Soon after, the family learned that 
 the Oblate Fathers of Montreal were 
 organizing a pilgrimage of men to St. 
 \iine de Beanpre, which was to start 
 on the 25! h of June. Mr. Tremblay 
 obtained permission to^ take part in it 
 with his httle invalid. * The child was 
 so confident that she would be cured 
 that she said to the prolestant doctor 
 who was taking care of her : « Good 
 St. Anne will make me walk well. » To 
 which the doctor replied: "If you 
 walk on your return, I will admit that 
 it is a miracle. » Throughout the jour- 
 ney the child manifested the same 
 confidence. When the pilgrims arri- 
 ved at St. Anne, the father took the sick 
 child in his arms and carried her to 
 the church and up to the communion- 
 rail. The good child was praying with 
 her whole soul. To the great surprise 
 of those present, she was able to kneel 
 in order to receive Holy Communion, 
 and immediatly afterwards she ro^e 
 
 
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 I'AHT THE S1;cO.\D.~I4th DAf. 
 
 and 1.,'snn to walk: Sho was rurn,i- 
 
 Iliu seven liiiiMlred pil.M-imVwf?^ " 
 
 "ess.'d ihe niarvol I TrVt , ? ° '^"- 
 
 Whe„ Mass l..re„Slh7,,'„*^,^-- 
 
 her a"e — bern.» f,V 'I'^e one of 
 grimsrVteS^'^eUn^^'wIlff ''''■ 
 
 yo.. which you shoutd'n'e 4, 'iret" 
 —We have taken these derailed" 
 the report sii^ned bv Rpv p u ''?'" 
 febre, superior of IJ e Ohia L' p'^k^'- 
 of Montre'al, and director?f he ^^^^ 
 age of June 2Sth, who wp- ^ ^ ™' 
 ness to the fact related. '-''•^'"- 
 
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 4ri{tccnth SPttw, 
 
 LIFE OF ST. ANNE« 
 
 Jldrsibcration, 
 
 First lessons given by SL Anne to Mary, 
 
 >j2^ouNDiNG our stalemenl on the au- 
 {)'|Hr ihonty of the Doclors of the 
 .M- Church, and specially of St. Al- 
 phonsus, we have already said that the 
 Blessed Virgin Mary, from the very 
 first instant of her life, was endowed 
 with the full and entire use of her rea- 
 son. For we cannot doubt that the 
 
 Queen of Angels enjoy^^ ^^^ ^^^'^^ P^^' 
 vile'^'O as was granted to St. John the 
 BapUst, three months before his birth, 
 by means of xMary. St, Anne early 
 perceived the miraculous spiritual 
 precocity of her beloved Daughter 
 nnri ha«t.pned to imnart to her the ftrit 
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 _ ^^^CCOND.— loTH DAY. 
 
 Pnnciples o( religion v^Ja ^ ~ " 
 told her of thec'pi nn r^V'^^ ^^e 
 
 and [he mi^^forti pp. ?. h u ^ P^^^^^s 
 therpfrom .hpr ^ '''^^^^ resulted 
 
 of the Patriarch, .n^i ^^^ ^^^tory 
 
 veS^S^f^/^J^^rea^v been re- 
 
 ^^i^ost, but neve thoif ^L'^' ^^^>^ 
 f ieiitly and aiien v^ vto IM m'^'J''^ 
 lessons impnntinr^ VhV ^^^^^^^other's 
 
 heart. Anne t/inr^ht h ,■ P"™ '" i^er 
 also what he t 'if t'"'' ^'"S'^'^'- 
 how to prav anT ,h ^V ^° ^^'e'l : 
 who kn^v^f'L^r-l .l^lessed Child 
 
 Mother, never hP'pi " " ."^^n her 
 
 assiduity, dav and '^•.7;'"^"^'^'^ '^er 
 the God of Ahrlh. ^'"' beseeching 
 
 com.„g of t Sa 0. ™a nd thf '^? '^^ 
 tion of the human rarp Ai '" redemp. 
 ing from her Ch^r .h^ '° ''" '^^--n- 
 to the opinion of ,h "^^'' according 
 Law, and he l.H',"-.:^<"='0'-s of th? 
 '--e 'c.cidiions made to 
 
VrinOU: 
 
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 (Ira win 
 
 holv soul5, the day of mercy 
 near, wlien a descendant 
 of David vvc<s to beconie itie Mother of 
 Clinsl, she praved lo be spared long 
 onou"h 10 behold ihis admirable 
 woman, to kiss her feel and mmister 
 10 her. These humble and fervent 
 prayers offered by ihe Daughter and 
 the Mother were most agreeable to God 
 and most efficacious, for who can tail 
 how many favors ihey were the means 
 of obtaining for the human race ? 
 
 Praclice.—U you have been entrusted 
 with the sacred -"uty of education let 
 SL Anne be your uiodel. Let those who 
 are under instruction imitate the 
 saintly eagerness of Mary, and all of 
 us we must faithfully listen to the 
 voice of our conscience. 
 
''^J^TTHK5EC0Nn.-~I3Tn 
 
 Day. 
 
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 ■lo recommend to S,. Anne ell cnrUUan 
 
 moincrs. 
 
 bO mat they may wort^Mlv fnif/j fi ' 
 duties of their stifPnr I i^^^ . "^ ^^^^ 
 
 <Ji Jesus Lhnst, o-lV nrr »n r ^^ o*"^/ 
 
 elprt q^ Mn K ' "V^'"o ^0 bod as inanv 
 in9, so that the ,n^ • cMh :''"'^"'- 
 
 praise Hi,n to aU ete „ v •' f ''"^^i '« 
 Wisdom whereby iC ^n , '^=!" "^ 
 
 the.r children's "salv';^on"bUe1hr 
 worldly prosperity; them,unfr„ 
 
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MONTH OF' ST. ANNE. 
 
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 worlliy ol 
 
 I' bcini; children of God and 
 lioiM all (Ian '-ors that might 
 
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 ppi'il ih<Mi' innoc(M\o(: 
 
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 ft of 
 
 iu:a)\ so 
 iiisjiirelhoni vyit 
 
 God. 
 
 iheir veiy v. 
 
 thai lli'Y i^i'^y l^"OW how to 
 
 li ihc fear of olTending 
 
 fhe i;irt, of PUl]/, so that from 
 irli(^sl y«iars, they may 
 
 imparl to ihiMU a 
 
 tender filial love of 
 
 Ood Iheii 
 
 Faiher in heaven. Pray also 
 
 for christian children, so that by Iheir 
 docility, their respect, their love for 
 
 the anlhors of their being, they may- 
 be the joy of their parents on earth 
 and their crown in eternity. 
 £;flCu/ar/o/?.--Beloved St. Anne, holy 
 other of Marv, be thou the refuge 
 
 m 
 an 
 
 d consolation of christian mothers 
 
 EX.mri.E. 
 
 Water of St. Anne. 
 
 (CONSUMPTION.) 
 
 ,on eleven months, one of the 
 
 ^^ daughters of M. A. B., of St. Anne 
 
 da la Perade, twenty-one years 
 
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 pahtthesecond.^ISth 
 
 DAY. 
 
 o^^^gp, ilari been cnnfino^ ♦ 
 
 'i^^ ThentlfnnfK l^^^^>^ wasting her 
 
 --0- c":iS";.r^-ts-o all appea. 
 
 ftmilvvvi I ;\'''J'"'' ^"'^ 'he whole 
 Anne: At he s^mP^r" ^ ""^"^"^ "^ «'• 
 was made for her to R?" ^ Pi'S'-'mage 
 brought her som« ^^A'P''^' """^ "ley 
 GoodSA ne f^L^-^*^ ""' "^ater of 
 of wh^h^s' V etSv 'i°"^ ««i^acy 
 hy the most surnHW J ^^" ^''^^^d 
 20th of July the vnm?l "'.''f • On 'he 
 than ever She th^.^ ° f "'' ^<^" ^^eaker 
 confidence some o %?^ r'K''"'^'^^'i 
 and was lefralone in tr'l "'"''''•> 
 And lo ! what wa« L .^ ""^ chamber. 
 
 her mother and fhenh'''' '"'P'''^ <>[ 
 the family, when a%2 ^'^ °'cmbers of 
 they saw the beTo'v!i^"';?°'"«" 'rafter, 
 
 apartment where thtf'"'"^'' ^"'''' '^e 
 They almof Kel 7C if If 1 
 
 t»*HwawiMiwiii<iiiiiTr>firn[)hiiii^|)|iiiyi| 
 
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MONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
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 supernatural apparition. The young 
 cirl declared that at the very moment 
 she had taken the water she was cured. 
 
 All fell on their knees to thank Good 
 St. Anne. That same day a solemn 
 Te Deum was sung in the church as a 
 thanksgiving for this cure, which 
 everyone called a miracle. 
 
 There was a general rush to see the 
 happy young girl, whom in an instant 
 St. Anne had brought back to health 
 from the very gates of the tomb. 
 
 Two months after the event, the 
 writer of these lines learned the facts- 
 from the lips of the cure of St. Anne 
 de la Perade, and since the worthy 
 pastor has given them general publi- 
 city, for the greater glory of Good bt. 
 Anne. 
 
 
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 Sixteenth JPuD, 
 
 i-IFE OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 First lessom given by St. Anne lo Mary. 
 
 vii^ , iesson^, Anne resolvpH tn 
 
 ^^h"r tw"sr"H 'h° her Kved 
 fronf the Lord st snokf'j'r"'^ ^'' 
 sadness in which she and ^'?^''■°{."'« 
 bad passed the greater r.t S'- Joachim 
 on account of iheir hifn ^"' "^''' 
 
 Abraham when thevr,P'''"'^''^« *^°d of 
 
 ha ve passed t^ay'^^'eoTir/om"'-'' 
 nights spent in w^yev nnA ^ **"'' 
 
 and lastfy of the^oV hai fl^ed^t'hf ' 
 nearts when fhpv i-» "'^v ^^" '"6^*' 
 
 granted therde/ire-n"'"' ^""^ ''^^ 
 194 ""■ °^»"e. Ihis revelation 
 
MONTH OK ST. ANNE. 
 
 i9:v 
 
 kindied in Ihe lilll<^ Mary a redoubled 
 veneration, gratilude and love for her 
 liolv parents, since she porceived how 
 doublv she was indebted to them for 
 her life. This revelation, too, increased 
 the warmth of her love of God and 
 strengthened her resolution of being 
 His entirely and forever. Her Mother 
 woiild then sp(?ak to her of the nnra- 
 culous birth of baac and Samuel, and 
 at last imparted to her that, hke the 
 mother of that prophet, she herself had 
 promised God to consecrate to Him her 
 Child if He would., but vouchsafe to 
 bestow one on her. Imagine the Child s 
 delight on hearing this ! From that 
 time forward she longed for the day 
 when she might dwell in the house of 
 God. In her heart, she sang with the 
 Psalmist: ccHow lovely are Thy taber- 
 nacles. O Lord of hosts! my sou 
 longeth and faintelh for the courts ot 
 the Lord; my heart and my flesh have 
 rejoiced in the living God. For the 
 sparrow hath found herself a house and 
 thp turtle a nest for herself. — ^hy 
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■S^^I-Anr THE SECOND.-l(Jr„ D*v.' 
 
 altars, O Lorr? nr »,« * "~" 
 
 my God Blessed are .'hl"'' l'"° »"-' 
 '•" Thy house O Lord !M^'"'r" 
 praise Thee for ever ,n^ '. ^'"^y,/hall 
 «hall J go, when sh,l "r f^'"' ^f^^" 
 
 €fd":'ot^d^^,^,r;tA„ne received t„e 
 
 Jiolding her emh,^l- ^''PP'^ess in b,,. 
 to her,°she 'he?se,'? i'n^ ''®';' ^Pe^'^''"" 
 
 the wish to leave all -.!f7'- '^^^ ^^"'^ 
 «nUrely to her rrB..^ "*^ ^1"^ 'herself 
 
 Child, L her narr , L"""^ "^« sweet 
 
 when she should bv her n*"^ "^""^ 
 deprive herself of ihj swe., '"" ^^'' 
 pleasures which sLom-^?' '""ocent 
 
MONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 197 
 
 M. 
 
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 thai lie is preparing the way for some 
 
 .rival event. . , 
 
 " /Vad/a'.-Every christian, from the 
 vrrv f.'ct that he is a christian, has a 
 hi.4i and noble destiny awaiting him, 
 for he is bonnd to aspire to a holiness 
 ronlormable to his stale of life. It is 
 from resistance to the inspirations ol 
 llie Holy Ghost that so few attain Ihis 
 slate of holiness. 
 
 rilAVFR 
 
 To implore the grace of becoming better, 
 
 Ihis is indeed why I myself, who 
 bv my baptism was called to a 
 y.-y. Slate of hohness, have neverlhe- 
 le^ remained a most miserable sinner ! 
 From mv earliest childhood, I have 
 heard the voice of the Holy Ghost in- 
 soiring me to walk in the sweet and 
 peaceful paths of innoence and pieiy ; 
 and vet even then 1 commenced to 
 wander along the broad way that 
 leadelh to destruction. I heard this 
 
 
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 voice again i„ ^^^^i^rZ^7~~. ^- 
 
 n^y ears to i'.asi,,o If, f,/-''''",f^'ose,J 
 •'■10 ploa,s.n.s to dC ' 1 ' 'P'""--»-d 
 'hat voico ; f rpi,.c ,? "'" '""'"i of 
 't vvould l/ave 1,,;^ '''-' e'^"''« yoke 
 
 of "^i"- In rip,., v^,, ''*' '".'"^y chain 
 guarded exterior, C^/'l^l » moro 
 .-'-ceased, /or of'vnVs 1'"^*^ ^'" 
 
 "ess, si„, trouble d " '" "^^''^•''«- 
 
 who ever' found epofjr"""'''''-- ^«'' 
 'he inspirations of PnH 9 ^ '.'''''^""n 
 'hat i ihould lo„ ^°^^ ^'^'^ 'o'bi.l 
 «ood St. Anne T^iJ^T^'^ <^"'i'-elv. 
 
 'nyJifebelon;er«%"'''''^''f 
 myself entirely",' '/t'ii'r' { "^ay give 
 
 correct my (Zl^ ^^^ f"d strive" to 
 
 feloved Sifouse ierSdpl°" ""'^ "'^ 
 •Jesus and with t Ip^I /.I^" ^^ith 
 Joseph obtain for me .f/^^'-J' ^"^ 
 Jeing faithful to th^ in!'- ""^ Srace of 
 Holy Ghost, so th "t ?'J!:"""'^ "^ ">« 
 these as hea'venly mesin 'J '""'^"""^ 
 ter resolutely on ihl ,f °^''? ''"d en- 
 'ead me to Dfe everlastl^/ '''''''' "'"' 
 
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MONTH OF ST. ANNK. 
 
 199 
 
 E-:o.culaiion.'-'SL Anne, obtain for me 
 [\\o :amp fidelity to divine inspirations 
 as thai shown by thee and Mary. 
 
 EXA^IPI.E 
 
 Pilgrimage on foo\, 
 (fatal wound). 
 
 Z13 
 
 ^lERRE Larochelle, forty seven 
 years old, a married man of St. 
 . _ Honore de Shenley, was severely 
 injured under the left arm by a blow 
 from the handle of a plough. In a 
 short time this wound grew very pain- 
 ful and assumed a very grave and 
 serious character. A sharp inflamma- 
 tion set in, which gradually caused the 
 right side of the body to swell, from 
 the shoulder to the hip bone. 
 
 Finding it impossible to work, Laro- 
 chelle, who was then at Bay City, 
 Michigan, asked of St. Anne the favor 
 of being able to return to St. Honore. 
 He obtained his reauest. but the disease 
 
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 KE SECOND.— I 6th DA V. 
 
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 continued its mvafrps THp f,„r,„ 
 *?maIio„ant ih at" U caused h?' '^*'' 
 
 ;o^re.a,n coS/^J S'^ ^ 
 
 Jy-ssoon°StaS Ti^^ S45« pan.- 
 parts'impossibie '^''"""" °^ '^^o.. 
 
 assisted and d^yecnK^i'ea ^" ^•^ 
 
 i" G^d-St ?ni H^afke'drh^^'i';^ 
 cure, and nromUoH , '^ '^«'' his 
 
 to make t Ev^rtJl 1^°" '^ ^^ able 
 his wifr and chfi/rprf^ Rejoined witJi 
 
 powerful VoSer.wo,;"e?"^'"^ '° °"'- 
 .in'edtSS^'^L^-sSfeS'dT- 
 
 P^ 
 
 they 
 
 "..iiv,ed lae case to be 
 
 kVIWSSiKasMir' 
 
MONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 20t 
 
 desperate. The ^anger becon '-. more 
 am' more grave, Larochelle received 
 the last Sacranifints about All bamls 
 day Shortly afterwar'ls the enormous 
 abscess opened, and continued for a 
 Ion" lime to discharge unceasingly. 
 Thil however gave the patieni some 
 relief, but caused no improvement in 
 his condition. ^^ . . , , . 
 
 In spite of all, this sick hero set out 
 on foot for St. Anne (a distance of hO 
 leagues or \'20 miles) and arrived there 
 on Monday the Gih of June. Strange to 
 sav, from the very moment of his de- 
 parture he felt stronger, and as he 
 approached the goal of his journey his 
 strength increased more and more 
 Yet when he reached St. Anne hes'iil 
 appeared as feeble as a man worn oul 
 by lingering consumption. 
 
 He prayed, bathed his chest with the 
 water of St. Anne, and received com- 
 munion on Tuesday the 7ih, with the 
 most edifying fervor. During the pre- 
 vious night, and in the morning, be 
 experienced consiQerfiDlf iui^i « t s;i**u..s 
 
 
PART THE SECOND.- 16th DAY. 
 
 but after communion anH ih^ . 
 
 tion of the holv rel"c. « hf ^^"*''^- 
 
 man, he was cured . „Se! h '^"i^ 
 
 ^^^'."^.^s^ia^f "^^' '"'« »-i 
 
 Vvai).easYvl7a ^KetU^ 
 py paralysed arm, hand Tnd ni^' 
 nave recovpppH a'l ,i • ' "" "^ck 
 
 opening of he ahtf^e'. t!'^ ""'* 
 
 'f s. has some more work to do h«r^ 
 closmg,) w ao Defore 
 
 The next day, Wpfinocrio,. r 
 cheile made a iprnn/ "^y- L^t'O" 
 
 ^et out%r st Hoi ah '^h""-- ^"* 
 in his heart, ea4r to n. hi -h^P'""'^ 
 
 perslS;c;^;^Sf^^'^i''o her with 
 
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 LIFE OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 lionsiiiaatiott. 
 
 r/ie /as« sacrifice of St. Anne. 
 
 F all ibe acts of virtue perforrnea 
 l-^^t> bv tlie holy spouses Joachim 
 ^^ and Anne, by means of which 
 Ut^^. evv tn faVo/with God and en- 
 Sd themselves with so many merit 
 there is none more striking than tne 
 s- crmce which they made in separa- 
 in' hem^elves from their only and 
 beroved Daughter on the day of her 
 Kntation. In order to understand 
 how agreeable this sacrifice was to God 
 lie must consider how dear to her pa- 
 rents was this only Daughter sen to 
 hL in her old age as the frm^^^^^^ 
 so many prayers and tears. In fact this 
 ?^.",1 ^iTiid of three vears old must 
 
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 "s she did a nprfl., "®''' combining 
 -blime holers '^;.|f of reason anS 
 
 person natural to her phh ^™'=''« of 
 
 to Jiold her in thpf^ ° 'P^'""'' '» ')er 
 could they accustom n!'"'' • .^^^^ '^en 
 without her^^ f°" '"T'^'^es to live 
 home be whVn mZ k '^ ,'^°"'^ 'heir 
 he there ! Very 'o' ^ ^°"'d no longer 
 seeing her coZT''t^'.'^'>''i'i m,s, 
 and ask their blessino /",'"?' '° ""eel 
 herself into their, rmf- ]t "'«" '^row 
 longerhaveherhesMo'.h ''^' "'°"'d no 
 would not resound n ,IT ' ^'"''^^'^^ 
 vo'ce which seemed tnH"" '''"'^' "'•■»' 
 echo of the angebl 1 "'^.'" "'« an 
 P'-aise of God r'heJT,' '"'«'?' '"« 
 on her as a sacred LnA-.'''"''" looked 
 
 'l^eir own property and .h'"^ "«' ^^^ 
 i i'trty and they would 
 
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 MONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 205 
 
 have thonght themselves guilty of 
 sacrilege, had they kept her with them 
 beyond the appointed time. The harder 
 was the sacrifice, the more did there 
 spirits rejoice in giving her to God ana 
 thus honoring the Lord by an offering 
 of what was dearer to them than their 
 own life, a part /)f their very selve^s. 
 Bv this thev showed themselves to be 
 parents worthy of Mary who, uniting 
 her will to that of the Heavenly Father, 
 was one day to sacrifice her only Son 
 for the glory of God and our salvation ; 
 and worthy too of being grandparents 
 of Jesus Himself who, for love of us, 
 was to make Himself obedient even 
 unto the death of the Gross. Likewise 
 these two holy spouses gave a great 
 and important lesson to those parents 
 who, through an excessive and too 
 purely natural tenderness, oppose the 
 religious vocation of their children, 
 and even go so far as purposing to 
 plunge them into the whirlpool ol 
 ^nrldlv pleasures, under the pretext of 
 trying their vocation, but in reality la 
 
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 PAIIT THE SECOND,— I 7th DAV. 
 
 Older to make llieni lose it. What 
 h?f''''/'rf ''•■'PPened if Mar v's parent' 
 
 Uie Iiol^y Child had, through their fault 
 
 resisted the call of the Holv GhoVt " ' 
 
 L<iu What a glory was it not to' St. 
 
 Anne and her holy hnsband, through 
 
 ' the^Tr^"-'' '" ^r'' C0""-iM 
 
 to the happiness and* ..alo. y of the 
 Queen of the universe i'What a claim 
 H gave them to the eternal gralitud^ 
 of their beloved Daughter ' For if if h! 
 
 [^^.'Jf.^f'ThadVn-predetS 
 
 ho "or of he' n^ ■" "'' ""paralleled 
 iionor ot the Divine maternitv it is 
 also true that she, o„ her side, Ivas to 
 do her nimost to fit herself fo. the 
 high destiny ; it is equally and un 
 doubtedly true that her consioraion To 
 txod Ironi her earliest childhood a rnn 
 secration for which she was hi'deS 
 to her pious parents, greatly con tri 
 
 &'[°s5rtt^''''",^°''^'^-So" 
 , ;. ^"st y, It IS also true that (ho 
 
 subhme act of A„„e and Joachim drew 
 down graces not only on theTr own 
 
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MONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 207 
 
 heads, but also on hers, in direct pro- 
 portion with the sutlering this act cau- 
 sed them, and the love which prompted 
 
 ' p,.^^.^/^;e.— Invoke the help of St. Anne 
 whenever God or your own conscience 
 demands some painful sacrifice of you : 
 she knows well how to make it easier 
 for you. 
 
 PRAVEK 
 
 To implore the grace of christian 
 fortitude. 
 
 ^^jf r beloved Patroness, thou 
 '1^^ knowest how far 1 am from 
 -^ ^ . possessing thy generosity, how 
 weak, tepid and cowardly 1 am in the 
 divine service ; thou knowest that for 
 many months, nay years, God has 
 been daily and in vain asking of me 
 the sacrifice of this affection, this 
 entanglement, this relation, this plea- 
 sure, this sensuality, this frivolity, the 
 source of all my sins, or, at any rate, 
 nr mv rpmninini? stationary, if nothing 
 
I 
 
 PART 
 
 thesecond.«-17thday. 
 
 and po'V ^fS'nra '°:,'"f,' '^^ "^^ ^''od 
 ^ur/ou„nSa^^4£e^S^^ 
 
 me bou. peace of sour and eternal?!. 
 
 Ejaculation. — Good 9^\ Annn ^k» • 
 me a generosity in God^ se v^; v - 'i" 
 may resemble ibirie! ■'"^'^ 
 
 f^ilgrimagc. 
 
 (neuralgia). 
 
 ooD St. Anne has rewarded hv t 
 great miracle, tiie faith ^f7he 
 Canadians residingint/ieUmtel 
 
MONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 209 
 
 States. At the lime of ihe last AmericaQ 
 pilgrimage, at llie end of June, 1»»/, a 
 physician of Lewislon, Maine, obtained 
 his own cure from St. Anne uuder the 
 following circumstanes. , . , 
 
 From the beginning of June he naa 
 been suirering from an extremely pain- 
 ful attack of neuralgia in the right leg, 
 which was feared might end in pa- 
 ralysis. Night and day, wihout rest 
 or truce he suffered as if a saw were 
 lacerating his nerves. Confined to his 
 bed without power to stir the atlected 
 limb, he was unable to attend to his 
 profession. After lour weeks of pam, 
 during which he was under the care 
 of the best physicians, he believed as 
 they did that he would never recover. 
 Turning his eyes then toward Good bt. 
 Anne, he formed the plan of making 
 a pilgrimage to her sanctuary, llard- 
 Iv had this idea arisen in his mind, 
 than he felt relieved. Me set out lor St. 
 Anne and when he arrived at the sanc- 
 
 tnnrv hp wiis ouite cured. In witness 
 
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 4; IS.' 
 
 ^AAT THE S£COND.--nTH 
 
 Day. 
 
 l^^«'i-^ton, Me, June 30lli 1887. 
 
 Willi the worst s tr, ^'''^ '''y sciatica 
 
 ■medical cLxC I ;'Sief/r' ''^-^ ^>'^«'' 
 i endured po^hiv^!,^^"'^;},, "° ''•^'ief. 
 
 of St. AnnJ came i, ^ , ^ ^ '"^ 'bought 
 
 f» '0 place confi e, cJ fn"H^- ^ l^^" 
 from that moment rt m , " '^'^'■. and 
 i promised to^o t'o sf^'""--.,^'nally 
 ^fer, and J became so aT,^^ "^''^ 
 i am very well T„r) „ • . "^'^ '"ne. 
 asentir^lf cured. '^ '°"'^'^^^'' '"yself 
 
 (Signed), L. N. Bo.nQ„,, M. ^. 
 
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4>4.rkife^4^>^^^-T--^tt-^-^'^'^^^*^'*'^^******* 
 
 ©Itj-lvtccntli ^ag, 
 
 LIFE OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 Presentation of Mary in the Temple. 
 
 :u OD being the author of nature ao 
 "'^ well as of grace, it would be a 
 5^ great error to suppose that the 
 latter destroys the former, and that by 
 advancing in perfection the Saints lose 
 those legitimate affections which God 
 Himself'^has placed in the heart of 
 man. Saints love more truly than sin- 
 ners do, for thev love more purely ; 
 the fire of their love burns the brighter 
 for being less overshadowed by the 
 smoke of human imperfections. It is 
 certain therefore that never did a 
 rhild love its parents as Mary loved 
 hers. Bui she loved th ti in God, she 
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 f^AHT THE SECOND.— 18th 
 
 herself from thpm ^ °^ separating 
 
 that uniied her to ihf , ''°"ds 
 
 Iho^e bonds eternal t? ''"^'^ '■«"<ler 
 , the time she fi.t. f ^^'"'efore from 
 
 Plished. She wn, i.i ,f ^^ " accom- 
 
 "lem whe herThe Vnn'" ^"'^"''•^ ^f 
 consecration wnnM ^^^ '^^J' of her 
 'J'he hoi; S\"°^?.0" arrive. 
 
 J<ing her preDararfnn '\''ewise ma- 
 Wifh herShand '°'V'" '^^"fi". 
 ahle devotion she ^t,^*^- "'"^ '»'^'"''•- 
 ving, and maid t Hp , P"'"'"°' ^^'^a- 
 
 earments wh h= the vomh?",'^ ?,"^^'' 
 was to wear in iho-r 5?"'"'i-il Marv 
 
 workinr «he w.7""''''' ^"^^ ^^hiis"t 
 
 workmi;,hfLS.e^hle";;=G''j^''^- 
 and that He would be nkAiVi^ ' f r^' 
 her beloved DtnlrhL^ f, '" '^'ess 
 with the robe 2 nn' "°"""S ''<^'' 
 mantle of virtue an?ln""'' ?"^ "i^" 
 
 '-P-itytoi^lhe-sStSSiie 
 
She Drayerl too that her Child might 
 never be guilty of any negligence in 
 the divine service. 
 
 The long-looked for day at lengtn 
 arrived. Anne announced this to her 
 Dau-hter on the eve and this latter 
 testified the most unbounded joy. Joa- 
 chim chose from his Hock the spotless 
 victims which he wished to offer in 
 thanksgiving for the precious gif be- 
 stowed on him by God ; Anne took 
 charge of Mary's little wardrobe ; the 
 Child herself took hold of her Mother s 
 hand : and all three set out towards 
 Jerusalem, which was at the distance 
 of a three days' journey from Nazareth, 
 where it appears they were dwelling. 
 On approaching the holy city, the two 
 saintly Spouses pointed out ll\e ^omes 
 of the Temple which could just be seen 
 in the distance ; and at the sight of 
 them the heart of the happy Child was 
 filled with a joy like that of the exile 
 returning to his country after many 
 vears absence and once more behol- 
 ding the paternal roof. Her joy grew 
 
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 214 PART THE SEC0ND.-18TH DAY. 
 
 more intense on ammnrhir^^ -, i 
 
 ihoi.glu tliat perhaps thev wm.i.i '^ 
 her no more ^ would see 
 
 Isaac's head. Their an ^ni«h ^^^^^^^ 
 
 trance,sh7ttne^"to"Z;^al'''r?- 
 to receive iheir blps^in„ a . t ^'"^" 
 
 stretchin- oi.t I if?^' ^"d Joachim, 
 
 over her head cl ill i""^'"'^ ^^"^8 
 te„edictio'n".J^h3tot?:-,,^-;;J^e 
 
 i-rSa^^^r ^/°- ""^ 
 
 her Child to^erhplw """P'"^ ^''^^^^ed 
 exhorted her to^J.f'L°"''. '""'■'^ "n-i 
 God, Obedience TotTr^^f^l''''^^'^'- 
 
 stre 
 
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 nd 
 
y.ONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 215 
 
 , !l 
 
 3Dus ana 
 
 respect to the pr.ests and holy things, 
 be constani in prayer to love the 
 
 oor to be humble and charitable to 
 \n And Mary kept all these precious 
 'iji'sons in her heart and entered into 
 
 he Temple. Lastly her father and 
 mother ohered to God the victims they 
 bad brou-ht; and, after haying prayed 
 lor a Ion? time for their beloved Gh . d, 
 sorrowfully and silently took the road 
 
 back 10 Nazareth. \ • • . « 
 
 pj,acire.'-\ou will advance in virtue 
 more bv the very smallest victory over 
 yourself than by many hours spent in 
 praver. Trv then to profit by every 
 opportunity" of conquering jo^^^selt, 
 and make use of prayer to obtain the 
 necessary strength. 
 
 PRAYER 
 
 To implore the grace of holy fervor. 
 
 i^^Y beloved Patroness, how far 
 lIM am I from resembling tnee ; 
 ^ip^ out of love of God thou aidst 
 
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 PART THR SEC0ND.-18TH DaV. 
 
 EtK°?e'S "-Child dearer ,0 
 
 which will not Ob nil ^1 L ^-°''"«5^ 
 mvsoir .„ '"'' """ge me to renounr.p 
 m J sell to oppose mv own Pvi' ;i,„i 
 iialions, to .-nortifv mv sensp^ -.1 ^'' 
 heart. Such holiness a! thn,"!"! "^^ 
 delusion. ' Good s" Ann! ""' " ''"' * 
 
 Jesus ChrL, who? out'^f o^e' orl'l: 
 a sinner, chose the Cross in p'e4ren^e 
 to tasting any human jov ^-erence 
 
 Ejaculation. — Beloved" St. Anne nh 
 tarn for me the spirit of self-denli. 
 
MONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 EXAMPLE. 
 
 (Hi 
 
 Deaupri. 
 
 (SPISil' OISEiSB). 
 
 wp take from the Catholic Beview of New 
 YoTk tho foUoTing account of a cure obtatned 
 at St. Anne de Beaupre. 
 
 Brooklyn, July 8lh, 1 387. 
 To the Editor of the Catholic Review. 
 
 .ERM.T me to p'Jblish iri the 
 columns of your excellent Re- 
 "^ vtewan account of a miraculous 
 c'we wrought at St. Anna de Beaupre 
 on A^UtS of August 1883, and men- 
 droned at that lime in the newspapers 
 ^^f Onphpc and Montreal. 
 ° iSe year 1882, my son, then on y 
 fnnr vears old, received an injury to 
 hu «Jne the i 1 effects of which con- 
 his spine, me 11 t hRcame enti- 
 slantiy increusiU uiiu. .i- ~ 
 
jliii 
 
 !!. : ':. •! 
 
 I," 
 
 !i: .>! 
 
 rHESECOND.—ISTHDAY 
 
 the following sifmmVr; l"had L?vS 
 
 iJi'Vbicians, who cone uded thaf Hp «roo 
 suffering from curvature of the snne 
 
 With my heart thus filled with i'Uh 
 vvascelebratedrsoi'^-thfiyS 
 
 
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 MONTH OF ST. ANNE 
 
 219 
 
 arrived, and ihey all received Comtnu. 
 non As 1 went to the rail, 1 placed 
 Ty liule boy at the fool of the statue 
 %i Anne,'. Mother of the afflicted .> 
 and when returning from the Holy 
 T'lble 1 offered him to her tender 
 pUy, and besought her to restore him 
 
 lo health. , ^ . 
 
 While i was kneeling at her leet 
 and supplicating her for my child, he 
 had an attack of faintness, I carried 
 him into the open air, where he soon 
 regained his senses. And to my aston- 
 ishment and joy, he began to run 
 about perfectly cured, without show- 
 ing the least sign of weakness. From 
 that time he has enjoyed excellent 
 
 health. ,« o .« 
 
 Mrs. Thomas Stewart. 
 
 No 307, Tenth St., South Brooklyn. 
 
 
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 trPE OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 iHE Saints are not of a diffprpnf 
 nature to us ; li,e us tbe^^^^^^^ 
 
 as well as of l,T'-'' ''^ temptation 
 evil • liL nVh ^^^^y evil inclination to 
 
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MONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 221 
 
 means al their disposal, divine grace. 
 Thev have sanctified themselves while 
 perrorming the very same actions as 
 we perform but by avoiding in those 
 actions ail excess, error, imperfection ; 
 and they have succeeded m doing this 
 j)v making a better use of grace than 
 we have ever done. God has given 
 ihem to us as models, so that we may 
 laive courage from their example and 
 walli in the same path, saying to our- 
 selves as St. Augustine did : <> What 
 i^iich a one could do, why can I not 
 do ? I But even amongst the Saints, 
 there are some who are better adapted 
 than others to serve as an example to 
 the faithful of all classes: these,namely, 
 whose life had nothing exiraordinary 
 nor brilliant in it, and whose perfec^ 
 lion lay in doing the commonest 
 actions in the most perfect way. Such, 
 in particular was St. Anne. Her Ule 
 was that of a good and pious mother 
 of a family. Let us visit her house in 
 spirit, and let us see in what manner 
 
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 *"ttme.seco.vd._|(;thcav. 
 
 she sanclified each one of h^Td^ 
 «ii'-l let. us Jeaiii from ho,. L"L "''J'*' 
 
 lier hiisbaiKl nnrl i,? A" °" herself, 
 
 'horns and iIik, t ^/^",.o"'y produce 
 '^'■«; such asn ,' destined for the 
 with t' e v;eds r^:;'-;°™'^ o.ergro>va 
 s<^ipe.U of smta :'.°"f. \'^"'' ' 'he 
 Now the mon, , 1*' ' £1?,' '''?^"'- 
 '0^ Player. The'so'ul it !"^ '°"'' 
 and purer- ii ,. P r ""^ talmei- 
 
 -^.p.eocc'upatou'^San''^^^'-^-^ 
 ■"■"OS- impossiwe • ''""''^'' ^^'^i'^' 
 
 .-^esKSfiS'-^fts*., 
 
MONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 523 
 
 Practice— Do you never omit your 
 morning or evening prayer ? Do you 
 nol say it hurriedly as a mere form ? 
 Reflect ihal you should thereby be gi- 
 ving food to your soul which is your 
 mos't precious possession ; pray with 
 recollec.ion, pulling all else aside, as 
 if yoa were alone on the earth with 
 Goa, and that after your prayer you 
 would die. 
 
 PRAWEIi 
 
 To implore the gift of prayer. 
 
 LOKiOL's Mother of the Mother of 
 God, thou didst rise to so emi- 
 nent a degree of sanctity because 
 thine was a life of prayer, because 
 prayer was the very bread of thy soul. 
 I am miserable and remain so, because 
 1 either do not pray or pray badly, or 
 pray too little. Hasten then to my 
 help and obtain for me the strength of 
 coming forth from this state of tepi- 
 
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 '^^HT THE SECOND.— 19th 
 
 DAT. 
 
 dify and snirKual cipc^xr n '". ' 
 ^^Y look on p ayeSv^':'"^ '^ail 
 
 need ; so ihaf I ^Zy'nZTZl'T' 
 ^eel prayer to hp »h^ "^^ ?"^ "^ore 
 
 iifea'ndimmorSily^ 
 
 Ejaculation,— HeinvpA p,.„.„ . 
 Anne, obia.n for me ir'f '"'''' ^^'' 
 
 praver '--vem and constant 
 
 ^^^^ocauon or St. Anne. 
 
 (IJE^DLT FBOSTRATIOX). 
 
 T'be foTIcTving lett 
 ither Su 
 Beauprd : 
 
 £f'^l-^;K:^^^-r-.-- 
 
 V'ery Reverend Fath 
 
 er. 
 
 cconoFNG to our promise we h^re 
 
 ^^«^ 5fe ^r!,? T" ^° account of" 
 <-v;£jt.- tne miracle wroiiffht in 
 
 community. For ei^h^«°n^J^L ?. °"^ 
 
 -o— v^.-^.« liiuiitiig one 
 
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MONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 225 
 
 ,.r our Sisters was confined to her room 
 l,v a very complicated illness, which 
 allowed of no ^ pe of recovery. At 
 intervals her sullerings became so in- 
 i,nse tiial we thought the beloved suf- 
 IVrer was near her end ; and three 
 limes m the course of eighteen months, 
 we considered it prudent to have her 
 
 anointed. „ ^ 
 
 Wlen the feast of bt. Anne ap- 
 proached, our Sister felt interiorly im- 
 K>lled to ask for the restoration ot her 
 health. Faithful to this inspiration, 
 ^he began, in concert with the mfir- 
 manans, a Novena of Litanies to the 
 Saint. In the course of the Novena 
 her sufferings, instead of diminishing, 
 only increased, and Uie night that pre- 
 ceded her cure was one ot the most 
 painful of all. The next day, the '2oih, 
 we recited the First Vespers ol the 
 Festival, during which our dear bister, 
 uniting herself with us, reiterated wiui 
 great faith her humble supplication to 
 
 the powerful mother of Mary. 
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 ^ART THE SECOND.— 19th 
 
 DAY. 
 
 s^!^^"^siisis^ 
 
 exhaustion '"^ '" a state of great 
 
 ovef and'S TdiT^ '1^^ ''^^^^^^ 
 of Hie muscle' ui .if "''"^ *'"''^«'^^es 
 
 kn°ees t^e !:?i; Si[,T-i on her 
 nencinsanv fati.,,:^ ^^JlHout expe- 
 
 haf't7.n"f' f'"^'^"' 0'-'^ dear Sister 
 lidb laken part in all rho ^, /-^loitr 
 
 asVra'"rt^'eS^'°f'S^ 
 
 ^PPearijo'iVpfo.^^'v^.Ta^"-''^-^'''^ 
 
 .■■^ jjw iii wwM ii ta aiBto Mi i w i Mlii 
 

 j^ ik ^ jt .><= •;^ ^ ^ j^' ^ ^ -A^ ^ ^' '^ ^ ^ ^ # * ^ ^ =^ 
 
 LIFE OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 J/uio Sl Anne spent her lime, 
 
 <^^rjr.iNG those few short years Ihat 
 ■3i^ ihis holv Mother had the happi- 
 er ness of" possessing iMary, she 
 never deputed to any servant the task 
 of awakening her of a morning, of 
 drpssing her, of hearing her say her 
 accustomed prayers. Whilst bestowing 
 the necessary care on the body ot her 
 Clrild, she occupied herself principally 
 with her soul, speaking to her about 
 God with an unction that is only to be 
 found in a Saint whose soul is the 
 sanctuary of the Holy Ghost. The 
 sweet Child would hang delighted on 
 A ii^of foil frnm hoT> Moiher's 
 
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Uflf ii 
 
 .1" '"' «'''^ON-a-20T„ ri^ 
 
 to h-r, more p" Ur-.f/'T ^""''^ speat 
 m>sed Saviour'^,, p'^"''^'''}'' o'' "'e mo 
 
 > nvn speedih- ihe f ih„, ^°'' '« send 
 'fit bo true in-i ! '""termor of Israpi 
 
 Sf s vvhose ,asK' i '' '^*^-"« are An- 
 
 <; prayers of Uie fai.h , "''"'"^'" "P 
 
 "'em 10 God hot ,.,/"' 3"d offer 
 
 «"d sue, 7i,^°^ 0' s , ^^. _4^^^^^^^ 
 
 "'"«l "ot these "p ave^ T''"' ^''^^es 
 on ihe people 01- Gorin ■ /°^'^'i'm, 
 
 '.new how to m titi , h """'^^^-^ oniy 
 "?e great St. Am e lh,f" ^T'^-oneis 
 '^ey not do to h!;,. u- Sood mi^h, 
 tJieir family i ""'" cii'ldrea, to au 
 
 Ml!- 
 
 iWivA 
 
MONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 2;^9 
 
 ,\fier St. A.nne had acqiiiu.ed herself 
 If her du'-ies as a wife a:id a mother, 
 Jjie turned her thoughts to the poor, 
 Jlie widows and orphans to whom she 
 Ivas likewise a mother. With her own 
 liands she made clothes for them, she 
 fed them from her tahle : she visited 
 jnd cor.soled them in their afllictions, 
 ^\:ho^ti^g them to bear their sufferings 
 ^vit!i patience.. Her words were like 
 la fragrant oil healing their wounds, or 
 like a fresh breeze breathing courage 
 (into their dejected souls. When stie 
 [would leave some house where she 
 had been bestowing her charily and 
 consoling the affiicted, they would say : 
 (( Blessed be the Lord who has sent us 
 this Angel of peace ! She is rightly 
 named Anne, wnich means g^ace, for 
 words of grace How from h lips as 
 honey distils from the honeycomb ; 
 even to look at her is a blessing ; she 
 makes viri appear lovely ; would 
 that she were never absent from us. 
 Happy I he man to whom this noole 
 woman 15 wife ! She lengthens his days 
 
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 home. „ Thise vfc. ® ^'""'^ ^ 
 recreation whcjim%7^e the on/; 
 herself to enioy it Iv.^^'" Permitted 
 occasions !t'at she 'Tpr ?»"/."" ."^^se 
 except on the Sabbath ,[.h'-' '^l' ^o^e 
 to the SvnagoC to I r^" "'^^ went 
 
 versation. ' °^-^'es, and pious con- 
 
 consecrated to God ^f^I^'°''''''S, was 
 which the IvvoSVnV! -■ f'^'P'-ayer, 
 imo the ni-t^t mn"'' P'^-'O'-'ged fa; 
 days consec?a[edTDei'f""''''^^'j' «" 
 remembrance 0' somp^?'^ ^'' "> 'he 
 niercies. The divu'e D'a?4~^°^'' ^'^^^ 
 on their l-n, ann i .^ °^* were ever 
 
 blessing God, both in if^ '"'^'"^ ^^er 
 prosperity. ' ^ '" adversity and in 
 
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MONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
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 It was thus that the glorious Mother 
 of Mary, and her spouse made them- 
 selves amiable in the sight of God and 
 man and sanctified their own souls. 
 Thus should every christian woman 
 sanctify herself by a life of prayer, 
 work, patience, retreat, modesty, sub- 
 mission and judicious care of her 
 family. Thus only will she be happy 
 in this life and lay up for herself tha 
 hi-hest reward which virtue can meet 
 with here below, that of joyfully 
 beholding the approach of death. 
 
 Practice.-U you desire your owrn 
 sanctification, you will combine prayer 
 with the exact accomplishment ot me 
 duties of your slate of live, in a spint 
 of obedience to God, and will join to 
 these the practice of charity, especially 
 towards the suffering members of Je- 
 sus Chirst. 
 
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 PART THE SECOND.— '20th 
 
 DAY. 
 
 PRitVEB 
 
 To implore the 
 
 ffr-ace of true piety. 
 
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 duties which devoTvPAT"u'=^ of those 
 the mother. mp/If l*^? ^'^^ an,l 
 shall I he ayVn.' nt''"^"'j"'5sraem, 
 employ that timo ^ /°'"u'"y«e"' 'f f 
 paid fL wuh H?s h^n'i' f^'^"^' has 
 after frivolo is nl«, ^''''"^' '" seeking 
 '"y vanilj °^' P'«^^"fe«' n satisfyin| 
 Himself waraJdTs^n'?]'- ' ^^sus has 
 making long nravpr^ . !'-^°'P«' "''" 
 
 ni'y,. Perfor^fnTm'rad «'"'"?■ '"'Si- 
 nothing in thp aitoT "^* ^"'i avail 
 
 J-evvardfif we do no «!?.",'^ °^ *"«'-"^«' 
 
 the Will of God?wh ohfe'°^"'8 
 --.fested to eacrST/'i-,c;-rly 
 
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 MONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
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 ZZT^ouv state of life, and by ful- 
 n nrr ?he royal precept of loving our 
 S hbour, 'vhich can be done in every 
 M life. Good St. Anne, obtain for 
 me to understand and remember these 
 ^^eat truths ; may they henceforth be 
 alVht to light my path and the in- 
 va iable rule of my conduct so that 
 everv day of my life may, like thme, 
 be filled with good works. 
 ""^culation, - Dear St, Ann^ ^lay^^^ 
 mnctifv every moment ot this hriei 
 Xby a pure intention, by prayer and 
 fidelity to my duties. ^ ^ 
 
 Persevering prayer. 
 
 (conversion.) 
 
 OOD St. Anne has obtained for me 
 
 an extraordinary favor. I have 
 
 '^^ already too long delayed o 
 
 publish it iu the Annals, accordiug to 
 
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 ^'^RT THE SECOND. _ 
 
 20th 
 
 I>AY, 
 
 „^i« religion a^" had hei^'*'^ ^^""""^S 
 of a Fotestant sect wh°T "^ "eniter 
 
 ,^«« beyond e^xpres«fon . ^"""^ '^^niiit 
 fbis poor lost shep ' ^"'^ "'e soul of 
 constant obj c o? ZV ^°'' "« a 1 1 a 
 prayed and asked nl ^°'"=' '"^e. We 
 Heaven seemed decaff."'' ^^^''ywheVe 
 four children were irn,''"'' en^-eaties.' 
 unfortunate hoi^eafdT ".?"?'" 'W 
 fears /or them on - '^"'^ ^^rious 
 
 ^f mple Of their feih^^;""' o[ the bad 
 ^ers of the f3m;i • Several mpm 
 
 ^«d subscrih 7 i^^^e 7'' f ^ W 
 neglected no means nf "^T^'^ f"'' we 
 Anne in our favor p/ '"'eresting st 
 tfie appearancelto /h °'' "^ P^rt, fpite 
 always fostered ,^ "^^ contrary, / hV^ 
 sooner or faHl"'' '"'^et Jiope that 
 
 Jolessed 
 
 favo 
 
 r of ,0 
 
MONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 .inrere conversion, and my hope has 
 w, realised. Some months back 
 Mere was preached a mission in he 
 ,vhPre mv brolher-in-law resiues 
 r fa" frst evening, he suddenly sa.d 
 i his wife : « 1 too intend to follow 
 e million, we vvilUll say the Ro^^^^^^^ 
 ether. » ^Uh emotion and gratitude 
 mv sister prostrated herself witti ner 
 Zband and children at the foot of 
 f, e mcinx. the witness of her long 
 inrruish • but this time she wept tears 
 of toy Since that memorab e day he 
 Sicrof the Lord has dwelt in this 
 CL Some weeks after the mission 
 my brother-in-law ab.iured bis errors 
 and since then his fervor has not 
 TeLT Unmercifully teased by h.s 
 old friends and companions at worK, 
 he ha not let his faith to be sliaken 
 Snd continues to bring happiness to hi 
 family, to give good example and con 
 solation to all. 
 
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 ./ ^EATH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 ''^^^'^hcoclancUUcUkorSl.Annc. 
 
 DTi'^ appears i\mt ^i i 
 § very shoiily ',£; t^^'^ died 
 ®i oi^aM to ,4 j„'^,L,"/^ving conse- 
 
 IJt'lovedDaunh , c, '{^ -^'^ only and 
 
 ,^Ve can easily pic m''T'""'^'«" f^- 
 Jiow slio pas.,.,1 /hi ® .'° ourselves 
 
 <'■■"■"% p.-iS:i a.. !';;L"''r''^'' "^ ^e' 
 
 •'iidith n-lio iViv n K ""' '""Id rich 
 after seven ^-i'^'^^'^'^'-ome a widovv 
 
 P-'oserved (he m.m^i'-'l'ji'f ' ^aitWuH; 
 vv.'l, er servant, in u/ ^ t' •iJ"'':"? 
 
MONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
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 of her house, only leaving it on feasU 
 davs to go 10 ihe Temple of Jerusalem. 
 ' Ai ihe^same time as our Saint, there 
 lived in the Temple another Anna a 
 prophetess who, as related by St. Luke, 
 iikewise passed her days and nights in 
 fmlin^ watching and uninlerrnpted 
 prayer for her people, by begging of 
 f}oa to hasten the coming of the Ke- 
 rteemer who had been promised to 
 Abraham^ It can hardly be doubted 
 but that the Mother of Mary equalled, 
 at anv rate, these two celebrated wo- 
 men in fervor and holiness. She con- 
 tinued then to divide her time between 
 nVayer and the care of the poor and 
 •illlicted, and devoted herself to these 
 good works with the more ardor and 
 Generosity, since she had now the free 
 disposal of her time and means. 
 
 The principal object of this holy 
 widow's prayers was always her 
 DauKhter. her beloved Mary. By her 
 nravers she called down heavenly dews 
 on this virginal soil, disposing it more 
 
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 and more ior Drui^Mig lOUix tue i c 
 
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 THE SECOND. --2 I ST DA V. 
 
 thought that his chilrrTn „'''"* "'e 
 fniit of his laboiN I I '"'" ''^^P 'he 
 readers, to ima^^ine hoT' ^'°"' ^^^^ 
 
 Pi-ayed for ^ oi^taiued what she 
 
 triarchs 'hlsfe'r n'o v'^t^'dt/-' '"^^ P- 
 hasten o Abraham^c l ® m l)eace; 
 await the n,r,m,= , c°'°"'' "»ere to 
 coming has-been h, ^^"''T' ''^°^^ 
 
 holyMi%a'dde,iL\'ndT'^ ^^ ^""^ 
 works. Ye it \vJ! h '^J' y°"'' good 
 
 wcid tha?s;^ar ;^5„C. '°h^S 
 
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MONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 239 
 
 he was to spring like a lily from its 
 verdant t^laik, and since it was your 
 merit that obtained the Mother from 
 God your merits also contributed to 
 obtaining ihe Son's amval on earth 
 If the falher of the faithful felt a thrill 
 of iov when he learnt the Incarnation 
 of the Son of God, what transports of 
 delight will be yours when you learn 
 what flesh He vouchsafed to clothe 
 Himself! Glorious ancestors of our 
 Saviour God, the evening of your day 
 has overtaken you and you are about 
 to rest from your labors, but soon shall 
 rise for you the dawn of that day which. 
 shall have no ending ! 
 
 PRAYEIK 
 
 To implore the grace of a good death. 
 
 #^RECious in the eyes of the Lord, 
 «IP says the Psalmist, is the death 
 ^ of his SainU ; but evil Is the 
 
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 'S%aij)Z- t' ^"."^ ' What 
 
 good works? Sin?e lplP'"^"'=" ^»1 
 tile echo of past HfP h " Senerally 
 
 your powerful im,.l J "' '■'^'J''"^ O" 
 
 J;t^j« fr„"r };t- ^^^^ 
 
 l5y exact obedfence n ,t "T "'^'''^^^ 
 my conscienre ^n rn r" ?""<''^'0'- of 
 tlie firm resoliuinn n? '''"'f ' ' '^ke 
 eyes in sleep turan?n7^'''*'"=""'y 
 my conscience ?n,? "}°'"'^' ''" "PO" 
 
 making an act o/'J' f^vi^n'^f "'?'" 
 passage from lif«^ f' f ''°." '^°'' "I's 
 even the usUoo . ,° ''"''"'^^ "''^i' '^ 
 ii is to voir Driver, ,''.'? ['^""'^ai'le. 
 strengtrneceK fn i'^ /,'°"'^ ^°'' ""' 
 
 ^aiti.r^unnL^:;rg;?,;roiZn;°^^^ 
 
MONTH OF ST. ANNK. 
 
 «ac«ia(ion.-Joachim and Anne Ob 
 ,ain for me the grace ot graces, thai ot 
 final perseverance and a good death. 
 
 Invocation of St. Anne, 
 
 (8HIPWRBCK.) 
 
 5SQ s February 4th, 1882. the Baha- 
 ^*^ ma, after taking in her cargo at 
 vjLj, Porto Rico, raised anchor to re- 
 ."^tn New York. About nine o'clock 
 rhe°e?:'ng, February 10th a grea 
 storm arose. At midnight, I went De 
 ow as usual, but the no.se and the 
 cZtant movement on deck at J. ' 
 kept me from sleeping, ^uw Y wear 
 fness had the better of me but alter a 
 short while I awoke, and this time I 
 sDran^out of bed and went up on deck 
 ^e were in the midst of a tempest , 
 Se« were flying about and the crevv 
 hurried in every direction, at ttie pier- 
 
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 PAUT THE SECOND. —2IST 
 
 DAY. 
 
 fleck ! i This 1 c" nf^"''^ "•«" 0,1 
 
 f despair to \a IX's e "=' V^ ' 
 four boats, but two h-, J ni ^^ had 
 swept away AiAIn t ^^''"^^Y heen 
 
 wav'esaros^-.o.^e"assair'" -"^^ 
 the whole length of th«i' f'^^eping 
 
 we could r^el sraH , 'n ^^'N '^'"^li 
 der our fe ^. Every "L"'['""« """ 
 danser but nn, I ^ ,"^ '""^w the 
 
 Airat once Te he ■r';t '"'' ""'"■^d. 
 out: , Launch ihp, ^u ''"''?">'» "all 
 there is no t me to Z" ^'t' '' 1"'«k, 
 death-knell onL if" '" ^' ^^«* "^e 
 to the boa ts bu 'scalf^flv 'h /',' '°<>'^ 
 the captain -vq e i f., ^ ^.^^ "'»' of 
 from ifie shin when ^ '^''^'^-'engths 
 
 he..vy wayl'^Iatyf ,X"C \^ 
 was standing by the r^i .•' "^"'^ 
 
 and silent, wiili . ,ini ' "^o'^nless 
 
 around hi^Thfveri2e^',^rP'"'°"« 
 iade him takp hit ^® ^'"^ '°''ror. I 
 boat. ^^ '"' P'^ce m the second 
 
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MONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
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 AfUM" a short hesitation he did so, 
 a few strokes of the oars took them out 
 of^icLt. 1 tried to seize some plank 
 ^via^ which I mip;ht lea\) into the sea, 
 ^viuMi 1 suddenly felt myself swallowed 
 up in a thundering whirlpool wherein 
 1 completely lost consciousness, and 
 when 1 re<,^ained my senses, I found 
 myself lloating on the surface of the 
 water, a sport to the furious waves. 
 The ship had disappeared I Then my 
 thoughts rose toward heaven. Though 
 I had led a .•oiiv,h life on the ocean, 
 never had i negl-cied certain pious 
 practices, thai I hid learned from my 
 mother. 1 we <x scapular and I had 
 the greatest confidence in the Blessed 
 Virgin, Good St. Anne and St. Joseph. 
 I called them to my aid in this moment 
 of distress, and almost instantly I felt 
 strengthened and full of hope. A frag- 
 ment of wood floated within my reach 
 and although small, it served to rest 
 me a little. At the first gleam of day, 
 I perceived a piece of the forecastle, 
 which was truly my plank of safety, 
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 ^4i PART THE SEC0ND—2IST D4Y. 
 
 
 and on which J passed a hundred ana 
 a '/ 'r^ys!'"' '^ ^° ^^^' --" -S 
 The mercy of God towards me ha, 
 been great. I attribute this favo™ o S 
 prayers, and to the faith which I have 
 always preserved in the midst of th^ 
 •rnp.ons and blasphemers. Oh > ne e 
 shall J forget several of my compan on 
 who were crying to heaven for pUv 
 cL ™"'^yv^"d i"voke the help o^ 
 God, whose holy name they had bla° 
 phemed and whose existence Uiev had 
 denied but a few hours before 1 think 
 
 GodTmv'Zif ^ -^^"'"^ «'«"d ' M 
 uoa ! my God ! have mercy on us i „ 
 
 anJ'weaf e^F ' T' ^^°^'''-" ^-^'^er 
 knel» «n 1 .;i^°"'y expected death. I 
 Knelt and addressed my prayers \\ 
 heaven. ,, My God, „ 1 said, "'^ardoi 
 the sins of my life ! Ye an4s nm 
 
 me"V;^r°'"^^"^' SpUv' 
 "?® ' •:e™.i' me not to die without thp 
 
 Thou J'g^^ w/' Pr'^'^ ' "'« 
 —"«=—' 5'"^ I" hi vitjw 01 my re- 
 
MONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 245 
 
 nenlance : and judge me not with all 
 Cri^or ! Accept my sufferings and 
 ray resignation in atonement for my 
 
 " MY"attention was distracted from my 
 prayers attlie siglit of a sail, which a^ 
 neared to be coming towards me. Hatt 
 Cn listened to me? Vain hope! the 
 ail went in another direction and was 
 oon out of sight. My eyes then fell 
 uTon my sailor's knife, the siiarp blade 
 whik facinaled me. The devil 
 whispered in my ear : « O'f. f °\«; 
 only one, and all troubl'^ will be at an 
 end ! » But I called the Blessed Virgin 
 and Good St Anne to my hel^, and tue 
 dark temptation to suicide passed away. 
 My sixth night of trial began in th^ 
 midst of thunder and lightning. A 
 great ship passed which I could no 
 lignal, as my raft was loo mucli tossed 
 hi the rolling sea. Exhausted, hope- 
 kss. pierced vvith cold, I believed ray 
 last moment had come, when sud- 
 denly a blessed rain began to lali. i 
 'a ^,, rno"ih In receive a lew 
 
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 PART THE S'ECONdZ2I^7^ 
 
 They we," S.rt n™ h? "^^ ^'fe'"als. 
 tes later a b"°( Al'?"'* '^^^''^y minu- 
 
 Anne and St T,-, J ? I "^y' '^"O'i St. 
 for if. '■ ^^'"^'^^ he ever blessed 
 
 set out to fnim n P,k' '? ''°^^ which I 
 
 jn two days and a h-.^ ' ^h "!,°" ^°°' 
 being aboift si.x J mits ' So.L^f-'T 
 
 o'f'^"; Srd'??" '^ - i^uS 
 
 i^ave yieldeTrt'heirVi^^^'^'tr' ' 
 inspire tJiera with lo™ for ^^i^y 'i 
 veneration for the Sai.J! [ ^^'^ ^"^ 
 Wy protected me ^ ^^""'' ^^o «o ^isi- 
 
 Napol^on Mathur 
 
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 GLORY OF ST. ANNE, 
 
 5^ Anne in Limbo. 
 » 
 ;he subterranean place to which 
 Mr' the Holy souls of Joachim and 
 m Anne descended was doubtless a 
 ^eM sad abode, since they could 
 ^-oTtheie enjoy the sight of God^ How^ 
 ever, for our two holy ^F^^S^ "^^^'^ 
 were some happy days. The hrsl was 
 that of St. Simeon's arrival. VVe may 
 be allowed to imagine that each Ume 
 that a justified soul arrived amoui^st 
 hem, tie Saints who were alreany n 
 Limbo would go to.meet It and asK 
 about its life on earth, and how it ha 
 merited a place among the elect. \\e 
 
 venerable assembly, composed of all 
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 PAfiT r„E skco.n-d._22nd day. 
 
 ^ t 
 
 nou need ™. n tl? ?'l°"lP''°P'^«f ^i 
 
 i'>g Him in his arm, 'k?"'"' <"'^o'd. 
 Wojhor and FosteSer' '^'^^^'"^ «'^ 
 
 filled withgV tl fch "!' ''•^^^ ^va 
 hy Isaac, Jaiob Mosoc ^^7 ''''f ^'^^''^d 
 by all the PronCis ; ' P""'"? '. David, 
 f'om the father of nn^ "". "''^ Saints 
 When the Am tri snons"ot-""^'^'''^'- 
 over, andallhadoSd ,h ••'°^' ^^re 
 tulations to the hanr ' !l h"" '°"»''«- 
 the name of the vS , ' '^'^y usked 
 b»;th to the Rede!™! r ^Ti''''^ ^''''' 
 able creature, , " e Vpn.^^" ^''™''-- 
 Woman blessed im.n ?'"-''^' « 'b>s 
 called Mary f she Tfl"**^ ^!fmen, is 
 venerable Joichim n,7i "'' '^''"Shter, 
 Anne! And I W no n '"^^'. '^'«««ed' 
 
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MONTH OF 3T. ANNE. 
 
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 her Son ihrouphont the universe, or on 
 the virtues which made her worthy of 
 that choice. » Words cannot paml the 
 happiness, the admiration, the delight 
 of our dear St. Anne, and of her worthy 
 spouse, on hearing this, nor their 
 boundless gratitude to God. They were 
 overwhelmed with the leiicitations 
 of their own immediate ancestors from 
 the time of Adam and Eve, and also by 
 tho^e of the other Saints. It is related 
 that a father once died of joy on seeing 
 hi^ -^on return a victor from the Olym- 
 pic games. And yef what reward 
 was the'-e for this victory ? An olive 
 rrown that would be faded ere evening. 
 The crown of divine maternity, which 
 the Holv Ghost had placed on the head 
 of Joachim and Anne's Daughter as- 
 sured to her unto all eternity, the 
 happiest and most glorious destiny of 
 which a creature was capable. Doubt- 
 less had their parents been still mortal, 
 ihey would have died of joy on so sud- 
 rioniv lpn.<nin<]r this amazing' news. 
 
 
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of St. John the bS' ,£" ^^PPY Parents 
 
 a'l immense increC „' T^^^^. "^^^^ed 
 
 the father and m r^Kr of ?l?f'-'^ '» 
 Mother, bv relatin t ', '"^ '"■» n 
 
 «'eir blessed son byThf" '" ^^'^' of 
 words of Marv . Lh P''^«ence and 
 
 dp'i'-'ered iiom or.vfnv' -^^^'"S been 
 
 even from his .no'L",? ^f prophecy 
 
 '0 Elizabeth an J xf/v "li"'?' ^"^i's' 
 made known the n,v., '^^ ''ad been 
 nation I ^ "'ystery of the Incar- 
 
 Safml\°Titlft'f/'^"o'ourtwo 
 Joseph when ihpv'L°"' welcome St. 
 that he was their tf "",">'" ^^"^ 
 husband and the Fn ff r^ Daughter's 
 God who had vm.rh.^f^';^^"'^'" °^ 'he 
 their race 1 And wh'/f '" ''' "^""'of 
 did not that holv n.f!- "^l^' emotions 
 
 their hearts when heT.','' ^^^'^ '" 
 
 them the delays of aU ."at ^ n?r" '? 
 
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MONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
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 daring the mystery of the Annuncia- 
 tion, as \ve!l a? afterwards at Beth- 
 lehem ; and then related the whole of 
 the hidden life of Jesus ! 
 
 Practice.— Love to recall to^mind the 
 mvsteries of the Redemption by reci- 
 ting the holy Rosary, by making the 
 Way of the'Cross, by being present at 
 the holy sacritice : amidst the troubles 
 and trials of this world there is nothing 
 so consoling nor so sanctifying. 
 
 PRAYER 
 
 To implore the love of Jesus crucified. 
 
 tHE earth is filled with desolation, 
 exclaims the prophet Jeremias, 
 « because no one thinketh in his 
 heart. » Who indeed could give way to 
 pride, that source of all the evils which 
 lay the earth desolate, if they w^ould 
 but sometimes think of the birth of the 
 Son of God in a stable? Who would 
 allow themselves to be seduced by the 
 
 
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 PART THE SECOND.-~22nd DAY. 
 
 suros and goods of th 
 
 they closely studied the Mao.. 
 ed'^!lT?^-i"-^^^?^^^^"y'i>ound 
 
 is world, if 
 
 ster of the 
 
 scourtr- 
 
 voiiM not feel attracted to heavenlv 
 tilings on considering the same Tp.^ 
 ^ ononslv ascending to hL;^^^^^^ 
 ng (hat He IS going there to 
 
 doors and prepare a place 
 beloved Protecto 
 
 esus 
 
 -yv^rcu i-ruiectors 
 I have much to re 
 
 ar- 
 
 open its 
 
 lor us ? My 
 
 'm and Anne 
 
 on Ihese heads, for i.p to now 
 neglected these meanrof pe7fe 
 { will profit better by th 
 
 r will 
 
 ■^tlast for a short space of 
 Passion of Jesus, that 
 
 Joachi 
 
 proach myself with 
 
 have 
 
 perfection. 
 
 em in future ; 
 
 pass no day without meditati 
 
 sa 
 
 time on the 
 
 grand school in 
 
 liVrl h^^'e^ learned the 
 
 r me a 
 
 which the 
 
 ^pnit of compunction 
 
 renouncement, wiU^oiU ^hi;;i^'K 
 touching mysteries will ma[ ' 
 
 pression in my heart 
 
 i^fc no im- 
 
 EJaculalto?i.-~Sl 
 
 ^ju.tuoucwfL-~^i, Anne, 
 the love of Jesus cruc! Tied 
 
 ^Vnne, obtain forme 
 
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M 
 
 ONTH OF ST. ANNE 
 
 
 Confidence in St. Anne, . 
 
 (DY8PKP31A). 
 
 FTER ibree months of silence 
 "which by obedience 1 havebeen 
 --h^r- obliged to observe, it is a pleas- 
 S^oi me to testily publicly my gra- 
 hide to Good St. Anne, who has ob- 
 S me^he -comparab^ fa-)r of a 
 miraculous cure. Perm t me, Mr. toi 
 tnr 10 give some details of this cure 
 Ind so to increase among your sub- 
 scribers faith and confidence m our 
 
 ^To\=?mr£l bad been am^ 
 
 rsetnJjro^Satn?^-^^^^^^ 
 rsSlphVician,andalllheremedi 
 
 which his knowledge and his aesir.. 
 
 '%TsSa°fas"£ng me such 
 infeH pain, that for some weeks it 
 
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 I'ART THL- SKCOXD.— 52nd 
 
 Day. 
 
 ";^-^ and he d.scon Cd v^tfr P°'''''- 
 '■ecnll me to life "^sician could 
 
 Ebouleme,ns,To be .rest 'T ^"'^' ^' 
 momenta for flP',7i. ' '^^^*'"' at my last 
 
 I. alone Loi^d^.t'i „tf "Im'^ I"'^^"^^'«- 
 I'yely faiih in Gol)d St A ,ni'°P'- ^^^ 
 with the daii.>e^ »t-Aiine increased 
 
 i-partS^o"fi:;?'4 a?d^„S"^-' ^ 
 80 to the sancti arv^rf ' '^^^""^ '» 
 t'oness. He conse.L f "'Y S'*^^' ^^■ 
 or rather to takp ^» , ' ■ 'akeme thee, 
 
 as they cafred^n.: tl.er'''"» ^''^''^'^- 
 was very PaiaftU ;i;T.as^;„^,^Sord 
 
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A:0^TH of ST. ANNR. 
 
 255 
 
 I 
 
 ,,,, n>e of iDorplu^ie that the dreadful 
 . ,,,,,n,.s I w;is piiduring conld be re^ 
 li,ve(l and that I was able to continue 
 h, loiirnov. The morning of August 
 rail I rcai'hod Si Anne de Beaupre. 
 TlH'V iniiiiediatelv carried me to the 
 ciuiich ; r drank some water of the 
 miraculous spring, and I heard a Mass 
 lluU was celebrated for my intention. 
 I experienced no improvement, yet 1 
 felt my confidence increasing. 1 baa 
 come with a certainty of being cured. 
 Mv prayer of every instant was (.Good 
 St Anne cv^e me ! » I went back to 
 the church iwice in the course of the 
 
 '^^fhe next day, Friday, they took me 
 ♦ here again in the morning ; it was 
 impossible for me to remain more than 
 a quater of an hour, and on returning 
 to my boarding place I was obliged to 
 CO to bed. About four o'clock m the 
 afternoon, 1 felt so ill that my sister, 
 who had made herself my nurse, 
 -enl for one of the Redomptonst 
 
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25G PAHT THE SECOND.— 22 
 
 ND DAV. 
 
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 1 atliers o hear my confession. J could 
 not receive Holy Comnninion on "c 
 count of attacks of vomitincf, which 
 retmnecl every five or ten minutes 
 1 he good Rather after encouraginrme 
 
 to ufTer with resignation to tlie limine 
 ,^J,'"v';-^P''essf'd the hope of givin^ np 
 
 em. n^'fo/r^''^'™' '' ' "^'"l^ « 5 
 vomUing '""'"'^ "'""'^^ ^i'hout 
 
 The following night was an e\ce<= 
 sively painful one ; intense si S' 
 made me lose consciousness ; mv ey "s 
 could no longer distinguish ofileJ,? 
 
 ~d^ '["^'^ '''\''"' like ice.°liro : 
 aiourd, seeing what an ex'remitv f 
 
 On Saturday, the nth,mysufrerine, 
 
 ost nothing of their intensity I ef 
 
 treated my sister to have me taken once" 
 
 i^oy Communion. The Father who 
 had heard my confession the day prl 
 
MONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 257 
 
 vious feared some iiccidcat, for the 
 a tacks or vomiting were sUU very re- 
 n Pii but I insislKl and he consented. 
 ^Twa^n the Cl^apel of the c^y 
 
 i.-iniilY that 1 was enabled lo "•"'« 
 if," ! with onr Lord Jesus Chnst 
 ^d afterwards I venerated the reh 
 
 rmvl St Anne. Oh ! miracle ! At that 
 ?on mom . I all pah. suddenly d.sap- 
 nnrecl ' 1 arose and walked without 
 1 eh, o'th« statue of my benefactress. 
 Ilow was I to express to her my g.ati- 
 uule! how to thank her ! 
 
 [ went to the sacristy to meet 
 
 a Father who could testify to «'5' ccnv 
 
 lete cure. I then returned to the 
 
 oardin" house. As 1 had been away 
 
 ion" hey were just about to come 
 
 .nd loSk for me, and the hotel-keeper 
 
 nad already asked for help to brmg me 
 
 'T4 new favor of St. A"ne was 
 speedily known ; a number of s, m s 
 came to inquire, ana had « ' ^^^^«^ 
 many questions about my lona .....a 
 
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 ^AHT THE SECOND.~.22nd 
 
 DAY. 
 
 had to omt St A '°'* "^ see me, I 
 
 a few davs before indhi^"''""^ '^^''^ 
 for me. "j pvpm Jim^ 'S'^ P^'"^"' 
 visit one of nv , .Ti '° Roberval to 
 'he Ursulineo?;!™^'^ member of 
 
 cuSd' in'i' ^'"^^ '"°""i-'' ''ince I 
 
 exceli;.n"' "^^^ '^^"""' '^°""n»es to' te 
 
 G lory and love (0 Good St. Anne - 
 
 Alma Rose Hudon, 
 H6i3ertvii;e, Nov. 20th, 1S89. 
 
 {Physician's cenificate.) 
 H6benville,Nov. llth, I8S9 
 
MONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 259 
 
 ronstanlly under my care for two 
 mnn hs was suffering from a severe 
 Xction of the nerves, a disease that 
 Sirass causes death by exhaustion 
 '"preauent and persistent attacks of 
 voSg hindered her from retaining 
 any food, she suffered increasingly 
 from sharp pains that could only be 
 vplieved l^v anodynes. 
 ' WhPn Vhis voung person set out on 
 her pngrimage to St. Anne, she was m 
 a state of extreme weakness and ema- 
 ciation, and 1 had lost all hope of cur- 
 She^; wherefore I consider her cure 
 PS miraculous, especially for reason of 
 its suddenness and permanence. 
 
 ^ " ^ Dr. T. A. Talbot. 
 
 
 
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 GLOav OF ST. ANWE. 
 
 ^nne m Limbo. 
 
 like to-day to «nPik- ,!f , ■ We would 
 of delight on s;ei;,^ a J '7 "'f'sports 
 
 of our\avio„r h4 eff , °''"'''*' «°"' 
 moment of h-'s death n'f"'^ ^' "i« 
 powerless to naint i,;. ^"' "'^''ds are 
 
 we know tha'^i^e o'?''".'-J^>'f«'''' 
 ways united (n/hf '' ^''"^^ ^^as al- 
 
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MONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 201 
 
 uhim and 
 
 ■0 represent 
 ^e and her 
 'gfiiegJorv 
 ^een honoiv 
 We would 
 ti'ansports 
 I'able soul 
 ive at the 
 tvords are 
 •' ilvfaitl] 
 c^ was al- 
 he Word, 
 prison of 
 
 lh3 elect, to announce lo them their re- 
 demption and their approaching entry 
 into heaven. Try to picture to your- 
 selves their adoration, their songs ot 
 iove and gratitude on learning frona 
 Himself at what a price He had pur- 
 chased them. After having announced 
 ail these wonderful tidings to the as- 
 sembled Saints, we may well believe 
 that Jesus who was so affable to a I 
 and so good to all, spoke at great length 
 with His dear St. Joseph and with the 
 father and mother of His beloved 
 Mother. What dehght must have 
 filled Iheir hearts on hearing themsel- 
 ves addressed by Him, their Saviour, 
 their God, by the sweet name of father 
 and Mother! What tender compassion 
 they felt when He related to them m 
 detail all the scenes of His dolorous 
 Passion, from the garden of Gethsemani 
 
 to Golgotha ! They seemed to feel all 
 the anguish of His Agony, all the blows 
 that had fallen on Him in His scourg- 
 ing, and the wounds of the thorns ana 
 
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 na, s vvhirh had pierced His adorable 
 
 yjTu^°'r '^"^^ ^'^' 0"'- salvation 
 cos Thfle, dear Lord ! „ said ihev 
 
 - what love hast Thou not shown fo^ 
 
 Z7r ''r,"""'"''' ^«" *' be possible 
 that Children of Abraham have had 
 hearts so hard so depraved as to hate 
 and persecute Thee, and take away Thv 
 hfe .' And Thy Mother, Lord Jesus! 
 how could she support such anguish 
 Where was she, Lord, during Thy suf. 
 fering ? „ „ Near to me, her great love 
 gave her strength to remain bv me to 
 the very last. The sight of her grief 
 was my chief suffering.. 1 beheld her 
 pate, cast down, not even able to re- 
 ct?n „ / "js^rtby weeping. And she is 
 still on Calvary, at the foot of the Cros^ 
 awaiting the taktng down of mv Bodv 
 by some faithful friends, so as to em- 
 brace and kiss my lifeless remains and 
 p ace them in the tomb. One thought 
 alone consoles me, which is that 
 through the virtues she has exercised 
 to-day, she has enhanced her merits 
 
MONTH OF ST. aNNE. 
 
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 , h ■^ rlt^^ree as neither Ihe Angels, 
 ;;^ri'&''wm, nor the Seraphim 
 
 ven hei-seif or any other creaiert 
 ^i it except, mv own, is in a slate to 
 
 aer^Ui d^ Anc henceforth her glory 
 Ue m proportion to these mer.s 
 , will also be the power ot her uiter- 
 
 ; on n favor of those for whom 1 
 n've 'hed my blood ! Compassionate 
 he,' von Joachim and Anne the sor- 
 nws of your beloved Daughter, ray 
 C i.r b« rejoice with Me, at the 
 ! -ihe has Acquired and of which 
 Ci will soon be the happy witnesses . 
 Xt en-'th, on the third day after Hi» 
 rtealh towards the hour when the first 
 tTyhiZ sun began to gild thedornes 
 ofthe Temple of Jerusalem, the soul of 
 J sus bade farewell to the .Uustrious 
 IssemblY of the elect, again to be 
 
 S t'o His Body, until the fortieth 
 dnv thence, when He bid ihem meei 
 o7lhe Xu^^ of Olives, thence lo wing 
 ?heir wa? triumphantly to heaven in 
 
 His company. 
 
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PART THE SECOND..-23ao 
 
 DaV. 
 
 of the Cross, ^Sw a^teLp^"' '^' ^ay 
 «o Jesus and Mary fn -h '°™P^^^*<"' 
 and testify Jivelv I. ,,, a *°'"''ows 
 their devotedness ?o n**" '"* "•"""<" 
 These sentimems ar^ m"', ^^'^^tion. 
 to tJiem, as tbey hal f*" ^S^'^^^k 
 vealed to the c;^ in, ^'equently re- 
 
 down numerous '"^'ce?*^ "'" <^"- 
 below and willmerit r. °" •^'°" ''«''= 
 reward in the ne.n hfe/°'' ^'°" ^ "^" 
 
 resus, true Son of God f ir • . 
 Ir t^en, that Thou InV^ |J^" ^^^"« 
 ^ creature the no f ^^''^^ ^ ^'^^e 
 sinners ; this wa's 'e^LlS^^^^^ ^^^ 
 vouchsafe to nav m Vi.? V^^i-ulidst 
 l^gll J ^^ pay to deliver hiin irom 
 
 Blessed beThon r^,.*u' 
 dear l.o-d anrl hi! 'i"f '''«•" "lercv 
 "' ana blessed be Thy du'inj 
 
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MONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 Wniher who bein? animated by the 
 ?lme ore, consented to Thy immola- 
 foTand hared all Thy humiliations 
 Ta sufferings. Jesu. ! Mary ! >n jeturn 
 ?or so much goodness, I beseech ye to 
 'a°ccenil those acts of thanksgiving 
 ,d ove which have been offered you 
 hv ill the elect in heaven and all the 
 St who are siill in exile here below 
 ^Vi; cannot 1 burn w.lh love for you 1 
 Whv cannot 1 expire of grief and love 
 a vour feel ! Glorious patnarch St. 
 InaVhim and thou, beloved &l. Anne, 
 • btainTor me ^ome spa, ks o^^ Ihat^piire 
 love for Jesus and Mary w.th whicn 
 vour hearts were on fire ; ^vouW thai 
 i could love them in the future as 
 much as I have offended them in the 
 
 P'|acutorio«.- Good St. Anne obtain 
 for me a faithful remembrance of the 
 Passion of Jesus. 
 
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 (Cancer.) 
 
 Cape Rouge, Nov. JOlh, 1887. 
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 a radical clrl"'^'^ '•-improvement, but 
 
 posed at the' end^? ff'^^''^ ''"^'^- 
 me end of the yea. 3 1885. 
 
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 ONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
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 t,vi,>ifl of (liininishiiig, as was al first 
 ,.„tL.ao u _ iiici'oasud until in 
 
 ?; , and 'v s (1 ailv wasting away. The 
 ^si'lan in altenaanco decided, after 
 ff. V V sits, tliat Mr. Valin vyas siifler- 
 i„ from cancer of the i)owels, and an 
 .Vr or cancerous growth soon con- 
 r noTihis vi.'w. There was no longer 
 
 *onva5uLuonofdays. In addition 
 r Ler^ bronchitis came on and ag^ 
 cravated the position o', h« P.'^^'. 
 Jatient. As the mouth vvasful of can 
 Serous ulcers, he could uke =tarce^> 
 
 Hicut' ni;S h. his dXv's 
 riSourhUUn^thellolyViaticu.., 
 
 ^Is^^^^a's'Tr.'^S^reSrage him, 
 .OhFaIher!"»hesaid tome, »lam 
 
 aSle resigned to death, but can I even 
 ?;ow ask Good St. Anue to cu.-e me » 
 I answered that certainly he cou.a 
 prav to St, AP-ae, that she was very 
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2G8 PART 1 HE SECOND.— 23nD DAY. 
 
 powerful with C;od,an{i that sheccld 
 obtain a miracJ'; for him as she had 
 done hr so many uihers. And then I 
 added « Above all, l)e resigned to the 
 will of God. If lie desires to call you 
 lo Him, that is the best disposition of 
 the heart.)) 
 
 'i lie poor sufferer rontinued a nov^na 
 that he had begun in honor of St. 
 A.ine. A lamp was burning day and 
 night in his room before the ima-^e 
 of the Saint. After the first novena 
 a second was begun, but th. re was 
 no improvement. The doctor could 
 only give his patient doses of mor- 
 phine to still the pain. At lei^gth there 
 was a little change for the better. For 
 my part I attributed it to the anodynes 
 that the physician had given. But for 
 a wonder, one morning, our patient 
 suddenly takes the resolution of goino' 
 to the sanctuary of St. Anne. When 1 
 was consulted I dared not encourage 
 this pilgrimage, fearing that a journey 
 of twenty-seven miles might be fatal to 
 
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 GLORY OF ST. ANNE, 
 
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 Joachim and Anne ascend to heaven 
 with Jesus. 
 
 inE great and beautiful day of our 
 
 f^ Saviour's Ascension arrived at 
 
 ^_^ last and the prison gales were 
 
 opened to the soul of ttie just. With 
 
 what loving eagerness did these holy 
 
 souls hasten to the Mount of Olives, 
 
 where Jesus, their only love, was 
 
 aw^aiting them ! What joy for them, 
 
 and more particularly, what joy for St. 
 
 Joachim and St. Anne, to be able to 
 
 gaze on the beauty of His risen body, 
 
 and to behold the rays of light which 
 
 emanated fronri His wounds ! What 
 
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 their beloved Daughter, the glorious 
 vn.^in whose life had been renewed 
 by His resLirrecdon ! And when Jesus 
 had given His last recommendations 
 to His disciples and blessed them, He 
 began ascending towards heaven and 
 with Him there ascended all the 
 myriads of patriarchs, of prophets, of 
 hejust oi all ages, the first fruits of. 
 lered to God by the human race. \nd 
 whilst ascending lo the heavenly 
 reams they sang in chorus : « Hosanna 
 to he Son of David, glory to Him who 
 hath redeemed us with His precious 
 blood. Princes, lift up jour gates and 
 the King of glory shall come in ! ,, -, 
 «Who is the King of glory? „ demand- 
 ed the Angels -« It is the Lord, strong 
 and mignty tne Lord mighty in battle" 
 the Lord ol hosts. » And at these words 
 A ^'i^^f ^^ heaven were thrown open 
 And then there ^ st on the eyes of 
 Joachim and Ann. ravishing spect- 
 acle, which all the deMghts of eternity 
 will never efface from their remem- 
 mance. ^n a raised throne blazing 
 
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MONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 273 
 
 with ravs of glory, was seated- the 
 Ancient of days, the Eternal, the Father 
 of all. Standing around Him, ttie 
 Dominations, the Powers, the Virtues, 
 the Cherubim and the Seraphim, veil- 
 in- their faces with their wings and 
 ailed with a holy fear, sang : « Holy ! 
 holv ' holy ! the Lord God of hosts ; 
 tlie" heaven and earth are filled witli 
 His "-lorv ! » Now. so soon as the bon 
 of mIiu the divine Offshoot of Joachim 
 and Anne, had arri-cd before the 
 throne, the Eternal, opening wide His 
 arms, pressed Him to His hear., saying : 
 . Thou art my Son, my first- begotten ; 
 ^it Thou on mv right hand till 1 make 
 Thv enemies thy footstool » Then, on 
 asiW being given them, all the Angels, 
 Archangels, Thrones, Virtues, Princi- 
 palities, Dominations, Powers, Che- 
 rubim and Seraphim came in their 
 choirs, to prostrate themselves before 
 Jesus, saluting Him as their King and 
 their God, crving out: ((\\orthy is 
 the Lamb that was slain to receive 
 power and honor and glory for ever 
 
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PART THE SECOND.— 24th DAV 
 
 n'nfhrf" Wlwt a happiness would it 
 
 crownprri' P°°';P«^^""t to see his so 
 crowned Km- of a vast empire and 
 sun-onnded by the homage of U e loTds 
 the land ? And yet whalisanea tl v 
 lungdom but vain show, a source of 
 endless trouble ! Its possessor w eld 
 a power more imaginary than Teal 
 which can neither ward off suffering 
 
 —7^"''^ ''''^ '^'^ death a siS 
 moment. How immeasurably greater 
 
 e"tvvo" 1 of "'^ ""''" '"<= hapji^ess '^ 
 tiie tvvo holy spouses on seein" their 
 
 Grandson recognised by the Mosl-m'h 
 as His only Son, proclaimed K ■" "of 
 
 ioifoMt''^°'''^^^^'""''"'"^^«"d>nn- 
 HQiis 01 the princes of the heavpnlv 
 
 courts! And ne.« to the beaificSf 
 seeing their Jesus, lovin- Kim in 1 
 
 beholding His glor'y will Iterna h K 
 
 'l^rc^TV^'''' «"'• happinel'^ 
 i ra(!/.(;e.— Re oicmg in the happiness 
 and glory of Jesus Clfrist is a mosTme 
 rtorions act of charity, and one 
 
 i'xous souls are the more called on to 
 
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MONTH OF ST. AISNE. 
 
 2/0 
 
 practise this disinterested love, since it 
 IS indispensable for attaining heaven. 
 
 PRAVrii 
 
 To implore the love of God 
 
 ^P<^ Y sweetest Jesus ! I rejoice more 
 |fV/\ in the supreme felicity which 
 ^';^ Thou dost enjoy, and wilteter- 
 nalW enjov than in all the happiness 
 that may ever be mine in time and in 
 eternity. My greatest happiness, my 
 beloved Redeemer, is knowing that 
 Thou art perfectly happy and that ihy 
 happiness is infinite. Reign then over 
 mv soul, dear Lord, I give it entirely 
 to Thee ; do Thou take possession of it 
 for ever : may my will, my senses my 
 faculties, everything in me be subject 
 to Thy love, and in this world be only 
 employed at Thy good pleasure and in 
 
 Thy glory. 
 
 Glorious ancestors of my Jesus, b.. 
 Joachim and St. Anne, intercede for 
 me with Mary, with Jesus ; obtain .or 
 
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276 PART THE SECOND.— 24th DAY 
 
 me the grace of loving God, not only 
 l^ecaiise of His goodness to me and the 
 happiness to which 1 aspire, but also 
 and above all, because He is infinitely 
 good in Himself and, through His 
 divine perfections, worthy of infinite 
 love. 
 
 Ejaculation, — St. Joachim and St 
 Anne, obtain for me that 1 may love 
 Jesus not only for the benefits J expect 
 Irom Him but still more for Himself 
 
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 EXA^IPLC. 
 
 Recourse to St. Anne, 
 
 (epjlepsy). 
 
 Saint Roch, Quebec. 
 
 N Tuesday, Aug. 10th 1874, the 
 _ ' Confraternity of the Living Ro- 
 yj^ sary made its annual pilgrimage 
 At SIX o'clock in the mornino- ' 
 
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 MONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
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 stcamrrs set out, carrying eleven hvm- 
 iTd pilfriims to the sanctuary of St. 
 Anne de Beaupre. Among Ihem there 
 w ii voun- cirl, of St. rtoch, Quebec, 
 t h\d lo"n| been afflicted with em- 
 Inpsv, and this young girl was mysel . 
 Mv illness far from yielding to the ef- 
 forts of the physicians grew constanly 
 IVom bad to worse, and gave serious 
 anxiety both to my P^r^'its and rnyse f. 
 For the first two ^weeks the attacks 
 were so frequent Ihat they scarce y 
 Ipfl me a moment of rest. My family 
 said that! fell into dreadful convulsions 
 during which with my writhing limbs 
 and framing mouth I ^enly offered a 
 TiiHahle siffht. Afterwards the attacks 
 file less frequent, biit lasted much 
 
 longer, and finally resul ed nito cr ses 
 that kept me struggling for more than 
 
 two hours. 
 
 How could I in such circumslances 
 undertake a journey^ of twenty-one 
 miles? Before starting my o hei 
 wilh the rest of the family, as wull ab 
 a number of pious sodalities had uiadt 
 
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 278 PAUT THK SECOND — 24th DAY. 
 
 several nov<^nns in honor of the ^vos,^ 
 and nrood St. Anne in mv behalf "" Mv 
 mother had also promised, if I obtained 
 my cure, that it should be published 
 m the " Annals. » 
 
 We had not prayed in vain, for F was 
 cured. Would that I had a thousand 
 tongues to proclaim to all the earth 
 were it possible, the power; the kind' 
 ness, and the tenderness of Good St. 
 Anne, who has restored me to health ' 
 I would desire to borrow the hearts of 
 all the angels and saints that I mi^^ht 
 worthily thank.. Ihis great patroness 
 lor obtaining me so ^reat a favor. 
 
 This pilgrimage which was so fruit- 
 ful for me was also the same for others 
 who undoubtedly will not fail to relate 
 what they have obtained.— A man of 
 upwards of fifty years, suffering from 
 extreme weakness, and unable to dio-est 
 any kind of food, was among the°pil. 
 grims. This poor unfortunate, who 
 resembled a walking corpse, was ra- 
 dically cured. Another man recovered 
 
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 MONTH or ST. ANNE. 
 
 270 
 
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 l,i,si-lii,wlnclilieha(l so complo'.'ly 
 Ui liiui. Iw could uol walk a slup willi- 
 out as^istiincc. . ^ . 
 
 Such w^M-e some of the exterior 
 favors, ])ut God alone knows the nurn- 
 b,r of the Interior graces bestowed. 
 
 l.ov(N Unnor, praise, and gratitude to 
 the liood and glorious St. Anne. 
 
 GI-ORY OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 ^0ns;bcvati(^n, 
 
 St Joachim and St. Anne witness Manfs 
 arrival in heaven. 
 
 fT. Stanislas Kostka always mani- 
 fested a great desire l^if /^^s 
 deal'; might occur shortly before 
 he Feast of the Assumption, so that 
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 PAIIT THE SECOND.— 25th DAY. 
 
 he mioht be present at the Iieavenlv 
 ce ebration of that glorious day. n 
 asked and obtained tins grace through 
 he intercession of St. Lawrence % 
 then the anniversary of that great e'vem 
 canses such great rejoicing in heaven 
 tb;it the elect experience an incroas" 
 01 happiness which, in the words of 
 the voung Saint, is as a fresh Panulise 
 wu an Paradise, what can we think 
 
 the very day itself when this Qneeii 
 
 01 all iiearts made her solemn eutrv 
 there in body and soul ? And, if this 
 day was such a glorious one for all the 
 inhabitants of heaven, what must it 
 have been for the two Saints who had 
 heen deemed worthy of being her 
 parents ? o ^^^^ 
 
 After her divine Son's Ascension, 
 Mary had but languished on earth, and 
 It was only her submission to the di- 
 vine Will which had e^iabled her 
 to continue to dwell there and to 
 calm those loving transports whirh 
 might at any time, h'ave severed 
 
MONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
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 thP frail bonds that held captivo her 
 niiro body which was, so to speak, spi- 
 ',Uuahso(l by divine love. The angels 
 aihl hlesspd were burning with the de- 
 sire to hehohl her amongst them, that 
 she mi'^ht take possession of the throne 
 destined for h(M'. It seemed to them as 
 if something was wanting even in the 
 boaulv of h(>aven until she should have 
 nrrived. As for Joachim and Anne, 
 tiiev had so ardent a desire of seeing 
 thrir blessed Daughter glorified that, 
 whilst accepting the Will of God Who 
 siill retained her in exile, it seemed 
 to them as if their happiness, immense 
 though it was, would be incomplete 
 until her arrival. 
 
 Yielding at length to so many ardent 
 desires, the Lord permitted that death, 
 or rather love, shonld sever the chains 
 of the illnslrions exile ; and, when, 
 after a momentary separation from her 
 body, her pure and holy soul was again 
 united to it and had gloriCed it, Jesus 
 ^ave the signal for her triumph. Ac- 
 
 v-sif»\^iX'p»ef:Sy^if*t»^W 
 
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 companiod by a countless nniltitiulR of 
 jngels, He wont to meet her, says St 
 BHniardine, and taking her by the hand 
 rook His Ibght with her to heaven 
 What a mai'veih)n3 spectacle then met 
 the eyes of the blessed Anne and her 
 glonons spouse ! Their Daughter in. 
 comparably more beautiful than 'the 
 oeraphim, completely eclipsed the na. 
 tural sun by her brilliancy, for she 
 was clothed with the glory of the sun 
 of righteousness. Supported by hor 
 divine Son, she soared gently lowarls 
 the heavenly dwellings, beautifnl as 
 the dawn which gilds (he clouds wilh 
 Its earliest rays, fragrant as the aroma- 
 tic incense that exhales in the temple. 
 AH hearts were drawn lo her, and 
 although the angels were dazzled bv 
 her beauty, they rejoiced in it and 
 would willingly have still further 
 enhanced it, even at their own expense 
 if it had been possible. All of them 
 pressed around her to gaze on her 
 again and again and drink in the 
 

 
 MONTH OF ST. ANNE 
 
 .,„, ofiors of her virtues. On behold- 
 •nfher approach, those angels, who 
 atl remalued in heaven, asked : .Who 
 She Ihtt comelh up, fair as the moon 
 Tvv^ and comely as Jerusalem, tern- 
 Ue as an army set m array » And 
 those who surrounded hej repUe*l • 
 , i\ i« \larv our Qapea, liie MOinti ui 
 llr St Jesus i: When the sacred 
 Zc s ion had arrived i.. heaven Joa- 
 ?i,im and Anue beheld the Son of man 
 Sntog t eir beloved Daughter to 
 Kernal Fati. .r, who .crowned her 
 ueen of the whole universe. 1 ! en 
 S he choir of angels approached to 
 olTer her their homage and tea ly 
 then the saints drew near, greatu g 
 hpr as their co-redemptress and then- 
 Mother And when, i.^ Iheir turn to 
 roost blessed parents approached M 
 feelings filled their hearts ? In wnat 
 e?ms can thev have expressed them- 
 selves ? « Our Lady ! blessed be bod 
 1 aving giving thee to ".ankn ; 
 blessed be He for having voucli^.i!ed 
 
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 J^ i 1>AUT Tin-: SEG0ND.--20TII DAY. 
 
 to Iv,^ honi of (lioo, to rloliver us fruin 
 sin and (hvilh ! IMi^ssimI bo Il(} for haviD:> 
 chosen ns, all unworthy as we are, lo 
 liavo .i;i\on Ihee twistonce! Happy was 
 the (lay when Ihou wort born in our 
 house I Aiiil now, M.u-y, wo shall be 
 no more separated from thee ; wo shall 
 always behold thee, thy happiness will 
 for ever iner.-.ise ours. Blessed for ever 
 be the Lord Who by casting His eyes 
 ou thee has made us the happiest of 
 parents.)) ((And blessed be ye also, re- 
 vered father and best beloved mother, » 
 would Mary reply, ((blessed be ye hr 
 ever for having obtained my birth bv 
 your prayers and Ihus having given 
 me that existence win^h enabled me to 
 fulfil the highest destiny to which a 
 creature could be called to fulfil, and 
 for having obtained for me so raanv 
 graces of predilection I Blessed be ye 
 lor all the tender care with which ye 
 surrounded me ; blessed be ve that, 
 notwithstanding your great love of 
 me, ye did consecrate me to the Lord. 
 
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 ONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 285 
 
 X,.xtto Him, yo s 
 
 ha 
 
 11 be eternally the 
 
 dcart-st obj 
 Pious rea 
 oil lliese iiK: 
 
 biiM-ts oHny grateful love » 
 fler, we leave you to ponder 
 
 H^aVable subjects; your own 
 
 1U.-U-1 will say more to you than can be 
 
 ;jed by our words winch are all 
 
 expressc 
 
 ,„iworlliY or so sublime a Hieme. 
 "",1?,. 1-Like her divine Son, Mary 
 
 .JS^-^:^ tiu.- -ho not only 
 ■,Klore\er aid in time „eo but 
 
 ISO love her with a pure 
 
 love and rejoice in her happiness. 
 
 PUA%E« 
 
 To implore from Si. Anne the love of Manj. 
 
 tv sweetest and most amiable 
 Mother Mary, I rejoice m tl y 
 . happiness and glory more than 
 in ill the favors thou canst srant me; 
 ^a':.d^{ bt; the Lord f- having made 
 thpe so beautiful, so holy, so lo\eiy , 
 ,^0 ce that He I'oveth thee more tluan 
 all His other creatures togelher. Why 
 
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 PART THE SECOND.— 25th DAY/ 
 
 Si I- V'.' 
 
 nil! 
 
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 vT^thllT,^ ^^^".^^ ^^^ g'-eatest ser- 
 vants have loved thee, as St. Bernard 
 fe . Stanislas. St. Philip Neri, St Ai' 
 
 ?h ""'"'i .^^'^y '=''""°' I even surpass 
 them and be the foremost among the 
 hearts that love thee ! If my desires 
 are acceptable to thee, do thou fc 
 wmpl.sh them, for tho'u cans do so" 
 Blessed parents of our lovely Queen if 
 ye cannot always obtain for me the 
 temporal favors I demand, ye cannot 
 lelise to pray for me when I call on 
 
 ^mnf?h!''i'" '^'";?'^ ^''^ inestimable 
 gut of the love of Jesus and Mary 
 
 ijacuiation. — St. Joachim and St 
 
 Anne, obtain forme that, noit to Jesus 
 
 I may love Mary above all ' 
 
 E.>iAIWI»LEo 
 
 Medal Of Si. Anne. 
 
 (revolver). 
 
 ygN^NE day as I was waiting for the 
 - train to set out at the station of 
 a parish in thp riiopoep rf'\f--- 
 
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MONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 287 
 
 ,,cnl I noticed a young man who al- 
 ouiivclv observed all my motions. He 
 ; UcMl back and forth, seeming to ex- 
 .mv reli-ious habit and plainly 
 ':;!o:.. 1 that he wished to speak to me. 
 .■iraV'v he approached respectfully. 
 :,Tt;- .. „ he siid, I believe you are one 
 '.";"■ r.^ioaarv priests of Good fet. 
 t,;'e 'e Beaupre ?» On my answermg 
 ;> t' '' ^ had not mistaken, he continued : 
 r^tdou the liberty I Ukemadte 
 
 n^ YOU. I am also a child of Gool bt 
 
 ^'^ fiLnvs Shank her for the great 
 £aSle 1-s ™sht in my l.avo. 
 
 » one Sunday a ternoon, a^^^^^^^^^ 
 
 month ago, 1 ^^ as '-^^^^ r^V' friend^ I 
 i^nmn-mv with two 01 my nitnu • i- 
 
 ind turned about. Being so accustom, u 
 to my weapon I feared no danger Iro.a 
 
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 288 
 
 PART THE SEGOND.--.25th DAY. 
 
 1., when all of a sudden, while we were 
 taiKing, I happened to touch the tri^. 
 ger. The pistol discharged strikiiu. 
 me in the middle of the breast. Oh 
 how good St. Anne has been to me on 
 that day! The ball went through my 
 clothes but was stopped by a medaL a 
 medal of St. Anne, which I constantly 
 wore smce my last pilgrimage to Beau- 
 Pi-e. 1 fell on my knees together with 
 my two friends, and we thanked with 
 all our hearts that good Mother who 
 had preserved me from temporal and 
 eternal death ; for, Alas, Father, 1 was 
 not ready at that moment to appear 
 before God. As som as 1 can, I will 
 make a pilgrimage of thanksgivino- to 
 Beaupre. « ° 
 
 S. L. C. S. S. R. 1888. 
 
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 VIRTUES OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 St. Anne's faith and hope. 
 
 ■„v worthy servants of the Saints 
 
 |.'"aVrnot7hose who content them^ 
 
 m, selves with invokng Iheir he p 
 
 iSe time of trouble and i.e^J Jul 
 
 r^^rsirvSTr^^^o^-- 
 
 ^'^UTiS&onisasn..^^^^ 
 
 Af intpvpstinf^ the baints m om .d^u.. 
 ot mteiesuup ^^ ^n sovera paces, 
 We have already, m st\tiai 7 
 
 r^r^SKfa^rhe devoted to a 
 fuller consideration o tben. We 
 be-in by the theological virtues. 
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 PAirr THE SL'coND.— 2Gt 
 
 H DAY 
 
 r^-'iih is (he foundati 
 
 or iJie root of ail 
 
 ion, the s 
 
 of all Christ 
 
 Sll 
 
 oiirce 
 
 pernatural life and 
 
 of failh or th 
 
 I'^Ji virtue. It is th 
 
 wliich causes so 
 
 e weakness of their fa 
 
 e want 
 ith 
 
 the present dav to J 
 
 many christians of 
 
 Fail! 
 
 ive as 
 
 f 
 
 and the hope tnat sp 
 
 i'on), were, accordin 
 
 heathens, 
 'iiigs there- 
 
 fwo 
 
 to St. Paul, th( 
 
 Jiies whicii shone the bri-ii 
 
 in triO Saints of the Old Testani 
 i^'( t, It these eternal truth 
 
 somewhat obscure t 
 
 all 
 
 must have been 8^111 ..,,, 
 
 lliern, for Jesus Christ had 
 
 test 
 
 ent. In 
 
 s are occasion- 
 
 us, th 
 
 ^Y 
 
 ih 
 
 n earth to preach 
 
 em. 
 
 Rel] 
 
 <T 
 
 dow 
 
 ion was then 
 
 s and figures, its 
 
 s^Mited Jesiis'Christ,butdid 
 
 H 
 
 in 
 
 ; Its sacraments, its cert 
 
 did not confer grace 
 only served to awal 
 
 the 
 J 
 
 people of those days^ looked 
 
 esus Christ for salvation, lik 
 hoped lOf heaven : but,unlik 
 did not possess Jesus Ghri 
 
 more obscure to 
 
 not yet come 
 
 these truths to 
 
 composed of sha- 
 
 sacrifices re pre - 
 
 ' " ' not contain 
 
 monies 
 
 as ours do, but 
 
 ie piety. Like us 
 
 to 
 
 ^e us they 
 
 e us, fheV 
 
 sfc; they had 
 
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 ONTH OF ST. ANNE 
 
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 „ Plessed Eucharist, that pledge and 
 ?" ,.n.nf heaven on earth ; and also 
 '?'''f PS of heaven were shut agamsl 
 "" ^ r -IS om Lord Jesus Christ says, 
 '"""• \ Lwn bY its fruits, St. Anne's 
 ? ^T"'.'. lone must have been great 
 llllleed! sinl? tl "y bore such excellent 
 
 '■tlu.t was that fruit ? It was ^^^^^^^^^ 
 
 ''-•^'"aSd"nUrlhafthebir!h& 
 
 Te'vothefoG^d might be attributed 
 
 hci virtue rather than to any palural 
 tohei y''»«' . i^oie human race 
 
 ''T\ sL mmself the chief of the 
 
 XS^L, ho a,,™. «..«.., 
 
 ADraiiaiii luio'^" „.afph fust ^ive 
 
 vain did Anne pray, \^lc'?' 'f !,=her 
 alms ; God seemed to be deal to her 
 
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 I'AllT THE SECOND.— 'JCtH DAV. 
 
 pravfirs Did Anne become disco,,! 
 r.^god / No ; her confidence seiS 
 increase ,„ proportion as her Ui" i 
 prolonged and as her pravers he" 
 the more /ervent, the mJre d , S 
 apparently refnse to grant her pniS 
 fche tlKM-eby made Irerself woi'thvn !» 
 jncomparably more excellenr „ , 
 
 than the one she was asking for" s 
 asked for a child as an heir to 'jt 
 
 cam's name, she obtained a Dani 
 tl rough wliom she herself became h™ 
 oi the benediction promised to Ab n 
 ham, and Graod.mother of the SaS 
 of men, of the Son of God. , 
 
 Let lis learn from this, in the fm\ 
 place, that when God delays gruuh^ 
 our petitions, He does so^ouf o 
 
 Se a'aTf^/,?- ^^^ us take an ej 
 pie and for the consolation of pioji 
 
 oiaer. You have some notable fmlt 
 you have hepn askin- A^i [? A^^^^ 
 
 ''W*»*f'w<*!|ga 
 
become discoj 
 rience soenipdj 
 as her trial waJ 
 Pf^ayers b..-canii 
 more did Goi 
 ant herpotitioa 
 
 3lf worthy of ao 
 'xcellent "^ grace 
 asking for:sh^ 
 an heir to JoJ 
 ;ied a Daughter 
 elf became heir 
 nised to AbraJ 
 
 ^ of the Saviour! 
 3d. 
 
 is, in the first 
 
 clays granting 
 
 so out of His 
 
 take an e::am- 
 
 ^tion of pious 
 
 the. spiritual 
 
 notable fault, 
 
 imperfection 
 
 r'Ogress in the 
 
 y long years 
 
 3od to deliver 
 
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 ONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 203 
 
 rrom it, an 
 Wliy? For your 
 
 voii 
 
 i ** 
 
 ISO. 
 
 This I'anll 
 you, < 
 own 
 
 d lie has not yol done 
 
 rr 
 
 rcatcr binic 
 
 at. 
 
 voiir ros 
 thosi: re 
 this 
 
 humiliates you, disconcerls 
 
 ou 10 recognise your 
 
 the inulility ol all 
 
 of doing boiler, if 
 
 nables y 
 powei'lessnt 
 
 iss 
 
 olulions 
 
 of i'ai 
 
 ^..solutions are not aided by gniee; 
 fault nutla^s you pray, and ton ^^^ 
 
 to make many acib 
 
 I sirenglbens 
 
 Uinp: 
 
 nionlly causes you 
 
 ll"i and confidence 
 
 these two vi 
 
 rtues in you, pnumg 
 
 f • it iuuuisifies your 
 
 Shad at once granlcd you.- p>..y^^^^^ 
 
 vou mi 
 
 vour victory 
 
 row, the very 
 
 would do you more 
 
 Llribuled 
 
 to' vour own strength ; 
 sli^'-htest particle of pndt- 
 
 ht perhaps have a 
 
 harm than all 
 
 vour repe 
 
 a led falling into a 
 
 fault 
 
 WlU'. 
 
 vou 
 
 ch vou detest and which humiliates 
 
 Lot us also learn that a pra^ 
 Iv otfered is always 
 
 aver w 
 
 orlh- 
 
 are in 
 
 hear 
 
 as we 
 
 faillibly assured by Jesub (.hii^t 
 
 llhou-h not always according to 
 
 our 
 
 
 re^ 
 
 qt Auuft m^O 
 
 bablv asked for 
 
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 20 i PART THK SUCOXD.—26TH D.VV, 
 
 a SOU, and God <,mvo her a dau-hter 
 liiiL 111 trnlh, was not this Duu^hiat 
 inhiufoly more worth to her and Ions 
 tiiaii the twvlve sons of Jacob ? Kverv 
 
 nra 
 
 vor. 
 
 . . , lliat IS worthily ofFered, Ul 
 
 means of ohiainin- salvation and fh.. 
 
 pr.'ices neressary for attaining iheroto' 
 
 After we have prayed, then Int us leave 
 
 the Holy Ghost at liherly to anifMid 
 
 our petitions, if He judge's best so to 
 
 do; and if, in tln^ place of the milk 
 
 and honey of temporal graces, whirh 
 
 wo have a^ked, lln gives us the hnad 
 
 ot tae strong man, i. e. some cnice 
 
 more benex^icial for our eternal snlva- 
 
 tion, let us rejoice thereat. Now tiiis 
 
 is what always takes place when we 
 
 ao not obtain what we have asked for* 
 
 for our Saviour's promise assures us 
 
 that an humble, confident and persever- 
 
 lug prayer is always granted. 
 
 Practice.— One of the greatest c-rnecs 
 we can ask of God through St. Anne's 
 intercession is an unshaken confidenre 
 m the promises made by Jesus Christ 
 to prayer. 
 
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 ONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 21)5 
 
 l*ItAYER 
 
 To implore the gill of prayer. 
 
 \\K\T 
 
 Saint, how far I am from 
 
 re 
 
 semblin 
 
 or 
 
 Ihee I 1 am so ready 
 
 10 lose patience and courage, lo 
 when God does nor. 
 
 Isivo np iiraymg 
 
 I Si^^ 
 
 fiti 
 
 mfnediately to grantmy prayers 
 
 And ihis is why f remain 
 jyiisory and so pooi 
 
 in such 
 in virtue. Prayer 
 
 is llio key of all the heavenly treasur^.^s, 
 
 1 I know not how to pray, because 
 
 faith is so weak and my wavering 
 
 [ails me at the sligiitcsl 
 
 aiu 
 niv 
 
 confidence 
 delay. My powe 
 
 to ray 
 promises o 
 
 aiu' 
 
 rful Protectress, com 
 aid. Vant that, trustuig in the 
 
 fjesus Christ, my conhdence 
 andlervor may be increased in propor- 
 tion to the delay which it pleases bod, 
 in His goodness, to subject me to, tiiat 
 hke thee, I may obtain more than I 
 dare ask for. Henceforth I desire con- 
 stantly to recall lo nund that 1 was 
 created for heaven and not for tin:. 
 
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 PART THE SECOND.— 26th DAY. 
 
 earth, not for time but lor eternity • 
 that, consequently, what louirht toasl! 
 for above all, is the salvation ofmv 
 sou], which salvation is assured to all 
 who pray well and persevere in praver 
 Ejaculaiion.— St. Anne, obtain for" me 
 a lively faith and an unlimited coiifi. 
 dence m the divine goodness. 
 
 e:ila:»ii»i.e. 
 
 Promise. 
 
 (spipavrkck). 
 
 %-N the course of last summer a voun^^ 
 Mf man named Alfred Thibaudeau, o1 
 G^^ the parish of Portneuf, was enroll- 
 ed, with all the pious faniily, in the 
 Gonli'aternity of Good St. Anne. Some 
 ume alter, this young man embarko-l 
 With his lather in a little schooner to 
 sai from Portneuf to iMontreal. lie 
 took with him, as a precious relic, his 
 tn ket ol admission into the Confr/iter- 
 nity. Scarcely had the vessel gone a 
 
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 cssGi gone ci 
 
 MONTH OF ST. ANNE 
 
 him nto extreme atiiin^M ^^ . . .1^^ 
 T^ T boat -ere thrown .no he 
 ,vaier; to complete I e mistonu 
 
 ">''' "^^'in wa"^ car ed several rods 
 voung man wab cdni^u 
 
 down the stream. hid happened 
 
 The father seeing ^^^^^^^^^^^f^,|'^^^^ in- 
 iitlored a heart-rending shritK. 
 
 Sly he veered the -J;--"- , ^the 
 .vise so as ^"^^^\^t^^e ve..el 
 wind was so ^K°"='. " ,t,.,t nosilion 
 "Siu"bViriS:nediatel^wan>p,-d. 
 ^U'roWi ?d to continue, ,sc_o^ 
 
 and to abondon h^ ^^"'^'^1 ^ ,iblft mo- 
 watery grave, ^^a'.,^ ;° ^,,,1 w a 
 
 certain deain, wi consider- 
 
 IjfSlInSU S"n the two u. 
 
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 PART THE SECOND. -20X11 DAY. 
 
 J" this exf,reme dan^rer thp vm^n^ 
 
 Ma«^m. fh"™™'''''^ '° have a Ili^i 
 i Jass sung if ho was spared. SiMrceiv 
 
 ^roallr, .?f ^■"" ^'r ""'^'•e'l when e' 
 in° n? 'if«^'^'^y^-^Passid over in . " 
 
 waters threaten'ocrjo deprive hi'l'of 
 iie only plank of safetv i,o nride i 
 astinvocalion,wiU, so nru'chfcrvo Unt 
 he ^yas instantly heard By a ,t^ 
 wonder the boat riglued and^hp shin 
 wreclied, without being able to tel' 
 how found himself in°ir,. However' 
 foVhk f;,/™"^ being out of daSer' 
 101 Jus htHe craft was full of wate 
 
299 
 
 'Ji 
 
 ,, HP waves that ronstanlly dashed 
 ''''^ \ Tn^H-d him 10 remain on his 
 
 k::::;j\o' •:^i bei,. swept off ^g- 
 
 1>"^'^'°V he vas^ontumally praying, 
 ;';';:hrsawnoraiaylnUinh.lplvom 
 
 heaven. _ qtni<^"Unp: with 
 
 1 \ hP ITceived a lilUe vessel na- 
 '^'' ' Oneen of aUbIs, .- coming to- 
 '"' rl"Mm he calfed for help wi;h 
 v' 1 rvies- bntlhc captain conld 
 
 *^' tr^xhorl h m to ake courage, tell.ng 
 ? ,Ml t va' impossible to approach 
 hmi thai it \^a„ n i . i. ^ut that 
 
 without danger of sh p\ ^^1^, 
 he would a o'cc euu ^^^^^^^ ^ 
 
 good >nan kept h s wo , ^^^^^_^^_ 
 
 quarter of an h°"' '*":',-,„ ,,oor victim, 
 boat came to search fo' "]f.J;'°° .„ o„iv 
 
 llS'r °cl? leTarr^i several times 
 Sei^-?SS;illL"l;a!llas!'d 
 
 UOQ juug 
 
 uu 
 
 ■^If'fs 
 
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 PAUT THE SECOND— 26th 
 
 DAY. 
 
 preserver wi^ , 'o vn'",^^ "h!" ^"'«- 
 '»•■"', a ladder was ImverP 1 n ^'°"','« 
 SHie, and he soon was snf^.K'" "'^ 
 Wuh earnest and i Ue lig/^t ca^'/l''' 
 I'lifortunaie sufferer sn win ' ""* 
 
 ;^d and was iiappTl^^^S y^ l^,"; 
 
 and his other rekUonl, hi '"' '^°">«'' 
 Ivept repealinV w ' .urs "'T'^ ™"" 
 (Jood St. An ne wlu> nw, , " ^ ''*' " 's 
 
 never, never',, ^ ^^^ • ^o, 
 
 'heconrseot^hitdXh'ibli:; ''f 
 I'lis wonderful event followed 
 
 Iligii Aiass was sun" ;-,/i'° P'"°'"'«'J 
 great concourse ol p^on e ^ rf "' °^ ''' 
 0' r^ortneuf has k nodded hi' P''"""' 
 cate 10 the foregoing SS'^ ''''"''''- 
 « J, liie luidersio-nprl Tnn' - - 
 
1> ^ 
 
 MONTH OF ST. AKNE. 
 
 -leuf •■crtiry that Iho incident related 
 
 a vo by Leda 'n'ih^»"'"-f "'.n'^nf-'tace 
 Mfa'd thibaudean, really took place, 
 anli the accounl givca or .t IS true and 
 
 ^"la'failh ot which I have signed,! 
 Felix Dumontier, Priest. 
 
 Porlneuf, May 15th, 1873. 
 
 p S _I will take the liberty of call- 
 iivVaitcnlion to two circumstances 
 . hich clearlv show the interventipn 
 Providence. 1. How did the vict.m 
 succeed in reaching the boat, which 
 a toMhrowing him into the wa er was 
 qulck'ydnftedoirbylhewmdk^^^^^^^^^ 
 letwet'i the two, the length ol an ac>^^^ 
 at least 2. Having reached themei- 
 un^d boat and when supporling him. 
 
 self upon the keel, ho;\'^°'^'!'\ ^n, 
 mand strength enough to right it, at 
 Uio very mSment that he was leo lingso 
 weak as to be on the point of losuig 
 his hold ! In view of such circunistan- 
 
 
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 , IMIIT THE SECOND.— 27th DAY 
 
 vv. 
 
 ces, we regardUhe fact as alto-etlior 
 extraordinary, and well fitted to / 
 
 ■Anne. J Ins motive led us to ask ih 
 family to publish tiie fact for 1 1 e edi 
 ficatiouolthe readers of the?/C^^^^ 
 
 nals., 
 ^' D., Priest. 
 
 ^^^^^^^*immm±^^*^r^^^^--^-m^^^ 
 
 tli*£##^r*^ 
 
 ®w«n:h3-.%?p«nth Han. 
 
 VIRTUES OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 St. Anne's love for Jesus Christ. 
 
MONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 303 
 
 -iyt*£MM*^=!^^ 
 
 T .rhrist We have already said 
 
 even as we are J."S' f ."/ vVho has 
 
 '"'"':, f hey roll U in Ihe prophels ; 
 ^°;i^&eSiderationojms^-;Ua- 
 
 ^'«'" ;"o\o'ancin"'\n v rtue. By 
 "fth Moses wh a he was grown up, 
 i S=d Self 10 be the son of Phara^- 
 
 v.for rither choosing to he aiuic- 
 ^l-SWhf l"ople of God than to 
 
 ;,ave the pleast.re o . fo a^Ume. 
 
 !^Vo°etoetand%rrUc«larlyiith 
 St. Anne, the gWious Grandmother of 
 
 •"wuh what pious f^o^'ows woiild St. 
 
 1*001 OUl Oi v,xiii-"j D — 
 
 plan 
 
 t, as a T' 
 9i 
 
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30 't 
 
 PART THE SECOND.— 27th DAY. 
 
 — Ihere is no beautvin Tlim nor come- 
 liness ; we have seen Him and there 
 was no sightliness that wo should be 
 desirous of Him. »-« He was the most 
 abject of men, a man of sorrows and 
 acquainted witli infirmitv.))— « Surely 
 lie hat.i borne our infirmities and car' 
 lied our sorrows, and we have thomrht 
 Him as It were a leper, and as one 
 struck by God and amicted. w — « He 
 was wounded for our iniquities, He 
 was bruised for our sins. » — « By His 
 bruises v/o are Iiealed. ..--« All we like 
 sheep, have gone astrav, every one 
 hath turned aside into his own wav 
 and the Lord hath laid on Him the 
 iniquity of us a!!, n— « He was offered 
 because it was His own will. » — « He 
 shall be led as a sheep to the slaughter • 
 and shall be dumb as a lamb before 
 his shearer and lie shall not open His 
 mouth. » 
 
 Jesus, the mysteries of His life, the 
 benedts coi:ferred by Him, His hunii- 
 liation.s, His sulVerings, such are the 
 ordinary topics of David's psalms; 
 
M 
 
 ONTH 01' ST. ANNE 
 
 gospel. ,W" '^y\,:"u delisht ill these 
 
 S . "Sture they 1»»„»" '" ^j"- 
 
 ?h^ «"»«""•"" '"'^^^^^^^^^ 
 irSaS .-'iS Ito "S"' ceremonies 
 
 ffci 
 
 
 in 
 
 aim 
 
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 ) I'AUT TIIK SKCOND.— 27tii DAY. 
 
 
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 Is'f, 
 
 she had mid in tli(» snrrod Books. She 
 s;i\v our Saviour in the paschal iamb 
 Hi tile two lambs that wcro inimolateii 
 cvory nionimg and evening- in [\io 
 ttMnple, in the scape-goat on whos.> 
 h.'ad were laid every year the sins 
 of lli(^ people and which was tl 
 sent, foilh into the desert to be 
 Hie prey ol" the wild beasts. She wdi 
 
 leii 
 
 come 
 
 understood that the blood of an animal 
 could not purify man Irom his sins 
 that (he blood of a God-man aloii.' 
 conid do this.' With what ardor ti 
 
 did she not hasten 11 is co 
 
 leii 
 
 minnf bv her 
 
 prayers and penances ! With what 
 piety did she not take part in the pas- 
 chal feast, in which she seemed to b 
 feeding on the llesh and blood of llu 
 divine Lamb ! And when she was at 
 Jerusalem, with what love did she 
 
 le 
 
 ^^r'^ 
 
 assist at the sacrifices whicl 
 that of Calvary 
 
 T f 
 
 1 prefigured 
 
 Faithful soul, happier than St. Anne, 
 you can really possess Jesns Christ. 
 ^ou know all that Ele has done and 
 suffered for vou. von can dailv h 
 
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 'ww^'Wl'ww wwBaiwiw 
 
MONTH or ST ANNE. 
 
 ^sus Christ. 
 IS done and 
 
 „M iho holy ftaciiricc, which is not 
 
 ''^'^ f niro but a substantial renow- 
 iirneio ii:-'^\^j ''^'\,., .. . p..ch day voii 
 
 '•"' !'■■ i?.iv" Ilis bivino Porson ux 
 ^""'"V vn Ml- very aav you can speak 
 alono with Ui ' ' " "; ,. j p.,i,o. 
 ••°'^"^.",\'";o^biy« feel naught 
 
 f f- ,^1™ for ll'ese august mys- 
 bui >" I'K . \^^^^ ," she love you and 
 
 Sin ^rhonf h.^^ Vas the ohject 
 
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30S 
 
 PAMT THE SECOND.— 27X11 DAY. 
 
 fiM'vor. n(>ll(>ve mo, she will thercbv 
 be more dKsi)()se(l to listen to your 
 prayers for temporal favors. 
 
 To implore the love of Jesus crucified. 
 
 ■ow ashamed ought I to be at my 
 indiirerence towards a God Who 
 
 ■ died for me, and Who, out of 
 love for me, remains ever present on 
 our altars. That very excess of Thv 
 goodness, ray Jesus, which ought fo 
 fill my heart with burning love, only 
 seems to increase mv tepidity : wert 
 Tnon less lavish, 1 might, perhaps, bo 
 more desirous of Thy presence. St. 
 Anne, my gentle Patroness, intercede 
 for me, miserable sinner though I bo 
 so that my stony heart may be softened 
 my icy heart melted, and that at the 
 thought of the crib where Jesus was 
 born, of the Gross on which He died 
 the altar on which He is daily offered' 
 of the tabernacle where He remains 
 
' I- 
 
 /TH DAY. 
 
 will thereby 
 ten to your 
 
 'S. 
 
 IS crucified. 
 
 to be at my 
 ^ .'I God Who 
 ^Vho, out of 
 ' present on 
 :ess of 'J'hy 
 :h ought to 
 ? love, only 
 lidity : wert 
 perhaps, be 
 'esence. St. 
 s, intercede 
 hongh I bo 
 be softened, 
 that at the 
 J Jesus was 
 'h He died, 
 lily offered, 
 He remains 
 
 lONTH OK ST. ANNE 
 
 Confidence 
 (the cr'.pfle wal 
 
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 VC 
 
 hbishopric of Quebec 
 
 Oct. 27lh, 1873. 
 
 Dear Father Leclerc, 
 
 Good saml Ann« J^ agreeable task 
 ^^'"•^^"f fr. .we Z'^ome details on 
 r ."biect-^Therare s..hcay exact. A 
 
 II 
 
 .»i^^mmim>» 
 
10 
 
 PADT THE SECOND.— 27th DAV. 
 
 > n,„,figu-l, fourieen years old,daughter 
 o. Pierre Plamondon, a merchan o 
 ot bauveiir, Quebec, had been sufffer 
 ing for several months from an e^tra 
 ordinary disease in the left foorReme' 
 'lies .were powerless, and the E 
 was .ncreasmg from day to day No 
 
 less than ten fragments of bonefsome 
 hem of considerable size, mre 
 
 fiischarged from 
 
 mimeroiis sores in 
 
 iu r/>^ — ''^ixi iiuujerons sores m 
 he aflected foot. . 'An Oblate rlthe 
 
 wlio visued the poor child severa 
 .mes, told me that these sores seemed 
 
 so dangerous that the doctor after 
 
 (onsultation, had decided to araDutate 
 e wounded limb The pa3t 
 
 "er n r"nn^,"l^'^^"''' ^'"^^ of taking 
 fiei to Good St. Anne, at the close 
 
 a novena, wh.ch they immedia ey 
 r J 'happened to be at St Anne 
 when Mr. Plamondon arrived with h s 
 daughter, on Sunday, the lOll of the 
 P'-esent month, inlhemorni,r Lyl" 
 gving Holy Communion at the hT4 
 Ma^s, when J saw a man carefully sun 
 porting a young girl who was w3k J 
 
^TH DAY. 
 
 )ld, daughter 
 merchant of 
 been sufffer- 
 •m an extra- 
 i'oot. Reme- 
 
 the illness 
 day. No 
 bone, some 
 
 size, were 
 IS sores m 
 [ate P^ather 
 ild several 
 ►res seemed 
 ctor, after 
 > amputate 
 parents of 
 ^ of taking 
 
 the close 
 imediately 
 t St. Anne 
 d with his 
 Ofh of the 
 I was 
 
 the High 
 fully sup. 
 s walking 
 
 MONTIl OF ST. ANNE. 
 
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 special aueciiuu w. - 
 
 III 
 

 312' PART THE SECOND—ST^J^T^I^"^ 
 
 She had cured. I too did my beTT. 
 
 lor myself, as I considered it a erp 
 honor to have been the fortun ii > 
 
 vSr Tir"''^' -"^-^ of's f^ 
 wonder. Ihe sores on ihe loot Iviri nr.1 
 
 disappeared, but there was no ,o , 
 any^pa.n, and there neve, has b^^ 
 
 dp"T be ^o",'!,"^'' ^']'^ '^'^'■"^' <^0"fi- 
 
 re4 of al ?vh^ h ' PO^^^''''"' Proteci- 
 re=s ot all who have recou.se to her ! 
 
 Believe me, dear M. Leclere, ' 
 Your humble brother ir .1 r 
 
 Nap. Laliderte, Priest, 
 Almoner of the ArchlMshopric. 
 

 TIRTUES OF ST. A>'NB. 
 
 • .»,o nrincioal element 
 Ig Bapas.jepare« » h^^^^^^^^^^^ 
 
 i^ Baptist f.X^« Christ by preach- 
 the commg^of J^^^^^n himself pre- 
 
 '"%r"forhis ministry by a thirty 
 pared lor lus Rpfnre commen- 
 
 '■''^"Tl'sVr .S JeS son of God 
 
 though He ^^f ' Pl^^'c'^in ule desert, 
 most rigorous penance lu ^^^^ 
 
 and it was penance o" ^^^^^^^ „ Do 
 
 ^'^^ Tf Hrslid^?or\hf I'inldom of 
 penance, He »aia, i penance 
 
 God is at hand.n ^■^•^^j^^al, the old 
 --^/.!^^4"°Lnanc fmeaAsdeatli, 
 
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 314 
 
 PART THE SECOND. — 28th DAY. 
 
 and he wishes not to die but to hve, 
 even if he drags us with him to the 
 eternal flames. But we cannot listen to 
 the promptings of the old man, i. e. 
 our sinful Hash : it was not for this 
 that we were baptised. At baptism, 
 says St. Paul, our old man is crucified 
 with Him that we may live to tlie 
 everlasting )) In this matter there is 
 no middle course.. We were conceived 
 in iniquity and clothed with a flesh 
 which is ever in revolt against the law 
 of God. Therefore we must either do 
 penance, says our Loi'd, or perish ever- 
 lastingly. 
 
 If you read the lives of the Saints, 
 you will see that they were all much 
 given to penance and\ve always pic- 
 ture them to ourselves as very mor- 
 tified men. This virtue, i6o, was more 
 especially practised by St. Anne. It is 
 true that on this point also we are 
 reduced to conjecturing the truth, but 
 our conjecture's amount to a certaintv. 
 Anne was pre-eminently given to 
 prayer, as we have already seen, and 
 
MONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 315 
 
 r.A hv hor sublime s:mctity. 
 Now, P''^^^^ " 'l,„p.mnnniecl bv mor- 
 
 l'''fTs'notlong-;vaclised. Prayer is 
 least, lb "0 '0'^= A a„ti sensuaUiy is 
 
 by P'Hiance It becomes ^^ ^^^^^ 
 
 it ,s weighed '^^^"fV converse with 
 
 it is but right 10 ^^^''."'^v^^in Mary 
 Mother of the Blessed \ ir i .^^ J_ 
 was in no way nfeuor to ^^ ^^.^ ^^^^^ 
 
 ir ous Saints. It '"^^ '^ =, „if a mor- 
 , well;made praye s m tseU^^ ,^^; 
 
II :<■ 
 
 316 
 
 PART THE SECOND --28th DAY. 
 
 venly things is a powerful means of 
 
 bringing the flesh into subjection of 
 
 overcoming its instincts, of forcing] 
 
 sympathise with the aspirations of 
 
 the soul Violence to ourselves must 
 
 X)e ci^ie before we can remain for hah^ 
 
 an-hour or an hour on our knees 
 
 motionless, our eyes closed or cast 
 
 dovyn, repressing all wandering and 
 
 flights of the mind so soon as they are 
 
 perceived. What then must it be to 
 
 pass two, three, five, six consecutive 
 
 hours in this exercise, and this not 
 
 only occasionally, but every day of a 
 
 long life, as many Saints have ^ done 
 
 .rn V^'a^""^ ^^" ^""'^^y ^^"^^ St. Anne 
 did / Nor must we imagine that the 
 consolations they felt in their prayer 
 prevented their feeling the irksomeness 
 ot such constant restraint. Like other 
 men, the Saints usually experience 
 great aridity, dryness and desolation 
 in prayer as we are told by St. Alphon- 
 sus who had himself experienced it. 
 »^aithful soul, place yourself under the 
 
MONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 ;;;;^ction of yonr holy Palronees and 
 Pesolve to enter <^ouragGonslv on Ih.s 
 .,1 Uarv wav of penance. Whoever 
 vnn mav be "you have sinned, and s m 
 r, He expiated here bolovv or in 
 noiier life. Th« sufferings here be- 
 C even the greatest auf "'J- F-„ 
 lUed by llie SanUs are as no^hu - in 
 comparison vv ih those of ^ 8^^°^^ ' 
 and besides they S'Un n ei Us Ihe^^ 
 help us to advance ui in U-r m ^^rtue 
 and draw down on us divine lavors 
 and heavenly consolations. But do not 
 X fiVht I do not wish voii to 
 ,• „ thV nimterilies of the Saints, 
 Knlv ; hose" winch Ire indispensable 
 
 ^'t2i?-V Unless for some just 
 
 .efson and legitimate dispensalion 
 observe punctually the fasts an»_ 
 
 nences imposed by tne no'/ V 
 11. Be courageous enough to in po.c 
 on yourself some morlification on t ii 
 , da/s, Saturdays, on the eves o^ the 
 feasts of Mary, and daily duung the 
 
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 I'Arrr the skcond.— 28th dav. 
 
 novvnas vvhic-h you make in honor of 
 3 Tob a: W% Archangel Raphacd 
 
 SlffiLrorTSS'toXS^': 
 
 dischtifo'falf^'^^^^^^^'^°"'-^^^^^^^ 
 uiscnarge ot all your devotional expi- 
 
 cises neither diminishing nor abrfd"' 
 ing them whatever ellbrt it may cof 
 you, and being always on your Liar 
 against voiunlary distractions ^ 
 
 isf 
 
'TH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 To implore iheorace of chrManrnortU 
 ficalion and penance. 
 
 ■r ^1\nt ' Thou didst join se- 
 PEAT ^ami . > admirable inno- 
 
 »v. r ^"'^ P'^'l'^ f! -ind 1 who have 
 t-^ cenceothe, and 1 ^^^ 3^ 
 
 ,0 orien offended God and d^^^^^.^^^ 
 
 hell, hardly ev^'^^f "^^hal confusion 
 
 of the word pef'^^iiT' t I leave Ihe 
 
 [or me and wlf^\J°^ ^i^y sins to a 
 rigorous expiat on 01 my ^^^^^._ 
 
 lulure life, ^'^ tmTiere by means of 
 „ed pardon fo^^-.T^ Nor can 1 dis- 
 much less suiy^'^^S^^Hhout exposing 
 
 P^"'^r'to et rnaT damnation V -My 
 myself e^*."; ^,ess i stand in ur- 
 powertul Pf ^"^fr^i ' in this matter, 
 gent need o^^j help ,^3 at 
 
 Aid me, I P^ay f ^/,' ,;°hich are indis- 
 once those Praci'^^iW ^.^^,;^^ 
 
 pensable to ^^nr sua prescn- 
 
 Lch as the ?b8«';^^"^^„°'iie abandon- 
 bed fasts and abstinence Ue ^.^^_ 
 
 ment of all pieabuic= ..n.— 
 
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 r'AHT THE SECOND.- 28th DAV. 
 
 01 liub Jire, perseverance in praver a . 
 pious e.erc|ses, noiwilhstS. The 
 di-yness and distaste 1 n.ay feel £ 
 
 a spirit of compunction and the rm 
 iage to do penance. ^ ^^'^^ 
 
 No vena. 
 
 (Fatal prostration). 
 
 the undersigned, am happy to 
 make the following declariuo^, n 
 testimony of ray lively and since v 
 
 iS essiorC'^ ''•''""^' '° ^ho" 
 feci cure n^ hlVi ""^ Prompt and per- 
 leci cure at the Shrine of Beannrp ^n 
 
 Aug. 16th 1888, and I hope thl^[rnni« 
 .larrativemay'contribuirto inS: 
 confidence in, and devotion to thaf 
 illustrious Saint. ' '^'^^ 
 
 
 ^ ' »^ 'm m s(&t^mi9Mmimm^ 
 
MONTH OF ST. ANNC 
 
 "T^ irT^in- ill poor health from 
 
 '''' ''n ^]o'\i e 1 on^ianlly to my 
 '„„luury occupauon. bul a U e end 
 
 ?^'^^''•^*This^iu/.•eJosoo^•vacI.- 
 
 '"^"' ^ "i'lvtu 1..^ «ue.-m began, 
 my woiU wl _u ' ' inexplicable to 
 
 !;:;:if:'!an,l tS' was au\-ibuted to 
 ,„y weak <;f>'i'l'"""- ,880 I had an 
 
 ,:.!;;K^"o^r,L'?.-^;t!.L\^ and lost 
 
 ;^""\'''"f!^ha\1 :C ll "Ot"lol/iw any 
 ''''^' I , no boa • ibe kasl noise, 
 
 ';n"i" r I e same nne 1 also lost my 
 and at uit3 ^amo nlwsician of 
 
 ,nemo>y completely, U.pbysic^ 
 
 ^^LS^s^i:r:^.iiai^--^'"« 
 
 l^J^^omulaUlate (Dec. 25th ISSg^m^^^^^ 
 
 887, I could only work at \l^^''^^^^[ 
 and 'frequently returned to the mlir 
 
322 PART THE SECOND.— 28th DAY. 
 
 ;,■! I 
 
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 maiy, where each time 1 had to follow 
 a new treatment. 
 
 From the beginning of February, 
 1887, I was confined to bed and never 
 left it for eighteen months. During all 
 this time I suffered unceasingly from 
 violent pain in the head, and had forci. 
 bly to remain in the s'lme position 
 without making the least movement. I 
 had pains in eveiy limb and grew swol- 
 len excessively.,^ .Seeing myself in this 
 state, I understood that my end was 
 near. I prepared for death in such an 
 earnest that I felt pained at seeing some 
 ot my sisters die before me. 
 
 The physician exhausted all the re- 
 sources of his art to cure me, cupping 
 leeches, acupuncture, baths of hot and 
 cold water, and finally cauterization 
 which caused me frighful pain. 
 
 After having undergone this most 
 excruciating experiment without the 
 slightest relief, I lost confidence in all 
 human help, and I determined to ask 
 permission of my Superiors to make a 
 
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 ONTH OF ST. ANNE- 
 
 '323 
 
 pilurinu^ue to 
 
 St AniHMle Beaiipre. At 
 
 ihe ilesiro o 
 
 roar 1\l'V. Mother Supe 
 
 nor 
 
 ('„'noi<a I iii.'Hlo two no 
 sion butwi 
 .oulinucd to grow w 
 ;fmyouiv I nowo 
 .race of a happv (' 
 fiUle wliUt} alter 
 
 veuas in siicces< 
 
 hout result, add the disease 
 
 ;orse. Despairing 
 
 niy prayed lor the 
 
 . .lealh. However, a 
 
 1 l>i-an a third nove- 
 
 ua 
 
 10 St. Anne, 
 
 imploring 
 
 iircc 
 
 It Saini 
 
 xu improve 
 
 from the 
 ment that 
 
 onld enable me 
 
 w 
 
 10 Beanpr 
 
 to bear the journey 
 
 for 1 nurse 
 
 d in my heart 
 
 the lirm conviction taa 
 
 t if 1 only could 
 
 no ihithei 
 
 I shou^ entirely recovi- 
 
 Darin 
 
 rr 
 
 this thiri-l 
 
 1 novei'ia 1 was able to 
 
 move my right arm 
 
 m 
 
 ued. .iMicoura-: 
 
 .re 
 
 little and to sit 
 a by this first 
 
 success 1 coiiimcnce 
 
 d\. fouvlh novona 
 
 a 
 
 d then a lifih, and a 
 
 ment continuei 
 phys 
 
 ihe improve- 
 1 From day to day, the 
 
 jsiciat 
 Superio 
 
 .ad oar Reverend Mothei 
 General permitted ^^^^J]^^ 
 
 I ai 
 
 oiUii^nage 
 
 dertake my . 
 able to start, thou 
 nied bv two S.sier 
 
 1 was hardly 
 
 cr){' i was accompa- 
 s of oar community 
 
 m 
 
 s I 
 
 ■f'}S0i*?<« '-■,,■ 
 
32i 
 
 PART THE SECOND.— .28th DAY 
 
 and several members of my family 
 They thought I was losing my reason' 
 and said : « She will die on the road I 
 But nothing could disturb me, for I 
 was sure and certain that if 1 once ar- 
 rived at the shrine of Good St. Anne I 
 would be cured. Two days after, on 
 Aug. IGth 1888, 1 was at the feet of our 
 holy wonder-worker to solicit my re- 
 covery. As I was to weak to receive 
 Holy Communion during Mass, it was 
 given to mo before. 
 
 Immediately after receiving the 
 sacred Host 1 felt, if I am allowed to 
 say so, I felt a. pleasant warmth alon^^ 
 the spine, which went up through mv 
 whole system.— I was cured ! "What 
 was not the astonishment of my familv, 
 all of whom were present, when thej 
 saw me suddenly move and go about 
 without any assistance ! 
 
 .After rendering thanks to God and 
 my kind benefactor, 1 returned to mv 
 Community, where my arrival wal 
 saluted with an outburst of surprise 
 
MONTH OK ST. ANNE 
 
 325 
 
 joy, "iml graliUide, impossible to des- 
 
 ''nvo (lays after, I was appointed to 
 
 nmA mission 10 Sherbrooke to take 
 
 go on ^^}\'^^]'^' ig ] iiad charge of 
 
 a class ot fouy pnpni^- -» hapoY 
 
 ,n 1 i.ave not hod one single altatK 
 euro, I liavc uui vvh ch was 
 
 oar annual retreat, without iteiuio 
 convenieiiced in the least. , ^ 
 
 Praise, thanksgiving, S^^/yv^''^.,^ss 
 to my powerlal and beloved proteUiess, 
 
 bt. Anne ! 
 
 Sister Sainte IIu^atvie, 
 
 of the Congregation of Notre Dame, 
 -Montreal, Aug. ICth, 1889. 
 
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 3':?(> PAHT TIIK SECOND.-— '^8th DAY. 
 
 (Ccrlificatc of the Physician.) 
 COlcSL Paul, Aug. aoih, 1889. 
 Reverend sister Sainte llilarie, 
 
 Corigregalion of Noire Dame, 
 
 Sherbrooke. 
 Revereiu] Sister, 
 
 I have attentively read the acconnt 
 of yonr Jate illness and extraordinary 
 cure. I am very glad to be able to cer- 
 tify that this acconnt is correct, and 
 that J have no doubt of your perfect 
 and entire cure. 
 
 1 have the honor to be, 
 Your humble and honored servant, 
 
 A. D. AuDRY, M\ D. 
 
 ■i 
 
VIRTUES OF ST. ANNG. 
 
 SL 
 
 Anne'sUrcofrcUrmcntand 
 
 .ollcction 
 
 if '"' 'I 
 
 ' 'i» 
 
 ;tit:i 
 
 iMteu'i.- 
 
^-.'8 1»ART THE SECOND.— 2Dth (m V. 
 
 > li 
 
 has snuJ : how Ihuii can wo lovn tlie 
 Wor d .? Jesus Christ has cu >•««,! 
 world on account of its scandals fo 
 Uim-e IS scandal in everything arner 
 ;>m,ng to ,t ; its maxinis: its cusiLm 
 
 lis amusenicuts, its fashions, its conver- 
 sations -Jiow thou can vvc lake pleas- 
 "••«]"'t? If we Ircinent the worM 
 we thereby show that we share its 
 astes, desire to share its amnseincnts 
 .ind conform to its customs ; now the 
 whole world is seated in wicl.ednes^ 
 says St. John, which means that it is 
 under the domination of the devil U 
 was lor this reason that all the Sainis 
 even those of the Old Testament, 11 d 
 
 frZ U^.\r'^'^ ' t^'y "^ed rJtireS 
 om U , some ni the desert, says St. 
 1 ail , some in caves or hollows of ilie 
 earth ; they passed their life in poverty 
 anguish, privations, scorn, persecu- 
 tions, rather than breathe the vitiah'd 
 
 cauea the world. '' 
 
 St. Anne and her blessed spouse. 
 

 MONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 329 
 
 ,,„, ,n l,hn saints, li>^« ,:'««f '• ,^''Jj,^ 
 ' ,1 Insoph later on, lived i" <»'« 
 r u ^■lHiremeatca,•eruilyavo>d.n| 
 
 ^1 wnrUllv assemblies ; and tins is 
 /v y Lason why wo lu'ow so 
 
 V (Mails of ihoii- ''""Y ''f^^" [''l^ 
 
 . '.e 1 e the sobeibued viohU vvb.ch, 
 
 h,;u,.red by its own h.av.js, -Is the 
 
 iinr-bbonniig woods with '^s P,r 
 
 ,.;. or hke the' stream which 
 
 wivfircr and ncessantly mirrois ine 
 '; IsUios Or liUo the chaste U.rtle- 
 nvP I at nonetrales into the tlnekes 
 abs<ffrhowoodsto>idebern^^^^^ 
 
 ,„ll her innocent ol«P';'i"gl hey held 
 
 ,onim.inication only with It « P""^.' ' *°^ 
 
 sick the alllictod, to consO e Ihera m 
 
 'r sorrows, to relieve their wants 
 
 u„l to inspire Ihem with hope What 
 (1 ihev to ask of the world ? Ihey 
 ed God with their ^vhole heart and 
 ihpv possessed Him ; and what can be 
 wanimg to those who possess God ? 
 
 4t*.^'^'' 
 
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 4 
 
 
 X\(h 
 
 PAHT TflE SECOND.— -29th DAY. 
 
 
 Does nof. Tiod contain everything that 
 IS ^00(1, as ]J(^ said to Moses, and out- 
 side ol IJiiu lliaLcontainetheverythinfr 
 that IS -ood, what good can be foniul? 
 l^aiLhlul soul living ;in the midst of 
 (he world, fai' he it fronfi me to advise 
 yon to desert the post assigned you by 
 iVrovid.'nce, to leave your hnsmess 
 yonr house, to forsake your children 
 or, if you are still young, to enter re' 
 liyion without having any vocation for 
 jt. hut it you cannot leave the world 
 1 exhort you to folIowSt. Anne's exam- 
 ple and lo live in the world as a 
 stranger to it. la order to do this you 
 niust, m the first place, hold the max- 
 ims of the world in horror. Jf the 
 world say to you: « Young people will 
 t)e young people, „ that is, every soit 
 of lolly may be indulged in at that a^^e 
 recall to mind that the maxim of ihe 
 Holy Ghost is : « It is good for a man 
 to have borne the yoke of the Lord 
 Irom his youth, when he is old, he will 
 not depart from the paths in which he 
 
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 ONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 331 
 
 li;\s VV.I 
 
 Iked .lunn;; Ins youu„o^^^_^^^_^^ 
 
 Jf ^»'!^ ^^^^i;^ '"I W^hlsand not allow 
 
 sun.lnploroiirn^ 
 
 oursi 
 
 "Ives 
 
 lobt!ln)il(U;«i nil 
 
 (icrfoot,»you 
 
 shouUl reply 
 
 „.lesiis has said: Love 
 do good 10 Ihem bat 
 
 ^^ P ,. . .u,v ..\i. .iron 
 
 your eneiiiies, ^"J^^^/ ^.j^.e ebildreii 
 hate yon, and yo shall m. uu 
 
 lieavenly FaUH^'\^^yM!]=^, 
 
 kelh 
 
 of voui 
 
 Ihssnu to rise u 
 
 the inj 
 
 iisl. » 
 
 - ..noil Ihe jnsl and npoii 
 if ihe world say to you : 
 ,^e='doascHlu.s^d^^^ 
 
 I It Iho Holy Ghost says: 
 
 broad 
 
 we live n\ 
 men>bc 
 
 mil' wv.i , 
 
 The number ol looi 
 
 SIS II 
 
 are ca 
 
 lied and few are (;l;oseu; 
 
 is the way t 
 
 and many there are w 
 
 iial leadeth to destnictiou 
 
 straight is the way Ui 
 and few tliere are w 
 
 ho hud it. » 
 
 ana lew tii-- • ^ son 
 
 therefore, I wish ^^.^^;;;. "'JjUeis 
 must do diUerently ^ n ^^^l^^^^^^ 
 1 must be somewlu t s nS"l;^;^^ 
 say as the worldly sa>s. 
 have too much ol a goo 
 
 „ho enter by it 
 It leadeth to lile, 
 
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 332 .I'AIIT TliE SKCOND.— 2Uth DAV. ^ 
 
 n;inonib(3r what St. Paul says about 
 those who wishing to beconio rich fall 
 into the snares ol" tlie devil. Never say 
 « 'J'here is a man who is perfectly happv 
 for he has everything he wants, he is 
 rich, honored, Haltered, and is alvvavs 
 aTiusmg himself,. ; tliis would be con- 
 tradicting .lesus Christ Who has said' 
 « Blessed are the poor, blessed are tliose 
 who weep, who iiunger and thirst, who 
 are persecuted. » J)o not say : u God is 
 good and will pardon me yet this one 
 cm more,), or : « I mean to be convert- 
 ed later on, « for if God is good, He is 
 also just ; lie has warned you to lose 
 no time m being converted, and has not 
 promised you any to-morrow. Jf you 
 wish to save your soul in the world 
 you must flee from certain worldly 
 amusements, such as balls, and licen'- 
 tious plays, and you must avoid all 
 companionship with the dissipated and 
 irreligious. When (juestioned by the 
 Cure d'Ars, the devil reolied : « 1 am 
 all round a ball like a wall, „ meaiiin- 
 
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 ONTrt OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 333 
 
 '''n ;:'"ryoa Sr fn the vvo.-ld 
 o,.je,.losaxo yo .^ 
 
 you mubi .uso leaslimmo- 
 
 iasluon ol df, ,= J^^'^eu^raUY adopted 
 
 '^'";;f,,)^rt\i.^Slo;^ or against 
 reathug cinyiui o it' vo a wish 
 
 ^'"^ ^^'^''^ou. so i • '"^ '•'^''^^ ^'^^ 
 lo save youi ^^^^\' ,, human res- 
 
 "'''^^T}^.u"atverobl«^hatdoing 
 
 ^"'■' r iSes aulis the only means 
 iigUl. HeMties II known to 
 
 proless being P.',?"*' ^^..^ ggen eating 
 
 ''"^"="' "'/rtinence day or smilin| 
 m«at on an ab=l "ence u y^ ^^_ 
 
 at some n^cecl^^^^n'ou will bf thought 
 ligionormodebiy . .ou VN j,^^_ 
 
 il^^-^^'^iant iTws l-iSmsons are not 
 ashamed of their ;vays of th 1 > 8, «" 
 should you bej^shamed o^^ ' j^^^",h,i, 
 £"Me'beTo|.fmet -shall be denied 
 h.iv^.-e ihft Angels ol God. • 
 
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 334 PART THE SECOND.— 29th DAY. 
 
 FRAVEn 
 
 7o imjHore the grace of resisting the 
 worldly spirit. 
 
 ^^I^r Y beloved Patroness, St. Anne, 
 JMll ^^® Apostle has warned ino 
 that the world is but a stage on 
 which every one appears for a moment 
 to play a more or less brilliant part, 
 and then vanishes for ever ; and he 
 thence concludes that those who use 
 this world should be as if they used 
 it not. What folly then to attach one's 
 self to things which are not only trans- 
 itory, but which, by their seductions, 
 can imperil our real interests, those 
 which will not pass away ! liut 1 stand 
 in need of grace to enable me to resist 
 the pernicious inllnence of the maxims, 
 customs and examples of this perverse 
 world ! Jtisby thy inleiression and 
 that of thy blessed spouse St. Joachim 
 that I hope to obtain this grace. Uo 
 
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 MONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 , onfl he vouchsafe to watch over 
 ""^ f ;^ loiY of .lesr.s and Maay- 
 "'r „ L« - Good St. Anne, pray 
 , ^^'''' Tli mny obtain ihe grace of 
 K£ over Uau respect. 
 
 s g!*ace. Do 
 
 Pilgrimage. 
 
 (LONG DEBILITY.) 
 
 ^.- ,ss Flora Lapointe of 5t. Justine 
 
 J[y^i ' ain for three .ong years, loi eri 
 ,0 remain day and m " '?^^Oj^_^j „,^ 
 same position. ^'^^ P"j relief, and in 
 been able to S^^^ .'^^^ ""^j, f ' she was 
 "" ''TTlfoSt > eqSst to the 
 
 hoped to obtain h" ^"f*^' ° . i^eat- 
 
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 two doctor, denlnred ihere wa. no 
 hope of her ever recoverin- 
 
 Seeing herself coiidemn,rd to remain 
 for life an invalid and a burden T 
 o'hers, she had recourse to Good St 
 Anne. Filled with the greatest coi.l 
 dence, shea,l<edtobe'can-^dto 
 wn ,'h" °^ '^'"P''*^ ^^here that gre 
 
 ma fre'-M°'''"'"^ ^■'"'"'^'^ *^ pleased 
 ?! ir ■*•'' P'^^^er -vith God. 
 On Monday morning, the second of 
 Septeniber they bore her on her bed 
 from the Hospital of the Sacred Ile^ift 
 
 rhirrh fh!f"- ^7'^" '^' reachedX 
 of Sa n't aV?' P'r'^ "^^'" "^es'atae 
 HolvA^ "•' 'Y'^^''^ ^he received 
 Holy Gommumon before Mass. She ha^ 
 hoped to obtain her cure at this solemn 
 moment but God wished to try her 
 
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 ONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
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 , ,, nni she was cured, and able to 
 l,U iiiai sue transport, she 
 
 r", :;;" c v' aloud to weef, to .ulk 
 1,0. ui '^^,7.,,-,^; 'what she said or 
 
 r''n\Vrioc'and began 10 w.ak^ 
 
 M .V> Uie san.o day to the 1 os- 
 nra he aacrod Heart whore ll ey 
 
 llu. bon^e the next e^^ an ^vn , j 
 
 ^-■•■''^?r;^SiS before 
 
 leave I'O' ,*="'' ''^"^,,. a on,i anproach- 
 readnng the Hosp Ul »"'^ ;^W„ ,^i ^ 
 
 "'^ f The; c^e AU conoralnlated 
 
 proof of.l^c^ ""o^id not sufflcUn.tly 
 
 Skti^en^tactovs for their payers 
 
 which she humbly aurvbutod tho 
 
 «a^^tS^fS^ES- 
 bhuiUy altel,ll^^ ^,.^^ ^^^ 
 
 prayers m the cuapti, 
 
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 PART THE SEGONl).— 30th DAY. 
 
 pointe went thither, and JaielTiJkT^ 
 an. n'^th"^^? ^-ere present." TJ 
 ch.L n ^^.^""^''Siying that popnla 
 Chant so -often repeated with joy and 
 fervor hy grateful pilgrims : '^^ 
 
 •?^fi^«'5t. Anne, on this happy day 
 * The homage thy grateful children pay. , 
 
 Ahbo Chs TnuDEL. 
 
 VIRTUES or ST, ANNE.^ 
 
 TA^ charity practised by St, Anne. 
 
 vn God is a God of charity, ac 
 > cording toSt. Paul; and accord. 
 
 itself «"rJ'' ^V'""^" ^^^' 's Ch^-^^^tv 
 useif « God so loved men that He 
 
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 MONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 aao 
 
 aave His only beloved Son for lliem, » 
 .lesns !ias said, Ihat He loves us even 
 as His Father loves Him; and the 
 proof Ho has given us of this love 
 is His having laid down His life 
 lor our redemption. Our holy religion 
 IS one of charily ; everything in it 
 preaches charity : Baptism, by which 
 the Father adopts us as His chil- 
 dren ; the Kucharist, in which the 
 Son feeds us with IFis own llesh and 
 Mood : Conhrmation^ in which the 
 Holy Ghost comes to dwell within us, 
 to teach us to call God our Father and 
 pray to Him with lilial confidence, and 
 also to be the pledge of our heavenly 
 calling ; the Holy Sacrilicc, in which 
 Jesus Christ daily renews in our favor 
 that oblation which He onco made of 
 Himself on Calvary ; the teaching of 
 the Gospel wliich our divine Master 
 reduces to one simple precept, that of 
 fraternal charity. Hence it evidently 
 ensues that whosoever loveth not his 
 neighbour may perform the most won- 
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 »*^H) I'AHT THE yKC0ND.--3()TH DAY. 
 
 (]<-.rfnl works, may give all his fortune 
 to the poor, may even shed his blood 
 for the honor of God's name, and vet 
 be not counted worthy of the name of 
 Christian. 
 
 Need we say that charity was' Si. 
 Anne"s pre-eminent virtue"? Hovy 
 oiherwise, could she have become th^ 
 Mother of her who calls herself iho. 
 Advocate, the Hope, the Refuge of 
 sinners, the Consoler of the afllicted ? 
 Now could she* have been foini'i 
 worthy to become the Grandmother of 
 the God of charity, of Him who hatli 
 so loved us as to give, not His riciirs, 
 but His own blood ? To be all tliis, 
 must not St. Anne's heart have b^^.Mi 
 filled, perfumed with charity ? What 
 was it that made her plead day ami 
 night for the coming of the Redeemer'/ 
 Was it not her love for men and her 
 desire of their sa^ ration ? And doubt- 
 less, it was through these very desires 
 that she in conjunction with her holy 
 spouse was judged worthy of giving to 
 
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 name, and yot 
 3f the name of 
 
 MONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
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 the world the Mother of the Redeemer. 
 Mary was the reward of their love for 
 iheir neisbour and their zeal for t(ie 
 Ido rv of God. And now that she is m 
 1 aven do-^s not this good Saint con- 
 n alW show lis how dearly she loves 
 c members of Jesus, more especially 
 those who place confidencein her ? Who 
 can count the number o .Ihe larne she 
 has made to walk, the blind to whom 
 si^e has restored sight, the sinners 
 whose conversion and pai^on she has 
 obtained, the despairing to whom she 
 has given fresh hope, the families at 
 variance which she has reconciled, 
 wives mothers, widows she has com- 
 forted iTi their 'affliction ? This power, 
 which is attested by so many wonder- 
 ful favors, has been accorded to her as 
 a reward for her chant}', and so that^ 
 now she is in glory, she may satisfy 
 the tender and geneTO"s.i»stmcts of 
 her heart. For God, Who in hell, pun- 
 ishes each sinner through the pa ti- 
 cular sin he is suffering tor, in heaven 
 
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 loves that the reward He bestows on 
 His elect sliali be analogous to the vir- 
 tues th(>y have practised on earth. 
 
 Ye, devout souls, who honor this 
 great baint, if you wish to be dear to 
 her and obtain what you ask of her, 
 you must try to resemble her in your 
 love of your brethren. In the first place 
 you must be on your guard against 
 transgressing this virtue. Therefore, 
 I. Never bear malice against any one. 
 Jesus Christ has told us that we should 
 be reconciled with those we have of- 
 fended, before bringing our gifts to the 
 altar, or else our gifts will not be ac- 
 cepted. St. Anne also rejects the prayers 
 of the resentful. H. Never be envious, 
 St. Paul says that through Baptism and 
 Holy Communion we become mem- 
 bers of one body ; now, one of the 
 members ought no'« to grieve but to re- 
 joice over whatever happens for good 
 to another. Satan gave the first exam- 
 ple of envy, and the envious being his 
 
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MONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
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 nr. Ti'iiint. thpm 
 
 as her spiritual children. III. Never 
 .ive scandal. The thief steals money ; 
 the assassin kills the body ; those who 
 .rive scandal rob the soul of grace and 
 kill it • they render useless the blood 
 ofJesus Christ, His life, His passion, 
 Hi. death How can the Grandmother 
 of Jesus Christ look on such with a 
 fiivorable eye ? Let there be no disputes 
 nor squabbling, nor abuse, nor evil- 
 spealLing : all these things are in oppo- 
 siliou with St. Anne's beloved virtue, 
 all these things displease her and, more 
 or less according to their gravity, dis- 
 iiicline her to listen to the prayers of- 
 
 fered her. 
 
 But doing no harm to others is not 
 sufficient, you must aid them in their 
 needs and sorrows, according to your 
 means, if you wish St. Anne to aid you. 
 If YOU yourself are (not poor, hke bt. 
 Anne, you must love to give to the 
 needy : you will thus, says Jesus Christ, 
 make to yourselves friends who will 
 open heaven to you and you will have 
 
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 tho all-pow( riiil saint Anne as your 
 friend, niotli.r and special providence 
 in heaven. V^Hiatever your fortune or 
 stale of live may be, you can, like St. 
 Anne,visit the sick, console ihe afflicted, 
 give Q:ood advice, reconcile those es- 
 tranged from one another, edifv by a 
 grave, modest, gentle christian deport- 
 ment. By these various means you will 
 infallibly win the good graces of your 
 beloved Paironess and those of Mary 
 and Jesus. 
 
 Practice.— When you make a novena 
 to St. Anne, join alms to prayer. 
 
 PRAYER 
 
 To implore the 2notcction of St. Anne. 
 
 ^ LORious St. Anne, how canst thou 
 be otherwise than overflowing 
 with tenderness towards poor 
 sinners like myself, since thou art the 
 Grandmother of Him Who shed His 
 
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 can, like St. 
 
 MONTH OF ST. A^NE. 
 
 ,,Uom Ihe Saml caU the A ^ ^^^^^^ 
 siimeis? 10 inee, " ^ , j,^e, vouch- 
 my prayers ^^'^^J^elo jlsxis and 
 
 t^'^ VihTaTlhy request, they may 
 M;irv, so tnai ai luy m ^ ,_ 
 
 grant me re>?f 1°"/,^ S, cha?ity 
 severance, the loy®°' ,„,:,' of body 
 
 towards -11 ";?,f ^"J^aTg a^ce ( nam'e 
 and soul and the si^ecwi b 
 
 " > °'' '^^"mv nowehi" Protectress, let 
 sent lime. My PO^^Yim ^ jj,g 
 
 me not lose my soul, o"' °°j^'' Christ 
 that through the menls of Jesus t-n^ 
 and the int^'cession of Mary 
 have the happmess of seein^, ^^^ 
 loving them, F^f ^^ iCJ' jg^3,i 
 eternity with thee ana luy 
 spouse. 
 
 ct Anne obtain for me 
 
 ui^SKSg^Go" 'above all and 
 
 my neighbour as mj^seii. 
 
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 PART THE SECOND.— 30th DAY. 
 
 EXAMPLE. 
 
 Pilgrimage. 
 
 (DISPEPSfA). 
 
 St. Jerome du Lac St. Jean. 
 
 or about three years I was suffer- 
 ing Irom a strange disease, which 
 .ni, •^ P'^r^'^f n^e from digesting any 
 sohd food and wasted all my strength 
 
 immediately feeling so prostrate as to 
 be for a while unable to stir. The pin- 
 sicians declared that it was not in the r 
 power to check the disease 
 
 On Aug. 7th 1888, [undertook a pil- 
 grimage to tho venerated sanctuary of 
 Cxood SL Anne de Beaupre. J imme- 
 diately felt that Iwas cured. J dre^^^^^^ 
 Illusions however and did not wish to 
 make my recovery known until I had 
 tried my strength by work that I was 
 not capable of doing before. A whole 
 
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 lONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
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 „,t ieW'"oJ- ^^s'j^4\^!^ completely ; 
 «^^':f■'16r au4t I knovv, thanks to 
 ","^ ^ ,'pV o Ihe sood Saint, which has 
 £:airoSyrefneJy employ 
 
 '■'^ntirSd Mo he.- and should 
 praise >h ^ gooci ^^^ j^^^ 
 
 '■^'j^r/memi'^t increase the devo- 
 ur of m? rounirymen, and u.spu-e 
 r/'vUh fresh confidence. 
 
 Basile Nep.on. 
 
 K'^r-J^:'^SyCfNi:"i^-' 
 
 Ita^P-^^^ 
 
 aliogetlier ^°!|,7,i°o,/gven above as 
 
 regard h.s ^^^^'''f^^'^J^ truth. F or 
 based upon the most f^^j^ ^^ 
 
 ^•[•ftypa'Sn^rs, who nave had 
 
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 348 r'ART THE SECOND.— 3 1st dav. 
 
 the ha ppi noss of makin g the pilgri rua^e 
 to Good bt. Anne ihe past year hav 
 received great favors, both spiritn'a a 
 --^poral. May a thousand thank'" 
 
 J. Bte VallSe, Priest. 
 
 BEVOTIOX TO ST. ANNE 
 
 Practice^^ in honor of Si. Anne. 
 
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 jTN terminating the mondi which i. 
 f ccisecrated to St. Anne, we will 
 ^. give oiu' readers some rules lo ob- 
 eive, in order that their devotion lo 
 
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(NTH OV ST. ANNE. 
 
 349 
 
 *ife»»» ; #;t*^v*, 
 
 f Co nt m,iv T)e reallv i^seful 
 andsalulaiy. jL"r favor may 
 
 ^^■f ^f^Ss'Lfevces^on 1 II. By means 
 fr what pio"s^vacti.es can .e pvevad 
 
 ant AVl U ^ a good and a pious cu- 
 
 lS.?.o"dUy\n?.mUie.^^^^^^^^^^ 
 trials, to escape some n^pend'?2.^.^3_ 
 
 \\uc9 even in unimportant niauers, lu 
 since eveu i* ;„ fli«^ ffoodness and. 
 
 is based on f^U^ i" His gooa 
 
 in the power of the Sainls. ine 
 
 of mankind, 1°°' ^^^1, '1^1 ng others 
 
 pie of applying to 'J«™-„f\^lesVviag 
 we may see St- Francis o .^ .^ 
 
 recourse to a^eiioui ■^ ^ violent 
 orrter to obtain relief f;;^^„^J^tim 
 toothache which % j/'^^J^g^^^e gome 
 from saying Mass. Bu. ,ere <"c 
 
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 350 PART THE SECOND.— 3 1st DAY 
 
 christians who never Uiink of haviii,» 
 recourse to God and His Saints excpM 
 when their temporal interests are at 
 sttike ; and this conduct is reprehen 
 sible. They forget that thev have a 
 soul to save, and eternity of blessedness 
 to win ; that these earthly possessions, 
 to which they are so attached will 
 sooner or later be f' )len from them bv 
 the robber called D,vath ; and that, no 
 matter what means they may take 
 their carefully tended body, will be- 
 come food for worms. 
 
 A certain man gained a livelihood in- 
 catching snakes which he sold to an 
 apothecary who extracted from them a 
 substance known as theriac One even- 
 ing being very much fatigued with 
 searching after them, he placed ajar 
 lull of living reptiles in his room and 
 not noticing that the jar was not well 
 closed up, fell into a deep sleep. 
 
 Towards midnight, ^eing awakened 
 by the buzzing of a large fly, he per- 
 ceived that the snakes had crawled out 
 

 MONin Oi- iT. ANNE 
 
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 ;. -.1 around him in his h.ul ; his 
 '' I 1 ,n- oL^s chest wore coNTi-ed 
 
 li;iv^^a:"5\i:^iS:Un.a,e.Kv.hich 
 
 ^-;":;:d•■'Jl'^.'^'^o'hi'^;.ol!''u,at';'o= 
 
 done, •"'^J»'J';;= ^ge to kiUins these 
 Ta^r o^enwe plac.nl his h,.aa 
 
 on hs 'pillow and fell ««'.«P ;^^^'".; 
 
 h:s^^iSir^t;j:i;^ 
 ri=t£-^ffo«| 
 
 tacked him with their poisonous hes 
 and he died in horrible agony- ^^,;;^^ 
 
 r^^e any wiser? For vsjeeUsmoi^^^^^ 
 vears perhaps, we have been h^ n, ni 
 mortal sin : our s'"* ^re so n .in v i 
 Jers, any one of which might, If bod so 
 
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352 I'AriT THE SKCOND.— 1st day. 
 
 poi'iJiiLLed, precipitate us into the eter- 
 nal ilanies ; and yet we live on quite 
 tranquilly, we eat, we drink, we sleep 
 we make merry, we put off our cftn" 
 version to an othej' dav. To awake r.s 
 iVoin our fatal torpor,^ God sends n? 
 some sickness, some reverse of fortnn.\ 
 some cross or other. And our first caie 
 is to have recourse to saint Aiuu% bcf^- 
 ginf? her to deliver us IVom wliat.>v«T 
 is disturbing our fatal repose. Let ii> 
 not be so mad, so imprudent I Let iis 
 first ask her help to enable us to break 
 asunder the chain of our passions, to 
 rid us of those sins which are houilv 
 exposing our soul to endless miserv. 
 Afterwards, if we will, we can ask lo 
 be delivered also from whatever cross 
 God has seen fit to send us for our 
 greater good. 
 
 in our devotion to saint Anne then. 
 our first tliought must be the salva 
 lion of our soul, we must ask her \o 
 deliver us from sin, if we are in 
 that unhappy state, or if happilv this 
 
1st day. 
 
 into the eter- 
 ive on qiiiie 
 nk, we sleep, 
 off our cf»n- 
 To awake es 
 )d sends iis 
 e of rortniit\ 
 our first cai-c 
 t Ann^», l)('2;- 
 ni whatever 
 ose. Let us 
 nt ! Let ii> 
 ? us to break 
 passions, to 
 1 are houiiy 
 less misery, 
 can ask to 
 atever cross 
 us Tor our 
 
 Anno then. 
 
 e the salv.i 
 ask her lo 
 we are in 
 
 lappily this 
 
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 ONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
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 the fiUnre may have in store for yon 
 and, most of all, pray that iiiider'lK'i- 
 prelection, yon may attain eternal 
 happiness. 
 
 /V«r//^e,— Fidelity in offerin.c,^ ashort 
 daily prayer to St. Anne, so as to attain 
 10 eternal glory throngh her interces- 
 sion. 
 
 pit/tvEin 
 
 To obtain true devotion to St. Anne. 
 
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 r.EAT Si. Anne, grave indelihly on 
 my heart and on my miiur the 
 words Avhicli have"^ reclnimed 
 and sanctilied so many sinners.- <( Wlial 
 shall it profit a man if he gain the 
 whole world and lose his own sonl ? » 
 May this be the principal Irnit of these 
 pious exercises by which I have striven 
 to honor thee during the month which 
 is consecrated to thee. At ihy feel 1 
 renew my resolution of invoking thee 
 daily, not only for the success of mv 
 
MONTH OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 from sickness and suneun, ^^^ 
 
 Sin, tn^^i ^ iii'M b . j^^^d that 1 
 
 „,y depraved inchnaons a ^^^^^^^^ 
 
 „,ay succeed in wovlun proieclress, do 
 salvation. My P°'™ but obtain for 
 "°^ '.t™^,.ice 0? Wng my way to 
 
 tK^^^s oft'eTno^srar-cl -loi- 
 K.W, for ever and eve. ^ 
 
 eacu(«aon-Goj^^dS^-A'\"^'^'^, ^_^^ 
 
 ihv maternal mteicesbiuu 
 lead me to heaven. « 
 
 Picture of St. Anne. 
 
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 PART THE SECOND.— 3 1 ST DAY. 
 
 and her disease ffave no sio-n ..r ♦ ,. 
 Hiff to the care of a sla-?fn i^ i ^^ J}^^^' 
 Last Februaiy VeSel^f '''?"' 
 witlidraw her irnmtZl ^^^^S^d to 
 Michel, and soon pffJ ^^"/"'"^ «^St. 
 
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 three months shp xx.nl.?^,' that for 
 
 My e~.'S.t. .ri,,?''S',l'- 
 
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 iial= )•• cut out the picture on the cover 
 and ha-l it fastened m her stockinet's. 
 ' But that night oC the 6th was a very 
 bad one for the suilerer, and in the 
 morning she was in adisperately weak 
 Slate. It was Sunday, and I was not 
 willing to leave her to go to Mass, but 
 Ziilenia urged me to go, adding that 
 ^he would be cured the very aay, and 
 that she would come and receive me 
 at the door on my return from church. 
 Alay Good St. Anne be praised and 
 dorilied forever! These words, doubt- 
 less inspired by the Saint herself, were 
 fulfilled to the letter. J)uring Mass, 
 Ziilema experienced an unusual sensa- 
 tion in her limbs and said : « 1 believe 
 that Good St. Anno is curing me ! » She 
 called her aunt, who did not hear her ; 
 for her weakness was so extreme that 
 she could only speak in a very low 
 voice. Zulema resolutely rose and 
 went herself to find her aunt, saying, 
 (I lam cured! Good St. Anne has cured 
 me ! » ' 
 
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 li-esh strength everv day, and is po 
 ^'njoying excellent health. On in 
 
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 St. Valier, Sept. 1st 1889. 
 
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 KOYENA 
 
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 devout practices : 
 
 1. Make an alms in honor of St. Anne, 
 nr-rnrrlinf^ to yonr means. 
 'T B m. cafidles before her statue. 
 
 3 Approach the Holy Tab e. 
 
 t Repeal of^en the invocations of St. 
 
 ^"fFinish the Novena by performing 
 some good work in lionor of bl. Anne, 
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 FIRST DAY. 
 
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 •"rmr'^V' ^^^^^^ ''^"■^^' beloved Mother • 
 f'^^S hail Mother of Her, who has 
 broii-ht into the world the Saviour of 
 mankind ; hail, a thonsand times ; hail 
 to lli:-e, the sonrce of so many un- 
 speakahle blessings ; thou hast borne 
 and nourished on thy bosom the most 
 Holy Virgin Mary, who has given to us 
 llie thrice Holy Redeemer Christ Jesus' 
 O blessed fountain,whence have yprun^ 
 for us so much happiness and bliss. ° 
 Most worthy saint Anne, poorprodigal 
 child that I am, I have recoiii'se^'lo 
 tnee, and place myself under thv mo- 
 therly care. Lend a favorable ear to 
 my prayers and in piiy refuse not to 
 near me. Turn not away from me at 
 the sight of my sinful heart, but show 
 thy never failing goodness towards a 
 repentant sinner. Let thv lips sweet 
 mother, vouchsafe to plead in m'y favor 
 betore the supreme Judixe of heaven 
 whose wrath 1 have kindled bv mv 
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 ,OVENA IN HONOR OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 361 
 
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 and bliss, 
 poorprodigal 
 
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 ider thy mo- 
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 from me ;U 
 I't, but show 
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 ^in my favor 
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 offence. Be my advoca e ; recommend 
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 also implore of '^ee "e gi<^ 
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 Sweet Mother, direct mc in all mv 
 aclions, strengtlien me in all t.ninta 
 •ons console me in my amiciio.s 
 
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 Ihe faiihr,,! servants of thy grand 
 
 mother St. Anne, show .hen i^hy me. 
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 always t^ protect those who pay on . 
 hf '° '^y W«ssed Mother and en- 
 her wi th a devout heart. 
 
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 mindful of thy poor children ; del ver 
 
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NOVLNA IN HONOR OF ST. ANNK. 
 
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 SECOND DAY. 
 
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 PAPT THE SECOND. 
 
 shelter me under the shield of ihv 
 maternal protection. Thou knowestthe 
 many dangers which surround me 
 
 herefore I beseech thee to be mv nro' 
 tectress and to save me fr:jm sniritinl 
 shipwreck. Thou knowest, -fmiab 
 Mother ho^v greatly I revere thee 
 how gladly I love to serve thee wha; 
 sweet delight it gives me to praise thee 
 and what a soothing consolation it is 
 
 disu-ess "^'" "'y "^'"'^ '" «'y 
 
 Ogood St.^nne, show thyselfthen 
 towards me a tender Mother and 
 powerful patroness. Thou Leholdest me 
 groaning under the weight of mv sin. 
 Pray for me then with the more^ardor' 
 and entreaty ; the more urgently pleSd 
 
 J^^^.'^J' ; l^i^'l^h «ver my loul Zt U 
 may not be lost; give me thy help- 
 i seek It and hope for it fi'om thv del 
 mency; I look up to thee witha child 
 like trust, and I desire to live and lo 
 aie in thy holy service 
 
 wise and potent Mother, who h-> 
 so much power and merit before God 
 
>;OVENA IN HONOR OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 365 
 
 and wlio reignest in glory with the 
 QuefMi of Paradise, thy blessed Daugh- 
 ter Marv, never let thy heart forget 
 my needs. I am indeed thy unworthy 
 servant, but I treasure in my soul the 
 Ihoimht that my devotedness to serve 
 Ihro will be the pledge of my salvation. 
 
 sweet advocate, present 'hyself for 
 me befo-e the throne of the divine Ma- 
 jesty, that by thy mediation I may 
 obura pardon of the evil 1 have done, 
 slieii'^ah henceforth to overcome my 
 passions, and grace to spend all. my 
 ilavs in good works. Let me feel the 
 ei:^"icts of Ihy power and bounty ; may I 
 root out of my heart its wicked lean- 
 ings and rear holy virtues in their 
 sLead. 
 
 how fervently do I desire that for 
 the i'me to come my delight may be 
 lo love Him who from all eternity has 
 ?o much loved me, and to steer my 
 course of life according to His most 
 perfect and adorable will. 
 
 Sweet Jesus, I thank Thee for all the 
 graces, which in Thy infinite goodness 
 
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 PAHT THE SECOND. 
 
 Thou hast hivished upon St. Anne ; for 
 haviiio- chosen her, among all women, 
 to he Thy grand-pirent on earth and 
 oxalled her in Heaven with so great a 
 power of workiiii,^ miracles. Id the 
 name of her great merits, I humblv 
 recommend myself to the inn lite mer- 
 cy of Thy divine heart ; let saint Anne 
 be my gentle Mother, my Advocate and 
 my Protectress during this my life and 
 at the honr of my death. ' Amen. 
 
 clement Virgin Mary, vouchsafe 
 to repay wilii love, the love J bear to 
 Ihy holy Mother. Together with her, 
 help me in all the trii3ulations T must 
 encounter in this valley of tears. At 
 all times, when I seek thy aid, deign to 
 hear me, until the day shall come, 
 when I may admire thy glory in the 
 courts Heaven. 
 
 Mosi. .oly Mother, saint Anne, be 
 pleased t. take me under Ihy tender 
 care in all my wants ; extend to me a 
 Helping hand and defend me against 
 my enemies. Hasten to hear my 
 prayers; in thy bounty I place my trust. 
 

 )ND. 
 
 St. Anne ; for 
 iig all women, 
 
 on earth and 
 ^ith so ij^reat a 
 ncles. In the 
 its, I humbly 
 e inn lite mer- 
 let saint Anne 
 f^ Advocate and 
 lis my life and 
 
 ' Amen, 
 iry, vouchsafe 
 love J bear to 
 llier with her, 
 lations T must 
 
 of tears. At 
 y aid, deign to 
 ' shall come, 
 
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 lint Anne, be 
 er lliy tender 
 IX tend to me a 
 id me against 
 to hear my 
 3lace my trust. 
 
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 3G7 
 
 Make ri-Mileons and godly all the de- 
 snvs of^my heart, and always mter- 
 ci'ile for nie before Jesus. 
 
 Hail, Marv, full of grace, the l.ord is 
 with thee, may thy grace be with me ; 
 blessed art thou amongst women and 
 l)lessed bo thy holy Mother Anno from 
 whom, O blessed Virgin Mary, thou 
 didst receive spotless thy holy and 
 vir<'-inal ilesh • for from thee was 
 born Jesus Christ, son of the livmg 
 God who liveth and reigneth world 
 without end. Amen. 
 
 Jesus, Mary, Anne*, help me now 
 and at the hoMr of my death. 
 
 Practice,— 'Xo my prayers I will joui 
 during this novena good resolutions, 
 uiaii ^uuic mm /:5acu/aa'o?i.— Good St. Anne, beloved 
 lory in the ■ protectress, obtain for me from Jesus 
 
 the gift of prayer. 
 Here recommend your intention. 
 
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 THIED DAY. 
 
 ppAiL, holy Mother saint Anne, who 
 ^a had.t the inelfable consolation o 
 h.-.inii- in Ihy womb and joyfullv 
 
 oTorll'" ' ^^'^ immaculate Mother 
 
 II.ul, sweet Mother saint Anne, who 
 fiidst give the earliest cares to her who^e 
 piiMiy surpasses that of angels, and 
 irom whom was born the Saviour of 
 the world thou, with thy holy spouse 
 Joachim, didst tend her infancy pre- 
 senlher to the Lord in the temple md 
 
 hPr'in^;!'" ^^ '^'^ ^r""'"''^ consecrate 
 iier to the service of God 
 
 ^ HaiL \yorthy Mother of tJie blessed 
 Virgin Mary; from all eternity tJiou 
 wert predestined to become the grand- 
 parent of the Saviour of the world 
 thy ho y life made thee worthy of 
 being gorified in Heaven where thou 
 hast lull power over the heart of thy 
 Daughter Mary and thy grandchild 
 
 inem lor us ! 
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■ NOVENA IN HONOR OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 3G0 
 
 ViW liolv Mother saint Anne, thou 
 
 nr 'I'lu'Vowe. fnl advocate of those who 
 
 on thee a.ifl serve Ihee, for thou 
 
 •est them under thy -.rotection ui 
 
 .thou providest for their needs 
 
 n, preservest them r:-oni danger, and 
 
 limaincsl far them the eternal rewards 
 
 aT r^n "'i( lisG 
 
 HaiY, blessed Root, whence sprang 
 ,I,c beautiful tlower and delicious Umt 
 vhich have consoled and rejoiced both 
 leaven and earth. Even the mos 
 hardened souls obtain grace and pardon 
 vhen they invoke thee with confidence 
 
 ,he saddest heart are consoled by 
 thee, if they but have recourse to thee 
 in their soirow. 
 
 Hail, saint Anne, mighty and power- 
 fnl, who dost generously reward tay 
 
 rVants, guide all the-r undenalang 
 and bring sinners to repentance ; thoi. 
 shovvest Thyself speciallycompass.onate 
 
 to those who are in sorrow or tribula- 
 tion, and thou dost bestow temporal 
 favors on those who place confidence 
 ill thee. 
 
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 PART THE SECOND. 
 
 TIail, saint Anno, blessed Motlier I 
 rejoice m the numerous miracles thou 
 <iost perform constantly, which encou. 
 rage all to liave recourse to thee in 
 thejr necessities. 
 
 Holy Mother saint Anne, by that ^real 
 power which God has given unto thee 
 show thyself my Mother, my consoled 
 and my advocate, reconcile me to the 
 God whom I have so deeply offend. 
 ed ; console me in all my trials- 
 strengthen me in all my combats ; aid 
 me in nf]y day of need ; deliver me 
 from a 1 danger ; help me at the hour 
 of death and open to me the doors of 
 Paradise. Amen. 
 
 Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is 
 with thee, may thy grace be with me: 
 bedsed art thou amougst women and 
 blessed be thy Holy Mother Anne from 
 whom., O blessed Virgin Mary, thou 
 didst receive spotless thy holy and 
 Virginal llesh ; for from thee was 
 iJOrn Jesus Christ, son of the livino- God 
 who hveth and reigiieth world without 
 end. Amen. 
 
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 371 
 
 , 0,l!^su^ mn.M^ne help me now 
 
 ,,1 .,1 I he hour of inv liealli. 
 ''"',:_1 will in honor of St. Anne, 
 
 „,,;;,' is nov.MUi, give an alms to the 
 
 ^' ; "or lo.' a fjood work,. and 1 will 
 
 ::;.,-|,e ;,„ act of nionificalion. 
 ^taral<Uon.-0 dear Si. Anne, obtain 
 fo^ nelrom Jesus crucified the grace 
 'iiwavs to forgive my enemies. 
 ' utnc recomniend your u.lcntion. 
 
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 FOURTH DAY. 
 
 ^!^x\L holy Mother saint Anne I re- 
 m oice at Ihe -real joy which fiHed 
 th^leii^vhen the Angel annou^^^^^^^ 
 
 to\heelhat thy P^^Y^^'V whvi^^^^^^ 
 ihat Ihv barrenness was to be changecl 
 o'Sness,andtA.at1^ouw 
 conceive and bear the iNi'Hher ol Ihe 
 ^orood. lask-^^-eJ^ylhejoy 
 and consolation Ihou didsl expo uM.ce 
 
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 FART THE SECOND. 
 
 good Mother and a powerful protectress 
 to help ine in all rnv necessities to 
 console me in my pains, to streno-then 
 me in temptation and to clian .-i' my 
 sadness into joy. I pray thee, holv 
 Mother saint Anne, to obtain forme l\ 
 thy merits and pravei-s, the grace of 
 ti'ue repentance, so that I may ween 
 ray sms, may root out of my heart al' 
 sin and concupiscence, and may become 
 Iruillul in good works and virtue 
 _ Hail, sweet Mother St. Anne, 1 rejoice 
 in the sweetness with which thv* ma. 
 ternal heart was filled when thou'liadsl 
 the happiness to bring, forth, to ica/c on 
 and to lend that Flower of flowers 
 the spotless Queen, who was d(;s{iiied 
 to fill the first place after God, in 
 Heaven and on earth. \W the consola- 
 tions ihou didst receive from the Oiieeii 
 of Angels, the Vii-in of Virgins, Ihv 
 beloved daughter Mary, [ beseech tlio"e 
 to receive me as thy child and servaiiL; 
 vouchsafe to piotect mv bodv and niv 
 soul and obiain for me the Vemission 
 ot all my sins, the grace of never a-aiu 
 
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 ^OVENA IN HONOIl Or ST. ANNE. 
 
 f,UI„.' inlo Ihpm, livoly conlrilion and 
 
 |„a that all »^y ^^^;^^, ,,f^^ioS7Gocl 
 siros may conduce to the gioiy oi u 
 
 nui mv own salvation. -^r^ft 
 
 Inl holy Mother St. Anno, I rejoice 
 in . la ih piely and love with which 
 "Just'oV/lhy P"'-e and holy 
 ri.i:hler Mary in Ihe temple. By he 
 i.nnniiipss which then inundalcd uij 
 ;' Tp^y Ihee 10 present me lo 
 y gVand'son^Jesus, so that being pu" 
 UeS, I may be agreeable 'n 11 eye. 
 
 S^T' - uS°she 'n^ay Sercede for 
 
 :rand\Uht by herj niay Xi- 
 more act conformably to the wiuoi 
 
 ^' h'uI holy Mother saint Anne, take 
 m"Ker\inder thy ^^'^TX^t 
 del! . <■ me from the temptations w men 
 are constantly assailing me; defend me 
 
 
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 PAP.T TIIK SKCOND. 
 
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 Ironi \\n) assnnlls of iny cntMiiies, so 
 ili.'il llicy mc'iy not overcome me ; save 
 me IVom nil ilie runberless dangers 
 that snrronnn me, so llial I may°not 
 perish ; above all assist me at mv last 
 lioiir ; flo Ihou and thy dan^^^hter Marv 
 <"ome I hen lo my help, and thon-h I 
 do not merit it, I ask ye both to vouch- 
 safe to be present at my death bed, to 
 console, and strengthen me ; Holy 
 Mary and holy Anne, show yonrselvcs 
 to b(i Mothers indeed, and obtain for 
 me the grace of a good death. When 
 my sonl shall go forth from this world, 
 do ye present it before God's tribunal, 
 so that by your powerful help and in. 
 tercession, it may obtain a favorable 
 sentence. Amen. 
 
 Hail, Mary, full of grace, the Lord is 
 with thee, may thy grace be with me; 
 blessed art thou amongst women and 
 blessed be thy holy Mother Anne from 
 whom, blessed Virgin Mary, thou 
 didst receive spotless thy holy and 
 virginal flesh ; for from thee was honi 
 
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 ^ a' i;s„s Mary, Anne, help me now 
 
 ,,/:rrS';ue6e-;eria.theserv.ceof 
 '■"itere recommend your -uUenlion. 
 
 FIFTH DAY. 
 
 ot those who serve met J"" 
 rSaCTSeSh^toUearee, 
 
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 PART THE SECOND. 
 
 by procuring for tliem not only iho 
 eteriiai riches ofheaven, but also, likf' 
 a goorl Mother, success in their tempo- 
 ral nil airs. ^ 
 
 Hail, lady, most worthy of hone 
 saint Anne, sweet Mother and mo^i 
 powerful advocate ; poor sinner thatl 
 am, I pray thee to restore me the friend- 
 ship of ihy Daughter Mary and ol 
 .lesus the blessed fruit of her womb 
 so lliat I may find assured help in all 
 the temptations and sufferings of this 
 life, protection against the infernal 
 enemy at my last hour, and the grace 
 ol a holy death. 
 
 Holy Mother Anne, forget not that 
 I am thy servant and reject me not on 
 account of my sins, i confess that my 
 iniquities are great, but 1 now repent 
 of them all ; and though I do not de- 
 serve that my prayers should be grant- 
 ed, yet I have recourse to thee, know- 
 ing thee to be a good Mother that will 
 not repulse a repentant child ; make 
 peace lor me with mv Lord and mv 
 God whom I have ottended, and dehver 
 
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 IN HONOR OF ST. ANNE. 377 
 
 me f-om the punishment which my 
 sins have deserved ; obtain for me suc- 
 cess in my temporal affairs, but, above 
 all see to the salvation of my soul. St. 
 Anne by ihy influence with Jesus, the 
 Son of Mary thy Daughter, thou hast 
 obtained the gift of conversion for 
 many sinners. Must I then, wno have 
 chosen thee for L.y Mother, be the only 
 cirrer abandoned by thee ? ^o, bt. 
 Anne, thy name alone, which signifies 
 Grace, c. .ures me the help of thy pra- 
 vers and by these prayers I am certain 
 of obtaining pardon and mercy from 
 Je-^iis. Yes, thou wilt pray for me now 
 a^d at the hour of my death : at that 
 decisive moment, thou wilt come to me 
 with Jesus and Mary, thou wilt defend 
 me against the attacks of the evil one 
 and thou wilt open to me the gates of 
 Heaven. Amen. , r ^ • 
 
 Hail Marv, full of grace, the Lord is 
 with thee, may thy grace be with me; 
 blessed art thou amongst women and 
 hlpsspd he thv holy Mother Anne from 
 
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 ast rocpive spotless thy ho'v .^a 
 
 I'ginal llesh;^for fronl, U^I ^^^ 
 ^o;-n feus Christ son of the 1^^:^ 
 (^od who Iiveth and reicrneth wo">' 
 vv'irhoin end. Amen " 
 
 Jesus, Mary, Anne, heb me ro'v 
 and at the hour of my death' 
 
 Pr«c^z>^._i will assist as' oft^n ■>- 
 possii)le at the holv Mass 
 
 j^^jaculanon. — Good St.*A^-.e ob^^-i 
 or me that i may dread sin m'-T^^a' 
 uecun. 
 
 Here recommend your intentio:;. 
 
 SIXTH DAY. 
 
 ooD saint Anne, thou knowest niv 
 pitiab e state, thou knowest iiiv 
 want how httle good there is in me 
 and how prone I am to evil. I be- o'" 
 
 pn?f !fn^ f ' P'iJ "^^ ^^^ wretchedness 
 and not to suffer that my soul fhp 
 work of God, be lost for ever. T rnpo h 
 
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•Anne, obtain 
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 379 
 
 Ihv prayers 
 
 r.d merits, obtain from 
 
 divine Goodness that I may be 
 found worthy of becoming a faiiliful 
 inslrnment for the glory of God and 
 the salvation of others. Pride, vanity 
 
 an I 
 
 :1 self-love have taken possess 
 
 on of 
 
 1 and have stitled therein the 
 .nd inspirations of God. Pluck 
 U weeds from my heart and 
 nUun in their stead the holy virtue of 
 humililv, so that 1 may know and 
 despise myself, conceive self-contempt 
 
 my sou 
 graces ai 
 these i 
 
 with meekness and simplicity, thus to 
 become agreeable in the eyes of the 
 Mostlii-h. Then will his divine graces 
 ter into m.v inner soul, ana 
 
 freely en 
 cause to spri 
 of good works 
 
 no- 
 
 forth the blessed frui' 
 
 Iv heart, alas, m.y inclinations and 
 11 are attached to vanity, to the 
 
 mv wi 
 
 world and to sensuality. Ihe great 
 love which God bears towards me, the 
 many benefits He has bestowed upon 
 
 me 
 
 neither touch, nor rouse 
 
 my guilty sloth. 
 
3S0 
 
 PAHT THE SECOND. 
 
 dis^poSions^'r P?' '^M ^' 'hesT^ 
 c.ispositions. Let self-love and the lovj 
 
 ?n. h^r°f''^ perish intne ; that hence 
 
 soul anri ^°J: °^ ^°^ "^^y inflame mv 
 soul and alone reign therein- thiH 
 
 may show this sweet love wKiiin 1 
 hy works of mercy and charily owa* 
 my neighbor. The iires of ev-il h^v. 
 "f ""led the precious gifts wherewU 
 heaven had enriched my soul OS 
 A«ne, in thy boundless chaiiU com. 
 to my aid and banish far from m 
 every vicious thought and alf evi 
 onging Cause to flourish in mvhea 
 the spotless li v of cha=itiiv L, f 
 divine perfume mav^lgfe'l/'': -e'v 
 wrong desire. Help me to con tenH rl 
 blessed Mother, against the po'^^'nf 
 dar ivness, ihat the fear of God and H? 
 hallowed love may supplam t' t 
 
 woWd ."/h ,^,^'''''" pleasures of The 
 v^^orld ; that I may mortify and disr' 
 phne my rebellious flesh. Let me ^a- 
 a complete victory over mv unn iv 
 pa-ions, ar.d thus merit thafgbrio 
 
SOVENA IN HONOR OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 who fought wu ^,^^ ,t^e 
 
 n la hisTeveve contest do thou 
 
 SSnt Anne, -PPO''\^jCeiy "or 
 
 lint ihe assauUs oi me euemj 
 
 ' nv einptalion overcome me ; le 
 
 ^;tSu7Ma'y and h'er divine Son 
 JeHis overshadow me and protect me 
 
 ^^S», fuU o?grace the Lord is 
 
 with thee, may thy S^^^^^ ^^^,^''e„^„'i 
 blessed art thou amongst women ana 
 bie ed be thy Holy Molher Anne rem 
 Shorn, O W^ed^ Virgm Mar^ thou 
 
 S„affl^e:h;r'ff h^eewjboru 
 
 Tolns Christ «on of the living God who 
 Sh and reigneth world without end. 
 
 ^Tnesus Mary, Anne, help me now 
 and lite Q> J oi my feath Amen 
 
 Practice. - In order _to be a worthy 
 child of St. Anne, iwuiappiwoi. .^^\. 
 
 
 
 , it 
 
 • 5 
 
PART THE SECOND. 
 
 Here recommend your intemio7' 
 
 SEVENTH DAY. 
 
 M.'^^l!' '°''^'?y' "lost amiable ladv I 
 fh choose thee for mv advocate and 
 liave recourse to thy inteVce^inn Th\ 
 .seest in .„e but a s^mall Xfr" of go d 
 and a heavy weight of evil Rv ih. 
 
 TanilvSd^V'^'^'' ^^'-'■'-'h^G^^^^ 
 Mb invested thee, expend to me ihv 
 
 helping hand. Deliver thv d^topj 
 mTm"ind'°'","'^ wiles of Sa^n. R^^ 
 fMh^- f^ ""I^ 'i*^'""-'; raav I for the 
 
 ue .emaxnder of my days may be the 
 
 ■i *'3*«H|pP^B''BHWEi«?,?i 
 
, . „ „f ^n etemilv of celestial 
 
 I g'°''y- uLu\cd conr.rtence in thy l.ra- 
 ''^'^■''"rK in inv blessed hands my 
 vers 1 P''>ct- "',",, j^y hopes, both 
 
 Soul, my h";y,,^'fi,fLe world 10 come, 
 in this world ;'» " "Yi^e ,vav which 
 Direct my ''"=^•°"^''le the best for ihy 
 ll,y wisdom secth » f « f^^^^if u.der 
 
 ^•^■^«'''"R;i""car I'aml wHh all the 
 "'-; "'?r mv soul I comnut to thy gui- 
 ardor of mi som i ^..^^ ^^^ 
 
 dance my c°«isi. patronage 
 
 above all '-ecoramend to ny P ^J'„_ 
 Ihe important woi v ol ^^Y^ ^^ 
 
 Receive me, S°°'^,f ° l' '^-otection ; 
 with the manie,o,;"y/ih„ lender- 
 show me I ?X ?°'\'^^fp'on me'ind come 
 ness. Loo'vK"'n ^Bv Ihv earnest 
 ^, vny as^f fi'^^'Vreat^ierUs, may I 
 entreaty a"'!^ ^f ^'^eY from God and 
 "^ri %ul ne2do bo\h for body and 
 
 •\ 1 
 
PART THE SECOND. 
 
 Offended Majesty of mv God rv , • 
 varT'o5{?^^''™''^'°"«f-y offset'" 
 
 'naster my beseWngS '■ ^tlZV 
 
 earth that ? may secure ht ''"«, ""»» 
 reward of heaven "'" ''^^ e^^rlasling 
 
 ^v^'s^:^^tuh^"ifrr^'^ 
 
 ceaseless violence! that T ^'''' '"^ 
 
 am 
 
 and 
 ever in 
 
 sten 
 
 May I rather d?p/,i" "'"'^o'^'i^'- 
 than ,n IZ "^L^.^ thousand deaths 
 
 SortaUin^R" ""^ conscience wilh 
 n mt ^i ^^ ""y gi'ai'dianand guide 
 
 ormi hat'l'/th^??'^ ''f''- ^S 
 
 has pfaced Le ma? '•11,'^';?'" ^od 
 Him 0"ood M^hT %"hfully serve 
 
 that unde°r°fhy''g 1 WV'I' „f ir-*^^ 
 more he woundL b" he hi'dde, hi' "° 
 wherewith the perfidious wor 5 "as 
 
>OVENA IN IlONOIl OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 335 
 
 ,l,,.vvn its allnrins paUis ; T sbnll no 
 
 '« 1.0 scriucnclby ihe pleasures oti 
 
 «; ; b..l. choosing the beUer par I. 
 
 11 ever keep my repard fixed on the 
 
 .Is^r be.nvU J.nd linally arnve at 
 
 ti,aU,lissn.ll.aven,ll.e kingdom of ihe 
 
 '''l^aiuiaiy, mil or S.-ac,o ll.e Lord is 
 will, ■riurn, may Thy grace be w.Ui me 
 I o'scd art Thon amongst women and 
 
 1 .sso,l be Thy Holy M"'.'"^'J^""'' '^'u^. 
 whom, O blesse<l ^"8!" Mary /Ihou 
 fhdst receive! spotless 1 hy holy ana 
 vi. Mn.Mlesh; for from Thee vyas horn 
 Schrist son of the living odwlm 
 
 hvelh and reignelh world wilhoutend. 
 
 ^"o iesns, Mary, Anne help rmucm 
 and at the hour of my death. Amcn^ 
 Practicn.-\ will to-day, in honor of 
 St Anne, keep a guard on my longue, 
 
 that I may not ollend by speech. 
 "t-aciln:oH.-GoodSt.Anne, oblam 
 
 for me a true devotion to Ma:y. 
 Here recommend your intention. 
 
 li 
 
/: ,i 
 
 f' 
 
 f H 
 
 'EIGHTH DAY. 
 
 *t** 
 
 »!);''"■•'"''"■ '''?^^'^'' Mollmr Anno [ 
 '**-!3 rejoice at tliy areal honor ii,; 
 Ijavnst birth to ^,?..y, J^TLt 
 lower whose blessed fruit .JesnsT 
 .'[['"«'' sa vatio.. 10 a lost vvorM f, 1 
 'illeil the desire of all pious he-.r" 
 .;Onr,uered death aud rostreliire md 
 hope to s.nuers. Vouchsafe to „ "r 
 
 oDtain for mo pardon of my sins 
 ;rp'eSf''^'''''"''^^''-P'^'''«" 
 
 nr!,'h.!!' ^' •^"1"'' "'''"^C'' of Iho VirgiH 
 
 sou &,h'/''^ «"•''' "^•■''^' '='^«"^« " 
 
 Its sump 1 S''r"^ ''-'"P wherewith 
 11 IS sullied. HeJp me, J prav thee nn 
 
 orwardVo'^' ""''^ ""'' fro'm Ihis t1,S 
 
 HL"hSrg^ar^^^™«^'''-P-^» 
 
 livpfm!^^'"'^'' glorious St. Anne, de. 
 
 ^86 «^'«''y'W"g that is dis- 
 
 V\ 
 
^ovl:NAlN noNOU of st. anne. 
 
 /387 
 
 I o.r Ml ilu^ si'^ht of Ooil ; let Ihy 
 
 , , .^^vn nprverse iialure. Dear 
 
 :;1'a ,ue MoK ot Jesus- MotUor, 
 
 e ; will ll.y blessed Daugl.te.- to 
 
 'ra ; over a..d n,ake properous a i n y 
 
 nte 4 s. Good Mollier, pray to hm, 
 
 ho for love of us deigned to clo le 
 
 Wmse in our /.un.an llesh in Hie 
 
 tele vombol- thy Daughter. Yes,pray 
 
 i tl is "entle and m.ghty Grandson 
 rhaUIe may wash my soul rom every 
 
 slain in His P'-«"0''«, ''oo' '.^''^ , ,' t 
 mav vouchsafe to send His Holy bpu 
 To enhghten n.o and direct roe in a 
 that do and make my lieariand will 
 obcd en^orever to His holy mspira- 
 ?inns Annease, my Mother, appease 
 mv JnKeep a watchful eye upon 
 Sy soul ; cavL to nourish ti.erein 
 
 "Iry viAuc ; help me in a 1 lungs, 
 Te^ me in all my crosses and d.hcuU 
 
 ties Give me of the Uilness ol thj 
 
 n 
 
 
I i 
 
 V i 
 
 ;^S8 
 
 II 
 
 
 m 
 
 I'Ain- THE SKCONI). 
 
 viigiii.il 
 
 ll.-iil Mary, full of graco.tho Lord i, 
 
 111 ^scj Im ,y holy Mother Anil,, hm, 
 wljom, blessed Virsin M , v '" ,? 
 'i"iHl ■'■■-'vospotless°Vhy'',',i;v' : 
 
 wilho.uend Aniojf '"S"^'"' ^^"'^ 
 
 O Jesus Mary A,,,,e, help rne now 
 ."1 at the lioiir ol my death 
 
 [;;o"8M.sho,^d'Iav"^7dth7'„,ir 
 tune of displeasing God by morta lii 
 A;'«^«to(ou.-Good saint Anne obtain 
 for me the most strict fidelity to a 
 the duties of my stale in life ^ 
 • "'^'■'^ recommend your intention. 
 
 -■.a a-lWu ilMI 
 
CCONO. 
 
 coiii'.'i^e 
 
 to a 
 
 i>y ihv 
 
 ^^^^'py end. 
 
 •I'aco, tli«^ LonJ jg 
 •ace be with me; 
 
 5in Mary, Tl,o„ 
 illy holy and 
 '^om Thee was 
 'i of Lhe living 
 i-eigiieth world 
 
 ) lielp me now 
 death. 
 
 faithful to in- 
 n day, even 
 lad the misfor- 
 
 t>y mortal sin. 
 nt Anne, obtain 
 
 fidelity to all 
 1 life, 
 r intention. 
 
 ij,^^;I^5HO^_ 
 
 . , , I |..,..|.....,.....l-4-^l--^i;kA^;K*** 
 
 NINTH DAY. 
 
 \'r^T.^n cood saint Anne, T havernach- 
 W> ■,.(! lhe end of lhe novena, ^- Inch 1 
 fe^e luiderlakcn in ihy honor. I have 
 ;,ked, and lliis day again ii"l)lo''" of 
 lee dear Molhor, to obtain U>v ma 
 on-ivencss of my many trespasses, true 
 orrow, a sincere and lasting amend- 
 ZtoV life, and a good death ;a^^^^^ 
 such temporal and spiritual f voi^ as I 
 siand in need of for sou a.id body. 
 But mv miseries are endless where- 
 fore, holy patroness, my e^Urealies 
 must also be incessant. Let not, 1 
 beseech thee, U Mother, lei not thy 
 kind ear grow weary of my P';'';y«''^' 
 tlion"h r repeal them so often. At last, 
 thv many favors will conqu r my 
 obdurate heart; they will end. ar me 
 to thy service for ever, and, U •ough 
 thine, to the faithful service < 1 our 
 God. Yes, dear patroness, can r my 
 heart to relish the sweetness ol . ivine 
 iove ana iniugs bpiiittAai , .ui .-, -- - 
 389 
 
 ■1 
 
iiKiM.'ii'i 
 
 390 
 
 
 PART THE SECOND. 
 
 wilh trnepioty: enlighten my mind' 
 purify my inclinations ; ^ive npri-rh/ 
 ness to my will and holiness to C 
 intentions. ^ 
 
 O bounteous Lady, secure for me 
 perseverance in ray good resolutions 
 i^signation in adversities, christian 
 numihty m my conduct and prudence 
 in all my actions. Through thy media- 
 tion, obtain that for the love of Jesus f 
 may despise the world and its vanities- 
 grant that I may be delivered from all 
 the wiles of satan and that my soul 
 may be filled with the love of God and 
 of my neighbor. Do not fail, my 
 amiable Mother, to implore for me from 
 divine Providence, all needful aids 
 through life. May I receive from thv 
 bounteous hand, not only means suffi- 
 cient for my own wants, but, further, 
 be enabled through thy goodness, to 
 Help the poor and contribute to the ^rood 
 works of our holy religion. Dear Good 
 bt. Anne, obtain for me, from our mer- 
 ciiui Lord health of body and ease 
 
 01 mind • frPpHnrrj frOT>- -'--^T- • ^ 
 
 isior. 
 
NOVENA IN HONOR OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 391 
 
 iLiiie and peace of heart. Assist me at 
 the hour of my death ; that I may 
 depart this life with a heart truly 
 repentant, a lively faith, a firm hope 
 and ardent love, and fortified by the 
 last sacraments of holy Church. With 
 ihy holy Daughter Mary, do thou, O 
 saint Anne, protect me in my last mo- 
 ments ; shield me from the snares of 
 the evil one and his angels ; secure for 
 me before the judgment seat of God a 
 favorable sentence and lastly grant me 
 a happy admission in the company of 
 the blessed, in the everduring kingdom 
 of Heaven, there to glorify and there 
 to thank the Adorable Trinity, thy 
 divine Grandson Christ Jesus, iby glo- 
 rious Daughter Mary and thysell, U 
 dear saint Anne, during endless ages. 
 Amen. So 1 hope. So may it be. 
 
 Hail, Mary, full of grace, the l.ord is 
 with Thee, may Thy grace be witli me ; 
 blessed art Thou amongst women and 
 blessed be Thv holy Mother Anne from 
 
 Hi every imsior. 
 
 WiiOui 
 
 
 hiAccor] Vifoin M;irY Thou 
 
 i 
 
( 'Up J' 
 
 ^ART THE SECOND. 
 
 cliVLst rec(>ive spotless Thy Jiolv . . 
 '^^^sus Christ son of the Jiv't 
 
 virginal 
 
 bo I 
 
 'II 
 
 praise au'd £k thee"oi.""'^ '" 
 
is Thy holy ;,„j 
 
 from Thee was 
 on of thB livi„„ 
 
 PRAYERS FOR MASS. 
 
 BEFOTIE THE MASS. 
 
 (j^TERNAL Father, in this sacrifice i 
 mi offer to Thee Thy Son Jesus, with 
 all the merits of His Passion : 1. In 
 honor of Thy Majesty ; 2. In thankspv- 
 incT for all the favors Thon hast hither- 
 to shown me, and for all those which 
 I hope to receive for all eternity ; 6. 
 393 
 
; 
 
 1:1 1 
 
 ■'I' ' 
 
 394 
 
 PAHT THE SECOND. 
 
 In satisfaction for my sins, and for 
 those of all the living and the dead. 4 
 lo obtain eternal salvation, and all 
 the graces which are thereto necessary 
 My adorable Saviour, I come before 
 ihy holy altar, to be present at the 
 divine Sacnflce. Do 7hou, my God 
 
 fruits of this divme Sacrifice which it 
 is Thy vvish that I soiild reap there- 
 from, and do Thou supply for all that 
 IS wanting in me. 
 
 h,.T°h'^'K°" •^/^P'lse my heart to profit 
 by Thy bounty; doThou keepmy mind 
 from wandering and purifv my soul 
 eirac.ng by Thy blood all those sins of 
 which I am guilty. Remember them 
 no more, God of inercy ! I detest them 
 out of love for Thee. I humbly ask 
 pardon for them, and from my heart [ 
 pardon all who have offended m,' 
 Grant, O my sweetest Jesus ! that, uiiit^ 
 ing my intentions to Thine, J may o-ivp 
 
 ^IJfTh'"",T'y ^-^ T'^^^ ^' Thou didst 
 give Thyself entirely for me. I join my 
 
 Mmnn 
 
PRAYERS FOR MASS. 
 
 395 
 
 iuienlion to that of the minister of he 
 a ar who is about lo offer Thee the 
 Mecious Victim of my salvation ; in- 
 ?nire i me, I pray Thee, the same sen- 
 Fnenls as would have filled my soul 
 h^d been present at ihe bloody sacri- 
 5ceofCalvarv;Irecommandtolhee 
 
 the Sovereign'Poiititr, those who govern 
 us my relations, my benefactors, my 
 Wends and my enemies. I also re- 
 ommend to ThL all ^-^^^^^^ 
 ind sinners at enmity with Iheo. bive 
 them ik^ht, and the help necessary to 
 deliver 'them from so sad a state. 
 
 ■ IM 
 
 To St. Joachim and St. Anne. 
 
 Blessed spouses, Joachim a"cl A""" 
 W> the wliole world is indebted to 
 ^ since, as says St. John Damacen, 
 Has thanks to you that we can offer 
 to God the most precious of all olkr- 
 n-s the Immaculate Virgin Mary, 
 "^ho alone of all creatures, is worthy 
 
 •: , 11-. 
 
 
PART THE SECOND. 
 
 Of her Creator. Filled with cnuVui. 
 1" your goodness, I be- of vo,? f r^ 
 favorably to fha r^rTo, / ^^" ^^ ^'^^^n 
 
 a'ld,vss t^ TO f dESr^i\^ ,^^°»' '0 
 flee of the Mas, w w?h T • '^^'j' «''"^ri- 
 
 |"e to yoaVS^SS" Jerraf,dT- 
 throii;:'h voiir info,.^^ • ?' ^"^ it is 
 
 conr.d'entTobt'at nTt'e'y c^ y^^' 
 which I come here to asl^ 
 
 CONFiTEOR. 
 
 •^t r'^;"% ™yself before Thee mv 
 
 fault. Therefore I hT/ u ^' &"evious 
 Mary ever Vir° in .n^'^ff^u"'^ '''essed 
 intercede for '^e Lord h ""' ®"'"'^ "> 
 ble prayer and^vouchsaVe ?.' "'^ ''"™- 
 entirer'emissiono?n.1^fa,R"^« 
 punishment they have^ deservej '' 
 
PRAYERS FOR MASS. 
 
 397 
 
 
 M 
 
 INTTVOIT. 
 
 My God, I adore Thine infinite ma- 
 Wi iesty. I desire to honor Ihee as 
 •ma dost deserve to be honored. But 
 how can I, a miserable sinner, honor 
 Se as I onght ? I offer Thee, t-n 
 the ndoralion wherewith the Heai ot 
 Jesus itself honors Thee on this altar. 
 
 AT THE KYRIE ELEISON. 
 
 Falher, Creator of our souls, have 
 ^ pilY on the work of Thy hands. 
 Father of infinite mercy, have pity on 
 \1 Eternal Word, Who dul^^ ^^^ch^ 
 safe to lake our nature in the Bles.ed 
 womb of St. Anne's holy daughter, and 
 lor our salvation to die an ignominious 
 death on the Cross, I pray Thee to give 
 me a share in the precious merits ot bt 
 Anne, of Mary, Thy holy Mother, and 
 of ThY most dolorous Passion. Be- 
 loved Saviour, have pity on me, and 
 forgive me, sweet Jesus, my trespasses. 
 
 mAt^' 
 
h; l:i: 
 
 31)8 
 
 PART THE SECOND. 
 
 GLORIA IN EXCELSIS. 
 
 ^LOHY be to God 
 ^ Oil high, and 
 peace on earth to 
 men of good will. 
 We praise Thee. 
 tVeblossThee. We 
 adore Thee. We 
 gloriiy Thee. We 
 
 give thanks to Thee 
 forThygreatglory. 
 Lord God, hea- 
 venly King, God 
 the Father almigh- 
 ty, Lord Jesus 
 Christ, the only he- 
 gotten Son, Lord 
 God, Lamb of God, 
 Son of the Father, 
 Who takest away 
 the sins of the 
 world, liave mercy 
 on us. Thou who 
 takest away the 
 
 LORiA in excelsis 
 ■Deo, et in ter- 
 ra pax hominibus 
 bonse voluntatis. 
 Laudamus te. Be- 
 nedicirnus te. Ado- 
 ramus te. Glorifi. 
 camus te. Gratias 
 agimus tibi propter 
 magnam gloriam 
 tuam : Domine De- 
 us, Rex ccelestis, 
 Deus Pater omni- 
 potens, Domine Fi- 
 ll unigenite, Jesii 
 Ghriste : Domine 
 Deus, Agnus Dei, 
 Fihus Patris : Qui 
 tollis peccata muii- 
 di, miserere nobis. 
 Qui tollis peccata 
 mundi, suscipe de- 
 precationem nos- 
 
 ii 
 
PRAYERS FOR MASS. 
 
 399 
 
 tram. Qui sedos ad 
 dextcram Pains mi- 
 serere nobis. Qiio- 
 niain tii solus San c- 
 lus ; Tu solus Do- 
 miiius ; Tu solus 
 Allissimus, Jesu 
 Christe ; cum sanc- 
 loSi)iritu,in gloria 
 Dei Pall-is. Amen. 
 
 Dominns vobis 
 cum. R.Etcumspi 
 rilu tLio. 
 
 sins of Ihe world, 
 receive our prayer. 
 Thou who si Host at 
 the right hand o£ 
 the Father, have 
 mercy on vis. For 
 Thou only art holy. 
 Thou only art 
 Lord. Thou only 
 art most high, Je- 
 sns Christ ; toge- 
 ther with the Holy 
 Ghost, in the glory 
 of God the Father. 
 
 Amen. 
 The Lord be with 
 
 you. R. And with 
 
 thy spirit. 
 
 THE COLLECT. 
 
 LMiGHTV and Elernal God '.hear the 
 ™^ pi-ayer of ^hy people and turn 
 iSTaway from us Thy most holy coun- 
 .._^ ''f.ri op^-nnnt nf onr Sins, ura- 
 
 in 
 
 il 
 
 l| 
 
/, 
 
 . ! 
 
 PART THE SECOND. 
 
 fccivaiit tlio Pnest, who m-iva f^- ,u- 
 salvation of Thy neonlp ^Vn . , i ' "'^ 
 Thy mercy arant ivf.?t ' '' ""-ongh 
 
 t'"'oushJosusChnstLrLo/ci!iil; 
 /'rayer to Si. Anne. 
 
 MothPP Af h ^^? Srace of becomi„° 
 only Son grTn7i„° 'tT '""/ '° ^^''""« 
 
 ^^•«?/^r ^0 St. Joach 
 
 im. 
 
 9 Sea dTd'?chlr. srffl' ™' 
 
 celebrate his memorv w» J*"'"' "''^ 
 
 ^W*^W^^^^^e!liMI 
 
PRAYERS FOR MASS. 
 
 401 
 
 fti 
 
 THE EPISTLE. 
 
 Then follows the Epislle. Il consists commonly 
 of a portion Irom llie wrilinirs of the Proph-^ls 
 or Apostles. While this is read, you can 
 repeal the following prayer : 
 
 my God ! T adore Thy TToly Spirit, 
 ,,^ who has spoken by Thy Piophets 
 and Apostles, and still speaks through 
 Ihe holy Church. I receive with humi- 
 lity all the commandments and instruc- 
 tions which the holy Church gives me 
 through her Priests. Grant, God, 
 thai 1 may always believe what Thy 
 Church teaches, and do what she com- 
 mands ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
 Amen. 
 
 THE GOSPEL. 
 
 Divine Saviour, how groat was 
 W Thy love to come Thyself upon the 
 north in hp 011^ teacher, and show us 
 
 m 
 
M'l 
 
 ''Altr THE SECOND. 
 
 S'JZu", '^''"f"- G'-ant me ihi 
 
 Gr t mi !ri,'"'V'°''-''""' fallow ih.m' 
 uiaiu me Tliy divi.ie assisiance ili it I 
 mp' iiovor be ashamed of Thy ,'1 
 ■ospol hut confess ihe same alwiv 
 n wonls as well as in works vl„ 
 hvc.t and reignest, world wuhout:,ld" 
 
 CHEDO. 
 
 believe in one 
 Ood, the Fa- 
 fner almighty, ma- 
 imer of hi^aven and 
 earth, and of all 
 fbings, visible and 
 invisible. Ami in 
 one Lord Jesus 
 Christ, the only be- 
 gotten Son of God 
 
 ^REDo in iiniini 
 ^- Deum, Patrem 
 omnipotentem,fac- 
 torem cceli et ter- 
 i'03, visibilium om- 
 nium et invisibi- 
 mim: Et in uniim 
 Dominum Jesnm 
 Christum, Filium 
 
 Deiunigenitum:et 
 
PUAYEUS ror; mass. 
 
 403 
 
 ox Pcilre naluin an- 
 le omnia sau-ula ; 
 Dtnim tie Deo, Ui- 
 meiiciolumiuo.n^i- 
 
 um verum ile Doo 
 vero; j^oniUim nou 
 facluni,consiibstaii- 
 
 lialcui Palri '.^ por 
 niieiu omni^i lacUi 
 sum ; qui propler 
 iioslioinint3S,et pro- 
 pier noslram salu- 
 liMii, desceiidil de 
 ai'lis : el incarna- 
 b*is est de Spirilu- 
 sanclo ex Maria 
 Virgiue : et homo 
 FACTUS EST ; cruci- 
 Iixus eliain pro no- 
 bis : sub Pontio 
 Pilato passus, et 
 sepuliuscst ; et re- 
 surrexiL tertia die 
 secundum Scriptu- 
 ras ; et ascendit in 
 
 And born of the 
 FalUor before all 
 ages. God of God, 
 light of ligbt, true 
 God of true God. 
 IJeizotlen not made, 
 co^nsubstantial 
 
 with the Father : 
 by whom all things 
 
 were made. Who 
 lor us m.en, and 
 for our salvation, 
 came down from 
 heaven. And was 
 incarnate by the 
 Holy Ghost of the 
 Virgin Mary :-l- and 
 
 WAS MADEMVN. WaS 
 
 crucified c\l50 for 
 us : suffered under 
 Pontius Pilate, and 
 was hurried. And 
 the third day he 
 rose again, accor- 
 ding to the Scrip- 
 
 H 
 
 I 
 
 
 
 l'.i.l 
 
l> I 
 
 404 
 
 PART THE SECOxND. 
 
 tures. And ascen- 
 ded into heaven : 
 sitteth at the right 
 hand of the Father. 
 And shall come 
 again with glory 
 to judge both the 
 living and the 
 dead : of whose 
 kingdom there 
 shall be no. end. 
 And in the Holy 
 Ghost, the Lord 
 and giver of life : 
 w h proceedeth 
 from the Father 
 and the Son. Who 
 together with the 
 Father and the Son 
 is adored and glo- 
 rified : who spoke 
 by the Prophets. 
 And one holy Ca- 
 tholic and Apos- 
 tolic Church. I con- 
 
 ccBlnm, sedet ad 
 
 dexteram Patris;et 
 
 iterum venturusest 
 
 cnmgloriajudicare 
 
 vivos et niortuos: 
 
 cujus regni non 
 
 erit finis :Et in Spi. 
 
 ritum sanctum Do- 
 
 minum et vivifi. 
 
 can tern; qui ex Pa- 
 
 tre Fiiioque proce- 
 
 dit; qui cum Patre 
 
 et Filio simul ado- 
 
 ratur et conglorifi. 
 
 catur; qui locutus 
 
 est per Prophetas: 
 
 Et unam sanclam 
 
 catholicam et apos- 
 
 tolicam Ecclesiam. 
 
 Confiteor u n u m 
 
 baptisma, in remis- 
 
 s i n e m peccato- 
 
 rum ; et expecto re- 
 
 surrectionem mor- 
 
 tuorum, et vitaiii 
 
V:^ V: 
 
 PRAYERS FOR MASS 
 
 urn, sedet ad 
 
 uni, et vitaiii 
 
 vpnturi sa3CuU.fess one Baptism 
 veniui I ^^^^ remission 
 
 ^^^^^^'- of sins. And I ex- 
 
 pect the resurrec- 
 tion of the dead, 
 and the life of the 
 world to come. 
 Amen. 
 
 THE OFFERTOKY 
 
 Saviour when He insliluled ll''^^> ; ; 
 flee! and in whicli He is innnoaun,' 
 l-limsplf here for me. „ 
 
 1 offei It in acknowledgement 
 Thv sovereign domain over mo and a,l 
 Ihj sovereiou expiation ol my 
 
 creatures. 1 oner u ui caij 
 sins, and in thanksgivnig oi a tUo 
 benefits Thou hast bestowed on me. 
 
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 406 
 
 PART THE SECOND. 
 
 t :^ 
 
 Lastly, I offer Thee this Sacrifice 
 my God, m order to obtain from Thee 
 ior myself, for my relations, friends 
 and benefactors the precious grace of 
 salvation, which can only be granted 
 to us sinners in view of the merits of 
 ilim Who alone is just and Who has 
 made Himself a propitiation for our 
 sins. 1 recommend to Thee, my God 
 the whole Catholic Church, our Holv 
 Father the Pope, our Bishop, all the 
 pastors of souls, ail christian princes 
 and all their subjects who believe in 
 Ihee. 
 
 And thou, glorious St. Anne, who, 
 having had the happiness of givin^ 
 birth (0 the most blessed amongl't chih 
 dren, the immaculate Mary, didst lov- 
 ingly offer her to the most holv Tri- 
 mty, vouchsafe likewise to present to 
 bod this holy sacrifice which in union 
 with the priest, I am now offering- so 
 
 that I may obtain the grace of. ?*..... 
 
 which I ask through thv intercession. 
 
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 PRAYERS FOR MASS. 
 
 407 
 
 THE PREFACE. 
 
 1, is trulv meet and 3"3t, "ght and 
 .■a , ihitirv that we should alvvays, 
 "^ f,; n nfacps sive thanks to Thee, 
 
 ml through Christ our Lord Dy 
 Sm^'tS'Sngels praise thy Majesty 
 
 tha Archangels adore it, trie t^owtib 
 Sfmtle'Sfore it, the heavens a..d the 
 Virtues of heaven, -and the hiessea 
 
 SVt4t?S^o Thee while ..th 
 
 &d of Sabaoth 1 heaven and earth are 
 (M of Thy glory ! Hosanna in the 
 hiehest . Blessed \s he that cometh in 
 i!hfname of the Lord ! Hosanna in the 
 highest I 
 

 HIM: 
 
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 . eh 
 
 4CS 
 
 PART THE SECOND. 
 
 THE CANON. 
 
 'e therefore humbly pray and be- 
 ,„, seech Thee, most merciful Fa- 
 liier through Jesus Christ Thv Son 
 our Lord, that Thou wouldst vouchsafe 
 
 7^ ""'f P^pu ^^u'^ ^'^^'^ ^^^'ch we oiler 
 i hee for Thy holy Catholic Church and 
 or all those of whom it is composed • 
 the Pope the Archbishop, the cler-y 
 and all who profess the Catholic and 
 Apostolic Faith. 
 
 We would also specially recommend 
 to Thee all these for whom throu-h 
 justice, gratitude and charity we ave 
 hound to pray, as well as all tbose here 
 present, and especially N. N. And that 
 our homage may be the more agreeable 
 to Thee, we unite it to that ollered 
 1 ee by the glorious iWiry, Mother of 
 xhy Son Jesus Christ, with that of St 
 Joachnn and St. Anne, the ancestors of 
 our divme Saviour, with that of all 
 
PRAYERS FOR MASS 
 
 T, , Annslles of the blessed Martyrs 
 ^'{ ^1r the Saints ^vho together with 
 SselvescornposelheCalhohcGhnrch. 
 
 AT THE ELEVATION OF THE HOST. 
 
 ^ „.,.! Father I oEfer Thee all the 
 ?E""Hues acts and affections of the 
 £rroV'rh^vell-helovedJe..s.Acc^^^^^^ 
 
 "rd'l^'afs o'm ne si'nci He has gi'- 
 ' ,hpm to me grant me those graces 
 IticfTesus^asfs of Tl.ee for -^^^^ 
 
 ^'^^^'^'^^VvrerSwhich'touhasl 
 for so many mercies w .^ ^_^^.^_ 
 
 shown me. 1 ^'.^° °"t „.,iv bv these 
 f^'^"'?" YhZTo obS 'from Thee 
 re ' PaS' perseverance Paradise 
 Ind, above all, the supreme gitlof Thy 
 
 pure love. 
 
410 
 
 PART THE SECOND. 
 
 AT THE ELEVATION OF THE CHALICE. 
 
 it ; 
 
 >REcious blood of the Heart of Jesus 
 cleanse my soul from all defilel 
 ment. Most pure Heart of Jesus, purify 
 me. Most humble Heart of Jesus, teach 
 me Thy humility. Most gentle Heart 
 of Jesus, impart to me Thv gentleness 
 Most mercyful Heart of"jesus, have 
 compassion of me. Most lovin<* Heart 
 inflame me with Thy love. ° ' 
 
 Holy Sacrament, Sacrament di- 
 vine, all praise and all thanksgiviiio- 
 be every moment Thine I ° 
 
 CONTINUATION OF THE CANON, 
 
 1' 
 
 . (.1' 
 
 Lord, of myself I cannot thank Thee 
 for Thy benefits, but in thanksgiving 
 I offer Thee the Heart of Jesus in this 
 Mass and in all those which are beiiT^ 
 celebrated on the earth. "^ 
 
 ■■-^'^^^i.'mf"m9fmsi!^iax/mM 
 
THE CHALICE. 
 
 PIIAYEUS FOPv MASS. 
 
 411 
 
 u ,s now mat we offer belore the 
 , ^ ni Thv most excellent Majesty 
 llu-oneol in^ ;,,! unknotted Victim, 
 
 '•■"" J d of which all others arc 
 .,ve us ana « q^j ^q dare 
 
 '"■'"il It we have here more than 
 ui say lna\>^° '; AKpi of Abraham 
 ^.U UiB .ac,nh e of Ah 1 0^^ lies Ihe 
 
 •""' ^r- ^ ^wm thv Of Thy altar, Our 
 ;';a!/r(!{S;'nwSnt,eon,y 
 
 X°i;f re rhlt?rparta.e Of 
 May all ^"^ either sacramentally 
 
 :irsS£u;;riuied .Uh heavemy 
 
 ^T mindtif Ilk wise, O Lord ! of 
 Be mi"'' "'-J „^.i M who are gone 
 
 "'^X^slSS peace Grant them, 
 Tord in Sue of'^this Sacrifice, an en- 
 l;Sliverancefrc>m|he.pa.n.^^^^^ 
 
 -r,^" VI sam K ^ce vvhen our hour 
 
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 412 
 
 PART THE SECOND. 
 
 ness ! And grant us part and fellow- 
 ship with Thy holy Apostles and Mar- 
 tyrs and with all Thy Saints, so that, 
 with them we may love Thee and 
 glory Thee to all eternity. 
 
 un Father, who 
 
 art in heaven, 
 hallowed be Thy 
 name : Thy king- 
 dom come : Thy 
 will be done on 
 earth as it is in 
 heaven. Give us 
 this day our daily 
 bread ; and forgive 
 us our trespasses, 
 as we forgive those 
 who trespass a- 
 gainstus. And lead 
 us not into temp- 
 tation. 
 
 R. But deliver us 
 from evil. Amen. 
 
 ^ATER noster, qui 
 ^^ es in ccelis, san- 
 ctificetur nomen 
 tuum : adveniatre- 
 gnum tuum : fiat 
 voluntas tua, sicut 
 in coelo et in ter- 
 ra :panem nostrum 
 quotidianumdano- 
 his hedie : et di- 
 mitte nobis debita 
 nostra, sicut et nos 
 dimittimus debito- 
 ribus nostris : et ne 
 nos inducas in ten- 
 tionem. 
 
 R. Sed libera nos 
 a malo. Amen. 
 
PRAYERS FOR MASS. 
 
 413 
 
 Deliver lis, we beseech Thee, O 
 Lord ! from all evils, past, present, and 
 10 come : and by the intercession ot 
 iho Blessed and glorious Mary ever 
 Vir-in, Mother of God, together with 
 Thv blessed Apostles, Peter and Paul, 
 and Andrew, and all the Saints, mer- 
 cirully ffrant peace in our days : that, 
 bv the assistance of Thy mercy, we 
 may always be free from sm, and se- 
 cure from'' all disturbance. Through 
 the same Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Our 
 Lord, Who, wilh Thee, in the unity ot 
 the Holy Ghost, liveth and reigncth 
 God. 
 
 AGNUS DEf. 
 
 z^GNus Dei, qui f<|AMBofGod,who 
 ii tollis peccata fe takest away the 
 mundi, miserere sins of the world, 
 nobis. have mercy on us. 
 
 Agnus Dei, qui Lamb of God, 
 tollis peccata mun- who takest away 
 
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 414 
 
 PART THE SECOND. 
 
 the Sins of the di, miserere nobi« 
 world, have mercy 
 on IIS. 
 
 Lamb of God, Agmis Der, qui 
 who takest away tollis peccata mun- 
 the sins of the di, dona nobis pa- 
 world, give us cem. 
 peace. 
 
 Lord Josns Christ, whosaidstto Thy 
 Apostles : Peace T leave with you, my 
 peace I give unto you, ; regard not my 
 sins, but the faith of Thy Church • and 
 vouchsafe to it that peace and unity 
 which is agreeable to Thy will. Who 
 livest and reignest God for ever and 
 ever. Amen. 
 
 Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the livim> 
 God, who. according to the will of the 
 father, through the cooperation of the 
 Holy Ghost, hast by Thy death given 
 life to the world ; deliver me by this 
 Thy most sacred body and blood from 
 ail my iniquities and from evils, and 
 make me always adhere to Thy com- 
 mandraents. and never suffer me to be 
 
 »fm»' 
 
OND. 
 
 PRAVKHS FOIl MASS, 
 
 415 
 
 niscrere nobis. 
 
 ?nns Der, qui 
 s peccata nnin- 
 lona nobis pa- 
 
 osaidstto Thy 
 with yon, ray 
 regard not my 
 r^ Church ; and 
 ace and unity 
 ly will. Who 
 . for ever and 
 
 I of the living 
 the will of the 
 Deration of the 
 y death given 
 er me by this 
 nd blood from 
 om evils, and 
 3 to Thy com- 
 ufTer me to be 
 
 seoarated from Thee. Who, with the 
 ame God the Father and Holy Ghost 
 Uvest and rei^aesl God lor ever and 
 ever. Amen. 
 
 UOMINE, NON SUM DIGNL'S, 
 
 f/^oRD, I am not worthy that Thou 
 14 shouldst enter under my roof ; 
 hil only say the word, and my soul 
 shall be healed. (3 limes). 
 
 THE COiMMUNlON. 
 
 fEsus my Saviour and my love, I 
 J am' not worthy, 1 never was, nor 
 e^r will be, for who could be wor- 
 thy to receive Thee, who art truly 
 God ' But since, in the excess ot ihy 
 love,' it pleases Thee to dwell among 
 men 1 open my heart to receive Thee. 
 Gome, adorable Saviour, come into 
 my heart and unite Thysell wholly 
 
 
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 4 1() PART THK sKcoNi).— 22nd day. 
 
 witliniino. I uiiihMnysolfwitli Marv 
 Ihy beloved Mother, and with Tliv 
 great ancestor St. Anno, in jove mii 
 adoration. Open Thy Sacred Heart to 
 me, O most sweet .lesns. iManife^t iu 
 charms to me ; unite mo to it forovor 
 May all the aspirations and tluobs of 
 my heart even during sleep, be a pledge 
 my love, and repeat continually to 
 Ihee : 1 love Ihee. Receive the little 
 good I do, and grant me grace to atone 
 lor sm, so that I may praise Thee in 
 time and bless Thee in eternity. Amen. 
 
 Soul of Christ, sanctify me. 
 
 Pody of Christ, save mo. 
 
 Blood of Chris>t, inf'briale me 
 
 Water from the side of Christ, wash me 
 
 Passion of Christ, strengthen me ' 
 
 O good Jesus, hear me. 
 
 \Viihm Thv wounds hide me 
 
 Never permit me to be separated from Tb^- 
 
 trom the wicked enemy defend me 
 
 At the hour of dea'h call me. 
 
 And bid me come to Thee 
 
 That with Thy Saints 1 may praise Thee. 
 
 Forever and ever! Amen. 
 
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 rriAYKI'.S KOU MASS. 
 
 417 
 
 «i ill love and 
 
 THE LAST COLLFXT. 
 
 pealing the Collect, j-ray as follows . 
 
 a^iMir.HTY God! I Ihank Thoe with 
 r^mv whole heart for all the mer- 
 %; and benefits Thou hast bestowed 
 on me but above all I hat Thou hast 
 WcMrby Son, Jesus Christ to bo the 
 
 propitiation for our sins, and hi. ^ody 
 and Blood for the nourishnipnt of our 
 souls. mercifrl God, watch over me 
 and forbid that ' should ever assist at 
 this holy Sacrnieo in au irreverent 
 Tf. nner or receive unv orthuy tuis 
 most sacred food ; through the same 
 Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 THE BLESSING. 
 
 y praise Thee. 
 
 m 
 
 ^,vy,...x this service which is now 
 _ W. ended be pleasing to Thee, O 
 ■ most holy Tiinlty, and grant that the 
 
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 418 
 
 PART THE SECOND. 
 
 sacrifice here offered by Thv semm 
 the Priest, may be acce^ptabll in S 
 
 May the Almighty God, 4- Falher 
 Son, and Holy Ghost/bless lis now a 
 evermore. ^ 
 
 GOSPEL OF ST. JOHN. 
 
 '^^u^^^^^""^"& was the Word,ci 
 e) the Word was with God, and the 
 Word was God : the same was i,i the 
 beginnmg with God. All things were 
 made by Him, and without nfm wJs 
 made nothing that was made : in Him 
 was life, and the life was the lii>htof 
 men; and the light shineth in dc-k- 
 ness, and the darkness did not com. 
 prehend it. 
 
 There was a man sent from God, 
 whose name was John. This man came 
 lor a witness to give testimony of the 
 
PRAYERS FOR MASS. 
 
 419 
 
 \\mAo ^ive testimony of the ugni. 
 came to g ^.^j^ eiihght- 
 
 S His own received H.m not Bul^s 
 
 rpo^ertrbiSe's^tomod: 
 
 i ?: thorthat believe in H. narne who 
 i Port And the Word was made 
 
 S:Uy^St?:^^mV FatW full Of 
 grace and truth. 
 
 PRAYER TO ST. ANNE AFTER MASS. 
 
 Iless^d Mother St. Anne, loving pro- 
 p's Uess of all who call upon thee 
 S^,fort of the afflicted, behold me at 
 
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 420 
 
 PART THE SECOND. 
 
 thy feet. Vouchsafe to take me under 
 thy protection. To thee 1 recommend 
 
 ;••••; ^nd I ask of thee to intercede 
 
 for Its successful issue with God and 
 wilh Mary, thine all-powerful Daugh 
 ter. Holy St. Anne, reject not L" 
 prayer; and with eternal gratitude! 
 vyill repay the benefits I obtain from 
 tiiee. Do thou also obtain for me the 
 grace of one day being found worthv 
 to sing the praises of God to all eternity 
 in company with thee and thv holv 
 Daughter Mary. Amen. ' ^ 
 
if 
 
 THE WAY OF THE CROSS 
 
 lQt was a very frequent and most 
 le) touching devotion of christians, 
 in former times, to make a pilgrimage 
 to the Holy Land of Palestine, where 
 Lir Blessed Redeemer lived and died, 
 md there to visit every spot of Rro^nd 
 ivhich had been made sacred t>y H^s 
 presence, and especially those which 
 ^vere known as the stations of his pas- 
 ;ion and death, and to honor these 
 olv places by prayer and by penance. 
 Lfterward, when the Holy Land had 
 alien into the hands of the miidel 
 ,aracens, and christians could no 
 onger make this pilgrimage with 
 fhia ovprcisft of the wav 01 the 
 
 421 
 
 to' 
 
 fofxr 
 
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 422 
 
 PART THE SECOND. 
 
 Gross was invented as a substiuue. 
 Pictures representing the most moving 
 and remarkable events of our Lord's 
 passion, from the times of his sentence 
 10 his burial, are hung about the walls 
 of the church, and by visiting liiese in 
 succession, and praying before each 
 one, we are able in some manner to 
 imitate the devotion of catholics of 
 other days, although by a pilgrimage 
 far less long and painful. The Way of 
 the Cross, in jts present form, was in- 
 stituted in the midxlle of the fourteenth 
 century, by thcy Franciscans. The 
 Sovereign Pontills have attached to it 
 many indulgences, which are too nu- 
 merous to mention here. We may gam 
 these indulgences by making the round 
 of these fourteen stations, meditating 
 before each one upon the mystery it 
 represents. No form of prayer is re- 
 quired, nor is it necessary that lliese 
 meditations should be long. (S. C. Ind. 
 22 Sept., 1829 : ditto, 7 April, 1831.) 
 As for those to whom it is impossible 
 
 t Ci fiiiTJ! frjQeo /^ rv n r1 i I- ! '^ !"» i^ <-\»f-K/->v l->/>/>o!icn 
 
THE WAY OF THE CROSS. 
 
 423 
 
 ihev cannot meditate, or are unable to 
 visil tlio stations, they may make the 
 Way of the Cross in another manner, 
 bv means of a crucifix indulgenced for 
 tliis purpose. These gain all the indul- 
 ooiires bv holding the crucihx in their 
 hiuuL and reciting twenty limes the 
 Pawn Ave, and Gloria ; then hve times 
 Paier] Ave, and Gloria, in honor of he 
 five wounds of our Lord ; and finally, 
 me Paler. Ave, and Gloria, for the in- 
 leiition of' the Sovereign Pontiff. 
 
 ACT OF CONTRITION. 
 
 ,fev Lord Jesus Christ, Thou hasl 
 m made this journey to die for me 
 wflh love unutterable, and I have so 
 many times unworthily abandoned 
 fhee ; but now I love Thee with my 
 whole heart, and because 1 love I bee 
 I repent sincerely for ever having 
 offended Thee. Pardon me, my Ood, 
 :.nri normu, me to accompany Ihee on 
 this journey. 
 13 
 
 l^hou dost go to die for 
 
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 4 24 
 
 PART THE SECOND. 
 
 love of me ; I wish also, my beloved 
 Redeemer, to die for love of Thee. My 
 Jesus, I will live and die always united 
 lo Thee. 
 
 FIRST STATION. 
 
 Jesus is condemned to Death. 
 
 V. We adore Thee, O Chrisl, and we 
 bless Thee. 
 
 R. Because by Thy holy Cross Thcj 
 hast redeemed the world. 
 
 Jesus, I thank Thee for this Thy 
 great love, and 1 beseech Thee to 
 take back the sentence of everlasting 
 death which I have deserved by my 
 sins, so that 1 may be made worthy to 
 attain to everlasting life. 
 
 St. Anne, consoler of the o$lcted^^n] 
 for me that Jesus may hear my prayer. 
 
 Our Father^ Hail Mary, Glory, etc. 
 
 Jesus Christ crucified, have mercy 
 on us. 
 
 ^MejnMpf"' — ** 
 
THE WAY OF THE CROSS. 
 
 425 
 
 May the souls of the fallMiil depart- 
 ed throush the mercy of God rest m 
 
 ^'hoIv Mother, pierce me throii-h, 
 In my heart each wound renew 
 Of my Saviour crucified. 
 
 O Chrisl, and we 
 
 SECOND STATION. 
 
 Jesus is made to bear Ills Cross. 
 V We adore Thee, Christ, and we 
 '^riSsehy Thy holy Gross Timu 
 hast redeemed Ihe worla. 
 
 « ,Tesu5. srant me the grace not to 
 'f make Thy Cross heavier by new 
 sins, and cheerfully to carry mine in a 
 
 ,;.e«: say unto Jesus, that all my confl. 
 Hence is in His Cross and Passion 
 Our Father. Hail Mary. Glory, clc. 
 

 
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 ' ^v ill 
 
 4-J() 
 
 TART THE SECOND. 
 
 .Tcsii^ Christ crucified, have mcrcv 
 on lis. 
 
 M.iy Ihe sonls of the faithful dopart- 
 cd through the mercy of God rest in 
 ppac(\ 
 
 Holy Mother, pierce me through, 
 
 In my heart each wound renew 
 
 Of my Saviour crucified. 
 
 THIRD STATION. 
 
 Jesus falls the first time. 
 
 V. We adore Thee, Christ, and we 
 bless Thee. 
 
 R. Because by Thy holy Cross Thou 
 hast redeemed the world. 
 
 'Y Josus, how could St Thou thus 
 love me ? For it was out of love for 
 me that Thou didst fall beneath the 
 Gross, Thou didst fall in order that I 
 might not give way to discouragement 
 
 "^tr'^^ ^^ 
 
led, have nicrcv 
 
 n„,. mv repeated falls into sin. I 
 
 fr for m sf Him lo lislcn to my 
 wPr o" in Him is all my hope. 
 
 ^CAcr, IlaU -W-Va^'^ercy 
 Jesus Christ crucified, have mercy 
 
 "'^y the souls of the faithful depart- 
 cd through the mercy of God rebt 
 
 '"Hoiv Mother, pievfce me through, 
 In my heart 'each wound renew 
 Of my Saviour crucihed. 
 
 FOUETH STATION. 
 
 Jesus is met by lUs blessed Mother. 
 V We adore Thee, O Christ, and we 
 ''rliSse by Thy holy Cross Thou 
 hasl redeemed the world. 
 
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 428 
 
 vart the second. 
 
 ^ Jes[;s, what a sea of sorrow over- 
 ^ wlieimed tlie heart of Thy holy 
 Mother wh<Mi she saw the insults which 
 were heaped on Thee ; but your iini. 
 tual suU'crings inspire me with confi- 
 dence and hope ; for ye did sutler out 
 of love for me, in order to obtain me a 
 siiare of the divine mercv. 
 
 St. Anne, Mother of the Dl'sscd Virgin 
 Mary^ ask of thy Daughter to oblaiii 
 for ine a favorable hearing Irom Jesus 
 through the sorrows she endured on 
 account of Him. All my hope is in 
 His goodness. 
 
 Our Father^ Hail Marij^ Glory, etc. 
 
 Jesus Christ crucilied, have mercv 
 on us. 
 
 May the souls of the faithful depart- 
 ed through the mercy of God rest in 
 peace. 
 
 Holy Mother, pierce me through, 
 
 In my heart each wound renew 
 
 Of my Saviour crucified. 
 
TUB WAY OF THE CnOSS. 
 
 429 
 
 FIFTH STATION. 
 
 Simon of Syrmc helps Jesus to carry 
 the cross. 
 
 , Wo adore Thee, Christ, and we 
 
 ''rtTSse by Thy holy Cross Thou 
 
 has'l redeemed the world. 
 
 Woct tl-rice blest was he 
 W 'I'^'nirW Thee o bear Hie cross. 
 efeAfht r^tooaldTh^^^ 
 
 Tvletus, give mo «race^ o do so 
 SI \nne, filled wilh giace^ pidy uc 
 
 Jesus Giirisl crucilied, have mercy 
 °Vay the so^s o^Jhe faithful depart- 
 ed through the meicy oi uu 
 
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 430 
 
 PAKT THE SECOND. 
 
 Holy Mother, pierce me throiirrh 
 In my heart each wound renew ' 
 
 or my Saviour crucified. 
 
 . SIXTH STATION. 
 
 Veronica wipes f^ie Face of Jesus. 
 
 V. We adore Tliee, Christ, and we 
 bless Thee. 
 
 R Because by Thy holy Gross Thou 
 nast redeemed the world. 
 
 i^Y tender Jesus, through the love 
 <=^ Thou didst show to Veronica i)v 
 imprinting Thy sacred Face on her 
 handkerchief, I bog of Thee (o bestow 
 on me likewise the marks o: Thygoori- 
 ness. Imprint deep in my son! thn 
 memory of Thy sufferings and grant 
 me the grace that I may ever listen t ) 
 the^appeals, and assuage the sorrows, 
 01 my suHering children. 
 
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 COND. 
 
 me throiiirh, 
 ound reuevv 
 .fied. 
 
 [•ION. 
 
 ^ace of Jesus. 
 
 » Christ, and we 
 
 oly Gross Thou 
 Id. 
 
 'Oiif>h the love 
 to Veronica by 
 i Face on her 
 Thee to hestow 
 kso! Thyjroofi- 
 ; my soul the 
 ings and f^^raiit 
 f ever listen to 
 ^e the sorrows, 
 )n. 
 
 TMK WAY OF THE. CROSS. 
 
 431 
 
 SI Anne, avk of alliance, I trust to 
 Ihy iutorcessiun ; ask of Jesiis to hear 
 
 iiiv nraver. 
 Oar Fathnr, Hail Mary, Glory, He 
 Jesus Clirist crucified, have ).L>ercy 
 
 'Mav the souls of the faithful depart- 
 01 through the mercy of God rest in 
 
 peace. , , 
 
 Holy Mother, pierce me througti, 
 hi my heart each wound renew 
 Of my Saviour crucified. 
 
 SEVENTH STATION. 
 
 Jesus falls the second time. 
 
 V. "We adore Thee, Ghrist, and we 
 
 bless Thee. , , ^ mu 
 
 R. Because by Thy holy Gross Thou 
 
 hast redeemed the world. 
 ^^ most sweet Jesus, how many 
 
 L- nnu^,, Vioot Tiorfionprl TTltt, 
 
 lilimb Xiiwu ii"..T-^ paj^---5 — 
 
 
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 432 
 
 paut the second. 
 
 and how many times liave I fallen 
 again, and begun again to olTend Thee' 
 Oh ! by the merits of this second fall" 
 give me the necessary helps to perse- 
 vere in thy grace unlil death. Grant 
 that in ail temptations which assail me 
 1 may always commend myself to 
 Thee. 
 
 St. Anne, joij of angels, wouidst thou 
 but intercede for me, I am certain of 
 my prayer being granted. 
 
 Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory, etc. 
 
 Jesus Christ crucified, have mercy 
 on us. 
 
 May the souls of the faithful depart- 
 ed through the mercy of God rest in 
 peace. 
 
 Holy Mother, pierce me through, 
 In my heart each wound renew 
 Of my Saviour crucified. 
 
THE Way of the cross. 
 
 433 
 
 EIGHTH STATIOIT. 
 
 }ms speaks to the women of Jerusalem. 
 V We adore Thee, Christ, and we 
 "rJSse by Thy holy Cross Thou 
 hast redee.-ied the world. 
 
 rrv Tesus who didst comfort the pious 
 1^ women of Jerusalem, who wept on 
 stoiirthee bruised and torn comfort 
 '^:^\U with Thy tender V^^r.^^'^^ 
 Thy pity lies my trust. May my heart 
 
 recouie to fhee in all confidence : do 
 Ihou pray to Jesus for me and I shall 
 
 ""''^C^her, Hail Mary, Glory, etc. 
 Jesus Christ crucified, have mercy 
 
 "Vay the souls of the faithful deHrt^ 
 ed through the mercy of God rest in 
 
 •nonpp 
 
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 434 
 
 PART THE SECOND. 
 
 Holy Mother, pierce me throurrh 
 Jn my heart each wound renew ' 
 VI my Saviour crucified. 
 
 NINTH STATION. 
 
 Jesus falls the third time. 
 
 R. Because by Thy holy Cross Thou 
 nast redeemed the world. 
 
 ^Y Jesus, by all Thy bitter woes Thou 
 ^ didst endure, when a third time 
 the heavy cross bowed Thee to the 
 earth, oh, never, never let me fall 
 away ; but rather let me die than ever 
 mortally sin again. 
 
 St. Aane, mirror of patience, obtain 
 for me from Jesus that I may alvvavs 
 suffer the miseries of this life with 
 resignation. 
 
 Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory, etc. 
 
THE WAY OF THE GROSS. 
 
 435 
 
 jcGUS Chiist crucified, have mercy 
 
 ^^lay the souls of the faithful depart- 
 ed tlii'ouyh the mercy of God rest in 
 
 peace. , , 
 
 Holy Mother, pierce me through, 
 111 my iieart each wound renew 
 Of my Saviour crucilied. 
 
 TENTH STATION. 
 
 ksus is stripped and receives gall to drink 
 
 V, We adore Thee, Christ, and we 
 
 bless Tliee. ^ ^ „,. 
 
 u. Because by Thy holy Cross ihou 
 hast redeemed the world. 
 
 .s?;,Y lender Jesus, stripped of Thy 
 W- oarmenls and drenched with gall, 
 stiip°me from love of things of earth, 
 and make me loathe all that savors ot 
 the world and sin. 
 
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 PART THE SECOND. 
 
 St. Anne, mirror of obedience^ obtain 
 me tlic grace of always doing the Will 
 of God. 
 
 Our Father^ Hail Mari/^ Glory ^ etc. 
 
 Jesns Christ crucified^ have mercy 
 on ns. 
 
 ?vlay the souls of the faithful depart 
 t?d through the mercy of God rest in 
 peace. 
 
 Holy Mother, pierce me through, 
 
 Jji my heart each wound renew 
 
 Of my Saviour crucified. 
 
 EliEVENTH STATION. 
 
 Jesus is nailed to the Cross. 
 
 V. We adore Thee, Christ, and we 
 bless Thee. 
 
 1^. Because by Thy holy Cross Thou 
 hast redeemed the worlds 
 
 •jgj'Y Jesus, I adore the love which 
 ^ impelled Thee to stretch ThvseK 
 
THE WAY OF THE CROSS. 
 
 437 
 
 on the Cross and lo preseni Thy hands 
 <ind feet lo be pi(>rced with nails : by 
 Ihis love I beg of Thee lo inflame my 
 heart with love of Thee, so thai I may 
 bear my crosses with resi.Gjnation. 
 
 St Aiine, mirror of piety, nnilo thy 
 pravers to those of thy holy Daughter 
 Marv, so mat Jesus may hear me. 
 
 Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory, etc. 
 
 Jesus Christ crucified, have mercy 
 
 ^"way the souls of the faithful depart- 
 ed througn the mercy of God rest in 
 
 peace. , , 
 
 Holy Mother, pierce me through, 
 In my heart each wound renew 
 Of my Saviour crucified. 
 
 3 Christ, and we 
 
 TWELFTH STATION. 
 
 Jczus dies on the Cross. 
 
 V. We adore Thee, Christ, and we 
 bless Thee. 
 
43K 
 
 PART THE SECOND. 
 
 n Bpoanse by Thy holy Gross Thou 
 hast redeemed tlie world. 
 
 t^v Jesus, Thou diest between two 
 c^ thieves in order to merit the grace 
 of God for me. All my hope is in this 
 incomprehensible goodness. I kiss de- 
 vout, y the Gi-oss on which Thou didst 
 die for me. Oh ! by the merits of Thy 
 death, give me grace to die embracinj? 
 rhy feet, and burning with love to 
 Thee. 
 
 St. Anne, beloved of God, obtain me 
 the grace of final perseverance. 
 
 Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory, etc. 
 
 Jesus Christ crucified, have mercy 
 on us. 
 
 May the souls of the faithful depart- 
 cd through the mercy of God rest in 
 peace. 
 
 Holy Mother, pierce me through, 
 In my heart each wound renew 
 Of my Saviaur crucified. 
 
THE WAY OF THE CROSS. 
 
 439 
 
 THIKTEENTH STATION. 
 
 Jesus is taken down from the Cross. 
 V. We adore Thee, Christ, and we 
 
 'T Because by Thy holy Cross Thou 
 hast redeemed the world. 
 
 rt-uiy Mother most sorrowful, the 
 i' word of grief went through Thy 
 soul when Thou didst ^ee Jesu. lying 
 
 lifeless on Thy bo^o"^ 5. ^^K/^'t^v 
 hatred of sin, because sm slew Thy 
 Son and wounded Thine own heart, 
 .nd the grace to live a christian hie 
 
 'TKL^r^oLofiheQueenofjnar 
 uirs, obtain for me the grace to do 
 God's will on earth as in heaven. 
 
 Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory, etc. 
 
 Jesus Christ crucified, have mercy 
 
 ""May the souls of the faUW"! leP^^I; 
 ed through the mercy of Ood lest lu 
 
 peace. 
 
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 440 
 
 PART THE SECOND. 
 
 Holy Mother, pierce me through 
 111 my iiearl eacli wound renew' 
 or uiy Saviour crucified. 
 
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 FOURTEENTH STATION. 
 
 Jesus is laid in the Sepulchre. 
 
 V. We adore Thee, Christ, and we 
 bless Thee. 
 
 R. Because by Thy holy Cross Thou 
 hast redeemed the world. 
 
 H, my buried Jesus, I kiss the stone 
 that encloses Thee. ButThou didst 
 rise again the third day, 1 beseech 
 Thee by Thy resurrection, make me 
 rise glorious wilhThee at the last day. 
 to be always united with Thee in hea- 
 ven, to praise Thee and love Thee for- 
 ever. 1 love Thee, and I repent of ever 
 having oiTonded Thee. Permit not that 
 I ever offend Thee again. Grant that 
 1 may love Thee ; and then do with 
 me what Thou wilt. 
 
JCOND. 
 
 me through, 
 oil lid renew 
 fied. 
 
 ITATION. 
 
 ' Sepulchre. 
 Christ, and we 
 
 oly Cross Thou 
 Id. 
 
 I kiss the stone 
 
 But Thou didst 
 
 Jay, 1 heseech 
 
 :tiou, make me 
 
 at the last day, 
 
 Ji Thee in hea- 
 
 love Thee for- 
 
 f repent of ever 
 
 E^erniit not that 
 
 in. Grant that 
 
 I then do with 
 
 THE WAY OF THE CROSS. 
 
 441 
 
 St. Anne, port of 
 
 the traveller, obtain 
 
 me 
 
 the jjjrace. t 
 
 hat during my .]onrney 
 
 Ihrou.^li this pens 
 
 hable world I may 
 
 ahvays liave i 
 of God 
 
 ecourse lo the goodness 
 
 Our 'Father, Hail Mary. Glory, etc. 
 Jesus Christ crucified, have mercy 
 
 on us 
 
 May the souls of the faithful depart- 
 sh the mercy of God rest in 
 
 ed throu 
 
 peace. ,. ^ , 
 
 HoW Mother, pierce me throu 
 
 h, 
 
 In ni)' 
 
 heart each wound renew 
 
 Of my Saviour cru 
 
 cifiod. 
 
 Conclude by saying five ^Imes Our 
 Father, Hail Mary, Glory, etc , to gain e 
 ■nces; then say me foilowuig 
 before the statue of St. Anne. 
 
 Indulgences 
 prayer 
 
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 AVER TO OBTAIN SOME SPECIAL FAVOR. 
 
 ...RiousSt. Anne, filled With com- 
 ^ passion for thosewho invoke thee 
 d with love for those who suUer, 
 
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442 
 
 PART THE SECOND. 
 
 heavily laden with the weight of my 
 troubles, 1 cast myself at thy feet and 
 humbly beg of thee to take the present 
 affair which I recommend to Ihoo, 
 under thy special protection. Vouch- 
 safe to recommend it to thy Daughiu' 
 the Blessed Virgin Mary, and to lay it 
 before the throne of Jesus so that He 
 may bring it to a happy issue. Ceaso not 
 to intercede for me until my request is 
 granted. Above all, obtain for mo the 
 grace of one da;; beholding my God 
 face to face and ^Hh thee and Mar\ 
 
 and all thp Saints, 
 
 ^jraisin^^ 
 
 and bless- 
 
 in ff Him to all eterni' f. Amen. 
 
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 CHAPTER 111. 
 
 BEADS OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 KnofU mav be said to obiain 
 -^''^o^^rtfmpS benefit, and c.,g^ 
 i^recUing three times he O^J^m^^^ 
 
 beads are ^aidlhus -in t^ono ^^^^^ 
 
 '''''' ,H"^/.i Warv u ho., or ot Mary, 
 limes the i/ait .Wary, 1. ^^^^^ 
 
 recite similarly once tne uur 
 and five times tht » ^^^^ ^,,g ^ur 
 honor o£ St. Anne, it .^ ^^^^ 
 
 falher and .e I mej me ^^^^^ 
 
 After each Uau Maiij-, sa\ 
 names ; Jesus, Mary, Anne. 
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 I'All r THE SECOND. 
 
 SALUTATION. 
 
 Ave, gratia plena, Dominus tcnim 
 i^iamauasil mecum, boncdicta in in 
 rnuhenbus, ct benedicta sit sancta 
 Anna, makr tua, ex qua sine macula 
 (it peccalo ptocessisti, Virgo iMana e\- 
 e aiUem nalus est Jesus Cbnstu.'Fi. 
 iins Dei vivi. Amen. ' 
 
 Hail full of grace, the Lord is with 
 liiee; Thy grace be with me. Blessed 
 art Ihou among women, and blessed 
 be St Anne, Ihy mother, from whom 
 Ihou didst proceed withoutstain ofsin 
 O Virgin Mary ! but of Thee was borii 
 n- ' V?;' ?^ ^'^^ ^^^^"« God. Amen. 
 inn.!-' ^'^ ^ ^^^^^^ dated Jamiarv 
 lUtn, l8lo, grants in perpetuity 100 
 clays indulgence to those who shall de- 
 vout y recite ti:is prayer, and a plenary 
 indulgence on July SOth, the l'\>ast oi 
 bt. Anne, to all those who shall have 
 recited it at least ten times each month 
 
A CRY FOR HtLP.— REMEMRER. 445 
 
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 sus Chnstus, Fi- 
 
 A CRY FOR HELP. 
 
 'YVr-F [Iv to Ihy palronaj^e, holy Molh- 
 W, er of the Virgin Mary; despise 
 ronr prayers i" our necessi les but 
 ^piivpr US always from all dangers, u 
 evl^glo" ions and blessed Mother, Good 
 ?L Aiuie. Amen. 
 
 REMEMBER. 
 
 EMEMBEB, St Anne, thou ^vhose 
 
 i.-v mmp sio'nifieth grace and meicy, 
 .ttSwasitknofvnthatan^^^^^^^ 
 
 ivhn fled to thy protection impiorea 
 my prayer. Amen. 
 
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 446 
 
 PART THE SECOND. 
 
 THE pilgrim's PRAYER. 
 
 '^g Good Sr. Anne, I have come from 
 f afar to honor and invoke thee in 
 this hal owed Shrine, where so oft the 
 pious pilgrim has felt the effects of thy 
 kindness and thy power. Gladly havi 
 I travelled the distance that separated 
 rne from this holy place and have come 
 to ask favors of thee. I hope thou wilt 
 vouchsafe t3 show thyself gracious 
 towards me as thou hast done to all 
 who have come here with confidence. 
 Yes 1 hope that each hour of this dav 
 Will bring a new blessing. But thou 
 knowest the special grace which I 
 implore of thee from tlie depths of mv 
 heart, and which has been the aim of 
 my prayer, and the aspiration of my 
 u "I I'epairing hither. I conjure 
 thee to hear my entreaty ; do not, Good 
 baint, permit any of thy children tosav 
 to thee, .( I have invoked thee in the 
 place where thou hast been Dlea-ed to 
 
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LITANY IN HONOR OF ST. ANNE. 447 
 
 aisphiy thy wonders, and thou hast had 
 no blessing for me..) No, no, thou wilt 
 hear my prayers, and 1 shall return 
 with a "new benefit to publish, a new 
 motive to confide in thy bounty, and a 
 new bond of love to attach me to thee. 
 Amen. 
 
 LITANY IN HONOR OP ST. ANNE. 
 
 Si Anne, Grandmother of our Saviour, 
 » Mother of Mary the divine 
 Virgin and Mother, 
 Ark of Noah, 
 Ark of the Covenant, 
 Root of Jesse, 
 Fruitful vine, 
 Issue of a royal race, 
 Joy of Angels, ^ 
 Daughter of the Patriarchs, 
 Filled with grace. 
 Mirror of obedience, 
 Mirror of patience, 
 Mirror of mercy, 
 
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 PART THE SECOND. 
 
 » 
 
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 St. Annej Mirror of piety, 
 
 Bulwark of the Church, 
 Liberator of the captives, 
 Refuge of sinners, 
 Consoler of the married, 
 " Mother of widows, 
 » Mother of virgins, 
 » Mother of the sick, 
 « Harbor of salvation, 
 
 Lightof the blind, 
 «» Tongue of the dumb, 
 » Hearing of the deaf, 
 » Consolation of the afTicted, 
 » Help of all who have re- 
 course to thee, 
 
 Our Futher. Hail Mary, 
 
 V. God has loved St. Anne. 
 
 n. And delighted in her beauty, 
 
 Pmy. 
 
 LMiGHTY and Eternal God, Who 
 didst vouchsafe to choose Su 
 
VARIOUS PRAYERS. 
 
 449 
 
 Anne to be Mother of the Mother of 
 Thine only Son, g;vmi we beseech 
 Thee, that we, who keep her in remem- 
 branco, may through her prayer a - 
 lain the everlastnig hfe. Through 
 Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 A mother's prayer. 
 
 ^olyS 
 
 t. Anne, Patroness of Christian 
 
 o^ 
 
 thy care 
 
 families, I present my children to 
 I know that I received them 
 
 from God and that it is to Him they 
 holonix : therefore I beg of thee the 
 
 giiieer ever lo submit cheerfully to 
 whatever divine Providence may do- 
 nee concerning Ihem. Vouchsafe to 
 bless Ihem. In their behall 1 ask above 
 all, for the kingdom of C-fd ;ind His 
 iustice and to thee, good Mo ^3-. I 
 leave all care of providing us with what 
 is necessary and benetitling to ov.. s.ate 
 of life. Imprint a great horror of sm 
 
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 450 
 
 PART TflE SECOND. 
 
 on the hearts of my chihlren '; keen 
 Ihorn nloof irom .-ill evil, pres'^rve th.m 
 
 Jioinbonjcrcontaminatedbv the world- 
 niay all their actions be ''inspired In' 
 christian principles; grant them sim- 
 Piicity and npri-htiiess of hear!, toarh 
 tlunn to love God alone, even as from 
 her very earliest years thou didst toacli 
 thy holy and immaculate Dan-hter 
 Mary to love Him. 
 
 Holy Anne, thou art the Mirror of 
 patience, obtain for me the grace of pa- 
 ^l^'ij^^y ^"d lovingly surmounting (he 
 difTiculties inseparable from tlie ta^k 
 of bringing up children. Bless me and 
 my children ; watch over us, ^ood 
 Mother, obtain for us the grace of al- 
 ways loving thee together with Jesus 
 and Marv, so that w^e may live confor- 
 mably to the spirit of God, and when 
 this hfe shall be ended, may have the 
 happiness of being united to thee for 
 all eternity. Amen. 
 
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over us, t^ood 
 
 VAUIOUS PRaYEP.S. 
 
 401 
 
 lUAYEIV TO OBTAIN SOME SPECIAL KaVOR. 
 
 Glorious Si. Anne, filled with com- 
 "^^ passion for those who invoke thee 
 and with love for those who sutier, 
 heavily laden with the weight of my 
 troubles, I cast myself at thy leet and 
 humblybeg of thee to take the present 
 ailair which I recommend to thee, un- 
 der thy special protection. Vouchsafe 
 to recommend il to thy Daughter, the 
 Blessed Virgin Mary, and to lay it 
 before the throne of Jesus, so that He 
 mav bring it to a happy issue. Cease 
 not^to intercede for me until my request 
 is granted. Above all, obtain for me 
 the ^race of one day beholding my God 
 face to face and with thee and Mary 
 and all the Saints, praising and bless- 
 iug Him to all eternity. Amen. 
 
 
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 4vi 
 
 I'ART THE SECOND. 
 
 PiMVEH TO HECOMiMEND ONESELF 7(j 
 i^T. AN ME. 
 
 I|t AIL, illnstrious St Anne, be thou 
 cH^ Dlessed among women, because 
 tliOLi didst have the happiness of bear- 
 ing in ihy womb the holy and Imma- 
 culate Virgin Mary, Mother of God. 
 We participate in the joy thou didst 
 experience on giving birth to her and 
 ollVring her in the Temple to the Eter- 
 iial Father. I pray thee, Good Moth- 
 er, to present me to thy well-beloved 
 Danghter and to her son Jesus ; be 
 thou my advocate and protectress with 
 Jesus and Mary ; for if I am fortunate 
 enough to find grace before thee, oh 
 holy Mother Anne, I may expect everv- 
 Ihmg from thy intercession. Such js 
 my hope. Amen. 
 
MD ONESELF TO 
 
 VaHIOL'S PRAYEPvS. 
 
 453 
 
 phayer for the conversion of one 
 
 DEARLY beloved. 
 
 &00D St. Anne, consoler of the afflict- 
 ed, my heart is heavy with grief 
 on beholding the evil courses of one, 
 so dear to me. This beloved soul is 
 dead, dead to God and to heaven, dead 
 to a happy eternity. Dear Good St. 
 Anne, 1 rely' to thy pov^erful inter- 
 cession Alas! one day this soul may 
 be buried in the depths of hell and I 
 can then never have the consolation of 
 being together in heaven. This ter- 
 rible thought is present to me day and 
 night and I weep incessantly when I 
 think ol' being eternally separated one 
 from another. Dear Mother St. Anne, 
 have pity on this beloved soul ; remind 
 ihy grandson Jesus of how much He 
 has siilTered for it, and then certainly 
 Ho will bring it forth from the depths 
 of indifference and sin. Good St Anne, 
 I humbly beseech thee, obtain me this 
 favor. Amen. 
 
 

 454 
 
 PART THE SECOND. 
 
 PHAYEIl IN liEHALF OF A SICK PERSON. 
 
 E L V E D St. Anne, so justly called 
 ihc mother of the a[Jlicled, turn 
 Uiine eyes of pity towards the dear in- 
 firm one in whom I take so deep an in- 
 terest. Deign, in thy motherly bounty 
 to lessen the sufferings of illness' 
 vouchsafe to implore from God com' 
 plete restoration to health, and with 
 health also the holy resolution hence- 
 lorth to honor Jesus, Mary and thyself 
 hy the faithful ' observance of all 
 christian duties. Amen. So I hope • so 
 may it be. ' 
 
 THE invalid's PRAVERS. 
 
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 ^l^f '^^^'^^^^"^ beloved St. Anne being 
 ^Ih by the grace of God a chn'stiaii, 
 I know I should ask, and by this prayer 
 I sincerely do ask the health of mv 
 soul rather than that of the bodv, con- 
 
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F A SICK PERSON. 
 
 PRAVERS. 
 
 VARIOUS PRAYERS. 
 
 455 
 
 vinced as 1 am that this transitory hfe 
 lisoiilv given us to secure for us a bct- 
 tei'oae hereafter, to wliich we can only 
 arrive by the grace of God. This grace 
 ton^hcr with the grace of patiently 
 bearing my sufferings, I earnestly beg 
 to obtain through the merits ot our 
 Lord Jesus Christ, the intercession ol 
 liis Immaculate Mother and through 
 thv powerful mediation, O glorious 
 and good St. Anne. But not in vain, O ' 
 beloved Patroness, has the Almiglity 
 bestowed upon thee the power to work 
 wonders. Wherefore I beseech thee, 
 iund Mother, to restore me to health, 
 ifit be God's holy Will. Amen. 
 
 May it be so for thy own greater 
 gloiy\ 
 
 A PRAYER TO BE SAID BY TEACHERS ANO 
 MOTHERS. 
 
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 ?# christian paretUs and teachers, 
 
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IMPORTaM nEQUESTS TO ST. ANNE. 
 
 A aYER for public 8ERVI0K. 
 
 I /^ooD SI. Anne, obtain forme ardent 
 i& love to my God, and to thy Daiigh- 
 ler, the Most Holy Virgin Mary. 
 
 Good St. Anne, obtain for me lively 
 faith and unbounded confidence in the 
 Divine goodness. ^ 
 
 Good St. Anne, obtain lor me the 
 spirit of compunction, and the sanctify- 
 ing courage of holy penance. 
 
 Good St. Anne, beloved protectress, 
 obtain for me from Jesus the gift of 
 prayer. (Here say the Ave Maria three or 
 
 nine limes.) „ 
 
 St. Joachim and St. Anne, pray for 
 jie, that through patience in trials I 
 may become worthy of the promises of 
 
 Christ. , . - 
 
 St. Joachim and St. Anne, obUin for 
 me the grace to love Mary above all 
 things after Jesus. 
 
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VARIOUS PRAYERS. 
 
 459 
 
 St Joachim and St. Anne, obtain for 
 me the grace of graces that of final 
 perseverance and of a good death. 
 
 Good St. Anne, by thy motherly in- 
 tercession lead me to heaven. Amen. 
 
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 St. Anne, who hast had the glo- 
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 her who was to become the beloved 
 Daughter of the heavenly Father, the 
 mother of His adorable Son, and the 
 co-redemptress of the human race ; 
 glorious mother of that Daughter of 
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 Part the secoxd. 
 
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 BEAUTIFUL PETITIO.NS TO ST. A.V.VE. 
 
 love of Gof an^ n,r';Lan'tv'';^'r''- 
 neighbors. cnanty to ihm 
 
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 U Mary, St. Anne, and St. Joachim, 
 
^E SECOND. 
 
 VARIOUS PRAYERS. 
 
 461 
 
 O^'S TO ST. ANNE. 
 
 a^id St. Joachinh 
 
 obtain for us the most exact fidelity to 
 the commandments of God and of the 
 Church, and to all the duties of our 
 stale. 
 
 St. Anne and St. Joachim, models of 
 fervor, patience and submission to the 
 will of God, obtain for us the gift of 
 prayer with the gift of resignation in 
 all the trials which may come upon 
 us. (Here the Ave Maria may be recited 
 three or nine times.) 
 
 Blessed St. .Anne, glorious St. 
 Joachim, obtain for us from God zpaL 
 for His glory, holy liberality for the 
 splendor of His sanctuary, and charity 
 towards the poor. 
 
 St. Anne and St. Joachim, true models 
 of reverence in the Temple, obtain for 
 us the piety and fervor we ought to 
 bring to the foot of the holy altar. 
 
 By your great reverence for God, 
 deliver our country from the hateful 
 sin of blasphemy. 
 
 St. Anne and St. Joachim, obtain for 
 us humility, obedience, and submis- 
 sion to all our rightful superiors. 
 
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 462 
 
 PART THE SECOND. 
 
 Holy Mary, St. Annoand St. Joachim 
 ex e.. your poworfal protection ovei' 
 
 Holy Mary, St. Anno and St. Joachim 
 
 mothers''''' ^^'^^'^'^^^^^ ^^ ^ii christian 
 
 llnly Mary, St. Anne and St. Joachim 
 
 prrsi.o at the birth of ail children' of 
 christian mothers. 
 
 Holy Marj, St. Anne and St. Joachim 
 obtain abnndant light for all who have 
 to make choice of a state of life. (Here 
 may be recited the Ave Maria either 
 three or nine times.) 
 
 St Anne and St. Joachim, pray for 
 the Clinich and her august Head 
 
 Periect models of husbands ' an.l 
 lathers, of wives and mothers, obfaiii 
 for ail christian families that niiioii 
 and peace which are the fruits of na- 
 tience and humble forbearance. 
 
 O Jesus Mary, Joseph, Anne and 
 Joachim, help us, we conjure you! 
 We desire to devote ourselves to your 
 service and to invoke you every day, 
 
VARIOUS PRAYERS. 
 
 463 
 
 ley are images of 
 
 leandSt.Joachin 
 n to all chrislia 
 
 ihal v/e may escape the woes of a lost 
 
 oUM'iiilv. ^ . J 
 
 .-lorious Rt. Joseph, St. Anne and 
 SI. Joachim, deign to assist me at ihe 
 decisive moment when my soul shall 
 \y^ on tlie point of breaking the bonds 
 which attach it to my body to take its 
 ili'-hl into eternity ; obtain lor me that 
 1 may expire in your presence in the 
 arms of mv divine Jesus and of His 
 most holy mother. Amen. So 1 hope. 
 So may it he. 
 
 PLEDGE OF DEVOTION TO ST. ANNE. 
 
 Good and merciful St. Anne, I 
 ^j purpose to serve thee with singu- 
 lar devotion, to consecrate myself to 
 thy service and to gain the h^-juts of 
 others to thv worship and to that con- 
 fidence in tliee which thou dost merit. 
 I choose thee, after the Blessed Virgin, 
 ;i;^ mv spiritual mother and protectress 
 before God ; 1 consecrate myselt to 
 
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 404 
 
 PART THE SECOND. 
 
 serving thee faithfully. To theo I 
 confide my body, my soul, all my spi- 
 ritual and temporal interests, as well 
 as those of my family. To thee, I con. 
 secrate my mind, that in all things it 
 may be enlightened by faith ; mv 
 heart, that thou mayst keep it pure 
 and filled with love for Jesus, Mary 
 Joseph and thyself ; my will, that 
 like thine, it may always be in union 
 with the will of God. Obtain for me 
 powerful St. Anne, victory over mv 
 passions, avoidance of all occasions of 
 sin, the grace of never offending God 
 of fulfilling the duties of my state of 
 life and of exercising all those virtues 
 which are needful for my salvation 
 
 Like thee, may I be all God's in life 
 and in death ; and after having loved 
 and honored thee on earth, belovpd 
 Good St. Anne, like a trulv faithful and 
 devoted child, may T one day be ad- 
 mitted to glorify thee in heaven, with 
 the angels and the saints. Amen 
 
 .%. 
 
illy. To thoo, I 
 ' soul, all my spi- 
 nte rests, as well 
 ^ To thee, I con- 
 t in all things it 
 
 by faith ; my 
 
 fst keep it piire 
 
 for Jesus, Mary, 
 
 niy will, that 
 A^ays be in union 
 
 Obtain for me, 
 victory over my 
 fall occasions of 
 r offending God, 
 3 of my state of 
 all those virtues 
 my salvation. 
 > all God's in life 
 er having loved 
 i earth, beloved 
 ^uly faithful and 
 one day be ad- 
 in heaven, with 
 11 ts. Amen. 
 
 |art i\\t ®Iuvd. 
 
 VARIOUS PRAYERS. 
 
 DURING VESPERS OR BENEDICTION. 
 
 ^^ Salularis Hos- 
 tia. 
 
 saving Victim! 
 
 _ opening wide 
 
 Zx ra3li panos The gate of heaven 
 
 ostium- to man below: 
 
 Belapremunthos-Our foes press on 
 lilta: from every Side ; 
 
 / nc 
 
 
//, 
 
 
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 !■!• 
 
 4GG 
 
 PART THE THIRD. 
 
 Thine aid supply^ Da robur, fer auxK 
 Iliy strength he- Hum. 
 s(ow. 
 
 ToThyrjroatnamc Uni trinoque I)o- 
 
 ho endless praise, mino, 
 ImmortalGodhead, Sit sempiterna -lo- 
 
 one in three ! ria • 
 
 Oh, grant us end- Qui vitam sine ter- 
 
 loss length of mino, 
 
 days, 
 
 In our true native Nobis donet in n.i. 
 
 land with thee I iria. Amen. 
 Amen. 
 
 
 VISIT TO THE BLESSED SaCHaAIENT. 
 
 ^H Lord Jesus Christ, Who, Ibr llio 
 love which Thou hearest to men 
 dost dvveli day and night in IhisSacra- 
 ment, lull of goodnc^ss and lov(>, await- 
 ing, inviting, and welcoming ;j|l Uio^c 
 who come to visit Thee, from the d(Mn) 
 abyss of my own nothingness, I adore 
 Thee, and I thank Thee for all tlie -ra.- 
 
 
IIRD. 
 
 VAinoUS i'UAYI'I'.S. 
 
 M)l 
 
 lobar, fer aiixi. 
 um. 
 
 trinoque I)o- 
 lino, 
 
 5empiterna glo- 
 a : 
 
 vitam sine tcr- 
 ino, 
 
 is donet in pa- 
 ia. Amen. 
 
 SACHA.MENT. 
 
 Who, lor Iho 
 )earest lo [rieii, 
 1 in lliisSacia- 
 iid love, .'iwait- 
 finng <-j|i I hose 
 i'rorn tho deep 
 giioss, I adore 
 Cor all L lie gra- 
 
 ces 
 
 Thou hast p^raiited to mo, a 
 
 Wen me 1 nyst 
 
 ni 
 
 n n 
 
 llf 
 
 Psn(>eiallY I'or hav ... 
 
 in ihisSacramenl, lor having -ivon me 
 
 also Thy holy Mother M'^»'y,,^^V|'; "^^ 
 advocate, an 
 'isit 
 
 a.u, c.-diorhavin- called nu^ to 
 rhee in this chundi. My .lesns, I 
 
 love Thee with my w 
 
 holo heart ! 1 am 
 
 sorry for havin 
 
 oUonded Thy inlinite 
 
 jTQodness so o 
 
 Iteii in times past. 1 am 
 
 CI', to 
 
 ?esolv(>d, bv the tielp oj Thy gra 
 oiTend Thee no m(n'e for the ninr. 
 
 and at this preson 
 
 t moment, all mist: 
 
 rable as I am 
 
 I eonsGcralo myself 
 
 Iv to Thee. I ^ive and abandon 
 
 entire 
 
 to Thee my w 
 
 tions, my desires 
 
 hole will, all my alloc 
 and all I have 
 
 Ilereal ter do with me whatevei 
 wilt. I ask of '" 
 
 Thou 
 Thee nothing hnt Tliy 
 
 holy love, final perst 
 
 verance, and the 
 
 fnllil in all things Thy holy 
 
 mend to Thee the souls 
 
 cially those who 
 
 grace to 
 
 will. 1 recom 
 
 in Purgatory, espc 
 
 have been most devout to Thee in thi 
 
 holy Sacrameii 
 
 Virgin Mary. I rt 
 uioreoverj all pooi 
 
 t, and to the blessed 
 I recommend to Thee 
 
 J 1 1 1 1 « •^' • •*'* 
 
 iMua 
 
 llv 
 
 ill 
 
4U8 
 
 PAItT THK THIIIO. 
 
 my dear Redeemer, I unite all mv 
 
 U'sipos to ,ho desires ol' Thy o^vn mol 
 
 lov.Mg Heart ; and [ oirer them Vhm 
 
 [-'■ted to Thy Kternal Father ad 
 
 bpeech I,m,nThy„arne,lortli'elov 
 or.ee, to receive them and to grant 
 
 
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 PRAYER TO THE flEAHT OK JESUS IN THE 
 HOLY EUCHAiUST. 
 
 >"tr»f ^^^'^^^"'y^'^^iour, Thou 
 ; <ut tile foiiiUaiij of all Ln-aces ih.. 
 
 relngeoftheaffl.ctedandlhedweli '^ 
 place of son Is who love Thee. UHrarr' 
 wounded for me on the cross by he 
 lance of my sins, do Thou inflaml or 
 hearts with true love for Thee Won i 
 hat I could publish to he whoK 
 
 ^el Jres T^h'n"^'^' '^', ^weetnesrth 
 treasures Ihou dost avish on fhrwp 
 
 Its.- '"'% ''""^^ '■ ^'^'"p " o' ' 
 
 ardent desire of seeing all hearts burn 
 
 With \r\ 
 
 V r c ui i Jl 
 
 ee. 
 
VAniOUS PUAYBKS. 
 
 409 
 
 Diviiio H(^art, bB n.y consolation n 
 
 Zl oli.'f in MillVnn!;. my haven in 
 
 Z empcsl. To TLee I consecrate my 
 
 !oWan.lmysoul,mvhca|^mylle. 
 
 .,11(1 all thai I am. I unite a f my 
 
 ,m,..h « all mv aflections, all my 
 
 °s :SoTh no Kteinal Father, I offer 
 
 Thee the most pure affections of the 
 Heart of Jesus ! it Thou dost rejec 
 n ,"p Thou canst iirt, reject tnose of 
 "n V Soi , who is holiness itself ; may 
 11 ev supply for what is wanting m me 
 and rentier me agreeable in thine eyes. 
 Merciful Heart of Jesus, have com- 
 
 P'£t,"tiron the cross was pierced 
 wUh grief for the sins of the world, 
 rrive ine true sorrow for my sins. 
 ^ Heart most pure, purify my heart 
 
 from all attachment to creatures. 
 
 Heart opened 10 be the refuge of 
 ^nnls rGC6iv6 ttig. 
 
 Heart filled with gentleness, impart 
 to me Thy sweetness. 
 
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 470 
 
 PART THE THIRD. 
 
 humHUy.'"^^' '^""^'^'^' '^^-^'^ -« Thy 
 Heart most Joving, consuming fire 
 
 new lUe of love and grace. 
 Heart most holy, grave in mv heart 
 
 knlt°Theefot:''''^"''°"'^'^"*'^°^-^-'^° 
 Heart most compassionate, relieve 
 the souls in Purgatory, for hey are 
 Thy eternal spouses. ^ 
 
 MARV. 
 
 PRAYER TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN 
 
 ^M°^ J'°^y ,^"'^ Immaculate Virgin i 
 
 -^-^ Ihou who art the advocate the 
 
 hope, and refuge of sinners ! I wo%h p 
 
 Thee, great Queen, and ei-Zrhll 
 
_.l • -• '——^ 
 
 e, teach me Thy 
 
 ighten those who 
 
 D Virgin mary, 
 
 VARIOUS PRAYERS 
 
 471 
 
 thanks for the many favors Thou hast 
 bestowed on me. I love Thee, Lady 
 most worthy of all love ; and by the 
 love which 1 bear Thee, I promise ever 
 in the future to serve Thee, and to do 
 what in me lies to win others to ihy 
 love. In Thee I put all my trust, all 
 mv hobu of salvation ; receive me as 
 Thv servant, and cover me with the 
 mantle of Thy protection. And since 
 ;hou hast so much power with bod, 
 deliver me from all temptations, or at 
 least obtain for me the p:race ever to 
 ovevcome them. From Thee, 1 ask a 
 true love of Jesus Christ, and the grace 
 of a happy death. my Mother, by 
 Thy love for God I beseech Thee to be 
 at all times my helper, but above all 
 at the last moment of my hfe. Leave 
 me not until Thou seest me sale in 
 heaven, there for endless ages to bless 
 Thee and sing Thy praises. So do i 
 hope. So may it be I 
 
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 •172 
 
 PAMT THE THIRD. 
 
 PIIAVER TO ST. ANNE. 
 
 lJp)LEssiiD St. Ann.^^ thou hadst the 
 (§^. happiness to carry in thy womb 
 llie Most Holy and Immaculate Virgin 
 Mary, MotheV of God. Permit iis to 
 share in the joy thou didst, feel at the 
 happy moment of her birth, and in the 
 generous sacrifice which thou didst 
 make to the Eternal Father when thou 
 didst present her in the temple* Great 
 Saint, do thou present us to thy dear 
 Daughter and to Jesus Christ her di- 
 vine Son, and be our advocate and our 
 intercessor with Jesus and Mary ; for 
 what is there that we may noi hope 
 for from thy protection, holy Mother 
 of Mary, if we are so happy as to find 
 grace in thy sight. Amen. 
 
 II 
 
 wn-igi I 
 
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; THIRD. 
 
 VARIOUS PRAYERS. 
 
 473 
 
 ST. ANNE. 
 
 Hymn. 
 
 ^ thou had St the 
 Lt-ry in thy womb 
 m maculate Virgin 
 od. Permit iis to 
 \i didst, feel at the 
 ?r birth, and in the 
 whicii thou didst 
 Father when thou 
 the temple^ Great 
 ent us to thy dear 
 sus Christ her di- 
 r advocate and our 
 ;us and Mary ; for 
 kve may not hope 
 ion, O holy Mother 
 3 happy as to find 
 Amen. 
 
 Tantum ergo Sacrcmcntim. 
 
 >|^ANTUM ergo sa- 
 # cramentum, 
 Venereinurcernui; 
 
 Et antiquum docu- 
 
 menlum 
 Novo cedat ritui ; 
 
 Piccstet fides sup- 
 
 plementum, 
 SeiisuLUTi defectui. 
 
 ^owN in adora- 
 "^ lion falling, 
 Lo ! the Sacred 
 
 Host we hail ; 
 Lo ! o'er ancient 
 forms departing. 
 Newer rites of gra- 
 ce prevail ; 
 Faith for all defects 
 
 supplying, ^ 
 Where the feeble 
 senses fail. 
 
 Genitori, Genito- To the everlasting 
 
 aue Father, 
 
 Laus et jubilatio, And the Son who 
 
 reigns on hij?h, 
 
 Salus, honor, vir- With the Holy 
 tubquoqiie, Ghost proceed- 
 
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 !^n; !' 
 
 4/4 
 
 PART THE THfRD. 
 
 Forlh from each 
 eternally, 
 
 Be salvation, hon- 
 or, blessing, 
 
 Mi.L,^ht and endless 
 majesty. Amen. 
 
 V. Thon hast giv- 
 en them bread from 
 heaven. 
 
 R. Beplcni?Jicd 
 with all sivc'ctncss 
 and dclujht. 
 
 Sit et benedictio; 
 
 Procedentiabutro- 
 qne, 
 
 Compar sit lauda- 
 tio. Amen. 
 
 V. Panom dncffi. 
 lo pia^stitisti cis. 
 
 R. Omnc (Jdccid' 
 mcnlum in it iiabcn- 
 icm. 
 
 Prayer, 
 
 God, who hast 
 left ns in this 
 wonderful Sacra- 
 ment a perpetnal 
 memorial of Thy 
 passion : grant ns, 
 we beseech Thee, 
 so to reverence the 
 sacred mysteries of 
 
 j^Eus qni nobis, 
 ^--^ snb Sacramen- 
 to mirabiii, pa?sio- 
 nis tna3 menioi-iain 
 reliquisti : tribue, 
 qna^snmus, ita nos 
 corporis et sangui- 
 nis tui sacra niys- 
 teria venerari, 'ut 
 
 . 'Mik'-^itaasmmmm 
 
I>l 
 
 HE THIRD. 
 
 1 Sit et benedictio; 
 
 - Proccdenliab lUro- 
 
 que, 
 5 Com par sit laiida- 
 
 tio. Amen. 
 
 ,<^EUs qui nobis. 
 ^-^- sub sacj'aiueii- 
 to mirabili, passio- 
 nis tuie meiiioi-iain 
 reliquisti : ti-ibue, 
 quciesurnus, ita nos 
 corporis et sangui- 
 nis tui sacra mys. 
 teria venerari, "ut 
 
 VARIOUS PRAYERS. 
 
 475 
 
 redemplionis I u 03 Thy Body and 
 l,uclum iu nobis Blood, that we may 
 ,„.riter senliamus. continually Imd in 
 Oui vivis et regnas our souls the Iruit 
 r^cTCula .leculo-of Thy Redemp- 
 ,,uu. Amen. lion ; Thou who 
 
 livest and reignest 
 Avorld without end. 
 Amen. 
 
 OmvGod, 1 am sorry, 1 am sorry 
 for mv sins : fori;ive them, and give 
 ,ne mv part m this heavenly blessing! 
 
 1 love"Thee, 1 will love Thee always, 
 a,id seek to please Thee m every 
 llioughl, in every word, and every 
 action of my lile. '\ ^^^ '^'^ ''f'''\^,i 
 the Father, and of the Son. and oi ine 
 Holy Ghost. Amen. 
 
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 DEVOTIONS FOR GONFESSIOxN. 
 
 KXAMINATION OK CONSCIENCE. 
 
 ^iNS towards Got/.— Omissions or ne- 
 ^ gligeiice in our duties of religion- 
 irreverence in church ; volunlary dis' 
 tractions during our prayers ; want of 
 attention ; resistance to grace ; oaths- 
 murmurs ; want of confidence or of 
 resignation. 
 
 Towards our neighbour.— Rash ju^d- 
 ments; scorn ; hatred ; jealousy • de 
 sire of revenge ; quarrels ; anger ;' im- 
 precations ; abuse; slander; raillery 
 false reports; injury to goods or repii'. 
 tation ; bad example ; scandal ; want 
 of respect, of obedience, of charitv/of 
 zeal, of fidelity. " ' 
 
 Towards ourselves.—W mily ; human 
 respect ; lies ; thoughts, desires, con- 
 versations and actions against puritv; 
 intemperance ; anger; impatience ; u^e^ 
 47o 
 
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 GONFESSIOxN. 
 
 DEVOTIONS FOR CONFESSION 477 
 
 le^sand sensual life ; idleness in ful- 
 tiiliiv^ the duties of our state of lite. 
 
 CONSCIENCE. 
 
 SENTIMENTS OF A PENITENT SOUL. 
 
 tH ^ my Redeemer ! Thon hast spent 
 all thy Blood, and hast given Thv 
 hie in order to save my soul ; and I 
 have often lost it by counting on Ihy 
 mercy. I have, then, so often abused 
 Thv goodness by offending Thee. Ky 
 dolus so, I have deserved to be cast 
 into hell. Thou didst treat me with 
 mercy, and I offended Thee ; Thou didst 
 seek after me, and I tied away from 
 Thee ; Thou gavest me time to repair 
 the evil I had done, and I employed 
 that time in adding insults to insults. 
 Lord,make me understand the injustice 
 1 have done Thee, and the obligation 
 hv which I am bound to love Thee. Ah . 
 m%r facna 1 h^w could I bc BO dcar to 
 
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 478 
 
 PART THE THIRD. 
 
 riice that Thou shonldst seek me so 
 often when I chased Thee away ? How 
 Iiai^tThou been able to bestow so many 
 graces on one who has given Thee so 
 much displeasure ? From all tbis I see 
 the great ardor of Thy desire to save 
 me iron: perdition. I am sorry with 
 my whole beart for baving olTended 
 Thee, Infinite Goodness ! Ah, receive 
 tbis ungrateful sbeep, that casts itself 
 at Thy feet ; receive it, and bind it on 
 Thy shoulders, tbat it may never more 
 ilee away from Tbee. I will never ^gani 
 al3andon Tbee. I wisb to love Thee; I 
 wi>b to be Tbine : and provided I be- 
 long to Tbee, I am content to sutler 
 every pain. And wbat greater punisli- 
 men^. can fall upon me Iban to live 
 witboutTby grace, to be separated from 
 Tbee, Wbo art my God, Who didst 
 create me and die for me ? Ah ! my 
 Jesus, bitberto I have not loved Thee, 
 or I have loved Thee too little. I do not 
 wisb to die in this state. Ah, nrant. me 
 a little more time, tbat I mav'love Thee 
 
 ^^■M. 
 
 jaMflM 
 
DKVOTIONS FOR CONFESSION. 479 
 
 
 before I die. Change my heart ; wound 
 f iiilUune It with Thy holy ove. 
 Tllrou-h thai alTeclion of charily which 
 
 made Tiiee die for me. 
 
 grant me 
 
 favor. Do not permit me to lose Ihee. 
 Give me holy perseverance ; give me 
 Thv holy love. Most holy Mary, my 
 refu-e and my Mother ! perlorm the 
 otlice of advocate in my behalf. Amen. 
 
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 PRAYERS FOR HOLY COMMU- 
 
 NION. 
 
 BEPOBE COWMl'MON. 
 
 Act of Contrition, 
 
 ^® AM indeed grieved, God of my 
 ci) soul, for not having loved Thee 
 during the time past : still worse, so 
 far from loving Thee, and to gratify 
 my own inclinations, 1 have greatly 
 offended and outraged Thy infinile 
 goodness : I have turned my Lack 
 against Thee, I have despised Thy grace 
 and friendship ; in fine, my God, 1 
 was deliberately in the will to lose 
 Thee. Lord, I am sorry, and grieve for 
 it with my whole heart. 1 detest the 
 sins which I have committed, he ihey 
 great or small, as the greatest of all 
 ray misfortunes, because 1 have there- 
 by offended Thee. O Infinite Good- 
 ness ! I trust that Thou hast already 
 480 
 
f;:J;:A;i{;?f?:jiil;i!;^fe>j;^|iij<>[;ij, 
 
 OLY COMMU- 
 
 rUAYliUS FOR HOLY COMMUNION. 
 
 foi-hvnmo; but if Thou hasl not yet 
 
 ;?mi,~ii. «l.ld>Tl'»» «"•»•»<■" 
 
 about 10 dsvell. 
 
 AFTER COMMUNION. 
 
 f5.„o..D, my Jesus, Thou art come, 
 M> Tlioii art now within me, ana 
 fes\ ^d^^hyself all mine B^hou 
 
 welcome, my IJi-'loved Redetmei. i 
 adore -riice, and cast mysel a Ihy 
 
 S ^.o^'a^d S'C iS'hLt 
 Zu^hast deigned to en^ into my 
 breast. Mary, O mj Pa on baini. 
 and especially, Good fe'- ^n e O rn^ 
 Guardian Angel, do ye all ti, 1. Him 
 lor me '.Since then, O my t^^^^"*^ 1^'"° 
 Thou art come to visit "^e J h so 
 much love, I give Thee my :^'"' "^^ 
 Ubeny, and my whole sell. Ihou hast 
 uiven Thyself all to me, I will give 
 
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 48-2 
 
 PART THE THIRD. 
 
 mysoK all to Tliee ; 1 will no lon-e 
 bHong to myself. From this rlav for 
 ward I will be Thine, and allo^ethe 
 i Iiine. r desire that my soul, my bod^ 
 iny iacultieb, my senses be all Thine 
 that they may be employed in seivin^ 
 and ple-<sing Thee. To Thee I conse 
 cnite all my thoughts, my desires, m\ 
 affections and all my life. I hav'e of 
 fended Ihee enough, my Jesus ; I de- 
 sire to spend the remainder of my life 
 in loving Thee, Who hast loved me so 
 much. 
 
 Accept, God of my soul, the sacri. 
 rice which I, a miserable sinner, make 
 to rhee desiring only to lovt and 
 please Thee. Do Thou dwell in rae, 
 dispose of me, and of all things belonc^! 
 ing to me, as Thou pleasest. May Thv 
 love destroy in me all those affections 
 Which are displeasing to Thee, so that 
 I may be all Thine, and may live oniv 
 to please Thee, I ask Thee not for the 
 wealth, jileasures or the honors of this 
 <iurth; give me, I beseech Thee, my 
 
ME THFRD* 
 
 e ; I will no longer 
 From this day for. 
 liine, and altogether 
 •^l my soul, my body 
 senses be all Thine, 
 employed in serving 
 . To Thee I conse° 
 hts, my desires, my 
 my life. I have of. 
 ^h, my Jesus ; r de- 
 emainder of my life 
 ho hast loved me so 
 
 PUAYEUa FOU HOLY COMMUNION. 
 
 483 
 
 jp.n?, by the merits of Thy Passion a 
 
 ronliiuial sorrow lor my sin hn- 
 
 lirrlitL'U mo, so IfMt I may know how 
 
 viiin and empty are the joys, ol :lii9 
 
 world, and how worthy ot love art 
 
 Thf)ii alone. Detach my heart fmm all 
 
 worldly offections and hll it witl such 
 
 ardent love of Thee that, he icefo, ih, I 
 
 may desire n )lhing but what Ihou 
 
 wiliest. Grant ne patience and resi a- 
 
 tion in times of sickness, and oi 
 
 other adversities Grant me sweeti 
 
 ami gentleness l )wards those who d 
 
 pise me. Send me a holy death. Ab ; 
 
 all, I ask of Thee •)erseverancoin gra ■, 
 
 even unto death ; never allow me ag; i 
 
 to be separated from Thee. At the same 
 
 time 1 ask of The >, my Jesus the grace 
 
 of ever having recourse to Thee and 
 
 invoking Thy assi tance in the time of 
 
 temptation ; and may I never cease 
 
 asking of Thee the grace of perseve- 
 
 ^ Eternal Father ! Jesus, Thy Divine 
 Son, has promised lliatThou w^iU grant 
 
 all 
 
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 484 
 
 PART THE THIRD. 
 
 : t 
 
 me whatever I shall ask Thee in liis 
 name. In Mis name then and by His 
 merits I ask for love of Thee and holy 
 perseverance, so that I may one day 
 attain to the joys of heaven. There, in 
 that blessed abode, I will love Thee 
 with my whole heart ; there I will 
 eternally sing Thy mercies ; there I 
 will no longer fear that I may ever 
 more be separated from Thee. 
 
 Mary, my most holy Mother and my 
 hope, by thy intercession do thou obtain 
 me the graces which I so ardently de- 
 sire ; and obtain for me also the grace 
 of loving thee, my Queen, and always 
 having recourse to thee in all my needs. 
 Good St. Anne, intercede for me and 
 take me evermore under thy protection. 
 Obtain for me relief in my bodily suf- 
 ferings, and specially in those maladies 
 which I now recommend to thee, but, 
 above all, obtain for me the grace of 
 leading a good life and of dying in the 
 arms of Jesus, Mary and Joseph. Auieii. 
 
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PRAYE 
 
 RS FOR HOLY COMMUNION. 485 
 
 PRAYER OF ST. IGNATIUS. 
 
 e^ouL of Christ, sanctify me; 
 a Bodv of Christ save me • 
 
 Blood of Christ, in!-^^^'^^^;/.V.!.i'.t wa^h 
 Water from the side of Christ, wasti 
 
 PaTl'nofJesus Christ, strengthen me; 
 Qood Jesus, hear me ; 
 
 Anri hid me come to luee, 
 
 That with Thy saints I may praise 
 
 Thee 
 Forever and ever. Amen 
 
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 486 
 
 PART THE THIRD. 
 
 PRAYER TO JESUS CRUCIFIED. 
 
 A Plenary indulgence is annexed to this pravpr 
 n cited before a repfH?ento lion of Christ cru- 
 cified, to all who confess and communicate 
 and pray for the intentions of the Soverei'^n 
 Ponliif. ° 
 
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 II 
 
 'jgEHOLD, G kind and most sweet Jesus, 
 (^ 1 cast myself upon my knees iii 
 Thy sight, and with the most fervent 
 desire of my soul I pray and beseech 
 Thee that Thou wouldst impress upon 
 my heart lively sentiments of faith 
 hope and charity, with true repentance 
 for my sins, and a firm desire of amend- 
 ment, whilst with deep affliction and 
 grief of soul I ponder within myself, 
 and mentally contemplate Thy'^Five 
 most Precious Wounds ; having before 
 my eyes that which David spoke in 
 prophecy : « They pierced my hands 
 and my feet, they have numbered all 
 mv bones. » 
 
rHiRD. 
 
 CRUCIFIED. 
 
 nexed to this prayer 
 notion of Christ cru- 
 s and communicate 
 QS of the Sovereign 
 
 nost sweet Jesus, 
 3ri my knees in 
 he most fervent 
 ray and beseech 
 St impress upon 
 jnents of failh, 
 true repentance 
 desire of amend- 
 ip affliction and 
 ^ within mvself, 
 plate Thy'^Five 
 I ; having before 
 David spoke in 
 reed my hands 
 8 numbered ail 
 
 VISIT 
 
 TOTIIE ALTARS AND CHAPELS. 
 
 HlGH-ALTAU. 
 
 Lord and God, be- 
 hich Thou 
 
 my 
 
 sake. 
 
 ery good 
 , y ill ; Thou 
 the needful 
 
 nner 
 
 who 
 
 poorest and most 
 
 L-rcy ; have 
 
 see' Thee 
 
 come down from 
 
 10 me good, 
 
 :it the sight 
 
 hee, 1 thank 
 
 Thou wiliest 
 
 xn alms, 1 
 
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 TART THE THJflD. 
 
 ^vill ask for this. Oh, listen to me ' .1 
 desire never more to offend Tliee- and 
 i desire that Thou shonldst giv'e me 
 Jiglit and grace to love Thee, with all 
 my strength. Loi-d, I love Thee with 
 my whole soul ; 1 love Thee with all 
 my atfections. Do Thou grant that I 
 may thus speak with truth ; and that 
 J may speak in the same way dnriiirr 
 life and all eternity. Most holy Vii-in 
 Mai-y, my holy patron-saints, ve aii'^els 
 and ye hlessed spirits of paradise, help 
 me to love my most amiable God and 
 to obtain from His bounly the special 
 iavor, I here implore. O Good Shep- 
 herd, true Bread. Jesus, have mercy on 
 "'^ • do Thou feed ns ; do Thou unml 
 
 us 
 
 ns ; do Thou show us good thim-s in 
 the land of the living ! 
 
 Recommend your^ecial intention. 
 A on ,o^f^^ Indulgence, granted Feb. 
 l«lh, 18/7 on the ordinary conditions, 
 lor every Communion received in tli^ 
 church of St. Anne de Beaupre. 
 
 2. indulgence of Seven years ami 
 
pecial intention. 
 c, granted Feb. 
 nary conditions, 
 
 VISIT TO THE ALTARS AND CHAPELS. 489 
 
 ^nm quarantine!; or /^nfs granted to 
 allr)ernluitv,inl871,toaUwho.liall 
 
 visit tlie chnrch of St. Anne de Beaii- 
 nre with a contrite heart. 
 3 Through the Privileges granted to 
 
 the Order of the Redemptorists at each 
 visit made to the cluirch of St. Anne 
 de Beanpre to pray there with a con- 
 trite hf^art and after having been to 
 confession, or, at any rate having the 
 intention of going to confession, there 
 may be gained all iho Plenary and 
 Partial Indulgences attached to the 
 visit of the HolySepulchre of Mount 
 Sinai and of the other Holy Places. 
 
 These Indulgences, both Plenary and 
 Partial, are very numerous. 
 
 SACRED HEART. 
 
 Esus, my King and my God, I con- 
 ^ secrate myself to Thy Sacred Heart 
 for time and for eternity. To this di- 
 
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 PART THE THIRD. 
 
 vine Heart I consecrate ail that I am, 
 all that 1 have, all that I hope for: my 
 liberty, my soul and all its powers, 
 my memory, my understanding, my 
 will, my imagination, my body with 
 all its senses, all my thoughts, my de- 
 sires, my words, my actions, my de- 
 signs, all my spiritual and coi'poral 
 sufferings, all my present merits and 
 those of the future, every moment of 
 my life, and especially my last sigh. 
 I also bind myself, my Jesus, to foster 
 and to propagate the devotion to Thy 
 Sacred Heart among the faithful. Mary 
 Virgin immaculate, my Queen and my 
 Mother, I likewise consecrate myself 
 similarly to Thy most holy heart. 
 Grant, my Jesus ! tUatlmay breathe 
 my last sigh in Thine adorable Heart. 
 May that sigh be an act of love ! » 
 Recommend your special intention. 
 
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 VISIT TO THE ALTARS AND CHAPELS. 401 
 
 HOLY FAMILY. 
 
 „x^rosT Holy Family, Jesus, Mary and 
 M Josebh who, to the eye of man, 
 h1^S^ ordinary a.lifehje on 
 
 earth but who, to the sight ol Ciocl, 
 we!e 'known to' practice all heavenly 
 virtues, vouchsafe to turn yonr eyes 
 of mercy towards me. You know my 
 needs and my failings are not hidden 
 tovoii, come then to my aid. Jesus, 
 Mary, Joseph, enlighten me, help me, 
 
 save me. Amen. . , • , f:^^ 
 
 Recommend your special intention. 
 
 ST. JOSEPH. 
 
 BLESSED Joseph, father and gnide 
 ^ of Jesus Christ in His childhood 
 and youth, who didst lead Him safely 
 in His tUght through the desert, and in 
 .111 the. wavs of His earthly pilgrimage, 
 
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 PART THE THIRD. 
 
 be also my companion and guide in 
 this pilgrimage of life, and never per- 
 mit me to turn aside from the way of 
 God's commandments : be my rel'ipe 
 in adversity, my support m temptation, 
 my solace in aftliclion, until at length 
 I arrive at the land of the living, where 
 with thee, and Mary thy most holv 
 Spouse, and all the Saints, I may 
 rejoice for ever in Jesus my Lord. 
 Amen. 
 
 Blessed saint Joseph, prav with saint 
 Anne for me. 
 
 Recommend your special intention. 
 
 ST. VINCENT DE PAUL. 
 
 God, Who didst make Blessed 
 Vincent strong with the strength 
 of an Apostle, to preach the Gospel to 
 the poor, and to adorn the cler;:rvof 
 Thy Church, grant, w^e beseech Thee, 
 that we who worshinfnllv recall \\\% 
 
VISIT TO THE ALTAUS AND CHAPELS. 493 
 
 )h, pray with saint 
 special intenlion. 
 
 DE PAUL. 
 
 willioul end. Amen. .-.ii^inf 
 
 Blessed saint Vuicenlpray withsainl 
 
 Anne for me. . .„,„„,:„„ 
 
 Recommend your special intention. 
 
 GUARDIAN ANGEL. 
 
 kNGEL ot God, my guardian dear 
 
 «1 10 whom His love commits me 
 
 ^e ever this day be at my side, to 
 
 S and guard, fo rule and guide. 
 
 ^ o'aod. Who, in most admirable or- 
 der, dost assign the various offices, 
 both of angels and of men : g'^nl, we 
 beseech Thee, that they who always 
 Ser before Thy face m heaven 
 
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 •nay aL-o d««fend us in ilus our lif.^ 
 on eartn. Through Jesus Chrisi Thy 
 Son our Lord. Amen. 
 
 Blessed angoi guardian, pray wiUi 
 :^L. Anne for me. 
 
 Recomrneiid your special inteniion, 
 
 OUR Lady of sorrows. 
 
 <^iD nie bear, Mother blessed ! 
 r^ On my heart the won nds impressed 
 Sutlered^by the Crucified. 
 
 Pray for us, most sorrowful Vir- 
 p:ui : that we ma.y be made worthy of 
 f.he promises of Christ. 
 
 O God, at Whose Passion, according 
 to the prophecy of Simeon, a sword of 
 sorrow did pierce through the most 
 sweet soul of the glorious Virgin and 
 Mother Mary ; grant that we, who com- 
 memorate and reverence her dolors, 
 may experience the blessed effect of 
 
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liian, pray wu!i 
 pecial imenlion, 
 
 oaaows. 
 
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 Thy l*asMon, Who livesl and reignest 
 vvoVld wilhoul end. Amen. 
 
 I) 'i'lioii Mother ! lount of love 
 Toiu li niv spirit from above, 
 Malv.^ niy heart with Thine accord. 
 Make me feel as Thou hast felt : 
 Make my soul to glow and melt 
 With the love of Christ my Lord. 
 
 Recommend your special intention. 
 
 ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST. 
 
 REAT St. John, by the holy zeal 
 ,^ wherewith thou wert inilamed, i 
 humbly beseech thee to instill in my 
 heart a deep reverence for God and His 
 holy religion. Blessed f-ore-iunner of 
 our Lord, thou, who hadst the honor .of 
 baptising the Author of holy Baptism, 
 obtain for me the grace to understand 
 and fulfil the sacred vows I nave taken 
 at the holy font of regenerauon. 
 
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 Bl'jssed Si. John pr.iy with St. Anne 
 for ine. 
 liecoinmend your special intention. 
 
 ?,1. PriANClS OP aSsISI. 
 
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 God, who didst use the woilhy 
 deeds oTThy blessed servaiu Fran- 
 cis as a mean whereby to mak^' Tiiy 
 Church again llie moth-u' of child len, 
 grant tliat we lil«:e him may set hu!e 
 price bv earthlv thino^s, and all.iin 
 unto a portion, of those good things 
 which Thou givest in heaven. Sweet 
 Lord, be Tiiou entreated for Tliy -cr- 
 vant's sake, and grant to his ami nur 
 prayers liiat we may etfectually rairy 
 Thy Cross and bring forth fruits meet 
 for repentance. Amen, 
 
 Blessed St. Francis, pray witli Si. 
 Anne for me. 
 
 Recommend your special intealio" 
 
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 i; Al.TAK'* ANU rHAflit-S. 
 
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 ST. Al.UVSlllS riONZAf.A. 
 
 it„. CiviT of all hoavnnly 
 '''''•^f u • ue beenlreatofl for h.s 
 
 '"\C:^er, bdovo. Baint fhe^^lays 
 nl ihiiio exile hen; below. IJescxcn lue 
 lonrinmyliohalfandroc^^^^^^^^ 
 
 liU)ssod saint Aloybiub yn^y 
 
 Anne for mo intmilion. 
 
 Uecoinnieria yoin special 
 
 pecial inleiuio" 
 
 HOLY FACE. 
 
 ,v adorable and most sweetSaviour, 
 i sorrowfully do I here behold 
 
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 Thy holy Face disfigured with wounds 
 and de(;ply saddened with grief. I 
 praise and adore Thee. Turn then, 
 Jesns my Lord, Thine eye of mercy 
 towards me ; forgive me, help mo. 
 Amen. 
 
 Recommend your special intention. 
 
 ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA. 
 
 God of wonderous greatness, Who 
 makest famous Thy holy servant 
 Anthony by the constant glory of 
 countless miracles, grant to our pray- 
 ers that from thy mercy and through 
 his helpful mediation we may find 
 what we seek and ask for. Amen. 
 
 Grant then that we, gracious God, 
 May follow in the steps he trod ; 
 And freed from ev'ry stain of sin, 
 As he hath won, may also win. 
 
V,s,r TO THE ALTARS AND CHAPELS. VJO 
 
 ■^riu'e O Christ, our loving King, 
 Au'orvpra.sB and thanks vvebru.g, 
 
 Ml "lorv as is ever meet, 
 
 T Father and to Paraclete. Amen. 
 
 'VieLdsamt Anthony pray w,ih St. 
 
 ''K'com.rnd your special u.teufou. 
 
 IF PADUA. 
 
 ST. LEWIS IX, KING OF FRANCE. 
 
 ^A> (ioD Who didst give uulo Thy 
 # blessed servant Lewis a glonous 
 ^ui 4 f om an earthly kingdom unt|> 
 ;S^nly, grant unions^ we ^^^^^^^^^ 
 Thee lor his sake and byhispuixL ^ 
 
 Thv Son Jesus Liiiusi, v> nu nv 
 il!n"thwUhThec^.ntl^eumty^o^ 
 
 Holy Ghost, one God, wo.ia 
 
 end. Amen. , ^ \nni* 
 
 Bk-ssed St. Lewis pray with Si. Ann 
 
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 ST. BENEDICT, ABBAT. 
 
 f>ORD, we beseech Thee that the 
 players of Thy blessed servant 
 Benedict may commend us unto Tli.je 
 and that what for our own worthiness 
 we cannot obtain, Thou mayest giant 
 us through his help, Througli our 
 Lord Jesus Christ Thy Son, who livetli 
 and reigneth with Thee, in the aiiity 
 of the Holy Ghost, one God, world 
 without end. Amen. 
 
 Blessed St. Benedict pray with St. 
 Anne for me. 
 
 Recommend your special intention. 
 
 ST. FRANCIS XAVIER. 
 
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 TERNAL God, Creator of all tliiiigs, 
 remember that Thou alone didst 
 
 create the souls of inhdels. 
 
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THIRD. 
 
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 h Thee that the 
 blessed servant 
 lid us unto Tliee 
 ' own worthiness 
 ou mayest grant 
 ), Through our 
 [ Son, who livcth 
 lee, in the unity 
 one God, world 
 
 :t pray with St. 
 special intention. 
 
 XAVIER. 
 
 or of all tl)i!]gs, 
 'hou alone didst 
 inhdels, running 
 
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 „,,MM 10 Thv own image and H.l^eness ; 
 in'M) Lord ! how to Thy dishonor, 
 
 r ' Z'n, hlhni with jl;ese s<une 
 
 ' Son, Josus Christ, suftered a inos 
 : id deklh for them : ^^«;;;:,;^!^^,2 
 ip,,M Thv Sou to be any longei aes 
 ;),■ iy " inndols but rather be^g 
 nnnoised bv Ibe prayers of "le bauu^ 
 1 of thc'churllh, the nios bless d 
 
 ponso of Thy Son, ^o"f; f ^^^^^^^i; ^ 
 miivKul of Thy mercy •''"f,.[°'^8'^r ^^ 
 ,h,i, idolatry and ^il'^'l^Uty, tanso 
 th.m also to know Him whom Ihou 
 fliil^i send, Jesus Christ Thy bon, u u 
 n who is our health, life and resur- 
 ctU through whom we are rnade 
 fr(;o and saved, to whom be ail „lory 
 forever. Amen. 
 
 mossed St. Francis pray with St. 
 A.iHie for me. 
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 ^ God, Who didst send fortii Thy 
 5f bU;ss(^d servant Patrick to preach 
 Thy glory, mercifally grant unto us, 
 for his sake and at his petition, whatso- 
 ever Thou conimandest us to do, to have 
 grace and power faithfully to fulfil the 
 same. TJirough our Lord Jesus Christ. 
 Amen. 
 
 Thee, Jesus, his all-gracious Lord, 
 Confessing to the last, 
 He trod beneath him Satan's fraud, 
 And stood for ever fast. 
 
 Blessed St. Patrick pray with St 
 Anne for me. 
 
 Recommend your special intention. 
 
'Z^rO THE ALTAUS AND CHAPELS. 503 
 
 erracious Lord, 
 
 : pray with St 
 
 peciai intention. 
 
 ST. J0A0H1.M, HUSUAND OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 '^ ^^r^H SS merits and peayers 
 forme,imo iga "J :„,„ir,rP and grant 
 
 "r»mSd ,0..,- .p.ci.1 ..>»""•"■ 
 
 TOUIST OnDtR. 
 
 ^ Pnd Who didst enkindle in Thy 
 
 ^ hWPd servant Alphonsus a bur- 
 -^ blessett seiva t ^^^^j 
 
 ■"^S '^'C cSrch lhe%other of a 
 make T-hy *^""'^" „ -rupp iq eive us 
 new family, we pray Thee lo g 
 
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 filrcMiglh that, taught by his wholesome 
 doctrine and nerved by his ensample, 
 we also may in the end happily attain 
 unto Thee. Amen. 
 
 Blessed St, Alphonsus pray with St. 
 Anne lor me. 
 
 Keconimend your special intention. 
 
 I> lii !: 
 
 OUii LADY OF riilirETUAL HELP. 
 
 ]h 
 
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 in.EssEi) Virgin Maiy, Thou hast 
 chosen i'or TiiyscH' the sweet title 
 ol" « Mother of Perpetual Help, » in 
 order to increase our confidence in 
 Thee. 1 implore Thee to be my help 
 at all times and in all places, in alt 
 my difliculties and troubles. loviii;4 
 Mother, make me not only mindtul to 
 call on Thee in my necessities but ob- 
 tain for me the grace of habitually 
 invoking Thy intercession, and on all 
 occasions. 1 am certain that if I bi? 
 faithful in asking Thy a sistance, Thnii 
 wilt be faithful in afford iuii' nie sucoor. 
 
VISIT TO 
 
 THE ALTARS AND CHAPELS. 
 
 505 
 
 severance. Bless "\e, w 
 
 fill Mother, now and at the honi oi y 
 
 death. Amen. 
 
 ITUAL HELP. 
 
 STATUE OF ST. ANNE. 
 
 ^ 
 
 LonioTis St. Anne, 
 
 it is with nn- 
 .^ bonnded conK& t^ial I kn^ 
 
 for thon also, hast t.istefl oi 
 
 tbv feet, 
 
 Uii^ sorrows an 
 
 d bitterness of this life. 
 
 . Behold then my wants '"-'- 
 «Beholdthecauseof my teais. 
 
 Good St. Anne, by all U^ -Jern^ 
 
 finvp flnrinir tne iwbin.^ y 
 
 ions 
 
 ana ignuuunj ^...^^^ 
 dure, during the .^'^^^^ ^^ .■^^. •^,, 
 preceeded thy glonons ^^"^^^-^ 
 thv love for St. Joachim, thy glon< 
 
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 PAr.T THE THIRD. 
 
 ppon.^o, by Ihy love for Mary, thy im- 
 maciilato cliiid, and by ihe great joy 
 thou dirlst feel at the moment of her 
 birtb, I beseech thee to grant my ar- 
 dent request. Bless me Good St. Anne, 
 bless my family and all those who nre 
 near and dear to me, and grant thrit one 
 day. we mav behold thee in heaven, 
 there to sing thy praises throughout 
 the endless ages of eternity. 
 
 IN THE CHAPEL OF THE CEMETEUV. 
 
 God, the author of mercy and lover 
 of the salvation of mankind, we 
 address Thy clemency in behalf of our 
 brethren, relations, and benefaciors 
 wdio are departed this life, that by ihe 
 intercession of blessed Mary ever Vir- 
 gin, and of all the saints, Thou wonldst 
 receive them into the enjoynnMii of 
 eternal happiness; through Cluisl our 
 Lord. Amen. 
 
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 rHE GEMETEllV 
 
 ron^li Christ our 
 
 "^, ,0 l-HE Al.rA«>^ AND CHAPELS. 
 
 'T;;^^^-! yourself to Ihe souls in 
 May lliey vest iu peace. 
 
 aoloi's of Mary.) 
 
 IN THE OLD CHmu;H 
 
 ^^ Good and beloved SuAum^^ 
 
 hasl chosen in ^"^^'^^f .f niis land, lo 
 10 commence, m belial ol uu , 
 
 show thy bonniy ^"^ ^^y c'^^,, ,,as.. 
 
 God. For m°''\,,\'^^\oXenue.ues 
 ihou kindly hearkened wuit^^^^^^ .^^ 
 
 tr oSirveuSe hV\se ol won- 
 
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 I' ART THK THllU). 
 
 , I he sick to quickon and llu? sin- 
 to sorrow. Hallowed Molhor, 
 
 dors inspires me with hold and holy 
 trust. IJi're have the lame heen made 
 to walk, the hlind to see, the deal" to 
 
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 cease not the course of thy hountihood ; 
 tiii'ii toward me thine eye of mercy. 
 A hove all, ir.deed ahove all, ohlain me 
 the l)liss of eternal salvation ; but 
 vouchsafe also to concern thyself in my 
 hodily health, do not refuse to watcii 
 over my earthly interest, neither 
 d(Miy the request' I place hefore thy 
 feet.' Show that thou art mv tender 
 mother, during my life and at the 
 hour of death. Amen. 
 
 (One hundred days indulgence, once 
 a day, for those who visit the Old 
 Church— Feh. 3d. 1890. E.-A. Cardinal 
 Taschereau). 
 
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 bold and lioly 
 amu b(ien made 
 iCe, the deal" to 
 ken and the sin- 
 ilowed Moth(>r, 
 hy bountihood ; 
 5 eye of merry, 
 e all, obtain me 
 salvation ; but 
 rn thyself in my 
 refuse to watcii 
 iterest, neithi>r 
 ilace before tliy 
 
 art my tenilcr 
 life and at the 
 
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 ndulgence, once 
 visit the Old 
 I. E.-A. Cardinal 
 
 
 |3nvt \\\t Jouvth 
 
 ARCllCONnUTEMITY 
 
 OF 
 
 ST. ANNE 1)E BKAUrRE. 
 
 ^-xx^c:rprATlO\ TO ST. ANNE 
 ACT OF C0^&EtuAlLU.^ 
 
 «. MFMBFRS OF THE ARCHCONKRATKRNITY. 
 FOR THE MEMBi-'K* ^' 
 
 0000 and M-cWulSU An.^ l^J-e 
 SeSiriX,o?u, o^n. . .;;- 
 
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 PART THE FOURTH. 
 
 Blessofl Virgin, as my spiritual mother 
 and protreclress before God; I conse- 
 crate mvself to serving thee faithlully. 
 To thee"! confide my body, my soul, 
 all my spiritual and temporal interests, 
 as well as those of my family. To thee 
 1 consecrate my mind, that in all thni.qs 
 it may be enlightened by faith ; my 
 heart, that thou mayst keep it pure and 
 filled with love for Jesus, Mary, Jo>oph 
 and Thyself ; my will that like thine, 
 it may always be in union witli ihe 
 will of God. Obtain for me, j power- 
 ful St. Anno victory over my passions, 
 avoidance of all occasions of sm, the 
 graces of never offending God, of I'uh 
 filling the duties of my state of life and 
 of exercising all those virtues which 
 are needful for my salvation. 
 
 Like thee, may I he all God's in Hie 
 and in death ; and after having loved 
 and honored thee on earth, beloved 
 Good St. Anne, like a truly faithful and 
 devoted child, may I one day be ad- 
 mitted to glorify iheo in Heaven, with 
 the angels and the saints. Amen. 
 
gpiritnal mother 
 
 God ; I coiise- 
 ; thee failhtnlly. 
 
 body, my soul, 
 
 mporal interests, 
 
 family. To Ihee 
 
 that in all things 
 
 1 by faith ; my 
 , keep it pure and 
 us, Mary, Jo-cph 
 L that like thnie, 
 
 union with the 
 for me, j power- 
 ver my passions, 
 sions bf sin, the 
 ling God, of liil- 
 y state of li To and 
 ;e virtues which 
 Ivation. 
 
 3 all God's ill life 
 ter having lovod 
 1 earth, beloved 
 Tuly faithful and 
 one day be ad- 
 in Heaven, with 
 iiUs. Amen. 
 
 TO ST. ANNE. 
 
 Vkrsk T. 
 
 -^ ^ ^ Te,i on -ward by 
 
 draw nc'^'^' ^^''' 
 
 Ma-ry, tby 
 
 dau-gli»er so 
 
 dear. 
 
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 .. 1 ct Anno wc t.'aii "•' •' „. 
 
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 Of old when our falliers louch'd Canada ? 
 
 [shore. 
 riiey named thee its Patron and Saint over- 
 
 [more. 
 Good St. Anne, etc. 
 
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 To all who invoke thee thou lendest an ear, 
 Thou soothest the sorrows of all who draw near. 
 Good St. Anne, etc. 
 
 IV 
 
 The sailor, the trav'ller whom stG;'ms make 
 
 [afraid. 
 Find safety and calm when they call on 
 
 [thine aid. 
 Good St. Aune, etc. 
 
 V 
 
 The weary, despondent or sorrowful here, 
 Find help in their sadness, a balm for each tear. 
 Good St. Anne, etc. 
 
rMN TO =T. ANNE- 
 
 hym: 
 
 VI 
 
 h'd Canada'? 
 
 Thesu.rnng,^he^ernn,a_^^^^^^^^ 
 
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 ^sPngn.s.-eco-h.etoW..,a^^ 
 grant wba.^e^asu^lh.e^^„^_,,,. 
 
 Vlll 
 
 , o ihPP vo list to our pray'i 
 St. Anne, we imp ore Ihee^Vin Iby care. 
 ,n Ume of lompuuon. uk^ u^^^ ^^^^ 
 
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 I» .MS Ure obtain for -^^^^^^^^^^^^ 
 ^nd bring us at^en.th^lo^„^^^^^^^ 
 
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INDEX, 
 
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 Page 
 
 II 
 
 Approbations ^^, 
 
 Proiesi M ^ 
 
 Inuoducuon 
 
 PART THE FIRST. 
 
 tiisiorical sketch 
 
 PART THE SECOND. 
 
 Pv-nracUc8S in honor of Si. Anne ^^ 
 
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 INDEX, 
 
 CIJAPTEP. J. 
 
 Month of St. Anne. A consideration a ^''' 
 prayer and an example for each day... b'i 
 
 CONSIUERATIONS. 
 
 Dignity of St. Anne, lsl-5lh day. 
 
 Sanctity of St. Anne, 6ih, 7ih day. 
 
 Power of St. Anne. Sih day. 
 
 LoveofSt. Anne, 9th day. 
 
 Life of St. Anne, I0lh-20lh day. 
 
 Death and glory of St. Anne, 21st--'25th day 
 
 Virtues of St. Anne, 26th-30lh day, 
 True devotion to St. Anne, 31st day. 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 Novena in honor of St. Anne -- v: 
 
 Ordinary of the Mass 39^^ 
 
 Way of the-Cross ^oi 
 
INDEX. 
 
 517 
 
 consideration, 
 i for each day. 
 
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 ATIOiNS, 
 
 
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 Boad?of^^- Anne 
 
 444 
 
 Solulallon ic SI. Anne 
 
 445 
 
 A rrv for help 
 
 ^ 445 
 
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 piPmcmber 
 
 44G 
 
 The Pilgrim's prayer 
 
 447 
 LilanvofSt.Anne ' 
 
 ...... 449 
 
 A mother's prayer 
 
 Prayerio obtain some special favor 451 
 
 PrayertorecommendoneseinoSl.Anne A57. 
 Praver for the conversion of one riearW ^^^^ 
 
 beloved 
 
 454 
 
 Praver in behalf of a sick person 
 
 4 54 
 The invalid's prayer 
 
 .'1 55 
 The teacher's prayer ' 
 
 Imporlanl requests to St. Anne • 
 
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 Beauiiful j>eliUon5 460 
 
 FleJge of devoiion lo Si. Anne 463 
 
 PART THE THIRD. 
 
 Prayers for Vespers and Benediction 465 
 
 Devotions for confession 476 
 
 Devotions for communion..., 430 
 
 Visit lo the Altars and Chapels 487 
 
 PART THE FOURTH, 
 
 Archconfraternity 509 
 
 Popular hymn 511 
 
 Index 515 
 
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