Table Of Content" Whosoever doth not curry his cross and conic after Me,
can not be My disuplo." Luke xiv 27.
PRAYER-BOOK FOR RELIGIOUS:
A COMPLETE MANUAL OF
anb ebotion* for tfje tee of tlje
ofall &eltgfou* Communities.
A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO THE PARTICULAR EXAMEN
AND TO THEMETHODSOFMEDITATION
BY
REV. F. X. LASANCE,
Authorof"VisitstoJesusinthe Tabernacle," "TheSacred
HeartBook? "MassDevotions"etc.
WITH COMPLETE ALPHABETICAL INDEX.
NEW, REVISED EDITION
NEW YORK, CINCINNATI, CHICAG
NZIOER BROTHER
PRINTERSTOTHE HOLY APOSTOLIC SEE A
fHibil betat.
REMY LAFORT,
Censor Librorum.
Umprtmatur.
JOHN M. FARLEY,
Archbishop ofNew Ytrk.
NEW YORK, May 16, 1904.
^X
&PYRIGHT, 1904, BY BENZIGER BROTHERS.
preface.
THE characterandthe purpose of thisbook are clearly
indicated byits title. It isa bookofdevotionsand pray
ers designed and specially adapted for the use of Relig
ious. It offers itself to them as a helpful companion in
all the exercises of religion; it aims to assist them in the
particular and general examination; to instruct them in
thecorrectandpracticalmethodsofmakinga meditation,
and to direct them how to converse with God most prop
erly and profitably in mental and vocal prayer.
It supplies them with abundant devotions and prayers
for all the seasons of the ecclesiastical year.
A member of one of our most illustrious Religious
Orders remarked one day quite casually in our presence,
when devotional literature was the topic of conversation:
"What we need in English is a complete Prayer-book to
meet the special wants of Religious, so that a Mistressof
Novices may be able to say to inquiring aspirants to the
religious life: Besides theRoman Missal, I recommend
to you this particular book; then you will surely have
what will prove most serviceable in the convent for the
hours of devotion.
Acting on this inspiration or suggestion, we have de
voted much time and spared no,pains in the compilation
and adaptation of the present work. It is the result at
least of honest effort to meet the wants of our various
Sisterhoods, and it comprises, indeed, a number of little
Dooks under one title.
viii Preface.
which were approved since 1902, are from The New
Raccolta.
This book is dedicated most respectfully to the mem
bers of our Religious Orders, whose heroic life of
self-denial for the love of God and their neighbor, in the
followingofChristand in the spiritof theirvowsofobedi
ence, chastity, and poverty, is an inspiration and encour
agement to all who value truth and justice, virtue and
holiness, while it is, at the same time, a rebuke to the
worldly-minded, whowalknotwith God, whose thoughts
are not ofheaven, but of earth, and who, in their nervous
quest for honor, wealth, and pleasure, in these times of
individualism or egotism, seek simply the gratification of
self.
We plead with these good and edifying Religious for
an occasional Memento before Jesus in the taSernacle.
F. X. LASANCE.
Contents*
(SeecompleteAlphabeticalIndex at endofthis Contents.)
PAGE
Preface v
AlphabeticalIndex i
The Calendar 15
Some Movable Feasts of Special Devotion 27
Fasting-Days 28
Feasts of Obligation in the United States 28
Table of Movable Feasts 29
JBoofe 1f.
MEDITATION, PRAYER, AND THE PARTICULAR EXAMEN.
Prayer 40
For What and for Whom we Should Pray 45
A Talk about Prayer 49
Vocal Prayer 58
Mental Prayer 60
Is Mental Prayer Easy? 63
Method of Meditation according to St. Ignatius 69
Outlines of the Sulpician Method of Meditation 74
Explanation of the Sulpician Method of Mental Prayer.. 76
Bishop Bellords Summary of a Method of Meditation.... 78
Method of Particular Examination in Striving after Per
fection 80
The Subject-Matter of the Particular Examen 81
TheSpiritualExercisesofSt.IgnatiusArrangedinPrayers. 91
JBooh ff
.
GENERAL DEVOTIONS.
SPIRITUAL EXERCISES IN THE MORNING. ... 117
On Awaking and Arising 117
Prayer while Dressing _ 117
Prayerwhile putting on the Habit 118
Prayer of St. Gertrude on Awaking 118
Prayer of Blessed Margaret Mary 119
Contents.
FAGS
Prayers before Meditation 121
Prayers after Meditation 123
Morning Prayers 126
Renewal of Vows 132
Short Formula of Renovation of Vows. 133
Litany of the Most Holy Name of Jesus 134
A Short Form of Morning Prayers for Religious 139
Morning Offering to the Blessed Sacrament 141
EVENING PRAYERS
142
Litany of the Blessed Virgin 146
Consecration of Religious Communities 150
Act of Consecration for Religious 151
A Short Form of Evening Prayer 152
Night Offering to the Blessed Sacrament 154
Vesper-Song of Our Lady 155
Compline 157
GARFAoCrmEulBaEoFfOthReEVAowNsD AFTER MEALS 172
173
GENERAL PRAYERS
187
Daily Intentions 187
DailyPrayerfortheAssociatesintheSacredHeartofJesus . 188
DailyPrayerfortheAssociatesintheSacredHeartofMary . 188
Prayer before Examen 189
Daily Examen 189
General Examen 191
An Offering of Communion 192
Intentions for Holy Communion 193
PMrEayTerHoOfDthSe AOssFociHatEesARfoIrNthGe CMomAmSuSnion of Reparation 195
197
Offeringof Mass and Communionon Sunday The Holy
Trinity 19?
Offering of Mass and Communion on Monday The Holy
Souls in Purgatory 199
Offering of Mass and Communion on Tuesday The Holy
200
Angels
Offering of Mass and Communion on Wednesday St.
Joseph 203
Offering of Mass and Communion on Thursday The
Blessed Sacrament and the Sacred Heart. ., 205
Offering of Mass and Communion on Friday The Pas
sion and the Sacred Heart of Jesus 214
Offering of Mass and Communion on Saturday The
Blessed Virgin Mary. 222
Prayers Ordered by Pope Leo XIII., to be Said after
EveryLowMassin all the ChurchesoftheWorld. . . . 228
Ordinary Method of Serving a Priest at Mass 229
Contents, xi
PAGE
A Method of Assisting at Mass for Children 233
The Ordinary of the Holy Mass 239
Mass Devotions for Each Day in the Week Sunday
Votive Mass of the Blessed Trinity 278
Monday Votive Mass of the Holy Ghost 281
Tuesday Mass of the Holy Angels 284
Wednesday Votive Mass of St. Joseph 287
Thursday Votive Mass of the Blessed Sacrament 290
Friday Votive Mass of the Passion 296
Saturday Votive Mass of the Immaculate Conception
of the Blessed Virgin Mary 299
AMaMsestohfodtheofSHeevaenriDnogloMrasssofftorheReBlliegsisoeudsVirgin Mary. . .. 330120
A Method o." Hearing Mass byWay of Meditation on the
Passion 323
TAheMoHdoelyofMaHsesariinngUnMiaonsswiftohrtthheeSFaacirtehdfuHleaDretpaorftJeedsu.s..... 333412
A Mode of Hearing Mass in Honor of the Blessed Virgin
DEVMOaTrIyONS FOfR CONFESSION 352
369
Prayers to the Holy Ghost before Confession 370
Preparatory Prayers 370
Examen for Confession 371
Means of Arriving at Perfection 374
Interior Practice 376
Reflections for Contrition and Amendment .380
Offering of Confession 385
TDhEeVSOeTveInOPNenSiteFntOiaRl PHsaOlLmsYinCLOatMinMaUndNIinOEnNglish.... 388
401
Mass in Honor of the Blessed Sacrament before Holy
Communion 401
After Mass and Communion (Thanksgiving) 414
Petitions and Offerings after Holy Communion 421
A Mass of Thanksgiving after Holy Communion 426
Various Exercises of Devotion for Holy Communion 456
Simple Prayers for Holy Communion 466
Litany for Holy Communion . .; 469
Short Acts for Holy Communion 472
After Holy Communion 473
The Picture of a Good Novice 487
Reflections and Prayers before and after Communion for
Religious 489
A very Commendable Exercise for Holy Communion 504
INDULGENCED PRAYERS
518
Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament 537
xii Contents.
JBooh Iff.
LITANIES, NOVENAS, INDULGENCED PRAYERS, OFFICES, AND
PRAYERS FOR PARTICULAR OCCASIONS.
PAGE
THE WEEK SANCTIFIED
547
I. The Holy Trinity: One God 548
II. The Holy Ghost 551
Devotions for the Faithful Departed 571
III. Devotions to the Angels and in Particular to the
Angel Guardian 578
IV. Devotions in Honor of St. Joseph 585
V. Devotions to the Blessed SacramentandtotheSacred
Heart of Jesus 601
The Hour of Adoration 610
Prayers forVisits to the Blessed Sacrament and the
HourofAdoration 610
Acts of Faith, Hope, and Charitybefore the Blessed
Sacrament 612
Sentiments of a Religious before the Blessed Sacra
ment 618
Reparation and Consecration for Religious 631
RenovationofVowsfor Religious Persons 633
Litany of the Blessed Sacrament 648
Litany of the Sacred Heart 651
Little Office of the Sacred Heart of Jesus 652
The Holy Hour 661
A Favorite Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus .... 670
Consecration of Religious Communitiesand Families. 675
The Venerable Mother Julie Billiart and Her Devo
tion to the Sacred Heart 676
Rosary of the Sacred Heart 677
The Month of June 681
VI. Devotions in Honor of the Passion of Our Lord 683
Thoughts from the Saints 683
The Via Crucis or Way of the Cross 687
Litany of the Passion .- 694
Month of the Precious Blood 73
Novena in Honor of the Precious Blood of Jesus. .. . 704
The Ceremonies of Holy Week Explained 707
VII. Devotions in Honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary 720
Reflections of a Religious on Devotion to Our Lady.. 720
Indulgenced Novenasin Honorof the Blessed Virgin
Mary 725
Mysteries of the Holy Rosary 727
Rosary of the Blessed Virgin 728
Little Office of the Immaculate Conception 735
