Free ebook: “The Excellence of the Rosary”, by Rev. M. J. Frings

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• The Excellence of the Rosary: Conferences for Devotions in Honor of the Blessed Virgin, by Rev. M. J. [Math Josef] Frings (New York: Joseph F. Wagner , 1912). With Imprimatur. May be read online on this page of Story of a Soul. May be read online, and available various formats, at Project Gutenberg (epub, mobi) and Internet Archive (pdf, epub, mobi).

In belated observance of the Feast of Our Lady of Victory (Our Lady of the Holy Rosary) in the Roman Rite; and in belated remembrance of the Battle of Lepanto. For other legally free ebooks, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title) and the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject).

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Online ebook: “Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God” by the Abbe Orsini

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• Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, with the history of the devotion to her, from the French of the Abbe Orsini; to which is added Meditations on the Litany of the Virgin, from the French of the Abbe Edouard Barthe; also Poems on the Litany of Loreto, from the German of the Countess Hahn-Hahn, translated by the Very Rev. F.C. Husenbeth (London, New York: Virtue and Company). May be read online, and available in pdf, epub, mobi, and other formats, at Internet Archive.
  • [N.B., It is mistakenly indexed as Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, with the History of the Devotion to Her; Completed by the Traditions of the East, the Writings of the Fathers, and the Private History of the Jews, a title that refers to a different translation of the Abbe Orisini’s work, by Mrs. J. Sadlier.]

Posted on the Feast of the Most Holy Name of Mary, instituted after the victory of Christian forces at the Battle of Vienna (12 September 1683); and in remembrance of the San Patricios. For other legally free ebooks, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title) and the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject).

Online ebook: “Special Devotion to the Holy Ghost”, by Bishop Otto Zardetti

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• Special Devotion to the Holy Ghost: A Manual for the use of Seminarians, Priests, Religious and the Christian People, by the Very Rev. [Bishop]  Dr. Otto Zardetti, with a letter of introduction by the Very Rev. John Keane, D.D., Bishop of Richmond (Milwaukee: Hoffman Brothers, 1888). With Imprimatur. Available at Google Books and Hathitrust Digital Library. May be read online, and available in pdf, epub, mobi, and other formats at Internet Archive and Open Library, with a 2^nd copy at Internet Archive and Open Library.
  • N.B., The discussion under Part III. The Office of the Holy Ghost, on pages 187 to 357, provides a concise yet comprehensive overview of Catholic Christian teaching on the Person of the God the Holy Spirit and His mission from creation to the eschaton.

On the Solemnity of Pentecost (Whitsunday), 2018.

 

“I have yet many things to say to you: but you cannot bear them now. But when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will teach you all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but what things soever he shall hear, he shall speak: and the things that are to come, he will shew you. He shall glorify me: because he shall receive of mine, and will declare it to you. All things whatsoever the Father hath are mine. Therefore, I said, that he shall receive of mine, and will shew it to you.” (St. John xvi, 12-15)

Online ebook: “Meditations and Readings from Palm Sunday to Easter”, by Richard F. Clarke

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• A Little Book for Holy Week: Meditations and Readings from Palm Sunday to Easter; With Two Visits to the Blessed Sacrament on the Altar of Repose, by Richard F. Clarke (London: Catholic Truth Society, 1915). Available in multiple formats at Internet Archive.

On Holy Monday, 2018. For other legally free ebooks, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title) and the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject). 

We adore You, O Christ, and we praise You. Because, by Your holy cross, You have redeemed the world.

Online ebook: “The Externals of the Catholic Church”, by Rev. John Francis Sullivan

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• The Externals of the Catholic Church: Her Government, Ceremonies, Festivals, Sacramentals, and Devotions, by Rev. John Francis Sullivan (New York: P. J. Kenedy & Sons, 1917). With Imprimatur. May be read online or downloaded in multiple formats at Internet Archive and Open Library. The 2^nd edition, revised to conform to the new code of canon law, may be read online or downloaded in multiple formats at Open Library.

See also the following relevant works previously indexed in the Project:

• The Chair of Peter or the Papacy, by John Nicholas Murphy
• The Evidence for the Papacy, by Colin Lindsay
• From Tarsus to Rome: The Story of the First Christian Hierarchy, by Herman Joseph Heuser
• The Pope of Rome and the Popes of the Oriental Orthodox Church, by Rev. Caesarius Tondini
• The Purpose of the Papacy, by John S. Vaughan
• Saint Peter, Bishop of Rome, Proved from the Fathers, History, Archaeology, by Rev. T. Livius, C.Ss.R.
• St. Peter in Rome and His Tomb on the Vatican Hill, by Arthur Stapylton Barnes
• The Syriac Tradition on St. Peter and the Popes, by Cyril Benham Benni
• The True and the False Infallibility of the Popes, by Joseph Fessler

On the Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter in the Roman Rite. For other legally free ebooks, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title) and the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject).

“The scribes and the Pharisees have sitten on the chair of Moses. All things therefore whatsoever they shall say to you, observe and do: but according to their works do ye not; for they say, and do not.” (St. Matthew xxiii, 2-3 DRB)

“[T]he reason he first said ‘The scribes and pharisees sit upon the chair of Moses’ was so that what he then added, viz., ‘Do everything and observe everything they tell you,’ might be understood to apply to those things which pertain to that chair. However, things which are contrary to the faith or to good morals do not pertain to that chair.” (St. Thomas Aquinas, Quodlibet 3.4.2)

Online text: “On Devotion to the Most Blessed Mary”, by Pope Paul VI

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• Apostolic Exhortation “Signum Magnum”, by Blessed Pope Paul VI, 13 May 1967. May be read online on this page of the Catholic News Agency, and at the Holy See. A summary is available on this page at the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary of Wichita, and on this page at the International Marian Research Institute. [N.B., The document is titled “On Devotion to the Most Blessed Mary” at the Catholic News Agency; “on Venerating and Imitating the Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church and Model of All Virtues” at the International Marian Research Institute; and “On the necessity to venerate and imitate the Blessed Virgin Mary” at GCatholic.]

See also the following related essays:

• “Revelation 12: Who Is the Woman Clothed with the Sun?” by Jimmy Akin, 1 September 2012 at National Catholic Register.
• “‘The Woman Clothed with the Sun’ According to St. Lawrence of Brindisi” by Stanley Gahan, O.F.M. Cap. (1962) at Catholic Culture.
• “Who Is the Woman Clothed with the Sun?” by Fr. William Saunders, 11 May 2017 at Catholic Exchange.
• “The Woman Clothed with the Sun” by Fr. William Saunders, 4 May 2017 at Catholic Exchange.

On the Feast of Saints Francisco and Jacinta Marto; and in belated observance of the Feast of the Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order.

“After this, God’s heavenly temple was thrown open, and the ark of the covenant was plain to view, standing in his temple; and there were lightnings, and mutterings, and an earthquake, and a great storm of hail. And now, in heaven, a great portent appeared; a woman that wore the sun for her mantle, with the moon under her feet, and a crown of twelve stars about her head.” (Revelation xi, 19 – xii, 1)

Free ebook: “Considerations on the Litany of the Blessed Virgin”, by Cardinal Lepicier

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• The Fairest Flower of Paradise: Considerations on the Litany of the Blessed Virgin, Enriched with Examples Drawn from the Lives of the Saints, by Very Rev. Alexis M. Lépicier, O.S.M. (London, Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow: Burns, Oates & Washbourne, 1922). With Imprimatur. Available in pdf format (on this page) at Saints’ Books. May be read online, and available in various formats (pdf, epub, kindle/mobi, text, etc.) at Internet Archive and Internet Archive (2nd copy).

On the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary in the Roman Rite. For other legally free ebooks, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title) and the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject).

“Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee… Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb…” (Luke 1:28,42 D-R)

Free ebook: “Mary in Sorrow and Desolation, Help of the Holy Catholic Church”

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• Mary in Sorrow and Desolation, Help of the Holy Catholic Church: with the Ritual of the Confraternity of Our Lady of Dolours (London: Burns, Oates, and Co., 1868). Cum permissu superiorum. Available in various formats (pdf, epub, kindle/mobi, etc.) at Internet Archive.

Posted on the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows, or the Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in the Roman Rite, and in solidarity with the call of Catholic Monitor to: “Say a Hail Mary to Our Lady of Fatima every day for the general intention of the conversion of Pope Francis and that the courage of St. Paul be given to the dubia Cardinals.” Let us pray:

Lord Jesus Christ, Who made a sinful man the rock of Your Church, we beseech You for the conversion of his successor, Francis. If he has erred, enlighten him; if he has strayed, correct him; if he has fallen, restore him. Confirm him in grace and truth, and confirm us through him, that as one flock under one shepherd we may glorify the Father with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and in eternity. Amen. (From Scriptorium)

Hail Mary, full of grace…

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Online text: “The Message of Montfort: A Modern Commentary on the Treatise on the True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin”, by Patrick Fannon

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• The Message of Montfort: A Modern Commentary on the Treatise on the True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin, by Patrick Fannon, D.D. (Liverpool: The Montfort Press, 1964). With Imprimatur. Available in 2 parts at Christendom-Awake.org: Part 1, and Part 2.
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On the Feast of Saint Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort in the Roman Rite. For other legally free ebooks, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title) and the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject).

O God, our refuge and our strength, look down with mercy upon the people who cry to Thee; and by the intercession of the glorious and immaculate Virgin Mary, Mother of God, of Saint Joseph her spouse, of the blessed Apostles Peter and Paul, and of all the saints, in Thy mercy and goodness hear our prayers for the conversion of sinners, and for the liberty and exaltation of the Holy Mother the Church. Through the same Christ Our Lord. Amen. (From Sancta Missa)

 

Free ebook: “St. Anselm’s Book of Meditations and Prayers”

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• St. Anselm’s Book of Meditations and Prayers, by Saint Anselm of Canterbury, translated by M.R., with a Preface by the Archbishop of Westminster, Henry Edward Manning (London: Burns and Oates, 1872). With Imprimatur. Available in various formats at Internet Archive, with a second copy at Internet Archive and Open Library.

On Divine Mercy Sunday in the Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite; and on the Feast of Saint George. For other legally free ebooks, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title) and the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject).

Jesus, King of mercy, I trust in You!