PRAYER FOR YOUNG STUDENTS. A CONSECRATION OF STUDIES TO THE IMMACULATE VIRGIN MARY. Sub patrocinio tuo, Dearest Mother, invokMater dulcissima, et in- ing the mystery of thy vocato Immaculatæ Con- Immaculate Conception, ceptionis tuæ mysterio, I desire to place under studia mea laboresque thy patronage my studies litterarios prosequi volo: and all my literary labors. quibus me protestor hunc I declare that I undertake maxime ob finem in- them solely that I may cumbere, ut melius divi- better propagate the divine no honori tuoque cultui honor and devotion to propagando inserviam. thee. Oro te, igitur, Mater a- Therefore, most loving mantissima, Sedes Sapien- Mother, Seat of Wisdom, tiæ, ut laboribus meis look favorably, I beseech benigne faveas. Ego thee, upon my works; vero, quod justum est, pie and, as is but just, I libenterque promitto, promise willingly and quidquid boni mihi inde dutifully to refer to thy successerit, id me tuæ intercession with God apud Deum intercessioni whatever good I may totum acceptum relatu- derive therefrom. Amen. His Holiness, Pope Leo XIII., by a rescript of the S. Congr. of Indulgences, Nov. 18, 1882, granted to all young students who, with at least contrite heart and devotion, shall make this act of consecration: AN INDULGENCE OF ONE HUNDRED DAYS, once a day. 2. PRAYER TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN. O glorious Queen of heaven and earth, most pure Virgin, look down from thy throne with eyes of mercy upon my youthful age. How many deceitful maxims are insidiously spread to destroy our holy faith-that faith which was infused into my soul in holy baptism to enlighten my intellect and sanctify by justice my will! How many bad examples, how many snares, how many spectacles in their most seducing forms threaten to choke the precious germs of virtue in my tender heart! O thou who hast been chosen by the God of Mercy to bring into the world the Saviour of mankind, who had fallen a victim to the insidious promises of the astute Lucifer, protect me from the malicious artifices which he still devises every moment against the regenerated race of Adam. No! Thou who hast adopted me for thy child on Mount Golgotha will not permit me to give way to sinful passions, or to fall into the snares of the wily enemies of my eternal salvation, who, as true satel lites of Satan, glorying in their past victories, have grown bolder and aim at renewed and still more disastrous enterprises. No, O sweet, O powerful Mother, Mary, it shall no more be true that I renew by my sins the passion of thy divine Son, my beloved Saviour, and that I transfix with a more piercing sword thy most lovable heart. May every deed of mine, O my Mother, thanks to thy patronage, have ever more and more for its last end the glory of God and the salvation of my soul. Amen. Three times Hail Mary. His Holiness, Leo XIII., by a rescript of the S. Congr. of Indulgences, May 9, 1895, has granted to the young students of either sex who shall say the above prayer AN INDULGENCE OF THREE HUNDRED DAYS, once a day. FOR CHILDREN. PRAYER FOR THE SOULS OF CHILDREN WHO ARE IN PURGATORY. Sweet Saviour Jesus, who, during thy mortal life, showed so much love for children, we, children as they, and blessed by thee, beseech thee to open the gates of heaven to our brothers, who are now sighing in the place of suffering and penance, and afterwards grant that they may in turn help us, our parents, and our common Father, the Sovereign Pontiff. Holy Virgin, our good Mother, pray for us, and for the children who are suffering. Hail Mary. His Holiness, Pope Leo XIII., by a rescript of the S. Congr. of Indulgences, May 15, 1886, granted to children who, with contrite hearts, devoutly recite the above prayer, with a Hail Mary: AN INDULGENCE OF ONE HUNDRED DAYS, once a day. A PLENARY INDULGENCE, on All Saints Day, if they recite it habitually, or at least for half the year, if, on that day, having been to confession and communion, they visit some church or public oratory, and there say some prayers for the intention of his Holiness. For such children as have not yet made their first communion, his Holiness has left it to the discretion of their respective Or. dinaries to authorize confessors to commute the prescribed work. INDEX. Decree approving of this new edition of the Raccolta........ Decree of the year 1887.... Decree of the year 1877.. .................. On Holy Indulgences and the conditions requisite for PAGE 3 5 7 10 14 Prayers and Good Works, with Indulgences THE MOST HOLY TRINITY. 1. The angelic trisagion..... 2. Devout exercise to honor the mystery of the most holy 3. Mass and prayers of thanksgiving to the most holy Prayers to be said by Priest and people after the Mass 4. Devout practice of thanksgiving to the most holy Trin- 6. Three offerings of thanksgiving. 7. Triduum or novena...... 8. The Sign of the Cross... 30 31 32 33 35 36 39 40 41 41 42 9. Prayers to the most holy Trinity to be said at the end and at the beginning of the year. 10. Prayer to the most holy Trinity ALMIGHTY GOD. 1. Acts of the theological virtures of Faith, Hope and Charity. .......... 2. Ejaculation.. 3. Chaplet of acts of divine love....... ............... 4. Prayers (Pietate tua, quæsumus Domine. etc.)... ..... 5. Prayer of S. Francis Xavier for the conversion of 6. Prayers to implore peace.. ......... 7. Prayer to be said at the beginning of the day. 8. An offering...... 9. An offering to be said every morning.. 10. An act of faith. 11. Prayer of S. Bonaventure.. 12. Prayer (Omnipotent Lord, etc.).... 13. Prayer taken from the book of "The Spiritual Exer- cises of S. Ignatius of Loyola 14. Prayer (Thou seest, O Lord, etc.)... 15. Prayer (O Lord who in the mystery, etc.). 16. Prayer to God for the Sovereign Pontiff.. 43 45 45 49 51 52 53 55 55 56 58 59 60 60 61 62 63 63 17. Ejaculation (My God and my all, etc.)... 18. Invocation (My God grant that I may love, etc.)... THE HOLY GHOST. 1. The hymn, Veni Creator. The sequence, Veni Sancte Spiritus....... 2. Novena to the Holy Ghost.... 3. The Practice of the seven Gloria Patri's... 4. Novena of preparation for the solemnity of Pentecost.... 6. Prayer (Holy Spirit, Spirit of Truth, etc.).................. 1. Chaplet of our Lord.... JESUS. 2. Invocation of the most holy name of Jesus...... 3. Hymns and Psalms in honor of the most holy name of 71 77 Jesus..... 78 4. Ejaculation (My Jesus, mercy)............. 88 5. Ejaculation (My sweetest Jesus, etc.).......... 88 6. Ejaculation (Jesus, my God, etc.). 89 7. Prayer (Divine Jesus, etc.)...... 89 8. Prayer (O Jesus, living in Mary, etc.).................. 90 91 10. Prayer to the holy name of Jesus 92 - 11. Prayer which S. Thomas Aquinas was accustomed to 94 |