Author's Preface
Protestation
Preliminary Instruction
The Eve of the Month of Mary: The Immaculate Conception
Example: Devotion of St. Francis of Sales to the Blessed Virgin
Mary
First Day: Mary, a Model of Perfect Self-denial from her Birth
Example: The Miraculous Medal of the Immaculate Conception
Second Day: Mary consecrates herself to God in the Temple
Example: The two Invocations of St. Philip Neri
Third Day: Continuation of the Preceding Subject
Example: The Feasts of the Blessed Virgin
Fourth Day: Fidelity of Mary in following the Call of God
Example: Lamps and Candles burnt in Honour of Mary
Fifth Day: Mary is a Model to Religious Persons in her Presentation in
the Temple
Example: The edifying Death of St. Jane Frances de Chantal
Sixth Day: The Annunciation of the Most Holy Virgin
Example: St. Bernard's Love for Mary
Seventh Day: The Excellence of the Virginity of Mary
Example: The Love of St. Alphonsus for Mary
Eighth Day: The Visitation
Example: The Pilgrimage of St. Francis of Sales to Loreto
Ninth Day: The Charity of Mary in the Visitation
Example: Consecration of the Saturday to Mary
Tenth Day: By the Visit of Mary, Elizabeth is filled with the Holy
Ghost
Example: Devotion of St. Thomas Aquinas to the 'Ave Maria'
Eleventh Day: Humility of Mary
Example: Origin of the Rosary
Twelfth Day: Through the Blessed Virgin Mary, St. John the Baptist
receives the most special Graces
Example: Conversion of the celebrated Pianist, Hermann Cohenn
Thirteenth Day: The Trials and Consolations of the Blessed Virgin
Example: A Fortunate Mistake
Fourteenth Day: Mary at Bethlehem
Example: The Devotion of the Saints to the 'Angelus'
Fifteenth Day: The Union of Charity and Humility in the Heart of Mary
at the Incarnation
Example: The Efficacy of the 'Salve Regina'
Sixteenth Day: The Purification of the Blessed Virgin
Example: Punishment of the Profaners of a Sanctuary of the Blessed
Virgin
Seventeenth Day: Mary, the Model of Perfect Obedience, in the Mystery
of the Purification
Example: A Conquest of the Blessed Virgin's
Eighteenth Day: The Flight into Egypt.--Trust in Providence
Example: The Excellence of the 'Hail Mary'
Nineteenth Day: Mary, at the Marriage of Cana, teaches us the Best
Method of Prayer
Example: The Advantages of the 'Hail Mary'
Twentieth Day: The Petition of Mary at the Marriage of Cana was full
of Confidence
Example: Further Advantages of the 'Hail Mary'
Twenty-first Day: Mary obtains the first Miracle from Jesus by her
lively Faith
Example: Most pleasing to Our Blessed Lord is our Devotion to His
Mother
Twenty-second Day: Mary chose the Better Part
Example: Beauty of the 'Ave Maris Stella'
Twenty-third Day: The Blessed Virgin did not neglect the Duties of
Martha
Example: The 'Magnificat'
Twenty-fourth Day: Mary in her Sleep
Example: Devotion to the 'Salve Regina'
Twenty-fifth Day: Mary on Calvary is the Mother of all Christians
Example: The 'Regina Coeli'
Twenty-sixth Day: Mary after the Ascension of Christ
Example: A courageous Son of Mary
Twenty-seventh Day: Mary in the Upper Room at Jerusalem
Example: The Prayer 'Memorare'
Twenty-eighth Day: How precious in the Sight of God was the Death of
Mary
Example: Letters addressed to the Most Holy Virgin
Twenty-ninth Day: Mary, like Jesus, dies of Divine Love
Example: The Fourteen Joys of the Most Holy Virgin
Thirtieth Day: The Death of Mary was sweet and tranquil
Example: Novenas in Honour of the Blessed Virgin
Thirty-first Day: The Resurrection and Assumption of the Blessed
Virgin
Example: The Novena of St. Gertrude to the Blessed Virgin
Act of Consecration of St. Francis of Sales to the Most Holy Virgin