IMAGE EVALUATION
TEST TARGET (MT-3)
1.0
lti|2£ |25
m ^^ ■■■
■^ iiii ■2.2
2.0
III
U
14.0
11.25
HiotograiJiic
Sdences
Corporation
33 WBT MAM STNin
WIBSTIII,N.Y. I45M
(716)«72-4S03
^\
m
m\
V
\^
CIHM/ICMH
Microfiche
Series.
CIHM/ICIVIH
Collection de
microfiches.
Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions / Institut Canadian de microreproductions historlques
Technical and Bibliographic Notas/Notas tachniquas at bibiiographiquas
Tha Inatituta haa attamptad to obtain tha baat
original copy availabia for filming. Faaturaa of thia
copy which may ba bibliographically uniqua,
which may altar any of tha imagaa In tha
raproduction, or which may aignificantly changa
tha uaual mathod of filming, ara chaclcad balow.
D
D
D
D
D
D
Colourad covars/
Couvartura da couiaur
I I Covara damagad/
Couvartura andommagia
Covars rastorad and/or laminatad/
Couvartura rattaurAa at/ou palliculte
I I Covar titia missing/
La titra da couvartura manqua
I I Colourad maps/
Cartas gtographiquas an couiaur
Colourad ink (i.e. othar than blua or biaclc)/
Encra da couiaur (i.a. autra qua blaua ou noira)
□ Colourad platas and/or illuatrations/
Planchas at/ou illustrations 9n couiaur
□ Bound with othar matarial/
RaiiA avac d'autraa documants
Tight binding may causa shadows or distortion
along intarior margin/
La r0 liura sarrie paut causar da I'ombra ou da la
diatortion la long da la marga inttriaura
Blank laavaa addad during raatoration may
appaar within tha taxt. Whanavar possibia, thesa
hava baan omittad from filming/
II aa paut qua cartainas pagaa bianchaa aJoutAas
lors d'una rastauration apparaissant dana la taxta,
mala, iorsqua cala Atait poaaibia, caa pagaa n'ont
paa «t« film«as.
Additional commants:/
Commantairas supplAmentairas:
Tha c(
to tha
L'Inatitut a microfilm^ la maillaur axamplaira
qu'il lui a AtA possibia da sa procurar. Las ditaiis
da cat axamplaira qui sont paut-Atra uniquas du
point da vua bibliographiqua, qui pauvant modifiar
una imaga raproduite. ou qui pauvant axigar una
modification dans la mAthoda normala da filmaga
sont indiqute ci-dassous.
D
D
D
%/
D
D
D
D
Colourad pagas/
Pagaa da coMlaur
Pagas damagad/
Pagas andommagtes
Pagas rastorad and/or laminatad/
Pagas raataurtas at/ou palliculAaa
Pages discoloured, stained or foxed/
Pages dicoiories, tachetAes ou piquAes
Pages detached/
Pages ddtachies
Showthrough/
Transparence
Quality of print varies/
Quality InAgala de I'impreasion
Includes supplementary material/
Comprend du material supplAmantaira
Only edition available/
Seule Edition disponibia
Pages wholly or partially obscuied by errata
slips, tissues, etc., have baan ref limed to
ensure the best possible image/
Lea pagas totalement ou partiallement
obscurcies par un fauillet d'errata, una palure,
etc., ont AtA filmAea A nouveau de fapon h
obtanir la mailleure image possible.
The in
possit
of the
filmin
Origin
begini
the lai
aion,
othar
first p
sion,
or illui
Tha la
ahail
TINUE
which
iVIaps,
diffarc
antirel
beginr
rights
requir*
metho
This item is filmed at tha reduction ratio checked below/
Ca document est film* au taux da reduction indiqu* ci-deaaoua.
10X 14X 18X 22X
26X
30X
•
12X
16X
20X
a4x
28X
32X
plaire
e« details
liquM du
mt modifier
ixigar una
da f iimaga
Id/
quAas
Tha copy fiimad liara ha* baan raproducad thanica
to tha ganaroaity of:
National Library of Canada
Tlia imagas appearing hara ara tha baat quaiity
poatibia conaidaring tha condition and iagibility
of tha original copy and in kaaping with tha
filming contract spacif icationa.
Original copiaa in printed paper covera ara fiimad
beginning with the front cover and ending on
the laat page with a printed or illuatratad impres-
aion, or the bacic cover when appropriate. All
other original copiaa ara filmed beginning on the
f irat page with a printed or illuatratad imprea-
aion, and ending on the laat page with a printed
or illuatratad impreaaion.
Tha laat recorded frame on each microfiche
ahall contain the aymboi -^-^ (meaning "CON-
TINUED"), or tha aymbol y (meaning "END"),
whichever appiiea.
L'axemplaira filmA fut reproduit grAce h la
gAniroaitA da:
BibliothAque nationaia du Canada
Lea imagea auivantea ont AtA reproduitea avac ia
piua grand aoin, compta tenu de la condition at
da ia nattet* da l'axemplaira fiim«, at en
conformitA avac let conditions du contrat da
filmaga.
Lee exemplairea originaux dont la couverture en
papier eat imprimAe sont filmte bo commen9ant
par la premier plat at an terminant aoit par ia
darnlAre page qui comporte une empreinte
d'impreaaion ou d'illustration, soit par la second
plat, aaion le cas. Tous las autras exemplairea
originaux aont filmAa en commenpant par ia
premiAre page qui comporte une empreinte
d'impreaaion ou d'illustration at en terminant par
la darniAre page qui comporte une telle
empreinte.
Un des symboles suivanta apparaltra sur la
darnlAre imege de cheque microfiche, selon le
caa: le symbols — ► signifie "A SUIVRE", le
aymboia V algnifie "FIN".
taire
Mapa, plates, charts, etc., may be filmed at
different reduction ratioa. Thoae too large to be
entirely included in one expoaure are filmed
beginning in the upper left hand corner, left to
right and top to bottom, aa many framea aa
required. The following diagrama illuatrata the
method:
Les cartes, planchea, tableaux, etc., peuvent Atre
filmAu A dea taux da reduction diffArants.
Lorsque le document est trop grand pour dtra
reproduit en un aaul clichA, 11 est film* A partir
de I'angle aupArieur gauche, de gauche d droite,
et de haut en baa, en prenant la nombre
d'imagea nAcaaaaira. Lea diagrammea auivanta
iliuatrant la mAthode.
I by errata
mad to
nent
une pelure,
faqon A
1 2 3
32X
1
2
3
4
5
6
■%
\
■t^':^;^
j^'
't-f ■
>.**'
uc4xi&ir«
J 4:
#.
%.
t?-<
*JSff«»*^2
tw fj
F^«i^^
^•■4 »-•".
•^%1I^
«
pH Wili I 1 ) 1 I
V
THE
I'
\
<.
\.
''%.
K LIFE AND DEATH
OF THE MOST OLOR|OU8
VIRGIN MARY,
• e ■
MOTHER OP OUR LORD JEJSUS CHRIST.
By the Rev. Peter Ribadineri, of the Society^
Jesus, Author of tW^ivesjbf Ssmts. ^
■?■
I-
To which are adde4f
THE SGAt»ULAR
^*iV'
OF THE' CONFRATERNIX*"!^^ vl
THE LAMENTATION OF^/ «^^^^ '
/
MARY JMEAGDAjLBlSr I
The Office of tek BjLESviuo TptiS^
Lives or St. Joseph, St.^N|FE«
THk. DbDICaTIOK of STyMAUT AI^CS
Togodier with thd
PR4.irkBS AT 91
'j>/i
>n-
*J!.
Bru)t«cl at the YiMDiCAToit
For T. HAQUiiii.
ki:^i.L.i.i^-.i
^»^«lf^
UT'
\.\
rr
:]• :il'/
>'r
'^T^r.
%K-
-•..^^
•)
\^
> • . • I
tMDMv^Haa^pa
#iil^l»^ Printer.
S
iiii. ,1
I
.;i
a
O
r 7
<■•
^ •/:■';,:!;.>!
U7^^
?^..
m
J -^^ff itf
<>' ~* ,
J.S
1^'
,i
3
Af
rule,
oujr e
was i
could
that el
est §
t6 as
Gt>d]
wisdc
Tl
zaret
nobli
chilli
Ij
ft
THB
^..^IPJB AMD DEATH
OF THE MOST GLOBIOU8
:< -'.
CV
#
,1 ■-. . J>
■li^- '■
■ h
,'"'■■ *
;i
RGIN MARY.
■?.'<'
i? After the life of our Lord, who is i\m fmctiiii,
rule, and measure of all sanctity, we ou|^ to'
our eyes upon the life of his most pure motbet^
was elected of God for the greatest dtgiH^'
could be conferred upon a pure creatursi tSM
that effect was adorned and endowed with ~
est ^ifts and virtues that haver ever Leett*
16 any person. And one of the &ii|
God hath most declared the excess of his
wisdomt and omnipotency, is, the san^^
Virgin, Whose life we wiH briefly set 4ow»
^•^'1
^.»^^j
J-*
^.'
■'■r:lii
mm
'^*fi:
iyJ-
The most sacred Virgin Mary Wto
zareth, in the province of Gf^ileei tber
noUe and rich parents : h^r faili^r hm$,
diimi born in Nazareth, h^r ibtmeV Ai
^i^Beth^oin ; tiiey w ere both of fh^
^'the royal stock of David ;
of Nathan, and Anne by llie^
wore both diildren of ]>a^i
"Vf
„^:V.i-
^
6
happy
of holy
-i' '-«r.
m.
partAts of the Virgin were persons
life, such as ought the tree to be, that was to bring
forth such » mit. They gave themselves wholly
to the otoervance of the law, to fasting, prater,
and alms deed% They divided their revenue mto
three parts : the first was employed in divi|?e ser-
vice, and entertainment of the ministers of the tern"
pic ; the second was for the poor ; the third, for
the dispense of their family. They had lived twen-
ty years in marriage without any children, for that
Anne was barren, for which cause they were sad
and afflicted, and as it were, ashamed, by reason
that carnal nation held sterility^ an opprobrious thingv
IMmI^ jpiiahitoent of God ; for wiiich tiiie married
igUk^mlthtg with great instance day and nighl^
niight have a fruit of benediction, promise
aerate to bi9 Divide Miyesty whatever
;bter be shoidd please to grant thenw
i^eted in their request, an angel ap^
kiJojBtxMm as be was walfciog in hislSeldsi
^1 Wl^JM Crod had beard his prayers, aD4^
tbiOuM have a daughter, which i9bQul4 b#
IMbiy, and that she should be moih^ of the
I dariouA Su Anne bad a particular relattpit
^fh» lived as it were apart and retired; they
niiGiladit to each other, and found a eoofor#
•Uto ^mhatthe angel had said to eachixf
|Mtit, Juid yielded thanks to our Lccd Cot S9
^:JI^OUF. . ,
jeonceived the sacred Yirgin the Stb of Dof
on which day the church keepedijfi^f fnua
l^liie conception. She wasxoncetved.wjli^^lii^i^
ffimimy Crod presenting her with sudlia]
3(f^^
fc-'l^^-iU^ -r--Jnat^-
rS^^^^k
%
holy
}ring
hoUy
ayer,
) inia
I'm
-■•t
of grace, as was expedient for her, whom he had
predestinated for his Mother, and to be the breaks
head of the infernal serpent. The nine months
completed, this most blessed child had bir^ in Na»»
aweth, in a house in the country, amidst the bleat-f
in^ of sheep, and cheerful chanting of the shep^
herds. She was born the 8th of September, and
in nine days after, which was the 17th of the same
month, (according to the Hebrew} they nan^ed her,
Hary^ Our Lord gave unto her, (as gpme sainitil
^ay, and may piously be believed) Saint Ccahri^ifc^
her angel-guardian ; and others sa^f^
ia company. At the end of four
Anne went to Jerusalem to fulfil the
cation, carrying the infant to the tem
as a precious treasure, and paid th
for the firstborn, then carried hj^
house. ooio)
When she came to three years. ds
pliril the vow they had made, to 6:
I^ord^ heir parents carried her to Je
dicated her ^o the temple the one-^aoicUi
of November, with the accustook^
auch c^erings. They declared tW^
vow t^iey had made, recommending^/
of their child, gs<a thing already d ^
teid 4liat she might be placed aii .
youm jiuLidens mat served Gp4 isi f
buili^iibat purpose close joining tii
wJtii^|iirgii^ are maintain oat ofllb^ W^
trnti^b^^ being^part from noise, lup^ (11^^^ , ^
* "^ * ip|d laudable exercises, aml/fsiH^od^
' lemple to make their prayer* The (g|^e
"''•i$jtj0H]
%•■
' --i ■
§
atld^ beauty of this child, ravished the world with'
aiifniration, and chiefly the promptitude and facility
wherewith she did wean herself of her parent;*, and
dedicate herself to our Lord, showing forth by theito
little nuirks the great and wonderful works whkft
€(od was to bring forth in her, whom he had calu^d
iltim her infancy to his service.
This holy child was received into the number of
othlpr virgins, to the great contentment of them ll^^
and then was made to shine in that material hoUl?6
of drod, she virho was to be his spiritual temple^
Sbe there learnt to spin perfectly wool, linen, and
*^*\-|o sew and work sacerdotal robes, and all that
lie^dful for the service of the temple, and afteir
^ and clothe herpi^ecious Son, and make Hid
sniw^nt, as Efuteimius saith ; she leatiii
Aa Hebrew charact<ers, and took great cair^
re to jread often and meditate with g;r(^^t
hr acfij^res, which, with great and clj^atr
g;/lmd die heavenly li^ht which Gbd
ober, she underst/^d perfectly ; she
{(Re, kept silence, spake little and Wt?R'
B (tting'; her humility was profouhd/K^
:^li<i^M, and all her virtues so mudi hi their
'" i^ifection, that she attracted Ah iy^k
the hearts of all ; sh6 appeared n^M
^scend^dfrom heaven, than on6 lirii
She fasted often, and with t^colYfl^-
t $9ence, and repose, disposis<d h^lii^
tmi sLQii union with God, ia wfifeff ifiiB
%p#eiit, and our Lord did visit Ail^tli'l^
^M^l^i^t^^i^his Itghifii, and divine ardoi
^c angels often appcarcd^tS
■ » ; > ( , I J '
4"
*?
,!->..'
»
l^ ■
|ioroetiine« brought her to eat, of meals that hM
liol pasned through man's hands 'but eame from
heaven. She lived thus until the eleventh year of
ber age, when her parents died very oldf and almost
lour score, not having had any son or daughter but
l^erselfk Being in the temple with great desire and
m^ love of virginity, wherewith the Holy Ghost inwpir-
ed ber, she made a vow to keep it perpetually* and
was the first that made that kind of vow, and raised
the banner of virginity, under which infinite squa-
drons of most piire maidens have fought, and fol«
lowed her example, and for fear of losing it, hav^
(.chosen rather to yield their lives ; for whi<?h reason
f<be is called Virgin of Virgins, as mistv^ss aiid
,qhief of them all. For although it be true diat |pi
jthe old Testament some remaiiied chaste i^ t|(^
jives, as Joshua, Melchizedeck, Hebe, J^eli
^c^remie, and the three children of the furii
Babvlon $t yet is it most certain thpt none
jtp (rod virginity by obligation of f#l^
Ifuly was the first who, without anv ^^|j^
#^|>le to conform t)y, did it, and eiffeli#i
^.6od.' In so much as this glory w^
Tor this lady, who only was to join the fl^if
ginity with the fruit of a mother. Betfjl
Ibe age of marriage, the priests adviaii^^iF
itilitake a husband, as others did
^|f| ^;g^j^ But when she heard of
^fl^tjff^ she humbly and moii^l^
4|||||||[ not be, because her!
and that shehad i|uid^|li#
They were all asKHllWMlJ^
,p|pHUed if it migltt
■m^t'
^i
■^#^e^
y.v
m>?
"7m
r**S
lb
'hbi' ld'ilofii6 ohe of the priestB, in whose eompaii^
ih» ni^ht p^raevere in the service of the temple;
%ut Ihfeit eodd not be, for that she being the cmly
chiM of her parents, she waste inherit, and acedtti-
%g to the law, it would be deemed a forced actio
^liMNty her with a man not of her own family and
ifneego. They had recourse to the Divine Oracle,
%iid our Lord answered that all those of David's
'Une ibotiki assemble, that were tiien at Jemtalem,
tMd that he upon whom the lot did ihll, should
1)^ married unto her : and the Yira^in had a revela^*
tkiB ftom our Loi^ to obey the pnest, and that she
•iMiuld not fear, for he would protect her ; the
)MHppy hit fell upon Josephf of the tribe of Judea, a
wm¥t of Bethlehem, a carpenter by trade, a silent
Wail Mytnani and who had always kept chasti^ ^
0Ktm titled to be the husband of such a wifel
^JThif ^ff^f^ therefore, married ; the blessed Virgin
thfarleen yeairs and three monfiis old, and was
"^^ver to her spouse to take care^ her.
I|#i»daiis our blessed lady Mtotned to Natsa-
mril «liveflt m the house of her parentli wbkh
lli# inherited as their only child. As die n^ost
liii ittered Tirgin was in ]Nazareth, the good
b#ii| eome in which God had determined to
ilMliI Myself without flesh, in he^ womb, the arek-
etoie to her wt^ that high soviireigii
, and finding heral^ne^ retired, and mal^
^M^Mmplitioii, he saluted her in great humiiv-
iy»llM fiVK^moe, saying, «« Hail Mary full <«gi«ce,
kmi^^'h IrtOk theei blessed art thou andoagiwoi^
Wk^ « illii^¥^h was trouMed, norW ^liill
fto n#w thkig to he»r^ "whieh i^^lboil^
-^^^.
^'
^''^''
^mmmmmm
mw
■■m
li
o-
I*
herself unworthy of. But the angel emboldened
her, and declared unto her the mystery ior which
he came, assured her there would be nothing of a
man in the work, and that her virginity, (which she
was so much in fear of,) should never receive de»
l.lriment thereby, but that the Holy Ghost would
^ome upon her, by virtue whereof she should con^-
ceive die Son of the Highst, and proposed to
,^her the example of her cousin Elizabeth, who, be^
fng old and barren, had conceived ; for that nodiing
was impossible unto God, that when he pleasethi
t^the virgm may bring forth aa well as the old and
3literile* On this assurance she obeyed the will of
^four Saviour, and profoundly humbling herself, evea
tito the abyss of her virginity, she said, yes, and con*
. fiiented to the embassy, with those most sweet wordi
.4hat rejoiced heaven, and sanctified the eanhȴ^
a^ Behold the hand-maid of my Lord, let HiiypM
Bibe accomplished in me according to thy wom**^
.'fAt which instant she conceived the etemil wovll fai
Jbei'womb, and became &e true mother of Go^, tali
vf her father and creator, and y^tm eOB»tilull^
r <}iieen of heaven, and of earth, and eil that is ereiil^
o/ This ineffable mystery ended, the sacred Vum;
-ittilready a mother, carried by the same s|^ml
«' had filled her so full of graces, began h^|9ii|1iMj^
to visit her cousin. Elizabeth, and exerotte Ispulit^
towards; her, to aid and serve her wi|^ adntilthle
humiUty, and to rejoice and congrati^&Ni withlier
^•^ mercy our Lord had shevred he^ 6i her old
i|e, giving her a son, and to sanctify the iNBuaie soil
- if ^riipr^. She performed dlserfiiUy IhisliMig
■"■rw>.",'ft(«i'." ^^W7'
Siq^::
n
^oya(ge, because the fervour of her great charitj
epqcjU^i^ed and strengthened her ; but above a^
the treasure she bore within her for her greatne^
iiras po burthen to her ; she eatered Zachariah'f
Jbouse* saluted Elizabeth ; the greater came to viai^
the less^ aiKi saluted her first, before £lizab()th
jQOuld salute her, do give example in all of that
lingular humility, which rendered her so pleasing
jto Crpd* The Virgin's words did penetrate by the
motjher'^ ears even unto St. John in her wopnb, who
reoeivinis^ the spirit of sanctification, and acknow-
le<^ng the Lord of the world, who was enclosed m
Alary's sacred womb, leapt for joy, signifying there-
by what he could not.yet express in words. By this
inotion, apd new joy of her son, Elizabeth underr
ItlmA tf^e mystery of the incarnation of the son of
liodt and iljuininated by the spirit of prophesy an4
^ipn|y light, she said unto the sacred Virgio*
^.Xb^ artlijifBfied among all women, and blessed
if |pi^jQrilK,<^4^^^^ and whence is this to me,
^||^ ;Am lil^ti^r of our L<»4 doth come unto me V^
hltn^^m lyords that follow in p^se of the Virr .
.yliP^il?h»owledging all our Lord'p jL*?oui«^
iilWHiling nothing to herself, sung that diyinf '.
^S«*«^ %> Magn^catf which is more filled with^
than words. And having remained nW
fi|||,^^ months in Zachariah^s house, sanetify-
fi^,j|fi^ her presence, she returned hom^ to Na*
^^ ^ was, when came that great tribulation tf
li^ciQii ^ It., ^ Joseph against her, fprjha||>^r
0«iving#e bl^aaed Virgin great with ohUidi a^
Jin^i«^ Riqiat assured that it wi^s iH>tb^/hni^^
^my
.
\ \
fmrn
mmmm-mU'^i'mmim
may
•I
iJMlli much per|dexed« not Hnowing ir&fit to fesolv^
^ in a matter of |h^ danger, fc^v to'satisfy the l^^^
wi not defame a .woman ^f so hojjr a Mfe, and wbp
p«iiadveuture might not ue in faplt. And tl^e holy
aipcme, although 9hje perceived ihe waves th9.t boat
Ikgainsther dear (husband's hftart, and suffered for hia
pain, yet to keep i^ecret the aacr#4 iftyateiy which
jGr^Nl Iwd wrought \n her^aad cayeir it with the v^il^i
of^her htimiUty, sh^» disguised and he^ld her pjQa<^#
mApmy^4 reeonimandin^: ^r i^apsje 40 Qod ||j|^
^ wouid please to send a repnedy. f If
. Qur libfd beard b(er9 and sent i^ipgel from bciifT
^^ti^ Joseph, appaaring to im in sl^ep, dec)ariiig
to-hifqa the mystery^, and recpipmended hjiKi to tah^
the Yir^ttJto serve her, accompaB^ ^h^r, apd haw
care of that blessed fruit, which was to be bom 1^
her,t whom she should uaine Jesus. By this r^^ye-
tiatien th(e reloads werp dii^persf.d, the (eadp^i^ ft%Mh
e4| and 9U Jo3eph's heart was cleiMEed ^ri||tjfi)H?!
ai|edib0^nniog to ^erve ap4 r^v^eni:er.^|||p|^
sacredTirgpiil wjth much mpr^ honor, w)^q^j|^^|i|]|^^^^^^
esteemed for holy, and now a^^kpowledg^eil^ffif^^
er^f6od« Who being ni^l^vweU i|dKi^ffljiih#r9(|
iaonth,aiid ready to bring for^h, th^rje hpiRp^tija
neir troirf>le of a lo»g journey iu tho iri^t^ji^i9iii
cold and incommodious, whjicii ^t fij&cfNifi^' iar
spo^uset and she iivere to majk^ from itii9^€i||;i»
^e4))eh^iDr to obey>tbe f^^oi^Hit^im^^i^^
tM^iiip^f or, wht^h comn^anded fN ^^ tial ^e
^mm4^r his doiawioim ||k>1^
tha^irnof ih^iriiirtib; f^d be^oi^lii Jft^^p^ ^
b#ril i^^lli^lebem, (hither he moat^^i^hfi^iol
to AkU i:4i<^t* The holy couple eiudured i^rM
1*
1«
?
s
m %fpg«rft rude season, long wa)^/
pdorly >rovtd6d fonthe saered Virgin young and
tender, and ready to be delivered, which she endnr*
ed wi* admkaWe patience for that she bore in \m
woihb, the sweetness and joy of the world. They
came to Bethlehem^ but could find none that would
harbdut iheiii. They retired themselves into a cave,
which was i^ut of the town^ and part of the suburbs,
where the beasts and poor passengers used to take
shelter. In ftts poor shed and stable, the most
Messed Virgin brought forth the word incaitiate,
i^havnig wrapt him up in linen which sh^ pro-
vided, dbe laid htm down in the maimer, addring
him as G-od, honouring him, and making hconage
i3» Mm an her Lord, embracing and kissina; him as
l»rioa. ' ** ,
^ ^lie eighth day afler his nativity, ne was circdm-
eiiMiii Ibe same stable, and the blessed Vir^n
iiiai dttit^St. ifoseph was minister of ft : ^eti was
li fliMBtlrJestta and Saviour, a name #U^' ihe
i^l^bdd published and brought from he^ '^ ^
^^^^ lime adder the three Uugecante guiii^8'%y
#iiew 8tar^ aif^ adored the Infant atid Yirgini'lhe
Alai ii^l^ mother, declaring by their gifls of gbldi
ince^iie attd myrth, what they did' believe of this
tiidef cfaildV aird of thii^ eternal God. The ^y
^^hi^'of her childbed accompltshedi the Queeii^ of
||^|i|p#^di to '^^rusalem, to obey the kw which
^ *" "^ ^ ordained for women in that cendMion,'and
fcier fOTl diild at the temple of odt liordf
^ffNi«fll htoi with five silkies, as the law ^
pUSm.^fhBt h6hii There «he hdi %il%y
Wbi^^Wpf anfd sorrow, of consolaticift inMI gl'ief;
h
.16
a
For of the one side she saw ihe gloryof our L^rd*
her hlessed Son, begin to be manifested to the
.^(»r)d, find that the holy old Simeon had taken him
/m his arms, adoring him, and acknowledging him tp
^be the light of the Gentiles, and ornament apd glp-
ijry of the people of Isrftel : and thf^ venerable and
,ancient prophetess Anne» had eistofled and spoken
highly of his greatness and won Jf»rS| which was
^caqse of rejoicing and joy unto her. But pf the
4;pth6r side, she left her isou) wounded with gneif, at
.hearing the holy old Simeon spe^ th^se words^
*« Behold this$ child is set unta ruin, anud unto the
]p98urrection of many in Israel, and ipra ajgn whiclji
;8hall be cpntradicted, and thine own soulsl^la
^sw<M7d pierce, that out of many hearts pogitation^
may be revealed," Which discourse did cool the
.pleasure of that day, and steeped their jay |n fea|r
.and apprehension. Which straightway heffnA to
:ai^gment, for hardly was the feast and Q«r«inpny qf
.ihe^p^rification ended, but th^ey were c^nfn#|ided
to ny into Egypt,, thai the child ought f8ca|^ the
t|Jban<]^ of Uerody who would have h^jUipa f^pi^;
>nd the angel appeared to Joseph i^ #lf^VMi|^
, ^comina|^4ed him to rise suddenly, ta^ l^'cdbi|l
^!a&d flke^ Wither, a^d flee ii^o Egypt, thfi^tc^E^ftinp^a
4intil further orders ; which St. Joseph #1^ tid^off
I ides^rtan4 uncouth ways, with great |w», ai(4 jic^
cocpmodities joined with his fyur.] ^fir having
made Ohs long voyage, arrived at a pl«e;
evefiJ^this day, lUUtarea, betwniiit. Q^
J^ylon, three leagMos ^-om Babylo^i^EMifour j^^
, .Hf4i<]qpaUs. Thai© they secured d^c^f^^^
^tt(dy endured great wanC and poverty, IjfmiEig stnuir
16
■'?
iMntUj always tremUing wkh fear t
(or idlte>ii|^ they had a great confidence that Grod
would pres^e the 'cfaild ; nevertheless, their ai^-
dent love gave them the apprehension, and at every
lioer discohiposed ibm qniet. But ^t which
inost afflicted die blessed Virgin was, to see the»
bliadfiess which those poor nations lived in, who,
leavm^tfae trair^ God, adored crocddfies, seipent»,
iaid imiei vile reptiles by whidi the devils had
abufied theih. They remained in £g3rpttinttlth^x
dcNI^ of RfanrH ^redt and by commandment of the
lo appeared the fh^t time to St. Joseph,
fti ^ t cfar pedinty their couiitfy,and fixed their abod^
In the town t>f NazareAt, from whence they wenti?
eveft y^ to visit the holy temple of Jerusalem.
The child being now attained to twelve years of
Mftf^Hi^ his parents coming with him to the temt*
|ne*f tt^c^rdlng to their isustom, they returned, and
^Wuik^ diSd tftrayed, they not perceivinj^ff':
W'ttil'tt^y were l^ee day^ in search GiMiatifiH
^Wegilg : inid kmenting : in the end.they found^hiiii>/^
^tt^Ws fM^ tmotm the sages and docto^^^H
I^^M^I <ii^tiohs or Ihem, and answering thennriw
lHk^Uli»dd inothe^ him Acre, said to hitit,
itff soiii #hy htttt^KHi done so to tisr Behold^
Ki^ i MltoJ lsori^WM did seek thee^ And hei^ud
t^ Mb'f iMIat k^ it that you sought me 1 did yoti
ii6|j|*o«M^^ those tim^ which
^tamiymttMfk^ which words, althotig)r#yNi4>fti^
*ii^%j^ notv the Vfrgiit heededtattert-
Hiv^^; atid'llibiii^^ in her heatli to tli^^
%^iiiid<^efnM^
^iiii^ Wl ^ tei^ of tte time unta tfak^^
it
V"f
lb
.Si-
1^
i
^r
17
d
ar-
very
hich
the ii
whOf
had
I theni!
Fthe i:
eph, i£
)ocle I*
wreotiii
rs of K.»
teii»-
, and b
jf 'it*: w
^hhn i^
hkitfii
^ihjr
tyot
iiioh
^
ieai4
of •hiflr life, our Iim<d remained with his blessed mo^
ther accompanying, obeydng, and serving: her as>a
most obedient son, his dear mother ; by whieh sub^
jeetion and obecUence* we conjecture &ie spa's Jim
mSfty^ and libe mother's exeelloocy ; for there could
not'be mere piiofound humility than beingiCnod, to
subject himself and ob^ hi&'«ireailur^ nor greats
nesB more absolute than to see a^creature command
€r#d. The blessed Yirgia .eojokied him until the
Ihuiieth year^ hk age^ who atthe;mne-and*twen-*
tieth year and thirteenlh day, took leave; of his
mother and W^nt to BetabcMra, to be baptized by
Jctet die Baptist, m ithe lUver Jordan : andfroni
thence went into the 'desert, «i4ier6vfae,fasled. forty
days <and forty nights, tuid was ten^pled, and over<^
come &e enemy, and came forth as a master of
heavvil to preach. He gathere4 his disciples^; and
did all thai whi^lv had been^rehearsediinlii9li&: not-
ft^ithstaading that during that time he passediprBSich-
ing'from one place to inotheii^ the lbl^ed^Ti%ai
accompanied him, «aid was wilkhkbrndbiiidiBBb'
pies at the marriage ^Cfiui&in^6jdSlee,Iwfaai^>ilhe
Wine^ comity shorty our lady's piety ^iiiasjibti^
kig^ pray her' dear son to s^»ply ethat wffll^&ar
fear^leiil ihe nmttied might be >fiaharaed^ ^andfllii
hiiigldfyemi^t-themorebeinaaifest^drbyiock^afl^
of 't»9Hn^ii>iU!^, M^iich our Rede^ner Jb«Mi£%0^
dM r<ft# liil refused his mother nothm^ ' llti seas
ft#ftii>nMiole that he wrought, to ^oiniert Aii wa»
leri^itili^, Meowing himself Lord 4)f all
«reii^ik^.<^ r^e lead also that lit aether time JfN>
sua^^terfii fireachifig, his iiaoA^i^ utame %^jaad
Hihtnet ^ ^ Siudttors 4Nud to him : Bdi|)ldithj^4D0^
1
*
18
dm tad thy bi^thren without, seeing thee $ caQing
biotheril accoiding to the Hebrciw style, the nem pf
kin to Jesus Christ, hy his mother's side, an(d eyep
by Joseph, his reputed futher. It is likewise easier
to bdieve thai ^ sacred^'^ifgiii did often acci^
pany h<^r dear son, many ot^ier times, v;ent with hivn
and folk>wed him to serve him in his journeys, ^
joy hfis sight, and hear tiis doctrine, magnifying him
for the marvels he did, and that lasted all the lime
of our Savior^s preaching, until the time drew n^
which he had appointed to driver himself to dii^t
fift^ bavii^ celebrated his last and myi^erious 3up-
per, wkh bus twelve apostle^ he took leave of lu^
dean m<^her, who, in the same house with pther hf-
ly women had celebrated the Pasche apart, s^
went to the garden where he was. to be apprehe^
Jed, the Virgin stayed in &e house, ai^ trejo^bling
^1^ .ftar, attending the miccess of his pa6sionr>r>f|>
• WlMn she understood tliat her Son was tak^Qi
maA thai they dragged him from one jiMige tioai^f-
tb», die straaUbt went fortlli, and follow^ bi^EtjMfr
mmfmikd wim c^er holy wcunen, ualo Jl^unt Ca)-
'^iaigii i^Fhepriefthat pten^ed her heart powwfq^
^ei^iN|aeMii, se^ig her l^n ao evil treated^ Ji^
iniieso vik and contemptible, like a mc^m§ek
iMibliM^n in pieces by ravenous wolves, nor t|e
eon^aaeyand strength which she badtocoi^irm
m all to the wUl of ojr Lordt desiring h^ i^'ii
-deaAfor his gk»7^ and catisfaction ii>f ofur sii^*
So sorrow was counterbakipce of her.lov^ whence
«U passions sfHring, and the Virgin's loye toW:ards
im mm^ was &e gieatest ibat ever wip lori^il |^
^Mind inia pnre creature^ Wmiiimmik^ki^%i^j^
I
»' »
!
f
I
•J '
19
iiibtter towards her only Hon, that was all hanii
Wi^ut company of Father, and Son* who was Man
iAhd'God, and as human nature, Man die most ac^
cidniplished and perfect, filled up with all possible
gifts and graces. Nevertheless, this feeling and grief
^though so excessive) did not so much stir the Vir<^
j^ti, nor afBict her so powerfully, but that shie stood
%fi her feet like a firm piHiur close unto the Cross,
looking with eyes melting into tears on that piteous
li)itetacle, and offering to the eternal Father her
OWn Son for a sacrifice or odour 6f suavity, and
humbly craving him to accept it, and be aj^ased,
^lilfid through him to pardon all the sins of the world.
For thiBtt she did conform to his holy will, and would
%ilai he willed^ and that her Son mi^t endure that
T^nfuland ignominious death, siiM^e his Pivine
^Majesty had so ordained it. Thus did the mother
accompany th^ Son inhis afTrontsand sorrows, and
^'jliurtfike of his passion, ai» a true mother, Mrihieh our
i^ief d^esiring to acknowledge, saidta hertUoBe com^
^ b^Mibhate and atno^ous wQihis : Woman, B^^ldvdiy
Kofi : Ih^n to his Diseiples^^Behold y^ourlfoUmti
^ting tintoher St. John 'for her adopted son :. who
^#^nt'&attime^ served her as his irMxther,/ii^ the
%iibile respect loid care as if he had been her son.
'^t\i% most chaste Virgin was pierced !by this tsfi*
Change with a sfnarting sovrow^ seeing the dtffisr^
^^ri^ there wai& betwixt the son that she losti to laiil
tftat Wi^ given hery^nd the vicerale love wlsick^she
i^dn^'fbii^ BdnVMV'bo, amidst the cruel torments and
"^^^[^ttpofi the cross, could not forget her^ Whem
WfilflrMit die, without doubt she had died with
igrtei^ fi4d iot%ar Lord sustained her by b aupema/^
20
y"
i f >
larat strength. Ajyd this Janet's ' strokes lyhieli
pieliced her Son's mde, iboMgb already dead* mB|l#
Roless penetratioain the living heart of the mother^
than ioj^ Son^ heait already dead. 4iler his Blh
cred i^ehUl braised body was lakeo down from the^
OBOlss, the Virgin embraced it with SAiefa a feeling as'^
can neither be: s4id nor thought; in fine^ b^vifi^
buried her Lord c<i^# John attetaded her, and other
deroiit woment she returned unto John Mark'ii
faousor where the^ Jast supper ymB Driadoi with ipierer
dibie sadness, to Attend the huppy day of her Sw's^
gtorow R^ursec^ion* ^f
> The Virgin Apent diese three 4ays in tears whil#^
Ihe^oiiliOf her most dear aon was in Limbus, jad^
the bcdy in the isepukhre* until Sunday momuig>
came,i when He rose victorious, glorious^ and ao
cc npanied with infinite. aouk of holy fhthei^ (th^y^
were ^ spoiki M had raleaiSied out oi jLitnbus) $
faft^a^fiiinred first unto iherr as ito bi$ ^nioet dear n^-^
lher|< «m1 as vidiQ desery^ besi of lan al «4hmE^ -
»^ him? ^arsiof iomew wete jtumed i^to joyi^n^ '
thti Ja%festoted toilHir^oiil^enance, who ai^ lf^
laioon mseclqMledjbir th0 absence Qf ^e sun^ f If^i
bitoi^peakalito what consolation the Virgin neeeil^^^
ed>k>:8ee her San victorious and ^iumphant fi^v^"^
deadi^^tii# dear ^si^racemeNd that »he piv^- hki)'^
anAftow^ishe kissed those repfjifident wounds 4tf i
hialfbit imd hands and si^. ,Mmt who fi*^tt en^^
piiwi^ie {Hraises Eud^^^s w||qIn^6 holy s^l# >
Jttpe^her^ as having m^<iUlaed4ilN^#^r 9^4^^
Jlsi^iiKice aa awithor lof <iur I^^mim^^k^jg^^
world i^t«r his.reaurrection,ji«i£HK4im^ it^i^
■ ■ \
1.
2J
othevi
other
lark'il
ipierer
4 ac^^
ma) ;
^1
tt^l^^^
' 'ft
i
4
credible that he often visited his mother, rejoicing
•her with his sight, and afibrding her aweet consola-
lioas : and that the apobtles and other faithful did
not forget to cogratulate with her for her Son's glor
ry, and it^t she put them out of all doubt or suspir
<cion, and confirmed them in the faith of the resur-
rection at the forty days' end* Our Lord appeared
4ie last time upon mount Olivet, and taking leav^
of all, gave them his benediction, and ascended the
heavens, with ineffable jubilation, glory and maje^r
t3^. leaving the saered Virgin more content for Up
glory than afflicted by his absence* AU returned
and retired together, where they persevered in piiay^
er, expecting the coming of the Holy Ghost which
the blessed Virgin received with more privileges
and favours, above them all, f<Nr that her disp0»tioA
was greater, and the dignityof mother and mistress
of the churchsorequireth it* >
f^^ After this, the blessed Virgin sojomv^d ukJwh
salem, emptying herself sometimes in b^c^^
t^mi^aiion of God and th^ mysteiies he had
wiTQught^ being clothed with our neshi and paniieii-
^yito receive often, the ineffiible tacipineiM;. c^
hj0iholybody with the other faithful j^. for t€ tbeyi
usfd^jl^ with how much more reason oii^ ;i^»
wh^ b0st knew the dignity of thi$ I^ord, end ^(fmtk^
best ^sposed to receive him, $» well by frf^qmilpr
tton of tlpySacraments» m for the ^fts aini m^mt
eign gt^eeB which she continually receiviKJi:! ^ 0^
er whiles she spent her time to visit and hon^^Jii^
holy places which wen^ consecrated by h^ S^nl^
step, jyiidJiy his wonderf^ lli^n to V^mlfi'
apd^^pi^^t primitive church 9f our lifnik 4m^
m
IChriflt, that began to be plaiited and spread trough
ihe worid. For it was she who taught the apo»-
^es, that maBifimsted the l Heries of the Incarna-
troa, 'Nativity! Circumoisioi., and Childhood of Je-
-BUS Chri^. She who, by her prayers, her diviae
life, and celestial words, gave courage and life lo
%11 that holy company. It was she that virith her
only aspect cheered the hearts of the afflicted, re-
formed disordinate appetites, repressed and modern
Yted passions, that fortified the feeble, raised diie
Rejected, confirmed the sti^ng, and converted sii^-
viers. Her charity was most «rdent towards aU,
her humility roost, profound, her patience in travela
-and persecutions invincible. Insomuch as to see
4ier only, men were freed of all sorts ef sadness aAd
^Vain fear* In short, ebe was the churches oracl#,
^ sun that shined trough the world, a divine piroi'^
digy, a Virgin adorned and . replenished with Ood,
"AMitia her countenance and behavior she represent-
*ed the ineffable dignity of his mother^ with ttait
^grace and majesty as all desiired to see her, atid
-many Came to Jerusalem to enjoy Ae presence* 4^f
thiimost holy Virgin. For as St. Isnatiua saiti
in his Epistle which he wrote to St. John tha|ipMii-
•gelist: ••Who ahall be a faithful ohrisf^ttid
IMend of our holy faith and religion, that ^eilireaiiot
^ see and speak with her, w4io merited te^bearih
-her womb, and brkig forth a true God 1 AnilNig
iliose also was the great Denys Areopagite, ^aet-
pie of St» Paul, of whom it is said, that a&^-fce
was converted at Adiens, by the preaching of SW
Paul^ he wedi to see Ibis lady, whose oountenanee
#i¥e him «a admiratioA of great iii«ivity, iMI)ie
I
r
i
k^SU,
^
hrough
I life lo
ith her
tedf re-
t]ioder*>
led thie
'ds aU,
to see
98saAd
oracle,
ae prcr*
liObd,
resent-
th 4lMit
)r, atid
^Qce'ef
ciaiii
ofai»
nanee
4M3
^
<
4 .
i
i
^W^ilfrted ki her « majesly more Aan df a mdrial
^I^^TSori, 'which struck him with so great an aistonii^
^Itoent,' ae had not faith taught him the contrary, he
liad eilteemed and adored her as a God." Ubertin
^och add, that St. Denis saw the blessed Virgin one
<may environed widian innumerable company of an-
igelSi Our blessed lady was also some time in th0
town of Ephesu^i, in Asia, with St. John the Evaiv-
•gi^ltst, as is gathered out of the council of Ephesuji,
^h an epistle written to the clergy of Constanfliijf-
|Ae, where she made shine her splendours through
«M parts, giving health aiid spiritual life to^U whoti
4dye Conferred wfth; ^
' And how having passed many years in this man-
Meir, and God having left her for the profit and eod-
^-imlalioh -of all his church, (being advanced in yeariQ
-^ she saw the faith extended through thb woiM»
ilmder her Son^s name, burning with love, and con-
£ming with desire to see him, she with instant inf-
ection, did beg of him to deliver her of the mkitf-
jirWs ef thia life, and tead her to enjoy the beatiiude
ii»fl»B presence. The Son heard the pbtis^reqoest 6f
;^ihis mother, a^he doth ever, and sent aa angi^tto
n$mf ber^he joyful tidings of her deadly whioh she
(^e^eived with grext joy of mind, and dedatedft to
.:}4ii ^ohn the Evangelist; who advertised thft «liiii^
iithms that were in Jerusalem of it, and it was straight
^^i|»ekd about through all the neighbourhood. IMbmy
eame to Jerusalem and assembled on the holy
JHfiePCRit Sion, in the house where <our Lord Jesuis
JOhrlslhad kept his last supper with his Discij^es,
^lUKi msytuted the royal banquet of his «aored body
i0mMl0m0^^i!6mk of all his church w^re the Bim
t.>
r.
\ /
c ^
^L
\f OIknA came ki tongues of fire. The GbriftM#9
hiyiHghl divert lights, ointmentSv mod aroinaiifs
following their euetoin, and many devop^
to sing at her decease. And for grater
tj to the Virgin, and consolation to the apostUpif
lliat were dispersed throughout the world to preach
the gospel, all those that were then alive, were, in
a miraculous manner, brought thither in herppa^
,aence. There were apostolical men, also Hiecote,
Timothy, and Denis Areopagate, and many othfir<f
/Ihat bad earnestly begged of our Lord to make tbeiyp
/POithy to see this happy spectacle. When< tbf
most pure Virgin saw this holy and noble compai^
49be was much rejoiced, and rendered thanks to ber
Jton for so incomparable a favour. Then she Xx^
thsaa with a grave and serene countenance, thai the
^iSiestial spirit had much desired effect that sh^
.alMMild go forth off this world, and she had pi^<^;
la God and had obtained it of hinn and the houf ''
.wai now eome. She laid herself down upoi^ a poor
4lmk and looking on them all who had their tigbte^
?lapei« in Aeir hands, with a majesty more diving
ijilieii hnman, gave them all her benediction, begging
^af her Jknio ratify it in heaven, and give tP9in
rttiaiRa elsliiifl goods which never decay, and hatve
. aid i ng wanting. They melted all intoteasfbi^
Ika absence of such a mother ; and she did. ooR^
Ibfl Ihela, saying : My dear children, abide in Qodi
weep not for that I leave you, but, rather rejoice^
keeaugelgo to my dear Son. Then she. corn-
mao^d St. Jcrfin to distribute her clothes that were
Jafi among^e women there present, who had a topg
Ime been with her. At that instant Jm^ mosticbfi
■
M
brMtM#0
Mroroalfp
devopit
grater
» prenc^ii
were, in
her pipk.
Hierote,
yothcrif
ketbeip
heii tbf
«cipa^
8 tober
etol4
allhf
at fibf
16 houf r
a poor
Ugbte^
divji^
EiGodt
com*
twere
.
tidbii
'Swi descended from heaven, environed with an ui-
^ntte number of angels, and the mother seeing Mm^'
^ed out with a great transport of joy and jubilee
oftieart: ** I bless thee Lord, giver of all betedic-.
tidbs, ligh^ of all light, to have deisned to take hu-
4han flesh of my womb. I am well assured that all
%hk;h thou hast said shall be complete in me.'''
'Which said, she leaned herself in a decent manner
upon the bee. and holding up her hands, filled with
iihdpeakable joy, to behold her Son who called and
lifkyited her to eternal felicity, said to him : Thy win
tile done m me. Then, as if she had reposed, widi*
^fott any pain, gave up her soul to God, (to whom
IDhe had given her flesh,) the night before the 15th
W' August, fifty-seven years after she had brought
Td^h our Saviour Jesus Christ, and twenty-three
afteV His passion. She was seventy-two
ftiiltB dd, wtoting four-and-twenty days, according;
Wftke most probable and true optnioiit althikugll
|kmte do speak of fifty-nine, others ritty4#d^;iM:
io^rs less. Nevertheless, the verity suppoiBil^aii-
tt4s supported by so many grave authora^'thi^tfMiC
16^ apoities were at the deathof the sa^iNM-'fitgirif,^
^AMI that St. Denis Areopagite, as he* 8ilid,-Wur
th^ presetit, we must believe she was oM^r^^be^
l^tikMcf 9t. Denis was not converted to Jesus Ohifot^^
dHtlf'St. Paul came to Athens, which was iathe^
Veitr of our Lord fifty-two, and sixty-seventh of Ae
^^'^TRie most blessed Son received the most- • piure
of the mother into heaven, where sheifMli Sa*
^Itr^ all the celestial court, with caiific^^Qfri
]^tad joy, as ought to have receivedthefteitt'
..-i-.^-'-'W
m
Gfi^lif and mother of our Lord. They all stood mi
V^pderofher l»eauty, glory^ and inajestyt to 8e«l
hor. 60 richly adorned with aoT^waj sovereigi^i
graces loid virtui^s, that her splendor' ol>acuredtha^i
of the other saints, as the sun doth the llf^,
of the stars. She was piaced above all the etioiral}
of imgels, in a choir set apart for her, at the righlii
hai>dofher Son. At the same time that the vWl
gin ei^pired on earth, the angek attended her sKMily
Wlging melodiously, as did Ihos/B likewise diat re^i
^lOAned about her sacred bodyi to celebrate the fjm
nflflfd, cmd this music was heard by those diat werffl
preseatf But tbet apostles and disciples of ov^^t
%i^if when they saw the Virgin had made her pasNi
mg^ piOBtratcd on the ground| kissed tenderly and,
devoutly ^ hply corps^ finding psalii^ and pmis^
ipfl^our'liord, who. had taken flesh, of that fl^i^
ai^ by means whereof wrought so great iJ^Vjeli^
'I'hejr amioiiited the body accor^g to custom, wi^
g|ii9(^ou0 oiiktments, and wrapped it in a£in0sheel#;
iind bestrewed (he; plaice wi& flowers and ^doixt^}
yell wai^tli^re none of them equal to those that prp^j
qeede!<|fp^i9yg(Lher Iiply body. Many people sickn))!
aji spr^ of ndaiadies, flocked ^ither^ and were h^lHi
ed by yiurtiip of that lady, that had given the s^v$^
ihm oAthe wprU. On the morning of the 15^, ol^«
AugiJMit, the boly apostles carried on their bhouldenii
t)be bier o^ whkh die sacred body lay^ passings
through the midst of the town, unto Gethsepianot^
tjiey^andall the faithful, singing, (and the angels
tbepseljires that accompanied the interiQent,) the^*
ipii^es of the Virgin. One perverse and obstiii-v
1^ 4^w of tbe sacerdotal line, was so au^ious as
he
Btoodmt
red du^
16 ughl^i
that T^Hi
the fiif^
at werffi
of oiiiji
rlj aodj
i pnWf^
itptrp^j
uldcnii
mgels
.) the
b9tiii-
UftaiM
1*1
I
tOnidiFUst his hand' upon the bier« to^^vertum itoiK
the grouodf bi|t both hi^ hapd^ being cut off &otm,
hia arms, they remamed fixed pn;th^ bier, ia pun-
idhment of his fond temerity^ The blind wretcht
acknowledged his fault, which pain made? h^n un-,
derfstand. He, wept, and demanded pardon, whiqh
Im. ot^aiped, and St. Peter commended him to join,
hift maimed arms to the hands th^t were cut off and;
s^ck to the bier, and the m^n remained whole of
body and soul : for that on sosolemn^ a day, andr
sa completed a jpy of the Virgin,; every ipne ought,r
by what meims soever, be gratified l^ k^r. Goin^
ingnear Gethseman^e, wli^n Ihey were ready tq en-
^xnb the holy body, tears renewed, and each oaef
would kifsp it again, and hon,or it/ with great reven
rence,; and cpuld j^ot take oj^thi^ir e-y^ from where^
th0ir hearts were fixed* In Qne, ttite body was put
iijitQ the tomb, yet the apostles reM>^ fnot froin thei
pibee, but there remained, three d^ys,. listening tq^
the angelical music, and praising (^r^^foip&th^riiritiK
tbem^v The Apostle St. Thomas,: w$<^ wfis notfl
ibe Yirgin's death, arrived there thcf thi^ d«^f ^\^
desiving tQ see an4 dohonor totlj^rbodyj^r^^jestfic^
Ipj^ the sepulchre might be<)|>en^d, p^r Lor^dperi
mitting that he should: come after) ^e o^ei^p^ j^
ntoke manifest what happened, fpr ,Aey ^^9^^fm§
.^e tomb, the sacred body was not ther^ ^tc^ liMp^
found, only the i^et it wras wrapped iq,:a$4? the
other linen belon^ng to it, which they Iiij|s^;aii4
shut up the sepulchre again, wbei^(^:<3^#;.fp?ilia
SLweet odour, scenting more of h'^aveiQi, |^pii oC
earth ,: they returned ^together moi^t ipy§^^ ik^
town,: rftfating for cartak^ and averring, .t^ttl|^S9f
d8
*
<ired body wad alflldy join^ to her soul, and had
bean^gkirknmlj^^imea and ascended into heaven/
The blcMNMd Vit^n was of a middle stature,
l^idiqjh some flMry she was rathdr tall ; her com-
»fl0fKteia: was soiii^what swarth ; her hair reddish and
gbldeh ; her eyes lively and quick ; the hairs of the
i^y«*lids somewhat red ; the eyebrows arched, bfaick
im comely ; the nose somewhat long ; vemiillioh
Ijqps^ most sw^et in speaking ; her face rather long
nan rbund ; her hands and fingers long; her coun-
ienance grave and modest, without enticements or
iAciiition, but simple and humble. The clothes
il^ w:ore were never dyed, but of the natural co-
lei^. She was very &miliar, yet very sober and
dtecreet. She was neither thwarting, cholerick^
Hdr free or sbvish of words. The Evangelbt St.
Luke, made some pictures of her wUlst she was liy-
21^, whereof Aere is one at this day at Rome, in ttie
iirch of St. Mary Major, in which we may see
kit features and ftshion, and how much she reseiid-
Ued.her 9on ; this is the life of the blessed Lady,
9t^ Manr "die Tirgin, taken forth from grave au-
diorSi wni<A I have summarily and simply gather-
ed^ leaving out the inefiabie mysteiies that depend
<^ kf because I shall spelak of them m<»« amply'
tiqfMMi the days in which the holy church celebrate?
the feasts.
Our mother is without doubt in heaven, both bp*
iy and soul ; our queen and advocate is there,
whose sight did rejoice all the hierarchies i^f angels,
and all the court of Heaven ; who interceded for
us, who is entrusted, and hath as it were the«^*
versal care of dispensing all the treasures and gri.^
A
ii*-.'
ie
*,
29
ind had
mven. '
stafttre,
r coiifi-
ishttfid
8 of the
), black'
millioh
er long
rcoun-
ents or
clothes
ml co-
Maraud
^Idricfev
'Vtsii St.
vas liv-
9 in the
lay see
reserii-
ve au-
J^iher-
Iepen4
ami
brat«9
th bp
)d fiDf
^^
igrif
5^es which God 6istribtit<^ 4d ih^ faithfcil^itfnoKa li''4
bf^y |o tfao^e that carefully s^rv6 her^ ami recoin*
mend th^naselyes Unto her with .more {^artieularil
devotion \ (or diat .ifhe is the neck My whom bur
(^ef head^ whom she l^d bome^ i^lm is hei most
blessed Son, doth let flow into the body of his
churchy all that spiritual feeling ^liid moyihg n^Mch
conserveth arid Inaketh h^r live. • ,/ c^u ' v
}V*
She IS the cftanhel aii<i conduit ^ wM ai^^^
Wilier pabsetk ihat spnhgelh from Bieluataiii o\
nie» and runi^ into our^ souls._ She is .the #1^^
'ti^asuress of all ffie ricKes wHicK trcd fiaili
le is the mother pfgrace^ by being mother oTJu
8US Christ, who is the author and gwer ofthe sam^
grace : from wnom all those (hai have Deen:pleas-
mg to God or shall be, even to the end of ages,
having been prevented .ana aided. ■ Tvhi^peby we.
may see the express obhgatioa we hi^e to render
ourselves qevput to this sacred YirgiQ, not only be^
cause ^ehath given us her most dear Spn.con-
ceiV0d jn the ,woinb of her, blood, (who is ^k<^
k$o% Ihe jehd, and/ accomplisKinent ^f aft odf qe- ,
sires and felicity,} but also for then we^ canppt eii-
joy his treasure and, sovereign good^ if we be tm
assisted and favoured by this queei
communicate
/ i R
;i
30
been in the Catholic Chiivek^ k»ve always bieeh ve-^
Tj tlevottt and faithful servante of this lady r having
been careful to praise, ^erve, and magnify her, tne^-
dttaling upon her greatness in their hearts, preach^^^
ing, and having her ever in their mouths, with Xhm
pens writing her excellencies, imitating in tiieir ac4 '
tions her divine life, whom God had put for an ex«^ ^
ample to the world ; and the more holy they have
been«. the, more devout chaplains they have been pf
ttie glorious Yirgin. . Holy and grave authors say^
that it is a aingulaar grace and favour of God, and a -
mark of sadvatioq to be^tr her a particular devotion,,
to have a confidiiig recoi|rse unto her, to do her
s^ice, to take her for patroness and advocate, and
imitate her virtues: for that she is mother of merr
^ and none are confounded that hope in her*
Wherefore the eloquent St. Qernard, most devoted
to Ae Yirgin, saith, •' Lei them be silent of thy
nlercy, O blessed" Yirgiq, if there be any that have
not fek thy favour when they craved it in their ne-
cessities*!' And in another place he exhorts her
to bear a particular devotion, and have recourse un^
to her in our adversities, in these words : *' You
that ffo floating amidst the waves of this wodd, if
you desire to escape the tempest, turn, not your eyes
hop tli^ north star ; if the winds of temptation do
r&e, if you are ready to strike upoq the rock ,of tri^
bttlatioii, look upon this star, and invoke Mary. . If
the surges of pride, ambition, detraction, or enVy,
beat i^on you, look on this star, and call upon
M.ix}\ If the little barques of your soul do over-
turn, a^diure endangered through ayarice and ottMsr
s^l^iiRd vie^s, have recourse unto Mary« If y^a
■
91
,/ ■
•begin to sink with the weight of your sins, andTor-
«deFof conscieiice,Vnd stand affi-ighted at the di-
vine judgment, afRicled and afraid to fall into the
dedp abysses of dospaiv, fhii^ of Mary. In perils,
anxieties, and doubtful perplexities, thtnk and call
^on Mary ; lei her not be far frem your mouth nor
^absent from your heart, dnd to obtain the fiivor of
her prayers, leave not the example of heroonvers^-
tioni for following her you are not out of your way;
pra3ring to her you shall not fail; if she hold you^Up,
you shall not fall ; if she be your guide, you shall
not be weary ; and if sh^ be 'propitious unto you,
you shall arrive at the heaven of eternal felicity."
rilcnd k is ^certain that ihis mo9t chaste Yiigiki,
^mnd' most benign mother veceiveth tinder her wings
and defendeth with a singular protection, diose that
with great affection, addressed and rdevoied .them-
selves imto Ler, assistkig them, and obtaining &r
them many graces ahd favotiirs. She appe«i^<\ih-
to St. Gregory Thaumaturguis, . bishop cff Jiftoees-
^aree, and commanded St. John the E^anglMst ito
teach him what he ought to believe a reaohitoiich-
ling the mystery of the blessed Trini^ Por io
iiindei^ the <evils which Julian the i4>oalate threat-
ened 'to the Church of God, at the atmpliciition of
St Bassile^ the blessed Yirgin •command^ St« Nor-
eure martyr, to kill the tyrant, which.he did. She
appeared to St. -Martin, acconipanied with * troop
of virgins, that descended fronl heaven; wilh her,
' and' brought bun ^emfert Tc$ SU Qytih Alexan-
der^ Who, for his service, entereid ifaj^^eld, agaiiMt
thei her^c^ Nestorius, and overdlrcf!#; him, she
Na{>peared 16 him«ai^ assisted hinivlk^^lbeh^Uf of
12
his cfe^tby and obtainie^ pardoii for kim of a fiuiH he.
had comroittad in having delivQied evil; to Su John
GkiiabsiUkn* She restored &t Bainasceii!^ hja right
han4J[ iiiiich the cruel kii\g Ijad comman^iBd to 'be
^%at: off upaa a lalaa ac^uqaiion of the h^ratica, and
In testimony of tth^ mutude, ther^ ren^Q^ned a seam
in thai place wk^e the hand waa rejaioed and knit
to the arm* : St' (xregoiy. this great, ^ndtk the image
of our blessed Lady, whBc)\ St. 'l^iuke painted, wliieh
be ofl^used^to beci^iedin process^n, app^aaed the
-irrath ^f our J^rd, c^nd caused a stay, and cessatipn
V of.a serious plpi§i|e, which ruined c^' consumed
B.<^ine r and'ibv a most precious gift, sent.St* Le-
ailder, Afchbisbop oE S^viUe, his intimate fhend,
an imaa&oJTiOui^ kd^ which at tl^aday is. kept at
Ga«idafiipe, where ^m dt^f dona so maiu: nntir^oks
as^'ti render it fkmoua not onfy m Sp^ but
Jh^Mil^ Ibe workL '8t^ 'Ddi£mse^ AEekl>i8hop of
TlcMs^tift ha^^ing^ dsfe&ided witk a^eat ooiua^ee,
ssali and lei«iiDg,th^ purity and p<^ipetual rirgin-
ity c^QUP bfessed /Lady aflainaticartain hcjwttips toit
' ^iiPOidd^iii^um and'^ibs^^iju^ it* dbsexved tOiSea her
' imdlecei)^ wir bn his Church of ^d^no, anct re-
ceive from h|nr handthatcekfttiid robe^ which. so fit-
vouiredittHi^enfiel^ liiiii^as take made. on. earths a
lNf%eM-aad dlizen.^^(^^^^ thougkbat ofia
{pross-wit, (lu>ught be s^buld neiver petietrata Ae
'mjklmnii» compr^hendidd in holy writ, from^tiie If g^t
f M)i knowledge abddocfiiBe thatke kdcamfs^ one of
&a ^nsest nidn'bf^ his age } whose 1^ aani dralh
wiMb^^peompanied' wMi^^ many' rairaclesk^l Adbert the
greal'of Sk^-^Baminidfi, his ordtel^ cecehoed jof betr a
liltlaTav^ui^f (he wasSt ^Ekomaa italuMasi: his
t
83
?
J
rtnaster,) in the knoMrledgetif aA{8CteBees,atid e»pe-
cinUy in the nafiiral philosofihieal^ which, he desired
iand demanded ot our blessed Lady:, finding himself
of hard and dtfU apprehension*
i We should never make an end to rehearse here
imU the favottrs which our Lady hath done, (upon the
relation of grave authors,) to those that, wi^ clean
and devout hearts lucve demanded her help «r done
her some service. Yet is her mercy to sinners
more admirable than is her liberality and magniS-
cence to her servai^, and those that are 4evoted
vto her name.
Who knows not thatt this his mother and ^v6-
«ate of sinners, delivered the Archdeacon, or Stew-
«ard of Adama, a town in Cilecia, whose name wits
Theophilus ? who, to see himself falsely accus-
ed, overcome through impatience and m hfind sor-
row, renounced Jesus Christ and his blessed mo-
■ ther, and gave himself wholly 4o the devil, and de-
livered him a contract in wntitig under his band,
which he recovered again by our blessed Lady^s
intercession, whom be had emended, obtained par-
don of his enormous sin. What ahaU I isliy^^f
Mary the penitent, sumamed the Egyptian, who
liaving been a siiik of foul voluptuousness, aifter
thsit at Jerusalem she had recommended herself to
the Virgin of virgins," promising to renounce all
carnal pleasures, by her intercession she flourished
like a paradise of delights, and became the miror of
penitents. No kss a favour did our Lady to a
woman of Germany, who, in the year one Aousand
and ninety-four, not far from the town of Laudun,
having UHed a man, and being condemned to be
2^
84
,1*^
Lt -''/..
flis slilii WJMi^bd tQ>ej^eeiiii0h« detnand-
•ib miikfffMtii^tkanc»9 succovr of /thebloAsedi Vir-
giiu w)|Q.lMi.f^buned li£i!« tliat hating, bfleo twice
SirowEi into the fire*. diQ.waB.iiQl QiiejiiBi4ibiMBti net
«iiniudt^.a1ht:ieftd;Qf hos^ganinfint. Th»re being
iioiMiBfif r^Utt) Qlii0ii nurades/whiok: the, anijpi, and
pononiilr SmiBL;oS,lilbuy> hfith wrought iiii hf»Qur of
hiA,Uas^(fldlmotbaiV'iiiipas( agefu ia alb pKc&vifiees
aBdiattten^.QfiAe.worU, to^jersoiifi o£;aUrluiid.aiid
co^iltoiiajan^iaizM^ iiir/peaca.aDdiiL.iKaCt pcospe-
Ijity.aiMbadvfffisitjE:^ iA.li&ianil:iik.death» toTvasdaJust
and towards sinners. And it appeareth. bja those
• iMtdofiridailjrMhrou^ thc^ wholes world* especially
ixL tioaa^i sanfltoiftri^ff^ and: sigaidt) plaoea where he
]Hid>QhMeiip.ta.tbfi end> thatittoiiiad^. might; the
> isoM bfk j'fiKcreniGcdiandbiniiok^iia them^ a^i, lau-
rait^ in Itabj Montaafcet Gfaudldo^r iibS^^ ;
Lig»a%>lKttbriid. IhiBjr Asai.aaiiEiiB0||al3&JkQDwi|»
IiniiiiiorQlifii> tl^ ii is inpossibhuta cou^t^eoL ;
Undiii ia moifi IOL.th|eipus(^eLtoqiafla>dieiiii^i^
idqair^andi wtt^oyatidddi^ raLwhat&r^iCaa ba^nifl
Ih^ibetleiipaat wiil^iIwa}r&;be.Qiaittad&
A
V
* «
"J
\-/
S
I
Oi
I ej
u
nand-
iiVir-
1
1
twice
ftUnot
•
being
1
f.> and
Qiur. of
V
vilKCBS
id .•and
lospe-
)
1 ■
■ \
dajuBt
j
those
r
ecially
BKfi hie
bt; the
iLaii-
; 1 '
Jf>^;
. f
e^idoin
\
(QQliOl^
t)ieiiL;
■*
tjc^ni
■ ^
mstid
■ ^"^
■ -■ *^»
<
' ■. ^ f.
••
^il
y-^-^^ ,^f ■
. i>
1' ' t
•
f
■*
'^.** f* Kvi-rt i..r.:.'f<i
TP*
iT
?1 ■* .A ^ "^
1.
];.4I>«.ie;^i:axijdss,
o^
^WkwiK is our liorcl Ti—Uwas here our Xtori
^' laicT^ ■ ^* '• •
H^% gone ! he^s gphe^' t • ® ivb^rir h»v^ ih«i^ €«^ .
HOtir itijtir'd^ Ijofd^?-^te»g^ih Ws»iie^4i6tre»^
Where' canl seuB^ViWhWe hope^t^F^d^fC^bfei^
grief-on grief 1^ oh^basi^ perMfO^ra- man-!
Ah me! ah woMMftry Mltgdi^aBe !
Dead: as he was ^ some oonifert-«rti6* was lelt^ ;
A)x iw'er tiH now of wy iiAofe
1 'only went, oiiv too officious care> * ^
Ointments and i^ms^ q^nd-ispiee^ toprq)are,
To embalm his body andstoolnt bis-head 5
The last iwi,d fA^sti^^f^St^^ the <fead ':
Why^didlieave fnm to htsfi^
Lo! here's'th< ointments;; bo* iny liord is^ gooe^
I diought alas^^ hiiM^ifoss and^PieiBskm pasty
1^
iH
se
Her^ in the grave, he might find a rest at last.
What e'en in death the sport of mahee made,
Again insulted, and again betrayed :
Inhuman spite, oh, more than dev'lish rage,
That blood caji't satisfy, nor dMitfa assuage.
Tell me, my friends — ^ye, I cotijure yte fell.
Where have ye laid the Prince of Israel I
Jesus of Nazareth, th4 spotless dove.
The comfort of our souls, our hope, our love?
Oi^tell me where he lies — ^ye, sure must khow :
Have ye no bowels — tell, ah, tell me no ;
I>eaf to my ones, and stupid to my moan — i
Thy sons, Jerusale^H have hearts of stone,
Hearts unrelenting for another's woe.
And eyes, that ne'er with tears of pity flow.
How could I hope, that e'er this barbarous race.
Hard to th^ir €rod, and qiade e'en worse by graoot
Who stone;lbe phophets in their impious rage, i
lAnd driiak the blood of saints from age to age ;
That race — ^aidce by earth and heaven abhorr'd,
Whoacourged, who sleiw, who crucified the Lords
Tel; stood with joy his bitt'rest pangs to see.
Should find compassion for a wretch like me ;
^o ye, ye angels, low I sue for grace,
Servafits to (?o<^ and friends to human race ;
To shepherdslfSice glad tidings you convey'd,
Ye told then^^l^ere their new-born king was laid \
And thou, g^eat lumiuous propitious star,
That led the eastern sages from afar.
Their guide thro' all the long laborious way
Bright o'er tjie sun prevailed by hallow'd ray f
'^ guide me, lead me, give me some relief!
»w m^ my Jesus, (»r I die of grief.
i ■■
I L-
i
P
i
^„.
iP^Fi
87
./
i V
<•,'
- r-
• i
In vam« in vwh my rawSf sighs, pray«ni I sp^nd.
No st^Cv BO aiig«l, and no mfin my friend ;
Did t bul know, fjht were it onee revcabd,
The pl9ce wkeie e'er it 18, he hes concealed^
Black Scythia's snowfi, on LyJbia's burning sand.
Be it far |ndie», or. EgyplNs Mte&l land,
Ali, all I'd traear^kxikB, bars, or armed force,
No fire, nor ftoods akould stop n^e in their course ;
I'd find himi — seize him^^eai: him from their power,
And hide him where they should ne'«r reach him
more.
'Tis ye, base Jews,, Inva stolen our Lord away ;
Dear for the dead, dear ye for aU shall pay,
That ri^teouA bloodv wbich mad: witlt zeal ye si^id,
Let be 6i^ us and our childrens^ heada ;
On ye;a^ on your ohildrdna' head» skaii fall —
Give me n^i Lord^ or loud to heaveUt i oaKr 9
Eor speedy rengeance thva' the wodd roa ^-■*
To all the nalioniN puUisfawhatye^v^ dooef ' "
And rouse mankiiad' to arms. Ctdire t» view !
What wrathf whai bjtood^ wliat ruiii> ensue b
Their Loalth|i8 used MtelLtlbm^'i(4ie^h wes,
How &r he did ti^ soqs of men suijsfuss,
I'll tell diematt die. wonders of Us births
How he^forsooli^kidL tbroae in beaven fov eardr ;
£mptte4fkiiil8eifv e maa like. a maa became.
In form, ia souli iailU^btttsin, the same<»
He; saw, inpity saw, man^s^ fallen stale;
Saw him undoney lost en<^ desperate ; ' .
Ah lost, and desperate without his aid.
And, U) he came, came in our flesh arrayed^ '
A>ne(Kator,;hea^ventand earth' betwe^Oy
To reconcile ofiend^d God te man^ f ^
88
V
To God man's alienated heart to wih«
To free U8 from the guilt and power of sin ;
Vain waft the blood of bulls, of goats in vain^
Our loaded altars, and our thousands slain,
And lo himself the sacrifice he made.
E'en his own blood for our redemption paid.
Lord, what is man tha^t could such mercy move !
O, depth and height, and length and breadth of love!
O, condescending love, amazing scheme !
So great the woman ruined to redeem. '.
Yes, ye blind Jews, 'twas he redeemed mankind ;
What other Savior can you hope to find ;
No naine but his, no name on eardi or heaven
.By which salvation to the world is given ;
Came not you Baptist, to prepare his way 1
Behold the lamb «f God, ye heard him say ;
Have^ye forgot the voice from heaven ye heard ?
This is ray son the, thd voice from heaven declar'd ;
Ye saw the opening skies from above, >:
Alighting on his head^ the sacred dove :
Was it not he, that was so long foretold ?
Search your reconb, the mystic page unfold ;
In him all pro|riiesies, all types agree.
The Shiloh, Jesse's branchy Iramaauel he.
The promised seed, the ancient hope of man ;
He the lamb slain e'er since die world began,.
The virgin bore him, the most high his sire.
Both God and Man is one ; one Christ entire ;
Israel's long wished for pride, and the whole world's
desire.
Yet how received when he vouchsafed to come
Poor and despised, and wretched from the- woiabt
First in a stable to the world revealed, .
,j.
89
.11
lovef
of love!
kimd ;
»ard ? '
Bclar'd;'
1;
l
-h»i^-
s
n;
n,.
►
ire ;
world's
r-.->'t^-i- .."5.
His mother's throes the pityififf beasta brheld ;
The pitying beasts heard Ins nrst infa;it cries,
So soon, alas, begatt bis misevies ;
A child of sorrow, young to griefs inured ;
Much he by Herod's jealous rage endured ;
Beth'lem, what shrieks and cries through all thy
pain,
AH the poor babes for htm by error slain ;
He escaped to Egypt from the t3nrant'8 hand.
An infant exile in a barb'rous land.
But oh the labours of his last sad days !
His griefs, his wrongs^ his death a thousand ways !
Who ca» recount his toils, and pains, and cares.
His solitudes, his watchings, fasting, prayers.
His. inward confliots, burning doubts, regrets,
His garden agonies, his bloody sweats.
The meltings of his soul, his secret tears,
His daily perils, and his ni^tly fears ? >
Foxes have their holes, and birds their downy
nests, - * ;^
No place of refuge he, no hour of r6st, ^
Each hand i^inst him set, and ev'ry tongue ;
The scorner's fable made the drunkards song ;
And the lewd rabble's sport, while foes invade,
By friends dennid deserted, e^en betrayed ;
By spit^ of peijury to judgment brought,
Arrai^n^dy and oh, cq^emned without a fault !
Cease, ^ mAe soldiers ; cease your taunts and
'ttcoms; ..: .^rii^ '^^ ■ . . -, ., .
VfhBi means the gorgeous robe, the crown of thorns^
The mocking kh^e bent low, the insulting smile^
iWhoin all the heavens adore can worms revile ?
How can ye cruel, spit upon that face.
■ *'...■■■
40
So fuli 6f nfte^knedflV miyefiiy ahd grade T
Smite him not tfaus^ those 'Sborpibn Vfhipay
Ah, is not enough your kiag^ hteit die.
Led like a Ikmb to AikcnfknB be went«
As meek, as patieni, and ai^ iime^ent ;
Bat liinst he di^ upon the accursed tnee ,
^hat death of pain, and shame, oh ! hard deqreey
Yes, ye did cnicify the tord-i-yfe didy
"% Betweeh two thieres I ftaw hihi crucified ;
> His hands and feet nailed t6 the cruel ^od«
Those hands ne'el* busied but ih doing gdod :
*rhose fcfet that many a j^burday bore,
One good work done, to se^k and suffer more^
I saw that mouth that beayehly truth i^eTelifod^
Truth long from tiien in myalid shadb coilcefdedr
That to the errinff sroul JNilvMidii tan^glit ;
He various won&ra on th6 b^4y wtdught ;
He bade the blind t6 a^i theldiftd aniHkzed,
Obeyed and te tbeii! Grange deliverer gazed ;
And walk the lame, he said ; straight from the
ground,
Light spnmg die lam^ and leaped for joy stround ;
He spoke-^HBOtd the detf hemrdi and die dumlf
tongue r
Broke forth iE raptiires, aiid Ins pmiises siingV
The bloated di^opsyi did hie iud iitvoke^
He h^aled'^-'^tbe waterfei vaniAed as he spoke,
l!lke tretid^Hng palsy eame->^raild lo, hie wcMPd,
N^vv braced the nerves, and sudden strength re«
filored;. r?
Where e'er he spoke« Ml die^aseil fledr
His wo^d caUed back to life the aAtofii^h'd dlBad ;
E'en devils wqre AtatA to own Ua perwer divtm>i
M '
41
Once seven^ you loiowt possesed this soul of mine,
Ne'er did these furies from my bosom part ;
Ah, more than passions heaved my gui% heart ;
He saw, he pitied, he my faith approv'd,
And oh, forgave me, much, for much I loved ;
Begone vile fiends, he said, whose words they
knew, . ♦
And struck with horror, to their hell withdrew :
How did he set my wearied soul to rest,
And gave himself and heaven into my breast.
That mouth now filled with vinegar and gall,
I thirsty he cried, I heard him faintly call.
And to his parched lips I saw the spunge applied^
And oh, a cruel soldier pierc'd his i^de ;
Wiiter and blood gush'd out— I felt the smart,
The iron entor'd deep into my heart, '
I felt it still— I saw his agonies^
Heard aU his bitter groans, heart-breaking sigh,
Press'd as he lay beneath his nughty load,
A whole world's guilt, and the full wrath of 6od,
All o'er his body exquisitely pain'd.
Each limb distorted, every smew stmined^
Blood from each pore ran trickling to the ^ound ; :
O how he look'd — ^all one continual wound,
To me he often turn'd in all his pam.
And still he seem'd to say, ah Magdalene :
Ah, Lord, too well I all thy torments see.
Thy wounds and pains are pains and wounds to me;
Oh, might I bear the whole, how glad I'd die for;
diee ; Wi. . i
His soul, what terror in his soul arise,
Of anguish, what amassing ecstacies,
Howdioek'difaow griev'd at mati'a ungrateful gmcer
3 .
,*.ti-j
^
n
O, piid Ms Wood to thp.usaiids sbed^? yafn,
And left hippisjajf, midst all |^s terro|!$ l^ost,
Ah, eym pf his jBp4 ^ j^iile .be^^, . />
Q feitter f^ip indeed, 9^ huge excess | v^
Of woe, of inconceivable distress,
O bomddt^e Jpye, behold his f^ept breAtJb,
Poured forllfc i|i p?ayer^ for i^o^p wjio ^rpnght]y|
deajji, '•
For tifm vhp JlPPt bi9 e^^r^ witlii l)|a^fi^?^?^?^>
Those that 4pnde and mpck fum as jip di,^,
Tm fliljy A^isjjed al) J^is great int^ni,
At length o^ei:wheli|i'4» fpi ^pWpg» wasted, spenjt,
Fathfrt 'AM 4s»f f ^epeiye p[)y souj, )ie cfied ;
O the new pangs jt i^ ib^ in instant feU,
How did my soul with fiercer ang,uish m^lt ;
WhfK| ||oc)^ pf ^Pf^f afresl^ b^^
My haur f t^fl?, I rfgl t|?ie heaven wiili crief ,
Wi||^ jir jt|i jd^^r-ipp si#]^ings e'er liie tl^ipe,
Alas, his mother^; js^e to s^^p it aliv
No groan[^^)$e^^4^B^
N^^tt^^l^lrMr* nojT )>eai: her p^qfii) ])fea^t ;
Fale, m{^|.ff^ |i3c'i,j^pr gyief nor yagp pppresse4,
Inward fthe ble4t 4^C!p ip hpj[ b^F^ MP^^^P^
Her sorypif, IftgPlJi'ind wi;pjii^*feer ^ppl lyitWn ;
Stupid in pifg j^f^4 fift^pfl ii| wpe, (f
AUf^rp fii^t tfee f Jipck, from tjie ^ire s^gl^l ; ^
Tfep §m m^^ b5<*Wftrds, and )vid^elc} }iis bgfit ; <j
Earth quak'd wiQi horror; roused from the ya^:|)|pg
H^rt the pale de§ij, if ith inward R^Jags ppb<^p|s i
.-4 -V k- i
.49
r,
.! 'J 1
SI
E'en yo.ur oivn temple's v$il, ye Jewe^ waa rent ;.
All thipgs gg!ve signs of woe 5 all, all afford . |^^^ ^
Hono.ur to God» and own tUeir dying I^rd ;
All bpt your hearts, no signs .of woe they gave ;
Tbkan rocks more hard, more cruel than the grav=e.
Here he was laid, good Joseph, what avail ;
Now to ^hy Iiord my late kind care and zeal.
The costly sepmlchi?e, ^nd decent shroud,
Npw spjojied of aM fliy piety bestowed,
And borne J know ttot wbere# far borne eway,.
In hostile hands s what will blasphemers say ?
And what can we retort ? We hoped indeed,
'Twas he who would Sion ftom her bauifl Jiave
freed :
Jja him wis hpped a Saviour to behold ;
A king in Israel, as in years of old ;
And sure his power wa3 great, what stay'd him then ?
Why fell he freely by the bands of men 1
dire perpl^ing thought ! O mysteries
Unsearchi^le, obscure tQ hum w ey^eii^ I
Yet, yet he was the Cbrist-r-he can^t: ^ceive*
Fly, ye vain doubts, I must, I will beHevV;
1 will believe, and love and serve him jftUl^ : *
Not life, death, friend or foe» nor goo^tn ^M^]
Nof eavth« nor h^U^uor heaven, shall ever part
His sweet remembrance fVom this grateflil hear£
What shall I do my grateful soul to show I
I'll search— a pilgrim thro' the world I'll go.
Alas,, I cannot — spent with grief and pain,
Scarce can my tottering limbs their loads sustain $;
I feel my heart strings break, my period nigh,
blesae4 fJesUs, 'tis for thee I die I
Yfdaiigirtw^'pf Jerusalem 1 ya\i«
I
^
44
1
i
The tender pattners of my grief, that knew,
And loved the Saviour, hear my last request ;
let your hands compose my limbs to rest ;
By your kind hands the accustomed rites be paid,
And lay me here where once our Lord was laid:
1 ask no sigh, for riot one tear I call.
No, for my dearest Lord reserve them all ;
Too little all for him, but oh why sent
This sigh ? ' Why trembles earth, what new event ?
Lo, what fair vision Aat revealed to sight, i
Your heavenly form clad all in robes of light ; /
With more than mortal air, celestial grace.
And that sweet blaze of glory in his fede,
Joy in his looks, and healing in bis wings.
Some welcome message sure from heaven he
brings ;
Tes, yes. Our Lord is risen, thy voice we hear ;
Word ef great joy thou gracious messenger ;
O tell it thtoti^ the world — a while delay
Thy flight, Ocomrforter, he will not stay ;
Our Ilofd istteen, our Lord to life restored,
fooliahf we tmmindful of his word !
HetcM Us he imM rise — my soul revives,
1 Bv^ with joy the amazing truth to tell ;
Chirt6t triumphs o'er the powers of earth and hell,,
With his own arm he broke death's iron chain i \'
tjowXA death, could hell, theXord of life detain ?
With might he rises his elect to save,
He rises more than conqueror from the grave ;
death, where is thy wonted sting! and thou,
O gr«ve, Where's all thy boasted troplues now I \
Rejoice ye faithful, be glad ye that moumedi v '
Your grfefe to/oy, your istgte toldioigs be toae^'
r.
■J
paid,
aid:
:ti
J vent?
.1
em he
r;
bell,
1 :
n?
r.
■c
48
Behol^d your king triumphant from his toils.
Glorious in victory, and rich in spoils,
Tour kihg returns, all his proud i'oes b'erthrown.
Returns and brings salvation to his own ;
Look up ye captives, by his power m{£de free,
Lifl up the wesik hand, raise the feeble kilee,
Arise with joy your great deliverer meet. . ,;
Throw palms throw olive branches at his feet ;
He comes, he comes, exalt his glorious name ;
Show forth his power, his noble acts prociaim ;
Proclaim his noble acts, his power^ !bis praise ;
High to the heavei^, your loud- Hoss^pas raise ;
Wide speed your peals of joy /the world throughout.
And pierce earth's centre whh a knipity shout.
Till the dead h^ar; — shout in your graves ye just !
Leap ye dry boiies, sing ye that dwell in dust,
Patriachs and saints, and \v' nesses of old.
Names glorious in the book of life enroU'd ;
Lights of the work! thdt lod the heavenly way
And saw from far, and bfess'd the <:6ining day,
The day is come that full assurance gives :
Shout in your graves ye^jui^.t, ypur Savioui^livos^
Tour Saviour lives, ifiras dead* and liy^^ again i
Tour stay, your God — ^ye have not hopM Uvvaiii ^
Rest then awhile— released jou soonshl^^^ '
For Jesus quickly comes ta set you frefc /, ; ^ .
Rest happy soiiis ! rest in your God secuM^V. , ;
Tour trial past, and your rewlird how sui^ J '
Crowns, triumphs, glories, your new life atteiid^
Te quick and dead, ye heavens find earth rejoice.
All give one loud acclaim, one general voice i ^
Be glad,, for Christ is risen, for Christ four head
U risi»i, Ifa^ l^drk^^ ^^
-r
r*
JFCSIJ9, MMWW Ann JOSBPH;
My l^hfy toy sfr^rtfa^ my treasure ;
Let it b« tkj tfaou^ both day and lii^ht^
Id ybil tb llikd t»f pfeasiire 1
Jmi^ti^ei!fffh\^^^^ my grbansi
My carelcii^'li^ for to bemoan;
Aiid^ tor liiiy thoiY|e||td Iste- flx^^
(^ JesaifrM^ aiul Josej^
Blot out mjr ariip(]M aod- lua forgive,
: 0' Lord "io- not deny aie»f
4iid1ettinQr^tkoiig^tsb4 fixed alpae
On JP^iDs oiHicified :
In hwoitf* of yoor pftesion'^ sabo^
TU»^i(Er(v 3f«Ar^s gift be^oirine^^
4aid»iKi JBtQ^pcftefctioii t^
Sw^et Jesua, MiiFy aqd' Jqaepb.
i^) <Jdd[, liife J^afl^
ifiisi Ihftrdjr isrtit I crtVe it i^ ■
lllio sgilttbii bl^od'tb sa^^^
And tp the A^/ l!^&^i^ air ^^^
Thbir m»ce aiid*ittfe-lie'stAW
Sp^h^Tl my thouglt fer'eV^r"^^^^^
On Jesus, MICfy and' J(^^^
O bo4y drbfi)#<rf J^i9u#4^lrt,'
47
Altho' I atti^ 6lfinA6i ; T
O Lord let mte'^xtftnpld tAkel; *
By what yoii'Ve ddtte Sftd sHown'me/
To bear fli^ crobs AtMb/ ybuf sake,
Sweet JesUs; Miiiy aftid Joseph. »i icj*Ji
. • , . . i-. < • ... . f '■ >
Open my lips, Lord, I pray,
And let Hiy ito'outt slill praise, ' O
And from* my siner da free rae : mA
O gloi^iis Viilgiii prajr for me^ / tl'f
Call me awiongsitiw'didseni r^ifi rl^nii?/
And on these imtnes iily coia^S^ b% /ii O
Sweet Jesus, Mary akid Josephs i mni i OvI
O Heavenly Paper, jKui^
May all the world adoire^ mee.
And to the Son and Holy Ghost
Be honor, poweoJOfLglory ;
Thy name be praised, and highly raised,
By all that believe and know thee ;
Let these three iWM Wd still my theme*
Sweet Jesus^ Maigr «nd iom$k
'tC'^
iStMi^
The souls in ]?iiMtBi^ f^
Release yattfx^iptlyey; sit
O Lord thy iBytCj^^fiSM^^tiiir
On thes€rtSaiti^r(itiFd&^
Sweet Jesus, MftirfMrftPoi^eijhi'
O Virgin motU^^iiuHi^biy iCrttvei
Although An^ I hsre offeJide»dt;
re
h^ixn^ A.
f>-f
.11-1 ■.. ♦
48
The blessings of thy Son to have,
And all my faults amended ;
To thee I call whenever I fall,
For those which I have chosen ;
Let them take rest within' my breast,
Sweet Jesus, Mary and Joseph.
O Lord decree what I should do,
And guide me where I'm going ;
Thy glorious wounds shall hide me.
Which for my sake are flowing ;
O my Redeemer ! I humbly pray
Let this be my devotion.
And guard me on my dying day.
Sweet Jesus, Mary and Joseph.
wnmsi
For the ^nnuAciatian and Incartiation of the Son
of Godin Meaaed Mary*8 FTomft— 2d/& March.
Gabriel, despatched from heaven^s high throne,
This day found Mary all done.
Alarmed fihe was, to her he said.
Favorite of heaven, be not afraid !
Behold thy sacred womb shall be
The mansion of the Deity :
^ She gave consent, and God's own Son
> Became incarnate in her womb.
What tiding9 hewr for sinful man,
:v^ •
V.
i-
49
Heaven's out-cast since the world began ;
Behold his flesh now sanctifiedi
Yes more — by union deified.
The blossom sprung from Jesse's root.
Shall soon produce her blessed fruit ;
And to earth a king of peace,
As Gabriel hailed her, full of grace*
O goodness, wisdom, power divine,
Here all your beauties, here they shine ;
Pure Mary's womb, a heaven on earth.
Now, now portends a good Man's birth*
Blest be the bearing womb, blest be
The juice that gives maturity ;
Bless now again, O gracious Lord,
All those who hear, keep, sing thy word.
To Father, Son, and spirit too.
By whom this wond'rous work was done,
All glory, honor, praise is due,
For ever to the three and one.
I
i
A
Son
ch.
'one*
V •
4*
T iiCv."
el^
11.
^^*J»# W «. *# ^*
I
Li'"
IWnM'vfj w
1 i
' li t ; ; 4 ■ ■ '
f
^*r<s
i
I
I
I
•I '(
hn
i I
i i
s *
'{
t.y
«
^
t .'
V
!-r
m
■^f
m/k
i
\ t
If/
/*!
If/.
.%v*
A
!»
fe
SHORT
TREATISE
OF THE
AtUiquiiy^ InstiiuHon^ ExceUeney^ PriviUgeSf and
Indulgences^ of the famous Conff^erniiy ofour
Blessed Lady of Mount Carmel.
COMMONLY CJLhLJUn
THE SCAPULAR;
TO WHICH 18 ADDSD,
A brief relation of some Notable Miracles wrought
by the Divine Power, in favour of such as are
vested with that honorable bai|ge.
MONTREAL:
Printed for T* Maguirx.
1836.
■r
mmmmmmmi^
'I o
■ •• I.
.•X
-^v 'jV^iii, (
oriaJAO 7
J
{iihd'jHL'yd^ mrr
,n:!?ufik i.; r > ,r^f ui'
./
•-#•
x.-f*i
v^
s.l A'
■f,r".f
\ - t
, j'Jriit
PREFACE.
o
THE work of nur eternal salvation being a hmU
ne»9 of great importance, and the one thing neeea-
sary, of which our Saviour speaks, Lukt 10. 42.,
we ought solicitously to lay hold on all those ipeans
and helps which God, of his infinite mevcyt hatk
been pleased to furnish us withal, for the promoting
of so mighty an affair, conformably to what the A^
postle exhorts us to, 2, Pet. 1, 10# QuaprapUr Jiroh
iru mognti ioiagiie^ ^c. Wherefore breikren^
labour the more 6y g'ooil, (do whatever ties in your
power) workSf to makf sun of your vo^aHon uni
eleoHon* ' ■ ''''■,'■ •• . ';i '•'• • ^' ^•^'^•»
• • •
Amongst many spiritual inventions whick the
Holy Ghost hath suggested to the churdi and whkh
1)10 w are in practice ambng good OatfaUi^ t^t|f
religious €onlfratQmitieSt or SodalHie(iV'm|^fml-
jcipaily to be noted, in whieh^ nMff pious^pelmp
•uniting themselves togeAttr/ for 6wdgi<bi|ii9jii^^
f»raotice. of virtuous ^imd devoiit actisils^^ihii^hABriifai
a Very particular manner^ of many m^m^cvifvl^^
(com^ one mystical 'body ^ iasoi^m^lj^^^^^
Imember is, by a mutual commiWMlite^ mlufo^i^
ticipant of the prayers, sacri^Mi^rfSuil^^pi^li^^
inoirti&catidns, and getierdlyvof alltl|e%|MH^^
c8nd meiitoidous actions of all tbe o^rmiaidkv**;
from which common affinity and dowiiaaicttkA,
widioat doubt, many great benefits iloaocrbe^' For,
^jmB jyn^a well ranged army, ea^cb soldier in paftiotdar
'/CCk-
- ■■
•>
i
i\
t I
•,je.oiiiiiiii4i-)rf(^„
IV.
may easily be vanquished by the enemy, and nev6r«
thelesSf by the general conjimetion of them all, one
with another, the files are rendered impenetrable,
the battalions strong, and the army invincible. So
Jikelvise it Imppens ' in the i^itual war&re bf bur
souls against the devil, tho^ world, and the fleshf our
sworn lenemies, in which those that fig^t alona, and
one by one,althou^ it be underCihrisi's banjner^ and
that perhaps wfth much valoi:^ and generoeily ;> nev*
^rtkdbss^ every 6n^ is put to jtry his strength by Inm*
^Iff lo combat hii Adversaries, hand to hittdv ai^l
'Wrf sde ttgttnst hiB ,^Uu:^^ies with^ 'his <xaa siiq^ie
forces ; wb^eretui initbese holy Gdnfrateroiliest die
ability of tke oBfd k so kilitwitli the ability idf'all ^
rest, iand the good works o£ aU are 9a. ecHn|iion to
every one in particular, that they are all .fortified
aiidiiMMed .not only bytbetr owmfot^s^ bulby
^nAioSm^ ste^ngth andam^tancey ii»6mtt^a^j)|lii
paid|r by idi^ b^ddil wfaiek jev«i!|r one dodb^ feip
&aipi)iiirQiwa private. endeamraii and pdrtly'jqE Ae
S€<Mnm9diti0Silhiit do acisirout of this:8tiBi|^
9l|d»iooBklfiCtioBwtlk others ; p^sons d& or^
.diiiiM'M)^!ii| ihtse devout congregations make; 89
*|pi^a|MigiBS8 ill virtue HI a short time, that th^
beeiMM' aol imly>^^ but also formidabk to
llMifikiferi^eneflues.; and are known to. abound
,wUki Bpwy leefesliid igiaees and benediotioni^ as our
.flinrtiw iiiii^ 18,,2Q. Where there
^arcbliio. or. three gaAieted tog^er in my name,
tbeiOLMiliiidie midst of them. < i
ritForlUscause good christians have so greiA an
ealeemfor tkurne religious sodalities, that they ai»
every where, in Catholic countries, moftt generally
^
frecpiei
fratem
that! of
Franci
the Jei
every
But^
Scapui
ever |
years <
thewh
both 8<
inent,$
sSeeii
vourc
this(
.i7
to
f
frequented ^ some eiirolling themselves tn &e Con-
fraternity of the most blessed Trinity ; odiersv in
that .' of the Rosary ; some take the Cord of St.
Francis ; other join themselves to the Sodality of
the JesuitSi or to thatof Ibe blessed Sacrament ;
every one according to his particular : devotions.
But^ above all other Confraternities^ that of the
Scapular, or of the Habit of the most blessed and
ever glorious Yirgin Mkiy, hath for these many
years obtained the devotion of all people throughout
the whole christian world ; insomuch, tfadt ilH states,
both secular and ecclesiastical, though never so em-
inent,' have continually procm'ed- and mth- earnest
afiection desire to be invested wkh thi^ sacred liv^
iy,and have worn it ^y and ni^ as a most preeiouis
and miraoukHis garment; as an icamest and pMg^
from heaven; for those thait devotilly receive^lt«^bwi
d* temporal and spiritual graces ; a&d al^o^Qf etei^
nal salvation, as the most holy Vii|^ ]^iiu«M- to
her beloved son, St. Simon Stock, getferal^^ the
Order of Carmelites* by a supemattoil ftei^Ab^
in which she presented bini with thefaoly Solipyiir
of her Order, and a sign of her Gonfraterfiity^ HtMmt
the year 12M. B^eCa^thmginOi hamii^hmlU
^ Wherefore, the Singuto preirogii(tivesf cl^tliii h<^
Confraternity of the Scapubr at^ve all o&l(]r8'liil%,
first that it is no human invention, but, iulil^b Ol«
Vm^a say^ de jure divino i having its institiitieki ilH*
mediately from heaven. Secondly, thi^ it k fla-
voured with the singular protection of tt^Qdeeti of
Heaven, who is the only patritmessiarf adfdcate 6f
^is Confraternity. Thirdly, that it bath the pro-
\
VI.
mise of eternal salvation. Fourthly, it avails much
to ilbbifeviate the expiating flames of Purgstory.'
Finalljfever am6^ its first institution, it hath al-
ways been favoured by Almighty God, with many
gra,ces and miraeles ; insomuch, that lk>y. means of
;die sacred Scapular, the sick have frequently been
jestored to their former health ; persons bewitched
valid possessed by the devil, have been deUvered ;
^wwu^ in travail, with childi have been miraculous-
ly assisted. This s&cred HsJ>it also hath quench-
ed the flames when it hath been thrown into the
,fire« It hfllh Itppeased violent tempests^ when it
.hutii been cast inio Ihe sea by those that were in
danger. Briefly, it is known by daily experience,
-that the Scapulair is a sovereign preservalive,and ve-
^nicidy against all the evils of this life, both spiritual
eiid teitipoiral» insomudi that the devils many times
thaire been heard to hcMid, Imd ciy most miserably,
-sa^g, i^oid m, by reason of the sacred Soapular
fOfJ^blesseid Virgin Mary of Mount CarmeU
'; These ejreth^dmcitives^ichMduced me to pub-
flieb Ibis fitilet treatiflf of the lefiects of the holy Sca^
ipular* to the;end iMt I mi^t hereby communicate
re<igreat a treasiire to the ClathoUcs of England, to
.Wh0<li,tbe4ei^otiQn of the Scapular, or Habit of the
sacred Virgin*, seemed pa^cul^ly to appertain,
.^Dl^at present they ^re totally ignorant Of it.
^IS'^refidl the provinees of Europe^ England was
.tiie fkst thfA admitted, the religious men of the Or-
.der^of^e blessed Virgin of Mount Carmel, when
. i^e persecutiQa of the Saracens obliged them to
' f(xrsake,'Fa^8tine, their native eoil. Secondly, it
\ was an Englishman to whom the sacre4 Virgin
■
\
gave tl
thisapj
in Eng]
bridge.
pular
be reh
EnglaJ
its bej^
ed Viri
of the
pie of
ward 11
getherl
of No
nobilit;
was CO
lish di<
affectic
Mary,
and C
ralRe
theR(
ished
tolic,
devot
gels.
Tc
• nity <
a de\
revol
of all
cessi
Seal
much
f«toiy.
Uh al*
many
ans of
^ been
itched
ered ;
ulous-
encb-
the
hen it
ere in
ence*
idre-
mtual
'times
rablj,
fOilar
pub-
Sea^
icate
id, to
'fthe
taioy
rf it.
was
Or.
^hen
a to
K» it
rgin
'.:•
VII*
gave the Scapular widi her owi^hand?. Thirdly,
this apparation of the blessed Virgin was made here
in England, in the CarmelitesV Convent ..<^ Cam-
bridge. Fourthly, it was in England thaf the Sca-
pular wrought its first miraculous effect ; as shall
be related in the fourth chapter. Finally, it was in
England that the devotion of the Scapular first had
its beginning ; the Confraternity of the most bless-
ed Virgin being erected here before any other place
of the world, with such a general concourse of peo-
ple of all sorts, that even the King himself, Ed-
ward I. by name, procured to be enrolled in it, to-
gether with Henry, Duke of Lancaster, Henry E.
of Nothumberland, and many others of the chief
nobility. The devotion and piety of our ancestors
was continued by their successors ; and the Eng-
lish did ever signalise themselves by their singular
affection towards the immaculate and ever Virgin
Mary, mother of God, and towards her holy Order
and Confraternity of Mount Carmel, until the gene-
ral Revolution of things, which happened during
the Reign of Henry VIII., when this nation ban-
ished true religion and obedience to the See Apos-
tolic, did also banish all sentiments of piety and
devotion towards the most glorious Queen of an-
gels.
To the end, therefore, that this holy Confrater-»
nity of the blessed Virgin, so ancient and profitable^
a devotion, may at last, after so long an exile, be
revoked ; and called to its native soil, I will first
of all declare briefly the origin, progress and suc-
cession of the Order of Carmelites, to whom the
Scapular was given by the blessed Virgin. Se-
1 1 .>
1 1 J
:
)\
H
ferhity ^i^Med in tliis Order foi? d^ sbtts' of pfefsons
vAo 4iH r3ceive the Sci^ar. l^hMly, the privi-^
Uge^, fttVours, and iniid^ences of iW Confrater^-
hiry shall b^ Mdxyi^d tbg^h^r i?fitfe tfe obligatfoHd
if thosci that db ent^sr ihl!6 \tl Got of l&s itafitiffc/
iWbli^cy gtant', tfiatthis siitiiilf laSfbtiV xfk.jr mdtieS fot
life glory, to ffi6 honour of tfife most hle^iH V?^^tf
fifaiy, and pfefrobess 6f MSAtniit Cariiiel ; atid liuil-
iy6ytbbeibmdsalvifi<>ir<^m :;
'. -7
.;*!>■
htm
,*T
0;t/;
;■; ;i»!;-
'Sit;
»
191.4
the
TH
most b
Mount
yiearsl
dus' CI
Order
their <
Order
first' f
proph"
dovm
by his
years
and a
befor
Ghfda
OftSti
• ♦la
6m-i
privi-'
WtfoiiM
erf for
uaA-
,t>
t» v
'^'^\^ ',•5
1
i7
'M^'
f^'t
CO
•
' AiiV ,R'*/
►
■ .1
lie). ... •
an At
A T^
1
.o::^ iiai
j ii;
i-fltt ♦'.;
t
Jl Cbtf^mdtous Jr(Jrfufidh ef ffv^ Orvgin aiiA Vro^'
^''gress of the'Soty OrdJei^ df Cdrmd'kesf ; in wkicA
.'■'■■ \ s •''■■•' ' . ' ' /'vfi * • ■• .■-...
' ^' ' * ■ ■ ■-•.*'.«. ■ fc. # ,
THE ancient and mddt fenious Order of the
most blessed Virgin was begun, cmd founded em thia
JRitmntain' of Carmel, abdut nine hundred*and thi^^
yiBars before the coming of our blessed Savioui' Je^
rius Christ, for which caii^ the ptofbss6t$ of th#^
Order are commonly called Carmelites ; takiilg^
their denomination (as it hath^bapp6n^ 10 cfther
Orders) frbm- the place where th^ir institiile^ iira^'r
iSrst' founded. Th^ institutoif of it w^s the greatt
prophfel EliastT wh6 three timds made iire edmis
down from heaven to punish the Idolaters; whO|f
by hi£l prayters, hindered rain fdr the space of threes
years ; who was carried away in a fiery , chariot^
and isrto this diiy preserved alive, t6 come tt)prea!ch
before the Day' of Judgment^ the fmth of Jesus>
Ghfdst, against Aiiti-Chrii^t, and hid adherents. [
This holy phrophet praying oii Moo&t'GarmeHr
^ it is related, 4 KingSy 18,). saw a litHo ckmd risei
*«
W-^
i
r f
1 (
f ^
. (
M
,A •*,'
60
from the sea, which he knew from a prophetical no-
tion, to signify the glorious Virgin Mary, who was
to spring forth out of the infected and bitter sea of
our corrupt nature, without any corruption, and hke
an auspicious cloud, being resolved with the force
of the Holy Ghost's descent on her, she was to wa-
ter this barren world with the heavenly dew of the
expected Messias. Wherefore, by express com-
mand of Almighty God, he presently began to in-
stitute a religious congregation which was to be de-
dicated to the honour, service, and imitation of this
sacred Virgin,' as it is at large related by John* the
44th Patriarch of Jerusalem, de mHu Monachorum^
cap. 32. And for as much as we affirm Elias to
have been the author of Monastic Discipline ; it is
asserted by many holy Fathers, SL Athanasius in
vita SL Antonii ; SL Hierom EpiaL ad Paulinum;
which is, De Inalitutione Monachi^ Caasianus^ lib;
8. De Origin^ ^c, TnetiiuL Monach, cap. 2. 1st-
doru$ Ilispol^ lib. 2. De Ort^ftne, cap. Id, and
Others. ^ 'rtjuie^
The disciples^ and successors of Elias are named
iki the Holy Scriptjres sons of the Prophets ; and
they so much multiplied in a short time, that their
glorious founder, before hrs translation (it is thought)
into the terrestrial Paradise, had the consolation to
see convents erected in Bethel, Jerico, GiJgal, and
Samaria, as may be seen in 4 Kings, 2 chap. ^ x.
£lias being taken away by a whirlwind, EKs^tiB
succeeded him, not only in the double spirit of pro-
phesy and miracles, but also in the government of
the Prophetical Order, as is sufficiently expressed
in the 2d chapter of the 4th Book of Kings ; which
he muc
chap. 4,
he did i
in the s
he wen
dan, th<
former
venient
Afte
affirme
ment o
Widow
ed to ]
individ
lias lef
and th
are so|
whom
remyj
certaii
onM<
even
;Chur(
who,
desce
thath
tent ]
ment
Pope
. XIII
the(
edth
saer
mmm
61
al no-
o was
sea of
d like
force
o wa-
ofthe
com-
to in-
e de«
|>fthis
nn the
las to
it is
ns in
num;
^ lib.
Isi.
and
imed
and *
their
ght)
n to
and
eiis
>ro«
tof
sed
icii
he much augmented by his authority. In 4 Kings,
chap. 4, special mention is made of miracles that
he did in favour of those that lived in Galgala, and
in the sixth chapter of the same book, we read how
he went to erect a new house near the Rivor of Jor-
dan, the Order being grown so numerous, that their
former houses could not satisfy to lodge them con-
veniently.
After the death of Eliseus, Jonas the prophet is
affirmed by many to have had the general govern-
ment of the Order. This Jonas was son to the
Widow of Sarepta in Sidon, whom St Elias restoN
ed to life, and aflerwards he was his follower, and
individual companion. But, according to others, £-
lias left the command to Jonadab the son of Rechab;
and this is the cause that the sons of the Prophets
are some times called in scripture Rechabites, of
whom you may see honourable mention made, Je-
remy^ chap. 35. But whoever governed, this is
certain, that the successors of St. Elias remained
on Mount Carmel until the coming of Christ, and
leven to this very day they persevere in God's
Church, in the persons of the religious Carmelites
who, by an hereditary never interrupted succession
descended from them, as most grave Authors
that have written in all ages do affirm. I will con-
tent myself to produce only two or three Testa-
ments, for the defence of this Truth. Several
Popes, namely, Sixtus IV., Julius II., Gregory
XIII., and Clement VIII. in their Bulls granted to
the Order of Carmelites, have defined and canotii^s-
ed this assertion, by these following words : ** The
sacred Order of the blessed Virgin Mary of Mount
i r
1
i-.
} i
.6^
lO^rmei^ (♦vhich naw flourishe^h in God's Church,)
and the professors of it are the lawful successors of
the toly Prppbeits, Elias and Eliseus."
In the year 1262, certain prel^-tes of the East,
being informed that the antiquity of the Order ^f
(Darineliteg was called in doubt, they wrote a letter
to tjie Pope, dated the 23d of September, in the city
of Aeon, which is related by Waldensis, de Sacra^
mentulibiiSj tit. 9, cap. 89. In this letter the Arch-
bishop of Nicosta, the Bishop of Hebron, theBish-
pp pf ^iberiade, and other prelates, do attest that
this Order flourished on Mount Carmel, and ^)ther
places of -the eaet, from time immemorial.
Many pther testimonies may easily be produce^?
for verifyiijg this assertion ; but I remit the reader
tp greater volumes, which have been published coii-
ceriring the same matter; and I will conclude \p.
sjiowing what was formerly the opinion pf our fa-
ipou9 TJniversity pf Cambridge concerning thip"
point. Jn the year 1374, a great dispute w^s exci-
ted here in England, about the antiquity and title of
the Carmelites, who, as we shall ^hpw hereafter,
iare called Brothers and Sisters of the blessed Vir-
gin Mary of Mount Cai^niel. For the deciding pf
Uiis controversy, the University of Cambridge de-
puted several Doctors, both of Divinity and of the
Canonical arid civil law, amongst whom was John
Done^yvick, chancellor of tlie University, and many
pther eminent and learned persons. After a long
and serious examination of whatever could be al-
leged on both sides, this learned and honourable as-
sembly, published the following decree in our fa-
vouf ; " We having heard the reasons apd allega-
tious, ai
examin<
writingi
Mary o
and de
ries, an
.of this
pf the
at Cam
xserixs tl
frp??*^Tc
in theirl
l)le in
liyes, t
and St'
tbppe ^
is m^d
yise fr
(Jod'?
who Si
dtvvn>t<
iibV 6,
rigoro
He m
silenc
Histo
chast
perse
ratioi
lurch,)
fsors of
East,
der 9f
letter
e city
acra*
Arch-
Bish.
St that
lather
Iuee4,
eader
Icon-
de in
ur fa-
: thi>-
exci-
se of
lifter^
Tir-
Jgpf
} de-
rthe
^ohn
any
aU
as«^
fa-
tioiis, mi woreoy^ bayip^ seen^ read, heard apd
examined ^e privileges, chronicle^, and ancient
writings of tlje said Order (of the blessed Virgin
Mary of Mount Carme),) yve pronounce, determnnie
and declare, (as is mapifest to u$ by the ^aid histo-
ries, and other apciept writing?) that the Brothers
.of this Order are really the iiiiitators land ^yccessor3
of lie holy prophets Elia^'iapd EU^eus." Givpp
at CaraVidgej, thie 23d of fel?. 1374.
T^^ese sons of the prophets, (fpr a9 inuch ^s conr
,(;erns Jtheix life ainj^ cojny^satipii,) ^^ere ^o^li^nate^
frppi ||:^^ WOT}di §q iassidwQui? in prayer, so rigorous
in their raortificatipns, apd so exemplary ij-pd landjac-
Mp in tl^jeir ^ptions, that from thp s^-nctity of their
liyes, tliey werp in process of tin^e nanied Esseni,
la^ Jrfeilo writes in hi^ booH quod qmnes probi sini^
and St. John Cbryspst. hom. in Acta Apost. by
t^p^p words : tlssenij tfl est saf^cti dicmtw^ hop
'sminvult nomen E^senorum, avitfz honest fU* O-
t^er^ call tl^epi 4^^^^^^^ apd under this title i^eptioa
is madp of thein, 1 M^pcfib. 2^ which name tppk its
jrise frpm tlieir assiduousness, anq constancy in
(Jod's service according to the ppinjon of Lyrar^qs,
jiyho say^r ^isidui didt stmti gJb ^^eiduit^fp culf^f
dtvjnu Joseph, the famous Historian of the Jewsj
lib. 6, Antiquitat. cap. 1 3, says, |liat they ob^prved
rigorous poverty, and had iail things in common^
He makes mention of their chastity, obedience, and
silence. Plinius, in his fifth book of his Natural
History, says the same ; and speaking of their
chastity, relates it as a wonder, that they should
persevere so many years without marriage or gene-
ration ; and also the prophet Jeremy, chap. 3d bath
\
■1
64
much in praise of tlie Rechabites for their poverty,
obedience and abstinence. Now, t!r • the Recha-
bites did appertain to the Order and In titute of £-
lias, it is learnedly proved by Lezana, torn, 1, .^n-
ncUa ad annum mundi^ 3189. Finally, Joseph, the
Jew, affirms that these Esseni, (as he calls them,)
were in so great a veneration among the people, for
their admirable virtues, piety, and perfection of life,
that they were commonly esteemed to have some-
thing above human nature. And Herod himself,
who was grown to that height of impiety, that he
seemed to (iontemn all other things, how holy soe-
ver ; nevertheless, he had these sacred persons in
a great deal of honour and veneration ; and this is
the cause, (as I suppose,) that when the rest of the
Jews were led captives to Babylon, in the time of
Nebuchodonozer, thode devout successors of Elias
were permitted to retain the ancient habitation of
IVtoutit Carttiel, where they happily and religiously
persevein^t||rthat time wherein God chose to re-
deem tb^^^fi^^pHliy th6 Incarnation and Death of
hisbelov^'^^j^bose Virgin Mother, living at
Ka2;areth, three miles distant only from Mount Car-
knel, JB&e did ofkn) visit those religious hermits, and
honour them by her friendship and familiar conver-
sation, as the chapter following will relate.
CHAP. U.
i
Why the Sticcessors of the Prophets are called BrO"
ihera of the blessed Virgin JSlary of JVEount Car^
' mel, and of the propagation of their Order under
the Gospel.
THE plenitude of time approaching in which AU
mighty God, moved with compassion towards man-
kind, had decreed to blot out the sins of the world,
by the most precious blood of his only begotten
Son, and our divine Saviour. This joyful news of
our approaching Redemption was by divine Revela-
tion made known to some of the religious follower*
of Elias and Eliseus, then living in the solitude of
I . Mount Carmel, who, above all others, did most ear-
nestly desire, and expect the nativitj:^
Virgin, which was to be the motbi^lii
<Messias, as they had been inairl^g^if £y the. holy
^patriarch Elias ; and it was kept;ii8 4 certain todir
iion amongst them, that their Order was founded
in honour and imitation of the most pure and immar
<;ulate Virgin, who was to be the sovereign prin-
cess, advocate, and protectress of it ; so that they
had great reason to aspire after the time of her
birth. These happy tidings of Christ's approach,
were, by the sons of the prophets, communicated to
Emorentiona, mother of St. Anne, and they gave her
-also an assurance from heaven, that of her race
should be born the Virgin who was to be mother of
the Messias. This motive induced her to embrace
66
the state of marriage, which before she had reject-
ed, and God Ahnighty was pleased, in verification
of what he had revculed to her by the religious of
Mount Carniel, to bless her marriage with two
daughters, Sobe and Ann ; which Sobe was the
molher of St. Elizabeth, of whom was begot St.
John Baptist ; and St. Anne was the mother of the
most sacred Virgin Mary, mother of God. St,
Cyril Palianidorus, Carihagena, and others cited
by Lezana, torn. 1 , Jlnncd,
St. Anne had her house at Nazareth, which is
distant only three miles from that part of Mount
Carmel, where the sons of lie prophets, (named
Esseni or Assidui,) had their habitation ; wherctbre
the most blessed Virgin, together with her mother,
Vas wont often times to return thither ; and, by
reason of their virtue and sanctity, she took a par-
ticular delight in conversing and discoursing fami-
liarly with them. She instructed them in many
things that concerned our Saviour ; she comforted
ihem in their adversities ; she exhorted them to
perseverance, and assured them of her assistance,
protection and prayers. On the other side, those
hermetical fathers knowing assuredly that this was
the Virgin whom the holy patriarch and prophet
Elias had foreseen above nine hundred years before
she was born, under the figure of a little cloud ri-
sing out of the sea, in form of a man's footstep, and
whom he had assigned them for the advocate and
protectress of their holy Order. They dedicated
themselves wholly lo her, as their perpetual ser-
vants, children and devotees, considering her as the
only refuge, advocate, and mother of the congrega-'
6T
tion. — Trilhcmus dc laiidibun arm. cap, 7, Cavthtt'
p^ena, arid others,
A little after the birth of our Saviour, St. Eliza*
beth, fearing the tyranny of Herod, who had slaiu
many thousands of infants, she fled with her son to
St. John Baptist, into the desert, where he joined
himself to the successors of Ehas, and embraced
their Institute, as St. Ambrose expressly says,
Epist. ad Vercel, cap. 14. From whom ihey be-
ing more fully instructed of the dignity and excel-
lency of the blessed Virgin mother of God, they
much augmented their love and devotion towards
her, and were the first of all mortals that built a
chapel or temple to her honour, while she was yet
alive, about the year of our Lord 38, and that on
Mount Carmei, near the place where their father,
St. Elias, had seen the cloud mount up out of the
sea, by which she was represented ; and in this
chapel they daily met, and there offered up their sa-
crifices, prayers, and petitions to the divine Majes-
ty, in honour, and under the invocation of the blegs-
ed Virgin, their mother, singing continually her
praises, and wholly addicting themselves to her de-
votion ; whereupon they were called Brothers of
the blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmei, which
honourable title the sacred Queen of angels has ap-
proved of, by miraculous demonstrations, as shall
be related in the chapter following. Also the sov-
ereign bishops of Rome have confirmed it by their
briefs, and adorned with indulgences. Lastly,
the quiet and peaceful possession of this title, dur-
ing so many ages, hath made the Carmelites lawful
possessors of it ; so that, as during the time of the
m
Old Law, they were named sons of the PfophetSf
from Elias and EHseus ; Essens, from their sanc-
tity ; Assidui, because of their assiduousness in the
divine service. In the same manner during the
time of the Gospel, they are now called Carmelites
from Mount Carmel, where their institute first be-
gan ; and they are named Brothers and Sisters of
the blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel, not only
because of the chapel, which they first dedicated to
Almighty God, under the invocation of her sacred
name, but also because of the great familiarity that
they had with her when she lived upon the earth,
and for the singular affection and devotion that they
have ever since retained towards this incomparable
lady. " Whatever we have said, is briefly contain- .
ed in the lessons of the Office of the blessed Virgin
Mary of Mount Carmel, which is wont to be cele-
brated by the Order on the 16th of July. The same
is affirmed by Joseph. Antioch. in speculo militice,
nap. 12. John the 44th Patriarch of Jerusalem, .
de Insiituiione Monach^ cap, 37 ; BapL ^lantuan
lib. 3 ; Pathen, Joan. Bacon, in compendia histoy
riaimm^ and others. t
By the familiar conversation of the most blessed
Virgin and the preaching of St. John Baptist, many |
of the disciples of the holy prophet Elias were in-
duced to embrace the Faith of Christ. Neverthe-
less a general conversation happened not among
them before the Feast of Pentecost, when the Gos-
pel was solemnly promulgated by a visible Descent
of the Holy Chost upon the disciples. Wastelius^
torn. 1. JLnnal apparatus proves out of St. John
Chrysostom, Theophylact, and others, that it is to
#^
:|
*
■IT
-«iMiii i.'i
69
II
f \^
i
'«to» *'
be understodod of the successors of St. Elias, what
St. Luke says, Acts 25. " There were dwelling
at Jerusalem, Jews, religious men of every nation
that is under heaven." The occasion of their be-
ing then in Jerusalem was, that they had there two
Convents, the one on that part of Mount Sion which
was called Millo, not far distant from the place
where our blessed Saviour instituted the blessed Sa-
crament. The other was on the Golden Port,
which is that place where Joachim and Anne, father
and mother of the blessed Virgin first met, and
consented to their future marriage. To these two
houses the sons of the prophets that lived at Mount
Carmel, and in other places of Palestine, were
wont to resort at certain times of the year, that they
might, ace rding to the Law of Moses, observe the
solemn Feasts of the Jews, and there they were on
the day of Pentecost, when that happened which is
related Ads 2, Wald, de Sacrament, fit. 9, cap,
84, n, 2/ After their conversion, they were so zea-
lous for the christian religion, that they joined them-
selves to the Apostles, and were their assistants in
the propagation of the Faith and Doctrine of Christ,
as many Authors attest : Joannes Jerosel, cap. 88.
Thomas Waldensis.
This holy Order persevered always upon Mount
Carmel from the time of their first institution by St.
Elias, until the year 1237, though they had endured
and suffered great persecution by Cosroe, King of
Persia, Hamar, King of Arabia, and by several oth-
er Saracens. So that the number of those that shed
their blood for the Faith of Jesus Christ, is so great
that a principal writer saith, " count the stars of
4*
li»iMi»WMMiil >W»*W
■■lewF . iw t. i ^t.Miuf w p'w u ii
m^m^immtmmi^T'
■■•yii-yyn iMtTnw
70
heaven, and you may count the saints ot the Order
of Mount CarmeL" — Trithemius cap, 12, de laudi"
bus Carmelitarum..
About the year 1237, when the Saracens, by
reason of the discord amongst the Christians, did
waste the Holy Land, which Godfred had taken
out of their hands in the year 1099, the persecu-
tions were so bloody and cruel, that there were no
more hopes that they could dwell any longer in that
country ; whereupon they agreed, by common con-
sent, that some religious should be sent into Eu-
rope, to make foundations, that so by this means,
they might secure and multiply the Order. Many
came into England, others went into Cyprus, others
into Marseilles, in France, and others into other/
provinces. Some timeafter, St. Lewis, King, re-
turning from the Holy Land, brought with him into
France six religious men more of Mount Carmel,
and caused a Cloister to be built for them in Paris,
from whence, some while after, several religious
went into the Low-Countries, and so this cehstial
vitie, planted by the great prophet Elias, and water-
ed by Eliseus^, and by the blood of many thousand
martyrs, being plucked Up out of Mount Carmel^
began to spread its branches throughout all Chris-
tendom, under the favourable protection of the most
glorious Virgin Mary^ who has ever been careful to
defend and preservB it, ae the following chapter will
demonstrate.
' I
foil
.
rder
mdi"
by
did
aken
ecu-
e no
that
coil-
Eu-
leans,
lanyf-
thers
other/
J, re-»-
I into
rnie];«>i
?aris,^^
gioiis»
estial^
^ater*.
ifiand
rmelyv
Jhris-
most
ful to*
rwill
*
CHAP. III.
How the immaculate Virgin Mary hath ever shoio^
ed herself the singular Patroness and Advocate
, of the holy Order of J\/Iount Carmel^ and hqw
she gave the holy Scapular to St, Simon Stock,
THE devil not being able to suffer the increase of
this holy Order, resolved to try all his strength and
machinations, in order to procure its utter ruin, and
to that end he stirred up many persons against it,
who in various r^- .<ners did molest the religious,
and oppressed them with many intolerable griev->
ances* For the Order being as yet a strc nger and
unknown ia Europe, they thought easily to execute
their designs,: which was totally to abolish and ex-
tinguish it. But the grand devouts of the blessed
Yirgia, had ever recourse to Almighty God, through
the intercession of the sacred Advocate, and Pa^
troness ; and this mother of mercy never failed to
pasist tfa»m in their most urgent necessities, as the
jfollowing examples will sufficiency make manifest^
In the year 1216, Honorius IH. being Pope, and
St. Cyril of Constantinople, general of the Order,
'a persecution was raised against it under pretext
that the rule of the Order was not confirmed, and
consequently the Order was not cO be tolerated, ac-»
cording to me decrees of the Lateran Council, ce-
tebrated the year before, 1215, under Innocent III.
On the oth^r side, these emuleus of the Order, did
m^iciously endeavour by aJJ means to hinder the
72
confirmation of it. But the aforesaid Pope Hono-
rius, to prevent all dangers and to put a stop to
these malicious proceedings, committed the examen
of the business to two of his court, who being jf
them that had little affection for the Order, did ex-
pressly prolong and delay the determination of
things. Then the glorious Queen of angels, to
make known to the world the singular care she had
of her Carmelite Order, appeared to Pope Honori-
us in his sleep, environed by celestial splendour and
accompanied by many angels, having a severe and
most majestic countenance, she strictly command-
ed him to take her devoted Order into his protec-
tion, and to confirm the Rule that was observed in
it. Also to insinuate how efficaciously, and power-
fully she had decreed to protect Mount Carmel,
she adds these words : " It is not to be contradict-
ed what i command, nor are things to be dissem- ,
bled, when I am resolved to promote them." She
moreover told him, *' that these two of his court,
who so maliciously deferred to conclude the busi-
ness should in punishment of their v*^ickedness, both
die miserably that night." The Pope awaking out
of his sleep, found that his two courtiers were dead,
as the sacred Virgin had foretold him. Wherefore,
with all diligence and care he sent for the Carme-
lites, and assembling the consistory of the Cardi-
nals, he punctually related what had happened to
him ; he highly commended the holy Religion of
the Carmelites. He extolled the devotion and pro-
tection of their glorious princess, the ever blessed
Virgin ; and he did most amply, by his Bulls, con-
firm the rule of the Order, which he also enriched
!
73
t
.•[
with many privileges, as may be seen in Carthage-
na, torn, 4, lib, 4, Lezcma in Annal ; and in his
book de Patronatu Marice^ where he cites many
others*
But the ever blessed Virgin never favoured more
her Carmelite Order, than when she gave them her
holy Livery or Habit of the Scapular, by which she
declared them her domestics and favourites. The
thing happened as followeth : In the year 1245, St.
Simon Stock was chosen general of the Order of
the blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel. This
holy man was born in the county of Kent, in the
year 1165. When he was twelve years of age, he
withdrew himself into a wood, where he lived for
the space of twenty years in great austerity, and in
the perpetual exercise of celestial meditations, hav-
ing for his house the trunk of a hollow oak^ from
whence he was named Stock, and for his food, rootsy
herbs^, and sometimes bread, which a dog did bring
him in his mouth, especially on the festival days.
In this solitude Simon received many supernatu-
ral graces from Almighty God, and especially he
^^ioyed the familiar conversation of the most bless-,
ed Virgin, who, one day appearing to him, told him
that shortly some religious men, who were under
her protection, were to come from Palestine into
England, and that he should embrace their insti-
tute.
This prediction of the sacred Virgin was verified
in the year 1212, when Sir Richard Grey and Sir
John Veschy, returning from Palestine with the
English fleet, that had been sent thither to succour
the Christians against Ae Saracens, they brought
•MiMMllaiMW
74
with them from Mount Carmel, two religious merf,
Rodolphus and Yno, who admitted Simon into their
Order, where he so well employed his time, that
Anno Domino, 1245, he was chosen general of
the whole congregation, which he governed with a
great deal of prudence and sanctity, until the year
1265, when visiting the Convents of his Order in
France, he ended his happy days in the city of
Bourdeaux, where he lies buried in the cloister of
the Carmelites' Convent.
Of this holy man, Molanus, in his Martyrology,
hath these words : '* In the city of Bourdeaux, the
nativity of the blessed St. Simon Stock, Carmelite,
who was singularly dedicated to the service of the
glorious Virgin Mary, whose life doth give a great
lustre to the church of God, by the multitude of his
miracles. His life was written by MonaJdus, Ro-
naldus, Bouchier and Nicholas Harlom, the most
renowned persons of his time, and his Feast is ce-
lebrated by the Order on the 16th of May."
During the time that St. Simon was general,
many persecutions were raised against our holy Or-
der, sonie opposing the privileges, others disliking
that honourable title which they enjoyed, to be call-*
ed Brothers and Sisters of the blessed Virgin Mary
of Mount Carmel, and St. Simon suffered much for
the defence of his Order, all which^ nevertheless,
be at last overcame by the particular assistance
and favour of the most sacred Virgin, to whom he
had ever recourse in all his necessities, and sh^, as
a pious mother, never frustrated him of his ex^c-
tation9. But at last, seeing himself decline by old
age, and considering on the other, side that the en*
■■',
^.liKih^iiik
men,
their
, that
al of
i^ith a
year
er in
ity of
ter of
ology,
X, the
nelite,
of the
L great
of his
s, Ro-
most
is ce-
neral,
)ly Or-
sliking
e calU
Mary
ch for
eless,
stance
om he
h^, as
expec-
by old
he en-
I
•
■- *^
t
74
#ttiies of the Order did daily increase, he ceased
not with continual tears, to beseech the sovereign
Empress of Mount Carmel, that she would not for-
sake her beloved religion, but that she would
vouchsafe to take it under her singular protection,
and adorn it with her favours, being it was her Or-
der, which she had already honoured with her
sacred name, and was confiimed by several
Popes, Honorius III., Innocent IV., Gregory IX.
Alexander V., and others. He composed many
prayers and anthems in honour of the glorious mo-
ther of God, which ejaculating very often with great
fervour towards heaven, he deserved to be gratified
with the precious pledge which he left to his poste-
rity, the holy Scapular of the blessed Virgin, re-
ceived from her own hands in the manner follow-
ing.
As he was upon his knees in the oratory, the
most glorious Virgin, environed with celestial splen-
dour, in company of many thousands of angels, ap-
peared to him, and holding the sacred Scapular in
her hand, she said to him these words : "Receive,
most beloved son, the Scapular of thy Order, a sign
of my Confraternity, a privilege both to thee and to
all Carmelites, in which he that dieth shall not suf-
fer eternal fire ; behold the sign of salvation, a
safeguard in dangers, the covenant of peace, and
everlasting alliance." Having said these words,
' she left the sacred habit in his hands, and vanished.
This happened on the 16th day of July, Anno Do-
mini 1251, in the CarmelitaConvent of Cambridge,
which^ like that of London, went by the naine of
;' White-Friars," so called, because of the white
>
i't]
T6
upper garment that those religious do ordinarily
Ivear. But of this more shall be said in the chap-
ter following.
The same year, 1251, another persecution was
excited against our religious, by the pastors and
curates of parish Churches, who would fain have
hindered them from saying the divine office, and
from burying their Brothers and Sisters in their
own houses. Our general had recourse to his* or-
dinary refuge, th '.nunaculate Virgin Mary, and
commanded pubi; p. iyers to be made to her
throughout the whole ccvgregation. The sacred
Virgin appeared to him as before, and commanded
him to send two religious men to Rome, to Inno-
cent IV., who then sat in the Chair of St. Peter j
whom she promised should take the defence and
protection of the Order against these impugnators.
St. Simon executed punctually this heavenly order,
and obtained the aid and assistance of the See-
Apostolic, by four ample briefs, which the said In-
nocent IV. granted to the Order, as the blessed
Virgin had promised our general. Ameldus^ Bos'^
tins de Patronaiu Maria, cap. 6. Trithemius, lib.
1, de laudihv>8 Carmelit, cap. 9, and others.
Anno Dominif 1316, the sacred Empress of
Mount Carmel confirmed the truth of the vision
made to St. Simon Stock, concerning the sacred
Scapular, and adorned her religion with new and
admirable privileges, in the manner following.
Clement V. being dead, the sacred College of
Cardinals met together, first at Carpentea, then at
Lyon-i, in France, in order to the election of a suc-
cessor. But things were prolonged more than two
t
t
^ years, p
amongst
many, E
cauiie of
one of
Frenchr
great de
recourse
that she
Son a vi
as wouli
The ble
to place
to assisi
this con
the Chu
ous, th(j
., publish
^ beloved
ven ; vi
religiou
cut of d
blessed
absolve
after th<
the moJ
on the 1
ing thai
tain coi
chaptei
This
God wj
he was
'1^
narily
chap-
was
and
have
and
their
lib.
77
years, partly by the dissension that was rsiii^d
amongst the cardinals, partly by the wars in Ger-
many, England, France and Italy, which was the
cauce of a great schism in the church ; whereupon
one of the cardinals, named James Arnauld, a
Frenchman, of the province of Aquitain, and a
great devout of the most blessed Virgin Mary, had
recourse to this mother of mercies, beseeching her,
that she would by her intercession obtain from her
Son a worthy pastor for the church, and such a one
as would be necessary to remedy these disorders.
The blessed Virgin appeared to him, and promised
to place himself in the Chair of St. Peter, an ' also
to assist and deliver him from all his enemies^ on
this condition, that being made sovereign Preiate of
the Church, he should be favourable to her religi-
ous, the successors of Elias, and that ho should
publish and confirm on earth, what Christ oesus her
beloved Son, at her request, had confirmed in hea-
ven ; viz., that those who should make themselves
religious of her Order of Mount Carmel, or should,
out of devotion, enter into the Confraternity of the
blessed Virgin, and wear her habit, they should be
absolved from the third part of their sins ; and if,
after their death they should go to Purgatory, that
the most sacred Virgin would deliver them thence
on the first Saturday after their decease ; suppos-
ing that during their life time they had fulfilled cer-
tain conditions which shall be set down in the ninth
'chapter.
•■ This promise and prediction of the mother of
God was fulfilled, first, when. Anno Domini 1316,
he was made Pope, under the name of John XXIK
':»>a
.1
7
i
78
' m
and secomlly, when in the year following be was de-
livered from a conspiration of some Cardinals
against him, and from being poisoned. Thirdly,
Anno Domini, 1320, when the anti-pope Corburius
abjured his schism. Wherefore the Pope, to ac-
complish on his behalf what the blessed Virgin had
required of him, he caused a Bull to be expedited,
which we call Balla Sabhattina, dated the 3rd of
March, 1322, in which he relates the apparition
the blessed Virgin made to him whilst he was yet a
cardinal, and consequently he confirms the said in-
dulgence, and very much magnifies the protection
of the immacula' j Virgin over the Order of Mount
Carmel, to which he ever after remained much
afiTected as his favours to us abundantly testify.
Anno Domini 1374, happened that which is re-
lated by Francis, Potel, in his book De Origine, ^
Antiquitate Ordinis Carmel, and by Lezana, de Pa--
tronatu MaricB ; the sum of the thing is this : In
the city of Chester there was a Convent of these
Carmelites, who, according to their usual custom*
named themselves Brothers of the blessed Virgin
Mary of Mount Carmel. This glorious title'offended
many of the citizens, insomuch t*iat they could not
endure the religious, but murmured, and spoke
many injurious and contemptible words against
.them, saying that they were unworthy of this namely
and that they were rather brothers of Mary the E-
gyptian, than of Mary the Mother of God. But
our glorious advocate undertaking the defence of
her holy Order, as she hath ever been wont to do,
within few days, many of these persons were se-
verely punished, several dying suddenly, others
falling
scourj
the ph
who V
tempo
be ma
sion, (
tee we
statue
held ir
their h
ing, A
wood
again,
was dc
did, wi
the foi
thers.'
^ Fin
Order
79
Lsdo-
linals
irdly,
urius
ac-
nhad
dited,
3rd of
ritiou
yet a
lid in-
ection
VIount
much
fy.
I is re-
mc, <$•
de Par
is : In
f these
UStOlHy
Virgin
[Tended
uld not
spoke
Eigainst
1 name.,
the E-
. But
3nce of
t to do,
^e se-
others
falling into divers diseases and afflictions, so that a
scourge from heaven did seem to have fallen upon
the place ; whereupon the Abbot of St. Bamburg,
who was Governor of the City, both in spiritual and
temporal, ordered that a solemn procession should
be made to appease God's wrath. In this proces-
sion, amongst other religious, the Fathers Carmili-
tee were also present ; who, passing by a wooden
statue of the most pure Virgin Mary, which was
held in great veneration, many of them bowed down
their heads and saluted the said sacred Virgin, say-
ing, Ave Maria, At the same time the statue of
wood did bow down its head and saluted them
again, and stretching forth a finger, which before
was doubled, pointing to the religious Carmelites,
did, with a distinct voice, pronounce three times
the following words : " Behold these are my Bro-
thers."
Finally, when by continuance of time this sacred
Order was fallen from its ancient rigour and obser^
vance ; the sacred Virgin often appeared to our
holy mother St. Theresa, exhorting her to undertake
^the reformation of it, and suggesting the means how
-to effect it, as this saint declares in her Life. She
tilso told her what delight she took in this holy Or-
der, and what service Theresa would render her in
reducing it to its former vigour and observance.
These examples ot the favour and protection of
the blessed Virgin over the Order of Mount Car-
mel, and many others which I omit for brevity sake,
do sufficiently convince how justly this Order doth
claim this sacred princess for their singular advo-
cate and patroness*
CHAP. IV.
^Of diver a sorts oj Persons that appertain unto the
Confraternitu of the blessed Virgin.
BEFORE I speak further of the sacred Confrater-
nity founded upon the holy Scapular, which the
blessed Virgin gave with her own hands to St. Si-
mon Stock, General of the Carmelites, and in his
person to all the Order, and to the whole church of
God, it will not be from my purpose to tell you that
there are several sorts of persons who fight under
the standard and livery of the most blessed Virgin
Mary of Mount Carmel ; they may be all reduced
to four classes, whereof two are religious, and do
consecrate themselves to the service of Almighty
God, by the vows of the angelical councils ; the oth-
er two are not.
In the first class are to be placed men and wo-
men, who live in the monasteries, and have all
things in common : observing the ancient rule of
the Carmelites, of whom we have already proved,
that they are the lawful successors of the holy pro-
phets Elias and Eliseus.
The second rank is those whom we commonly
call Tertians, or the third Order, who living in the
world, do endeavor to observe the rule of the Order,
as much as their state and condition will permit, and
consequently they imitate others who live in commu-
nities in the colour of their clothes, the time of fre-
qucntii
iijg, an
mortifi
scripti<
Oft
Mount
tus V.
onp, ^
periors
may ji
scquer
that w<
ties, fa
Carme
hath p
tue an
de Jlri
la, Jot
persor
that di
vinityj
ment
bit of I
Moui
in it
81
iio the
rater-
h the
t. Si-
in his
rch of
u that
under
Virgin
educed
and do
mighty
he oth-
nd wo-
ive all
rule of
)roved,
\y pro-
imonly
in the
Order,
it, and
)mniLi-
of fre-
quenting tho sacraments, in their manner of praj-
iijg, and finally, in their abstinence, penance and
mortifications, or according to the advice and pre-
scription of a prudent director.
Of this third Order of the blessed Virgin Mary of
Mount Carmel, mention is made in the bull of Six-
tus V. which begins thus : Dnni aitenta mediiati-
one, <^c., wherein he gives full power to all tho su-
periors of the Order, to admit what persons they
may judge fit to the Jrlabit of Trrtians ; and, con-
sequently, in the same Bull his Holiness makes all
that wear it participants of the [)rivileges, immuni-
ties, favours and indulgences of the whole Order of
Carmelites. This institute, or manner of livingy
hath produced many persons of the most rare vir-
tue and sanctity ; among others the blessed Angela
de Arena, Paula de villa Franca, Maria del Jlqui"
la, Joanna Oliveria, and also Francis de Yepes, a
person of known sanctity in Spain, and brother to ,
that divine contemplative, and doctor of mystic Di-
vinity, John of the Cross, lately beatified by Cle-
ment X. This person, I say, took publicly the Ha-
bit of the third Order of the blessed Virgin Mary of
Mount Carmel at Medina, and made his profession .
in it : and after the long practice of heroic acUona,
and the working of the most prodigious miracles,
which are related in the history of his life, he ren-
dered up his happy soul to his Creator, leaving tho
world embalmed with the sweet odours of his most.
admirable virtues. Of the venerable Virgin Angela
de Arena, Carthagena, lib. 17, Homiliarum, Ho'
mil, 3, writes out of Silvester J[Iaurolicu8, a Cister-
tian Abbot, that she having a resolution to become
i
i
i
i I
■tma
82
a Tertian of another Order, the night before she
was to execute her design, she saw in a vision a
ladder whose top reached up to heaven, and two
saints of the Order of the Carmelites, appearing to
her, told her, " that if she desired by this ladder to
mount up to heaven, she should become a Tertian
of the Order of the blessed Virgin Mary of Mount
Carmel." Whereupon she, changing her former,
resolution, followed this celestial admonition, and
died in a great opinion of sanctity in Sicily, on the
2d of October, 1556.
The other two institutes which are annexed to
the holy Order of Mount Carmel, are Sodalities, or
Confraternities ; and for distinction sake, we may
name the first, " The Sodality of the Order ;" the
second, "The Confraternity of the holy Scapular."
By the first we may make persons participants of
all the privileges, indulgences, prayers, fastings,
disciplines, watchings, and other good woiks, afid
spiritual treasures of the Order. This is done by
letters of filiation, as they call them ; for, as in a
temporal republic, the magistrates have power to
incorporate into their body whom they think fit,
and to dispose of their earthly dominions ; so in
spiritual congregations, the superiors have authori-
ty to dispose of their spirituaF riches, and to apply
them to whom they think good ; they being autho-
rized thereunto by Gregory V. who died in ihe
year 999, Alexander II., Clement III., and other
Popes, in their briefs granted to the Order.
The second, which we name the Confraternity
of the holy Scapular, and of which alone all our fu-
ture discourse will be, is, as we have already said.
^>
83
she
|0Q a
two
jgto
ler to
rtiap
[ouat
irmer
and
the
ll
grounded upon the words of the most blessed Vir-
gin, spoken to St. Simon Stock, and upon the sa-
cred Habit which she gave to him, as a sign of her
Confraternity, and powerful protection. Those that
enter into this congregation, do at the same time
enter into a participation of the promise made by
the Mother of God, to them that die vested with her
sacred livery, which is, as we have said in the for-
mer chapter, to be delivered from the eternal pains
of hell fire, from the temporal pains of purgatory, on
the first Saturday after their decease, and to enjoy
many other privileges which are contained in the
words of the blessed Virgin to St. Simon Stock.
For the words and promise of the Virgin did not
only concern himself, and the religious men and
women of his Order, but also all persons whatsoe-
ver, who, out of devotion to the blessed Virgin, do
wear the Scapular, and become members of her
Confraternity. This may be verified by the seve-
ral arguments.
First, because several Popes have approved the
erecting this Confraternity indifferently, for all per-
sons to enter into it, of which number they them-
selves have often been.
Secondly, John XXII., relating in his Sabbatine
Bull, the apparition of the blessed Virgin to him,
sets down some of her words, which do evidently
convince, that the privileges of the Scapular are not
only for the Carmelites, but for all others that wear
it.
^Thirdly, we find by daily experience, that the
devouta of the Scapular do enjoy the favour and
i
I i
I A
i
1 1
I ■ m I ITU II
WW II .11
mammm
mmm
#
; I,
protection of the sacred Virgin, whether they be ec-
clesiastical or secular.
Finally, a most efficacious argument to convince
this truth, is gathered from what St. Simon Stock
did. This holy man received the Scapular from the
blessed Virgin ; and consequently, he knew very
well what her meaning was ; and, nevertheless, he
gave this precious livery to many out of his Order,
who during their life, and at their death, did all by
a happy experience, learn the efficacy and power of
it. Moreover, the first miracle we read of done
by the Scapular was on a layman ; and because
the thing happened here in England, 1 will relate
briefly the story. On the 16th of July, which is
the very same day on which the blessed Virgin
gave her Scapular to St. Simon, this venerable
prelate went to Winchester about some business he
had with the bishop of the place ; he was no soon-
arrived there, but the Dean of St. Helen's
er
Church came to him, and beseeched him that he
would vouchsafe to come and assist a brother of his,
named Walter, who lay dying in despaii* of his sal-
vation, insomuch that he would not hear of God or
of Sacraments, but continually did invoke the devil,
that he would revenge him of a person that had
mortally wounded him. Our holy general went
presently with his own companion lo see this mi-
serable fellow, whom he found deprived of all use
of reason, and grinding his teeth, and rolling his
eyes in a most hideous manner. After that he had
recommended him to Almighty God ; he made on
him the sign of the Cross, and gave him the Scapu-
lar, which he had no sooner done, but the sick man.
it
lec-
(. /
85
returned presently to himself ; he detested the de-
vil, with whom he had made a secret contract. He
begged pardon of Almighty God, with great signs
of true sorrow and contrition. He earnestly desir-
ed to confess liis sins, and to receive the other sa-
craments of the church, which being done, he died
tho same night. But the Dean being in doubt of
his brother's salvation, because of his wicked life,
the dead appeared to him, and assured him, that by
means of the Habit wherewith the general of the
Carmelites had invested him, he had escaped all
tiie snares of the devil and eternal damnation.
CHAP. V.
The First Privilege of the Confraternity of the
Holy Scapular,
HASTENUS, a learned Author, In disquisionibus
Monasticis, Hh. 3, w. 3, disq. 6, hath well said,
that the holy Scapular was given, not only for a
vest, but also for a breast-plate or helmet, against
our spiritual enemies ; for our blessed Saviour, by
the intercession of his Virgin Mother, hath annerf-
ed to it so many graces, favours and privileges, that
it may be verified what is said upon another occa-
sion. Jlp, 2. " No man knows them but he that
receives them." It would require a long discourse
to treat exactly of all these privileges ; wherefore I
will content myself to put down briefly the princi-
pal, •
S6
We said in the former chapter that two Confm*
tcrri'Joj are annexed to the holy Order of Mouut
C/ifjnel ; to wit, that of the third Order, and that of
the Scapular, which, though tl.ay are distinct, ne-
vertheless they are united for those that wear the
Scapular, insomuch that th( devouts of this sacred
livery are partakers of all tiie prayers, disciplines,
alms, watchings, fasts, Masses, canonical hours,
mortifications, austerities, and good works which
are done in the holy Order of the Carmelites. This
privilege ought the more to be esteemed because
this devout and observant congregation hath ever
abounded with many most pure souls, so it must
need be very advantageous to participate of their
prayers and good deeds. Clement VII., out of a
singular devotion he had to this holy Confraternity,
hath extended this communication further, and hath
made the Brothers and Sisters of the Confrateriiity
of the Scapular, participants of all pious actioiiB
which are done throughout the whole church of
God. Moreover, Sixtus IV. gra;^ '^ to the devouts
of the Scapular, all the privilt^. 3, indulgences,
graces and favours which are granted to the Cord
of St. Francis, to the Rosary of our blessed Lady,
or to any other confraternity whatsoever, so that
they do enjoy them as if they were really members
of the said sodalities, by reason of their communi-
cation in privileges with the Order of the Carme-
litos. The members of this Confraternity do enjoy
that honourable title of being called Brothers and
Sisters of the blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Car-
inel, and they are takea under the special protection
pf this sacred Queen of angels, as persons particu-
is
^%^.y:^-
81-
f
I
1
1
larly appertaining to her, and as it were her dom^f?-
tics, clothed in her iiveiy. Wherefore, without
doubt, this powerful advocate will not fail to aid
and a3sist them both in their life, and at the hour of
their death obtaining for them a happy end, which
doth appear by an infinite number of miracles
wrought in favour of the Brothers and Sisters of
this Confraternity, whereof some are related in the
tenth chapter of this treatise, and many others are
yet done by Lezana, de Paironatu Mari(z^ cap. 5^
where you may read how the sacred Virgin hath
miraculously obtained for the most exorbitant sin-
ners, time and grace to repent, and confess their
sins, because they wore hc»r livery. For as St.
Thomas doth teach, 1, 2, q. 31, art. 6, grace and
virtue do imitate the order of nature, which hath
this property, that every agent doth act most pow-
erfully on that subject which is nighest to its virtue.
Thus Almighty God, whose nature is goodness,
and whose ways are mercy, doth communicate
himself more abundanily to these angelical spirits
which are nearly united to him, as St. Dennis de
Ecclesiastica Hierarchy cap. 7, and others of the
holy fathers, do testify. In the same manner, the
Mother of God doth enlarge her gifts and her
graces, as well spiritual as temporal, more plentiful-
ly, and more abundantly on those who have con-
tracted any particular alliance or conjunction with
her ; as here they of the congregation or confrater-
nity of the Scapular do, several titles ; they claim-
ing this sacred Virgin for their only princess, pa-
trof}'?? s, and advocate.
a
•'I'
I
CHAP. VI.
The Second Privilege of this ConfratemHy.
ANOTHER benefit or privilege of this Confi-a-
ternity of the Scapular is contained in these words :
" he that dieth invested vs^ith this Habit shall not
Buffer eternal fire ;" which is as much as to say,
that the Scapular is a great help in order to the ob-
taining eternal felicity. The sanne thing was re-
vealed to Pope John XXH., as he relates in his
Bulla Sabhalma ; and to the B. Angela de Arena^
who was told by two saints which appeared to her,
that if she desired to mount up to heaven by the
mvstical ladder which she saw in a vision, she
should forthwith receive the Scapular. Also, Don
John do Vestques, relates in the Life of the venera-
ble Francis Yepes; who died in a great opinion of
sanctity in the ye?»r 1617, that among many other
things which were supernaturally revealed unto him,
he learned that the holy Scapular was one of the
greatest adversaiies that the devil had in the world,
for the great nnmber of souls which he lost by
means of ?.t. The Rev. Father Alphonso a Matre
Dei writes, thai in the city of Quarena, during the
procession of ihfc hiy Scapular, whi^h is made on
the third Sunday of eveiy month, the devils were
hoard to execru'e the holy Scapular wiA many
howling 3 and outcries, lamenting themselves, thai
by means of this sacred habit of the blessed Virgin,'
the gates of hell were shut to many persons.
I
k
Bi
bless
none
is no
those
savec
LiVidy
them
whicl
etern
Scap
fault,
«od'
and f
bless
obtaii
unde
that
Mar
our
say, I
natul
not
the
Mai
wl
"itK^-i'fm,.
89
tra-
[•ds:
not
say,
ob-
re-
his
enai
her,
the
she
Don
' But you must note, that this promise of the
blessed Virgin, whereby 3he obliged herself, that
none should suffer hell fire, who died in her livery,
is not to be understood in such manner as if all
those were to be absolutely saved, but they shall be
saved ; forasmuch as on the behalf of our blessed
Lady, who, in virtue of the alliance contracted with
them, will obtain of God such particular graces,
which if they make use of they will easily arrive to
eternal salvation ; wherefore if any that wear the
Scapular come to be condemned, it will be his own
fault, he having not co-operated on his part with
God's assistance, but rendered himself obstinate
and rebellious to the divine inspirations which the
blessed Virgin, by her powerful intercession, had
obtained for him. In the same manner are to be
understood, the words of our Divine Saviour : "He
that believeth and is baptized, shall be saved,
JVIark 16. Whosoever shall invocate the name of
our Lord shall be saved." Rom. 10. That is to
say, he shall be saved forasmuch as concerns the
nature of faith and baptism. For here is signified,
not so much the effect as the strength and nature of
the thing to which the promise is annexed. — See
J[Ialdonalu8, in cap. 6, Joan, v. 54.
1
CHAP. vir.
J
The Third Privilege of the Confraternity.
THE third privilege of the Scapular, is that
whivh wc call Bulla Sabbaiina, and it consists in
littimmiumMmm^ iiiiiiiiiiriai
—llimMMiilHT-HT
iMUmtMiM^WMiMi
do
this : That Iho most immaculate and ever Vifgin
Mary, doth assist her devoted brethren after their
decease, in freeing them speedily from the horrible
pains of purgatory, especially on the first Saturday
after their death, which day being dedicated by the
church to her honour, she is then wont more liber-
ally to bestow her favours. This privilege hath for
its security the promise of the blessed Virgin, made
to Pope John XXII. by these words : *' They that
out of devotion shall enter into my confraternity —
if, after their death they go to purgatory, I, that am
the mother of mercy, will descend the first Satur-
day after their decease, and by my prayers and in-
tercession will help them thence, and conduct them
to the holy mountain of celestial glory." The
truth of this promise or privilege cannot reasonably
be now called in doubt, seeing it hath often times
been approved of by Popes, generally admitted by
good Catholics, and examined and authorized by the
most famous Universities, Colleges, and Schools of
Christendom, as by the University of Ccmbridge, in
England, in the year 1374, by that of Bolonia in Ita-
ly, in the year 1609, and lastly, by that of Salamanca
in Spain. It was published first by John XXII.,
and that by express command from heavenj as he
himself declares in his Bull, which we call Sabba-
tina, and thus begins^ Sacratissimo uti cw/»n«Vic, giv-
en at Avignon, the 3d of March, 1322. Alexan-
der I. confirmed this brief of John XXII. in the
year 1409, and also many other chief pastors of the
church after him, as Clement VII., Pius V. in his
bull, supema dispensatione, given the year 1556.
Giecvory XIII. in his bull ut lauds^ in the year
1677.
at Rom
examen
made t(
followir
is perm
that chr
of the s
dality oi
mel ; t<
nual int
rits and
Brother
ally on
posing t
habit of
observe
blessed
serve th
on Wed
Fina!
approve
lemn cc
celebra
16th of
only in
with m{
her, but
being g
that are
whilst t
doth CO
her f ra
fmmmm
mm^
91
1677. And all the congregation of the Inquisition
at Rome, under Pius Y. after a long and accurate
examen of this privilege, and of the apparition
made to John XXII. confirming it, published the
following decree, confirmative and decisive ; *' It
is permitted to the Fathers Carmelites to preach
that christian people may piously believe, the help
of the souls of the Brothers and Sisters of the So-
dality of the blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Car-
mel ; to wit, that the blessed Virgin, by her conti-
nual intercessions, and by her pious suSVagcs, me-
rits and special protection, will help the souls of the
Brothers and Sisters departed in charity ; especi-
ally on the first Saturday after their decease, sup-
posing that during their life time, they did wear the
habit of the blessed Virgin, and for their state did
observe chastity, and did say the little office of the
blessed Virgin, or, if they could not read, did ob-
serve the fasts of the church, and abstain from flesh
on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Finally, this doctrine is inserted in the lessons
approved of by the church, for the feast of the so-
lemn commemoration of the blessed Virgin Mary,
celebrated by the Order of the Carmelites, on the
16th of July, where we read these words : " Not
only in this world, our blessed Lady hath beatified
with many prerogatives this Order so acceptable to
her, but also in the other world, (she every where
being great in power and mercy,) doth favour those
that are enrolled in the society of her Scapular, for
whilst they are purged by the fire of Purgatory, she
doth comfort them with maternal affection, and by
her frayers dcth very speedily bring them into
4»>»
'
;?
92
the celestial country, as is piously believed." —
The excellency and greatness of this privilege
will easily appear, if we consider how horrible the
broiling torments of Purgatory are ; according to
St. Gregory, St. Augustine, Sfc, Bernard, and oth-
ers, they are not any way to be compared to the
pains of this life, nor to those that the holy martys
did endure. Moreover, the angelical doctor St.
Thomas saith, that they do exceed the pains which
Jesus Christ suffered in his holy Passion, which
notwithstanding were the most cruel and bitter that
ever any croature endured in his life. Over and
above, they are not torments for an hour, or a day,
as those of this world, but they may, and do last
twenty, thirty, or a hundred years. From these
fearful torments the devouts of the holy Scapular
are exempted, if they perform what shall be put
down in the tenth chapter, and die invested with
the holy Habit, and in the state of grace.
Lest any one should think that our blessed Lady
promised more than she could perform, when she
granted this, or any other favour to her sacred Or-
der and Confraternity, it will not be from my pur-
pose to explicate briefly, what authority she hath,
and how she is able to assist us, either in this world
or in the future. For the clearing of this difficul-
ty, you must understand that Jesus Christ, God
and Man, hath an immense and absolute power of
all things, both in heaven and earth, as He himself
said to his Apostles, Matt, 28. All power is given
to me both in heaven and upon earth. He is the
absolute Lord, and hath the keys of death, of hell,
<and purgatory, ^poc. I. No pure creature hath
'I
this pron
only, ins
tiny^ but
4, Nov
CsthoHc
Mary, b}
mother o
where m
fore, St.
is no dot
nal right
Earth,
saith, it i;
possess ^
us, that s
gels and
church th
the doctr
nard, ton
Hence
free the s
fulfil her
Sisters ol
communi
really mo
propriety
a dominit
poral, to
itself; s(
nity, a po
may serv
Relying,
tency, ani
roMMamMM
m^
93
this prerogative, it is a jurisdiction reserved to him
only, insomuch that neither the Father doth judge
any, but hath given all judgment to his Son. Jolm
4. Nevertheless, though all this be true, it is a
Catholic proposition, that the most sacred Virgin
Mary, by a participated authority, granted to her as
mother of Jesus Christ, can do much in all things
where mercy doth contend with justice. Where-
fore, St. Anselme saith. Lib, de excel, Virg. "there
is no doubt but the blessed Virgin Mary, by mater-
nal right is with Christ, President of Heaven and
Earth. St, John Damascen. Oral, de Assumpt,
saith, it is fitting and convenient that Mary should
possess what is her Son's. And Balbertus assures
us, that she is able to obtain more than all the an-
gels and saints in heaven, and more than all the
church throughout the whole world. Lastly, this is
the doctrine of St. Jerome, explicated by St. Ber-
nard, torn, 1, Serm. 6, *Rrt. 52, chap* 10.
Hence we may infer how the blessed Virgin can.
free the souls of hei devouts out of purgatory, and
fulfil her other promises made to the Brothers and
Sisters of the holy Confraternity, to wit, by a power
communicated to her from her Son : for, she being ^
really mother of the Word incarnated, there is in all
propriety due to her a certain power, or, as others say
a dominion over all things, as w^*^!! spiritual as tem-
poral, to which the authority of her Son doth extend
itself ; so that she hath, by natural right of mater-
nity, a power almost like that of her Son, of which she
may serve herself as often as she may think good. .
Relying, therefore, on this her participated omnipo-
tency, and on the efficaciousness of her merits and>
■^
i
raMi»««Ma
IMAGE EVALUATION
TEST TARGET (MT-3)
Ms-
^
4^'
1.0
1.1
laltt 12.2
u&
|l-25 111.4 |L6
lll^^^^^ilH^ IIIImBB^^^^ Hlfl^^^^^W
^
6"
►
V^
/y
Ftiotographic
Sdenoes
Corporalion
23 WKT MUm STMtT
VimSTIR,N.Y. 14SM
(716) t79-4S03
■
I ■
I
94
intercession, she promised the devouts of her holy
Habit to free them from the temporal pains of pur*
gatorj-fire, from the eternal pains of hell-fire, and
from many dangers and calamities of this life, as
./ell spiritual as tempore.!.
CHAP. VHI.
: \
I J
The Fourth Privilege of this Confraternity.
THE following benefit of the Confraternity of
the Scapular, doth consist in the great multitude,
and variety of indulgences, wherewith the sovereign
bishops of Rome have honoured and adorned it.
But that I may not exceed the limits of an abridge-
ment, I will only set down a few of the principal.
Ist. Paul y. of blessed Memory, hath granted
to all the faL'hful of either sex, on the day of their
entrance into this Confraternity, a plenary indul-
gence.
2d. On the day of the solemn commemoration of
the |)lessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel, which is
the 16th of July, for those that having confessed, and
communicated, do pray for the exaltation of our
holy mother the Church, for the extirpation of here-
sies, and for the union of christian princes, a plena-
ry indulgence.
3rd. At the hour of their death, having confess-
ed, and received, invoking with their mouthy or if
m u x
•MM
95
they cannot, with their hearts, the holy name of Je-
sus, a plenary indulgence.
4th. Whosoever shall abstain from flesh on Wed-
nesdrys and Saturdays, shall gain every time three
hundred days of indulgence.
5th. For every time that any shall say the office
of our blessed Lady, one hundred days of indul-
gence.
6th. As often as they shall assist at the Mass or
divine Offices in the church or chapel of the Car-
melites, one hundred days of indulgence.
7th. As often as they shall assist at the Proces-
sion which is made for those of the Confraternity^
on the third Sunday of every month, if they con-
fess and communicate, and pray for the ordinary
necessaries as above, a plenary indulgence.
8th. As often as they shall say seven Pater Nos-
ters, and seven Ave Marias, in honour of the sev-
en joys of our blessed Lady, forty days of indul-
gence. If you desire to know these joys, they are
as followeth.
First, The joy which she had at the Annuncia-
tion of the Angel when she conceived the Son of
God.
Second, The joy which she had when she visit-
ed St. Elizabeth, and was called by her the Mother
of our Lord.
Third, The joy that she had at the Nativity of
our Saviour, when the angels sang Glory be to God
in the Highest.
Fourth, The joy she had to see her Son adored
by three kings.
j^iiiLl
96
'
.
k
Fifth, The joy she had in finding her little Jesus
in the Temple amongst the Doctors.
Sixth, The joy she had at the glorious Resurrec-
tion of our Blessed Saviour.
Seventh, The joy she had in her assumption,
when she was exalted above all choirs of angols.
The above mentioned indulgences are given
only to those that wear the holy St;apular, but the
following are for all faithful christians.
1st. IJrban VI. hath given all christians as often
as they shall call the Order of Carmelites, the Or-
der of the blessed Virgin Mary, or shall call the
Carmelites, Brothers and Sisters of the said Vir-
gin, three years' indulgence.
2d. Pope Leo IV. hath granted to every one
that shall visit any church or chapel of the Carme-
lites at Christmas, Easter, or "Whitsuntide on the
Feast of St. Peter and St. Paul, the Assumption,
Nativity, Annunciation and Purification of our
blessed Lady, the Feast of St. Michael the Arch-
angel, All-Saints Day, the two Feasts of the Holy
Cross, and the Nativity of St. John Baptist ; on '
any of these days, seven years of indulgence, and
as many quarantines.
3rd. Innocent IV. hath granted forty days of in-
dulgence to all those that visiting the church of the
Carmelites, say there one Pater and one Ave-Maria
for the living and the dead.
4th. Clement VII. in the year 1639, Pius V.
and Gregory XIII. have granted to all faithful
chdstians, that visiting some church or chapel of.
the Carmelites, and saying seven Pater N osiers
and seven Ave Marias, for the ordinary ends, they.
97
may gaiQ the indulgences of the stations of Rome,
as well as if in etfect they did visit the churches of
the stations at Rome.
6th. Paul V. in the year 1622, granted a plenary
indulgence to all those persons, who having con-
fessed and received, should visit our church on the
day of our holy mother St. Theresa, which is the
15th of October.
6th. Gregory XV. at the instance of the venera-
ble Father Dominick of Jesus Maria, general of
the Order, granted a plenary indulgence to all those
who say five Pater Nosters, and five Ave Marias
and the Salve Regina, in honour of the blessed Vir-
, gin for five principal necessities.
First, For those that are in danger to commit
some mortal sin.
Second, For those who have fallen into mortal sin.
This indulgence may be applied to the souls in
purgatory.
Third, For those who are afflicted, troubled, sick
and such like.
Fourth, For those that are agonizing and dying.
Fifth, For the souls in purgatory.
Also, those that visit our churches, and pray for
the ordinary necessaries, may free a soul out of
purgatory every Wednesday throughout the whole
year, on All-Souls' Day, and on other days when
they may free a soul by visiting the stations at Rome.
But because indulgences have frequently been
invoked, it will not be amiss to assure the reader,
that the above mentioned are in full force, as ap-
pears by the Bull of Pope Clement X. which be-
gins : Commissa nobis divinitus : dated May 8,
99
1673, whereby thes6, with many more, (aft^r an ac-
curate examen made of them, by the learned car-
dinal Bona^) were amply confirmed.
Besides so many indulgences, the See-Aposto-
lic hath granted another favour to the Brothers and
Sisters of this Confraternity, which is that they may
be absolved once in their life, and also at their death,
from all communications, censures and cases, re-
served to the Roman bishops, and from others as
often as they please, by any Confessor approved by
the Ordinary.
Finally, Clement VII. who granted the former
privilege to the devouts of the Scapular, hath grant-
ed to all persons who shall bestow an alms, thougi^
never so small, upon any of our churches, convents
or religious, that they be partakers of all the pray-
ers, suffrages, Masses, alms, pilgrimages, and pe-
nances, which for that time shall be done through-
out the whole church.
CHAP. IX.
:
I .
9
Instructions how the Scapular is to be Received,
and Worn ; and what is required to g<tin the
Privileges annexed to it,
WE having briefly declared the origin of this
Confraternity, together with the profits, prtviieges,
and benefits of it, it remains only that we give brief
instructions how the Scapular of our blessed Lady
of Mount Carmel, which is the badge of the Con-
^#»
99
:(
fraternity^ is to be received, and what the obliga-
tions are of those that wear it.
Those, therefore, that desire to put themselves
under the protection of the most immaculate and
ever Virgin Mary, of Mount Carmel, and to enjoy
the aforesaid privileges by entering into the Con-
fraternity of the holy Scapular, must first be admit-
ted thereunto by some superior of the Order of
Carmelites, or by some other religious of the same
Order, that hath commission from the superior to
admit persons* The Scapular must be blest and
given with the prayers and ceremonies which are
designed for that purpose. Also, according to the
laudable custom of our holy Order, the names of
those that receive the Scapular are to be written
dovi^n in a book of the Confraternity.
The Scapular must be made of cloth, serge, or
other stuff, and not of silk, though it may well be
lined with silk, or embroidered with gold and bilver.
It must be of a brown or tawny colour. The rea-
son of this is, because it is worn in honour of the
blessed Virgin Mary, of whom it is attested by Bc"
rcniua^ Tom. 1, annal. Carihagena^ torn. 2, hotnil.
4, and by others, that she never wore silk, but
woollen, and that of the native colour : so EpiphO'
nius^ lib. 2, chap. 23, saith, *' the clothes she, (the
blessed Virgin,) wore, were of the native colour,
which doth appear by the veil of her head." In
this, therefore, it is meet, that the devoted children
of the blessed Virgin Mary should imitate their
good mother.
We said even now, that when any one enters
first into the Confraternity it is necessary that the
100
Scapular should be blessed. But if that conies to
be lost, or worn out, another may be taken which
need not be blessed. The Scapular is to be worn
continually, day and night, and never to be put off
till death : also it is good to be buried with it.
The Brothers and Sisters must wear it about their
necks, not in their pockets, or about their girdles,
nor folded up in their breasts; for it being a Scapu-
lar, it must be worn in form of a Scapular, that is to
say, a vest or habit, that hangs over the shoulders.
This, and no more is ref]uired to be a member of
the holy Confraternity of our blessed Lady's Sca-
pular, and to participate with the Order of Mount
Carmel, in all the privileges above mentioned, ex-
cept it be that which we speak of in the 7th chap-
ter. So that to bea member of this Confraternity,
it is no way necessary to abstain from flesh on
Wednesdays, or to say the office of the blessed
Virgin, for this is done to enjoy the privilege of the
Sabbatinc Bull. Neither is there any obligation at
all of saying seven Pater Nosters, and seven Ave
Marias, which is only to gain the in Julgence grant-
ed by Paul V. But, as I have already said, it suf-
ficeth that the Scapular be received lawfully, and
worn devoutly, without any other obligation.
Nevertheless, to be partakers of the privilege
which is explained, chap. 7, viz : to be freed out of
purgatory on the first Saturday after their death,
which is a thing apart, not communicated to any
other Order or Confraternity, and called by us, the^
privilege of the Sabbaiine Bull : they must observe
what follows.
1st. They must observe chastity, every one ac-
101
cording to his condition, which doth not hinder but
that they may lawfully marry : but as long as they
are not married, to gain this privilege, it is neces-
sary that they preserve themselves from all impuri-
ty. If they are married, they are only to observe
carefully the fidelity and faith of wedlock. But if
they are not engaged in this stato, the virgin is ob-
liged to preserve virginity, and the widow contin-
cncy.
2d. If they be illiterate persons, who cannot
read, they must obse v^e all the Fasts of the church,
and abstain from flesh on Wednesdays and Satur-
days throughout the whole year, except the Nativ-
ity of our Blessed Saviour happen to fall on one of
these days, for then they may eat flesh.
What we have said of those that cannot read, it
is also to be understood of those who though they
can read, they do not understand the office of the
blessed Virgin ; and also of all those that cannot
perform the said ofHce by reason of their continual
occupations, as it happens to many seiTants, work-
men, and others, that have either public or Isdsori-
ous employments to whom the reciting of the di-
vine office is wholly impossible. All these must
abstain from flesh on Wednesdays and Saturdays,
if they desire to enjoy this privilege of the Sabba-
tine bull.
The reason why we abstain from flesh on Wed-
nesdays is, because on that day our divine Saviour
and the only begotten Son of our gracious princess
and patroness, was treacherously sold by one of his
people for thirty pieces of silver, as St. Clement,
Pope, and successor to St. Peter, doth assure us in
6
102
his Apostolical Institutions, lib, 5. chap, 14. And
for this cause in ih^ primitive church, the faiitiful
did fast on Wednesdays, as besides St, Clement^
Loco citate^ many do affirm ; Origin ^ in chap, 10.
Levit St, Ignatius, Mart, St, Augustine, Theophi'
lactus, <^c. cited by Thomas Serac, part 6,fol, 220.
To accompany the mortifications of our blessed
Lady, we mortify ourselves on that day, by absti-
joence from flesh, relying on the promise of our
powerful advocate, that in recompense of this good
work, we shall be comforted the first Saturday af-
ter our death, with the sweet meat of our eternal
glory, at the table of our sweet Saviour and Re-
deemer, Jesus Christ.
But for the better understanding of what we have
said concerning abstinence from flesh on Wednes-
days and Saturdays, note,
1st. Though any one be obliged to make absti-
nence on those days by vow, penance, or the like,
it will notwithstanding serve to gain the privilege.
2d* Children that by the devotion of their parents
have received the habit, are not obliged to anything
until they are seven years old, and yet they may
gain the aforesaid privilege.
3rd. Though the church does not oblige persons
to fast until they are two-and-twenty years old, yet
if they will obtain this privilege, they must begin to
observe thQ fasts of the church before they come to
that age.
4th. If any one by sickness, or being with child,
or giving suck, &c. cannot observe the fasts of the
church, nor obstain from flesh, nevertheless they
shall get the said privilege. The same is to be
\
said
things
If
and c
vited
ther
fears
forth
fore
who
serva
conte
3, »a
Tl
that (
Sabb
able
the (
cordi
they
days
whic
vour
somi
pula
dayi
fori
gin,
vile
dotl
i;«M
Sal
blei
And
tfiful
neni^
10.
220.
ssed
bsti-
i
103
L
6aid of. the poor who have not wherewithal to buy
things necessary, but must eat what they can get.
If on Wednesday any one be upon a journey,
and cannot get any thing but flesh, or if he br in-
vited to a dinner by a friend, or doth work in oio-
ther man's house, where they all eat of flesh, if he
fears to trouble oroflend those of the house, he may
for that time set his devotion aside, and not there-
fore lose the privilege. The same I say of those
who are subject to another, as wives, children and
servants, when the master of the house is not well
contented. Hieron. Gratianua is disciplin. Christ.
3, part, chap, 7, ver, 3.
Thus much concerning the obligations of those
that cannot read, and nevertheless would enjoy the
Sabbatine bull. Now as for those that are well
able to read, it is necessary that every day they say
the great or little oflice of our blessed Lady, ac-
cording to the custom of the holy church, which, if
they perform, they may freely eat flesh on Wednes-
days, and not be deprived therefore of any grace
which the blessed Virgin hath promised to her fa-
vourites. Wherefore, it is a manifest error, what
some affirm, viz : That whoever does wear the Sca-
pular, is obliged to abstain from flesh on Wednes-
days and Saturdays, whereas this obligation is only
for them that say not the office of the blessed Vir-
gin, and nevertheless are desirous to enjoy the pri-
vileges of being soon freed out of purgatory, as it
doth evidently appear by the words of our blessed
IMy to John XXII. and related by him in the
Sabbatine bull. But concerning the offices of the
blessed Virgin, here it is to be observed.
104
1st. That if any ono doth say the office of the
breviary, because he is in holy orders, or by reason
of some other obUgation that is sufficient to gain the
Sabbatinc privilege, without saying the office of the
blessed Virgin. Slrat. chap. 12 n 16.
2d. The office which is said, may be according
to any, either Roman, Carmelite, Dominican, or
Greek, &c. according to the custom of every one's
country or community.
3d, When there is reasonable cause, it is lawful
to change the saying of the offices into abstinence
from flesh on Wednesdays and Saturdays, or into
any other pious work, with the license of a spiritual
father, and if any one happen not to have the con-
venience of a spiritual father, he may change it him-
self conformable to what divines do commonly hold
concerning the mutation of vows. Lezana in JVfo-
ri(B Patron^ cap. 12, n. 24.
4th. If any one can neither say the office of our
blessed Lady, nor abstain from ilesh, nor do any
other work equivalent, by reason of his many em-
ployments, sickness, or some other impediments,
nevertheless he need not therefore omit to enter
into this Confraternity. For, as we have said al-
ready, he may gain all the other privileges, only by
wearing devoutly the Scapular. It is also very pro-
bable, that such a one will not be deprived of the
Sabbatine favour, which our blessed Lady seems to
insinuate when having assigned the conditions re-
quisite for the gaining of it, she added these words :
'^ tf they be not hindered by some lawful ca^use.
TKomas^ a Jesu. lib. 2, ConfraL Carta. Thfo*
l^lrai, cap. )L2, n. ID.
1
.1
<■
'iMi'
6th.
all, but
should
flesh, o
with CO
future
be dcpi
6th.
in this
conditi
ral or
office,
son of
fault is
the Sc
nor th<
of the
any ob
pular,
By
readei
conce
Virgil
ing th
mous
Ijike^
ternit
they
orgr
herej
W
AKi
was
If the
In the
>fthe
'ding
fn, or
>ne'a
V u
105
6th. If any one voluntarily iuid without cause at
all, but merely through negligence, or human frailty,
should omit the office of our blessed Lady, or eat
ilesh, or should chance to fall into some impurity,
Ivith condition they rise again, and purpose for the
future to observe all that is required, they will not
be deprived of this privilege.
6th. Finally, concerning whatever we have said
in this chapter it is to be noticed, that none of the
conditions assigned, do oblige under sin, either mo-
ral or venial. It is true, those that omit the divine
office, or commit any unchaste action, may by rea-
son of some other obligation, offend God ; but the
fault is not any way aggravated becaust they are of
the Scapular ; for neither the blessed Virgin Mary,
nor the sovereign bishops of Rome, nor the prelates
of the Order of Mount Carmel, did ever impose
any obligations upon the devouts of the holy Sca-
pular, under pain of sin.
By what hath been hitherto said, the judicious
reader may easily conclude what is to be said, both
concerning the antiquity of the order of the blessed
Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel, and also concern-
ing the first institution, and excellency of the fa-
mous Confraternity of the most holy Scapular.
Likewise, the brothers and sisters of this Confra-
ternity, will find here sufficient instructions how
they are to behave themselves, and whtx': privilege
or graces they may enjoy at present, an - hope for
hereafler, which is the end of this short treatise.
Wherefore, I will conclude with what is related^
4 Kings, 6, 13. where Naaman the Syrian, who
was infected with leprosy, was told by Eliseus the
6^
106
prophet, Go and wash in Jordan seven iimes^ and
thou shalt be clean. But ho contemning to follow
this advice, as a thing that would not at all avaij
him, was emphatically exhorted thereto by his ser-
vant in this manner : If the prophet had bid thee do
some great things thou oughtest to have done it ;
hov) much rather then, when he saith to thee, wasfj,
and be clean. I say the same at present concern-
ing the sacred habit of the Scapular. If our bless-
ed Lady had bid us do some great thing, we ought
to do it ; how much rather then when she saith :
Wear my livery and you shall not suffer eternal Jire^
If she had enjoined us to make great abstinences ;
to undergo some rigorous mortification, or to un-
dertake a long and tedious pilgrimage, with this
Condition, that v/e should be freed from eternal
damnation ; from the torments of purgatory, an^
from niany dangerous events which easily do befal
us in this life; right reason would dictate to, us,^
that we ought to attempt any thing for the obtaining^
of so great a good ; how much more then, when
she hath > inexed these and many other extraordiq-
airy graces, to the reception only and devout wear-
ing of her holy liabit of the Scapular, with a final
confidence in her powerful protection : but you
will perhaps, with Naaman, object, what can such
a weak thing avail us, as the Scapular is. To this
I answer, with the Apostles, 1, Corinth. 1, 27.
** The weak things of this world hath God chosen,
that he might confound the strong." He that made
choice of the weak element of water to wash us
from original sin, which is so deeply indicated in,
us by the prevarication of our first father Adam,
hath maJ
to produl
tioned ir
It is
with the I
the effei
our hoi}
ter of J(
ter did
kerchiei
evil spu
12. N
quently
effectin,
the saci
seems t
by dem
ness of
rits an
years, (
miracu
daily e
world,
gin Ms
sacred
seeing
way o:
good,
to mal
attribi
affair^
blytc
107
*Sy and
follow
1 avaij
is ser-
hee do
ne it ;
9 wash
ncern-
bless-
ought
mth :
iljire.
ices :
hath n^ade use of the weak habit of the Scapular,
to produce those excellent effects which are mea*
tioned in the c:hapter following.
It is no new thing to Almighty God to concur
with the clothes and garments of saints, in order to
the effecting of prodigious things. The mantle of
our holy patriarch St. Elias, divided twice the wa-
ter of Jordan. 4 Kings 2. The shadow of St. Pe-
ter did cure all diseases. Acts 5, 16. The hand-
kerchiefs and napkins of Saint Paul did drive away
evil spirits, und heal all sorts of infirmities, t^cis 19,
12. Nevertheless, our Saviour did never so fre-
quently concur with the relics of any saint, to the
effecting of such like things as he hath done with
the sacred habit of his Virgin Mother, which he
seems to have made choice of, that he may there-
by demonstrate to the world, bpth the efl[icacious-
ness of her intercession, and the height of her m^
rits and glory. For during these four hundred
years, ever since the time of St. Simon Stock, most
miraculous and extraordinary things haye been, a^4
daily are done throughout the whole christiaia
world, by the intercession of the niost blessed Vir-
gin Mary of Mount Carmel, and biy means of her
sacred Scapular. Wherefore, courteous reader,
seeing tliou hast at hand so easy and efficacious a
way of promoting both thy spiritual and temporjal
good, thou wilt, if thou art wise, procure forthwith
to make use of it. If thou dost not, it cannot be
attributed but to thy negligence of that important
affair of thy salvaltion, Avbich thou oughtest princi-
pally to mind ; and if thou comest at kis^t misera-
bly to lose thyself, Almighty God will have just
106
cause to object against thee what he objected
against the Israelites. Osea 14, 9, Thy perdition
is from thyself.
CHAP. X.
kA Relation of some notable J\IiracleSi ^c*
THE last privilege of those who are enrolled in
the Confraternity of the sacred Scapular, is contain-
ed in these words of our blessed Lady to St* Simon
Stock, Ecce signum salutisy salus in periculis, and
it is a perpetual safeguard fronpi all manner of perils,
as well by sea as by land ; a protection and de-
fence against fire, thunder and lightning ; many
tempests have been appeased by the Scapular ;
many fires have been quenched ; many sorts of in-
firmities have been cured ; grievous contagions
have been overcome ; the devils have been put to
flight ; and it is the most speedy and efficacious
remedy against witchcrafts, fascinations, and en*-
chanttnents, that can be found. All this may be
manifested by several examples, whereof I will
briefly relate some.
In the city of Avignon in France, Anno Domini
1622, a person of honour named Alexander Domi-^
nic, a native of Lyons, and a soldier by profession,
going to the army, remained there to do his devc-
ttona, and to celebrate, before his departure, the
feast of the Scapular, with the other members of
^ the Coi
i before
( bath,h<
ted hii
having
he will
himseli
of the
ofMoi
had no
the tw(
being <
thathiJ
^ l^passed
their n
next tc
Int
young
holy S
the sa
upon
breasi
ahdd
holy]
horse
bjra
side,
* rally
bein
Aim
pfe
r„
109
i
objected
\perditton
rolled in
contain-
It* Simon
k'*, and
^perils,
and de-
; many
apular •
;s of in-
tagions
» put t6
'acious
^nd en-
nay be
I wiJl
Domini ,..
t)onii-
ssion,
devo*
f the
the Confraternity. On the 11th of July, six days
before the said feast, as he was going out of the
bath, he met with a certain enemy of his, who salu-
ted him with a pistol loaded with two bullets, and
having made the discharge of it just at his breast,
he withdrew himself. This poor man thinking
himself to be killed, had recourse to the patroness
of the Confraternity, crying out, " blessed Virgin
of Mount Carmel assist me !" a strange thing ; he
had no sooner pronounced these words, but he felt
the two bullets fall down into his breeches ; and
being carried home to his lodging, it was perceived
that his cloak was burned, and that the bullets had
passed through his doublet and shirt, and had left
their marks upon the holy Scapular, which he wore
next to his sldn, without any hurt to his person.
In the year 1633, near Cracovia in Poland, a
young man, who, a little before had received the
holy Scapular in the cpnvent of the Carmehtes pf
the said city, received in a battle a musket shot
upon his breast, but the bullet passing through hi?
breast-piece and clothes, rested at his Scapular*
atid did no more hurt, but lefl ^ Ijttle spot upon the
holy habit.
Monsieur fDeCuge, cornet of a company of
horse, was wounded at Tesin fight in the year 1636,
b^ a cannon bullet,| which passing through his left
side, bruised his \efy heart to pieces, so that natu-
rally he could not live a moijaent ; nevertheless, he
being in mortal sin, as he afterwards declared, God
Almighty, by t^he inf ercession of the glorious Vir-
gin, gave him space to repent* aAd (trolonged his
|ife for three or four hour^r during which time he^
i
110
made his confession, and with his own hands wrote
his last will and testament, which being done, the
surgeon came to search his wounds, and found that
the bullet had thrust the Scapular into his heart ;
M'hich being drawn out, he presently expired, mak-
ing many acts of profound gratitude towards the sa-
cred Virgin, who, prolonging miraculously his Ufe
had preserved him from eternal death.
At the rencounter which happened betwixt the
French and the Spaniards, at the isle of St. Mar-
garite, a young man of Toulon, named George
Teissery, approached so near the cannons, that he
had all his clothes, even his shirt, burnt off from his
body, and by the force of the blows he was cast at
a great distance into the sea, where, though depriv-
of the use of his senses, he remained a long while
on the top of the water ; at last returning to him-
self, and remembering that he was of the Scapular,
he invoked the immaculate Virgin Mary, by whose
means he regained force to save himself ; and be-
mg out of the sea, he found that the Scapular was
entire on him, without being any way touched eith-
er by the fire or water.
Anno Domini 1638, at the city ot Toulon in
France, the fire began in a street near to the house
of Mr. John Richard, advocate of parliament,
whose wife seeing that neither the multitude of the
people that were there, nor the abundance of water
that they threw on it, was able to quench it ; she
bethought herself in this extremity of danger, to
throw the habit of the most sacred Virgin into the
midst of the flames, which she had no sooner done,
but presently the fire ceased.
At Pal
stabbed
poinard,
wherefoi
not hav<
tent an<
Thaufrel
If the
he may
this mati
Maria
of the S<
Carm, c
had beei
beasts,
from pis
dents, b
mentioni
much re
happy a
mantle o
elude th
glory of
^
Ill
I wrotd
ae, the
nd that
lieart ;
f mak-
the sa-
[lis life
ixt the
Mar-i
'eorge
hat he
>m his ;
:ast at '
epriv-
while ^
him-
jular^i>v\
irhose vf
d be- .
r was, 2
eith-
At Padua in Italy, a young man being in despair,
stabbed himself upon the breast three times with a
poinard, without being able to execute his design ;
wherefore, perceiving that our blessed Lady would
not have him perish that wore her livery, was peni-
tent and confessed his crime. P. Cyprianua in
Thaufre, carm. cap, 12.
If the pious reader desires to know more of them,
he may repair to greater volumes, which treat of
this matter. Amongst others Lezana de Patron,
Maria chap, 5 and 9, and Theophilus Raymundusj
of the Society of Jesus, in his ScapuL Carthag.
Carm. chap. 6, hath many examples of those that
had been freed from devils, from fire, water, wild
beasts, sickness, witchcrafts, danger in childbed,
from pistol-shots, and from many other ill acci-
dents, by means of the Scapular. But the fore-
mentioned may suffice to convince us with how
much reason Laurentius a aancto victore had said,
happy are they that are clothed with the hahit and
mantle of the most blessed Virgin. And so I con-
clude this devout treatise, which I dedicate to the
glory of God.
>n m
louse
nent,
)fthe
vater
she
r, to
o tlie
done,
THE
* r^r" J? 1
OFFlCfi
OP THE
BLESSED VIRGIN MARY.
AT MATINS.
'>
VerSy Now let my lips sing and display,,
Resp, The blessed Virgin's praise this day.
V^ O Lady, to my help intend ;
R, Me strongly from my foes defend.
Glory be to the Father, &c.
THE HYMW.
Hail Lady of the world*
Of heaven bright queen ;
Hail Virgin of Virgins,
Star early seen.
Hail full of ail grace.
Clear light divine ;
Lady, to succour us,
With speed incHne ;
God, from eternity,
Before all other.
Of the word thee ordained,
To be the mother ;
I-'.,
iia^
i
^)\
By which he created .
The heavens, sea, land : ^
HiB fair spouse he chose.
Free from sin's band. ''*^^
V. God hath elected and prc-elected her.
R. He hath made her dwell in his tabernacle.
Let us Pray,
f>
;{
O holy Mary, Mother of our Lord Jesus Christ,
queen of heaven, and lady of the world, who neither
forsakest or despisest any, behold me ^mercifully
with an eye of pity^ and obtain for me, of tliy belov-
ed Son, pardon of all my sins ; that I, who with
devout affection, do now celebrate thy holy con-
ception, may hereafter enjoy the reward of eternal
hlissy through the grace and meVey of otir Lord
Jesus Christ, whom thou, a Virgin, didst bring
forth yyfht^f with the Father and the Itoly Gliost,
iiveth and reigneth^ oiie God m perfect Trinity, for
ever and ever. Amen. . ■ -r.
V. Lwd hear my prayer. ^
n
JB^ Aiid iel my cry coixie unto tKee.
F. Let us bless our Lord. •^- * * -Z •" '^
R. Thanks be to Gbdi^ /'^ *»R^*'^' ^^^'^ * ^^ • *
V. And let the sbuls of the faithful cfepa^ed,
through the mercy of God, rest in peace» * •
JR. Amen. •' '^' ' ''^-'^^ ■ ^
■'•'..' . .■ ' ' ' . . J '■ i t.t . J /« • i
; AT 1»RIM1E. • ;: ^i!j fftn^-f^t
F. Lady to my help intend.
Jt. Me strongly from my foes defend.
F. Glory be to the Feather, &c. -
7
< <• ^
♦—■
n
'
'■ . .■':
THl HTMH.
HAIL Virgin mp9t . ,
House for Gp4 plap'4
. TfV^itb the s0veR«iold pillar
Apd table gci^c'd*
Saved from contagion
Of the frail earth ;
In womb of thy parent,
Snioft before bjrtl^. ^ ^
Sifother of the livingi
€fate of i^ty merits ;
Th© D^^ e^t^ qf tfqq^,
ftiHJcp^ofpnrespintif ;
Aifww«' way* ) >
Se UiW of 9lii^^](ii^ . :i
mfi^f find [?^j[.
ff. He bath cr^i^ted h^ in Uf I^pIx 9pMt-
jjj. An^ )iii^t)i ppwfQ4 fcter out, ovi^K 1^1 W« wwpIw*
Zc< lit iVcy. . . ■
O holy BJ^y, 91914^ <tf* ^^^ l*oi4 fcc. «t l«-
yire,p. 113.
V. O Lord hear my fflff^h
^r. Xjet ^t t^^sffi 9Uif l4C«4*
B.Trhank8 be to God.
F. And let the souls of the faithful departed
through the mercy ef CM, refit in j^ce. ■ *
H. Amen.
'SI tf
Hi -
1
At TJBnaD.
r. Lady, ^ nyr fa«^ i»(iQa4
1^- ■'•m
>».'?-3^'
*C
^>.
HfMiMH
^utmmmntttmitm
■M.ltil.nigi'iill -I ■ ■ ililirtif*a
iiiirtirffi
mtfi^mmnm^^mmm^
mke^
^mn
.1
«->■<<
R, Me strongly fmm my fbes defend.
V. Glory be ta the Father, &c» -'
(A
,K
THE HTMJT.
4
« HAIL ark of covenant.
King Solomon's throne ;
Bright rainbow of Hefeten ;
The bush oi vision ;
The fleece of Gideon,
The flow'ring rod :
Sweet honey of SempBOfiy ^
Closet of God.
'Twas meet Son so noble
Should save from stakiy
(Wherewith Eve's children
spotted remaii>.) -^ -
The maid whom fer mii&er ^
He had elected^
That she miglil be never '"^
With sin infected.
F. I dwell in the hi^i^ : ^ ^
^ |t. And my throne is Aej^iOar of thfcloude*
v;*"'- ■■■■''' . ' ••;-^f'^ ^ ih^hk n .
^^ri.-m:u =•; h . Efii u$ Bray. ' . nH .
' boty Mary, Mother of our Lord, &c. ns he»
fore.
Fl Q Lord bear IV f f i^w#
U^ Am W my ciy ^me unto thee.
?ii'^j;jii? |r Let uc Megs o^r Lorf.
- e JR. ThankahiejkoGodL
viKu. |r ^Qj let the soide. of t&e iaUkfiil depotadi
through the mercy of Godji real ia peace*
JR. Amen*
fore.
F. O Lord hear
116
• n.J» -^T SIXTH,
V. O Lady, to my help intends ^' * • ^
R. Me strongly from my foes defend.
V, Glory be to the Father, &c.
THB HYMN.
HAIL Mother and Virgin
Of the Tripity j,» ^Utul mi i/
Temple ; joy of angels, V
Cell of purity. .
Comfort of mourners.
Garden of pleasure ; )
iPalm-tree of patience.
Chastity's treasure.
Thou land sacerdotal.
Art blessed wholly ;
From sin. original,
Exempted solely.
The city of the highest ;
Gate of the east; .
Virgin's gem ; ii» tbeo [ oii) rii . l
/ ._ • Ail gtaoeis test: t; ^.i r ouij v : In*, .k
V, As the lily among thorns.
R. So my beloved among' the daughters of
Let us Pray. ■ "im^-^V
O holy Mary, Mother t^C 6ttt'!L^^;-^c9as.fre'-
•-. -.iM &f? ti»J .%iii ifr*-t
JR. And let
my prayeK
_ _ ^ come titlt<y ^«e
I^et^ds'Wti^s otir LoiN|.
Tbafikfl b^ to'God.'
fii
1 'n
- «
4
as .
■Wf
f
.Si
9rs of
Ire-
" »
ll-^
F. And let the souls of the faithful depaited,
through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
1{, Amen.
AT NINTH.
.>'i":iM
..h
V. O Lady to my help intend.
11. Me strongly, from my foes defend.
F. Glory be to the Father, &e.
,r
THB HTMN.
.11/ a
HATL.city of refuge,
King David's tower.
Fenced with bulwark^
And armour's power*
In thy conception
Charity did flame ;
The fierce dragon's pride mm ^
Was brought to shame.
Judith invincible <
Woman of arms, . a 4
Fair Abisaig, virgin, ivib m
True David warms. i j o H
Son of fair Rachel -^ '
Did Egypt store ;
Mary of the ^orld , -X
The Saviour bore. ^r
V. Thou art all fair, O my beloved. ' )
R. And original spot was never in the<!;'
Let lis Pray,
1
A
jfkt'J i L\U..
.a
O holy Mary, Motfrer of our Lord, &c. as be-
fore,
»' -F. ^ Lord hear my prayer.
T
'
U8
, Hf And let my C17 oorai9 MBto tboe. i^ P
V. Let ui bleM our LonL
R. Thanks be to God.
F. And let tlie souls of the faithful departed
through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
A. Amen.
F. Lady, to my help intend.
jR. Me strongly from my foes defend.
F. Glory be to tne Father, &c.
HAIL dial, in which j-^ '
Turns retrograde ^
The sun, ten degrees ;
The word is fksh made '
That man from hell-pit
To heaven might rise,
Th' iromenseless than angels,
In stable lies.
This Son did on Bf avy^ !
Betimes appear,
Made her conception
As morning dear.
Fair lily among thorns.
That serpent fri|;ht8.
Clear moon that in dark
The wanderer Hghta.
^ F. In heaven I made a pever-failing light rise.
R, And I cover all the world as a mist
Let n$ I^ay»
O holy Mary, Mother 9(<m l/ocd Jesuii Cb|ist,
I
ft
A- ■-
T
lit
arted
se*
u
4»u
Sueen of Heaven* and kdy cf the world, who net-
ler forsakest or despi^teat a^yt behold me merci-
fully with an eye of pity, ffad obtain for. me of thy
beloved Son, pardon of aM my ains, thai I, who«
with devout affection, do now celebrate thy holy
conception, may hereaiter, enjov the reward of eter«
nal bliss, through the grace and mercy of our Lord
Jesus Christ, whopa thou, a virgin, didst bring forth;
who, with the Father and the Holy Ghost, liveth
and reigneth, &c*
V. Lord hear my pray^n
iZ. And let my cry come unto thee*
V* hei Us bless our Lord.
R. Thanks be to God.
V. And let thef souitf of the faithful departed,
through the mercy a( God, rest in peaioe.
it* Amen*
AT COIVPLlifB.
, r. Let thy Son, Chridt «iF6i^, O' letdy, paidfied
by thy prdrersr, convert utr.
R. Ana bittk hisr atiger fi'Ofh ti^«
V. O Lady, to my help intend.
R. Me stroH^y frOtti my f^A defend.
V. Glory be to the Father, fcc*
HAIL flourishing YkgiOy
Chastity's renown i ^
Queen of clemeEM^y^ *]
Whom stara do Orowii.
.f riiiO i^^cThou Ri^at^vpitticfl^^^^^ *.
"
H
126
;i or! 7 t^pst Son behold, ^^^'^ *nd7/ji^Hlo n .,»i <>
-hvnxi Sittest athis^ifehthaiid ' - " :^j3R^t^
X^^^ 'lo ' -' Attir'dm gdJA : ^^> '>X' -- ^^^'^ 'i'^-*
,orli/ J. Mother of grace, hope ^^'^' fc>voI. I
vj >d To the dismayed ; = iiiovob ilJr//
-i^io'io Bright Star of ^e seaf '^-^^ vi^n; o
III shipwreck, aid. ^
Grant heaven- gate open.
That by the blest^ ' - oii! li?/ , rrf
We thy Son may see * '^^ ' ^^ bii3
In blissfulrest, vym InoC ;;
F. Thy name, Mary^ is oil poured out. -^
R, Thy servants have exceeduisly loved thee.
O holy. Mary,: &c. as beibre. i >*<» aiit
F. O Lord hear my prayer. .^ ^ '
12. And let my cry come unto thee.
V. Let us bless our Lord^
)% And let the souls, of. the faitl^ul departed»
through the mercy of Gfod, rest in peace.,/
R. Amen.
.1 " THB COB«J»fBNDATlOX.
TO thee. Virgin pious,
We humbly present
These hours canonical,
With pure kitent.
Guide pilgrims, until
With Christ we meet :
In our agony aid us, ^ ^ rru .* ,
Yirgit]f nir^et. Amc^. '
J
i
)
:J"'
■7
ami
mtmm
tmrnmi
121
■9
h
' .'vl
inirrr
Uit3
de.
■yua
rted,
\
#
[This anthem following, with the prayer of the im-
maculate conception of tlie blessed Virgin, is ap-
proved of by Pope Paul Y. who hath granted an
hundred days of indulgence to all faithful Chris-
tians, that shall devout)^ recke the same.]
ANTHEM.
THIS is the branch in which was neither knot of
original, nor bark of aettial sin found.
V, In thy conception, "frirgih, thou wast imma-
culate. -
R. Pray unto the Father for us, whose Son thou
didst bring forth.
1^ ' Leim Pray.
. Q Crod^ who by the immaculate conception of the
b^ded Virgin, didot prepare a m habitation for thy
Soti« we beseech thee, that| as by the foreseen
d^^ of ker saoie Son^ thou didst preserrd her pure
ffojtn l^Uspeti so likewise .grant that wo, by h«r ia<«
t^ee^tiioa loadc free froin sin, may attain y^nta
thee ; tbroHgh our Lord JesuB Christ, Ifay Son,
MfbOf with thee and die Holy Ghost, liveth and^
rei^etbf one Crod, world without end. Amap*
>>iii.r. -JMiy
7^^
■ Mill— II I I ««..i— >— HMM
m i i H i T ii iii i iii r ■■ III n I III I II I mfciK^m^l
THB
LIFE
OF
SAINT JOSEPH.
I
The glorious St. Joseph was lineally descended
from the greatest kings of the tribe of Juda, and
from the most illustrious of the ancient patriarchs ;
but his true glory consisted in his humility and vir-
tke^ The history of his life hath not been written
hy men ; but his principal actions are recm-ded by
the Holy Ghost himself. God entrusted him with
the education of his divine Son, manifested in the
fkah. In this view he was espoused to the Virgin
Mary. It is an evident mistake of some writers,
that by a former wife he was the father of St. James
the Less, and of the rest who are styled in the gos-
pels, the brothers of our Lord, for these were only
cousin-germans to Christ, the sons of Mary, sister
to the blessed Virgin, wife of Alphaeus, who was
living at the time of our Redeemer's crucifixion*
St. Jerome assures us, that bt. Joseph always pre-
served his virgin chastity ; and it is of faith that no-
thing contrary thereto ever took place with regard
to hi8 chaste spouse, the blessed Virgin Mary. He
1-
123
■y
i(
I
/ >
.^
was given her by Heaven to be the protector of her
chastity, to secure her from calumnies in the birth
of the Son of God, and to assist her in his educa-
tion, and inher journies, fatigues and persecutions*
How great was the purity and sanctity of him who
was chosen the guardian of the most spotless Vir-
gin? This holy man seems for a considerable
time, to have been unacquainted that the great mys-
tery of the Incarnation had been wrought in her by
the Holy Ghost. Conscious, therefore, of his own
chaste behaviour towards her, it could not but raise
a great concern in his breast, to find that, notwith-
standing the sanctity of her deportment, yet he
might be well assured that she was with child. But
being a just man, as the scripture calls himy and
consequently possessed of all virtues, especially of
charity and mildness towards his neighbour, he was
determined to leave her privately, without either
condemning or accusing her, committing the whole
cause to God. These, his perfect dispositions,
were so acceptable to God^ ili6 lovor of justice,
charity and peace, that befarie he put his design in
execution, he sent an angel from heaven, not to re*
prebend any thing in his holy conduct, but to dissi-^
pate all his doubts and fears, by revealing to him
this adorable mystery. How happy should we be,
if we were as tender in all the^ regards the reputa*
tion of our neighbour ; as free from entertaining
any injurious thought or suspieion,^ whatever cer-
tainty our conjectures, bur senses may seem to rely
on ; and as guarded in our tongue. We commit
th^ faults only because in our hearts we are de*
vfiiAof Ihat true charity an() simphcity, whereof St.
': •
124
Joseph sets us so eminent an e^cample on this oc«
iiasiOn.
~. Ini the hext pltioe we maf adnlird lii secret con-
templation with what devotion, respect aiid tender «
ness he beheld and adored^ the first of all men, the
new born Saviour of the world ; and with what fi-
delity he acquitted himself of his double charge,
the education of Jesus, and the guardianship of his
blessed mother. '* He was truly the faithful and
prudent servant, says St* Bernard, whom oiir Lord
appointed the master of his household, the comfort
and support of his mother, Ms footer-father^ and most
faithful co«>operatof in the execution of his deepest
counsels on earth." " What a happiness, says the
jkarae fathel", not only to see Jesus Christ, but also
lo hear him, to carry him ia bis arms, to lead him
from place to pkbce, to embrace amd caress him*
and to be privy to all the great secrets which were
oontealed from the princes of this world."
^ astoitishiog eievation ! Q Unparalleled digni*>
tj !" cries out ike f^oilB Gersoby in a devout bA*
dress to St. Joseph, ^^that the mother of God, Queen
of Heaven^ should call you her Lord ; that God
himself made man shodld call you father, ahd obey
yout commands* O glorio^^s Triad on earthy Jesus,
Mdry, Joseph, h<9w dear a family to the glorious
Trinity in Heaven* Father, Son, Holy Ghost ! Jf o-
tiling: is on earth So great, so good, so excellent."
Amidst these his extraordinary graces, what more
wonderful than his humility 1 He conceals his pri-*
Vileges, liv<ls as the most o^cure of men, publish**
es nothing of God's great mysteries, makes no fer-
' ther enquiries into j^m^ leaTing it (jtod to manifest
125
V I .1
them at hii^ Own time, seeks to fulfil the Order of
Providence in his regard without interfering with
any things but what concerns himself* Though de-
scended from the royal family which had long been
in possesion of the throne of Judea, he is (Content
with his conditioHvthatof a mechanic or handicraft-
iHan, and mak^s it his business, by labo^iring in iti
to maintain himself, his spouse, and the diVinf;
Child.
We should be ungrateful to this great saiiJrt, if
We did not remeitnber that it id to him^ as the instru«
Ipdent under God, that we are indebted for the pre*
servation of the infant Jesus from I urod's jealousy
and medico matnifested in ^e slaughter of the In-
i20cents« An angel appearing to him in his sleeps
bade him arbe, take the (ihiM Jesus^ arid fly with
him into Egypt, and remain there till h6 should
again have tiotke from him to rcftu^n* Thie sud*^
den and unexpected flight Hiusi have exposed Jo**
^ef\k to many incOntenienceB and duflerings in so
long a journey, wkh a little babe and a tender vir<^
giA, the greater part of the wa^ being through de-
serts and amoftg strangers ; yet he alleges no ex**
0USI9S, noi' enquiries at what tiin« thfey were to re-^
tnrli. St* Chrysostom observes that Grod treats
thus all his servants, sending them frequent trials,
to ol^at their hearts frotin the rust of self love, but
intermixing 3ea;dons of codsolation. Joseph says,
'^ ke is anxious on seeing the Virgin with ehtid i
att angel removes that fear ; he rejoices tkt tbo
chiM's biith, but a greit f<tor succeeds : the furious
king 8eek« to destroy the child, and th^ whdle city
i;a^ JB an iijj^oar to tdio away his life* This is fot«
126
lowed by another joy, the adoration of the Magi ra
new sorrow then arises, he is ordered to fly into a
foreign and unknown country, without help or ac-
quaintance." It is the opinion of the fathers, that
upon their entering Egypt, at the presence of the
child Jesus, all the oracles of that superstitious
country were struck dumb, and the statutes of their
gods trembled, and in many places fell to the ground,
according to that of Isaiah XIX. ''And the statutes
of the Egyptians shall be shaken in his presence."
The fathers also attribute to this holy visit the spi-
ritual benediction poured on that country, which
made it for many ages most fruitful in saints.
After the deoih of king Herod, which was noti^
fied to St. Joseph by a vision, God ordered him to
return with the Child and his mother into the land of
Isreal, which our Saint readily obeyed. But when
he arrived in Judea, hearing that Archelaus suc-
ceeded Herod in that part of the country, apprehen-
sive he might be infected with his father's vices,
cruelty and ambition, he feared on that account to*
settle there, as Jie would otherwise probably have'
done, for the more c<»nmodious education of the
Child. And, therefore, being directed by God in'
another vision, he retired into the dominions of his
brother Herod Antipas, in Galilee, to his former
habitation in Nazareth, where the wonderful oc-
currences of our Lord's birth were less known. St*-
Joseph being a strict observer of the Mosaic law,
in conformity to its direction, anntially repaired to
Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover. Archelaus*
being banished by Augustus, and Judea made a
Roman provmce, he haA, nothing more to fear at Je^^
•ci
'
127
into a
or ac-
s, that
Df the
titious
f their
round,
atutes
3nce.
99
le spi-
which
%.i . /'
s noti-
him to
land of
t when^
s sue-
irchen-
vieesv
)tint to*
r have'
of the
Grod in'
I of his
former
ful oc-
rn. SU
ic law,
ired to
helaus *
nade a
lit Je-
s%
'^
v>
rusalem. Our Saviour being advanced to the
twelfth year of hi? age, accompanied his parents
thither ; who having performed the useful ceremo*
nies of the feast, were now returning with many of
their neighbours and acquaintances towards Gali-
lee, and never doubting but that Jesus had joinedf^^^
himself with some of the company, they travelled
on for a whole day's journey, without further en-
quiry after him before they discovered that he was
not with them. But when night came on, and they
could hear no tidings of him among their kindred
and acquaintance, they in the deepest affliction re-
turned with the utmost speed to Jerusalem ; where,
after an anxious search of three days, they found
him in the Temple, sitting among the learned doc-
tors of the law, hearing them discourse and asking
them such questions as raised the admiration of all
that heard him, and made them astonished at the
ripeness of his understanding ; nor were his pa-
rents less surprised on this occasion. And when
his mother told him with what grief and earnestness
they had sought him, and to express her sorrow for
tlmt, though short, privation of his presence,, said to;
him : ^' Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us ?^
Behold thy father and I sought thee in great afflic-;
tionofmind." She received for answer, that be-,
ing the Messiah and Son of God, sent by his Father
into the world in order to redeem it, he must be^
about his Father's business, the same for which he^
had been sent into the world ; and, therefore, that
it was most likely for them to find him in his Fa- 1
ther's house ; intimat'ng that his appearing in pub-
lic on thiS; occasion, was to ndv^nce his Panther's ;
IMMMgi
IS8
n
ivtooilr, axkl iA prepiu^ die pTtnees 6f the Je^s to
receive him for the Messiah ; pokitiag out to thenl
from ^eir {>rophets the time of his coikiing. Biit
though in this staying in the Tem^e, Unbiiown to
his parents^ h^ did something irithout their leave in
dbedieikce to his heavenly Fallker, yet in all other
things he was obedient to them^ returning with them
to Naziareth, and ttiere living in aU dutiful subject
tion to theiii*
J£lred, our coQAtrymsxi, abbot of RktaU in bis
iieraionon losing the child Jesus in the TeMple^
observes that this bis conduct to k» parents is m
irue represenation <^f tfaiat whi<^h be ^a\fs ii8|
Whilst he often WiMt^MTS him«etf for a short tiiiie
from OS to seek him ^e more ec^miestiy. He thiii^
describes tiie setrti^ents df his parents on this oc^
dasion : ^ LeD us cbiKsider what iras the hi^ppinesj^
of that blessed company in betray to Jerus&ll^^
to wholn it was granted to behold his face, to be$tr
Im sweet words, to see iii him the m^ of divine
wisdom and virtue ; and in their ^i^taal discourse
to receive the influence df his saving truths and ex-
amples. The old And young adfn^e him« I be-^
ISeve boys of his agig wet e struck wi^ astonishment
at the gravity of his mann^i^ and words. I believe
such rays of grace diiii^d from l^# blessed eounte-
imnc@ as drew on Mm <}i6 eyeS) )eat^'«nd heaiti €ff
evei7 one. And wbdt te@irs do th^y ^hed whki he
is not u^ith them*" Me go^ m considering what
unutit be the gl'ief ofU^ pkttjM \i^n tll^y h^ loDt
him ; vM.t tSeir senftinyen^t mi bow el»iiieet thei^
&«iif0b } }>iit ivb^t tbeir joy wlieA #iey fc^tiA ^im
//
t
■■-■•1
if
A^
129
Je'kB to
to thent
ig. But
tnown to
leave in
alloibeir
fiih them
sabje«>»
al, in bi3
eats is »
Oft tihi&
He thiifl
Aid oc-i
$9 to heftF
3f divine
liseoarse
raad€x«
* I be*'
lishment
[ believe
counte-
leaiticf
ag what
ba^ loit
tottbeii^
//
Mother <6f my God, -whbt were your sentiment^r,
niiat your afitonishtbent and your joy, when you
saw him again, and sitting not amongst boys, but
amidst the doctors of the law ? When you saw
every one's eyes fixed on him, every one's ears lis-
tening to him, gre4t and small, learned and un*
learned, intent on his words and motions. You
now say : I have found him whom I love. I will
hold him^ and will no more let him part from me.
Hold him, sweet Lady, hold him fast ; rush on his
neck, dwell on his embraces, and compensate the
three days absence by multiplied delights in your
present enjoyment of him. You tell him that you
^nd his father sought him in grief.' For what did
you "grieve ? not for fear of hunger or want in him
tli^c^tn you knew td be God : but I believe yon
grieved to see yourself deprived of the delights of
his presence even for a short time ; for the Lord
~ Jesus is so ' sweet to those wlio taste him> that his
shortest absence. is a subjeqt of the greatest grief
to them.^' This mystery is an emblem of the de«-
vout soul, and Jesus sometimes withdrawing him-
self, and leaving her jh diyness, that she may be
m^re earnest in seeking him. But above all, how
eagerly eught the soul which has lost God by sin
seek liiih again, and how bitterly ought she to de-
plore her extreme misfortune 1
- As no farther mention is made of St. Joseph, he
hi'^t havie died before the> marriage of CaUa and
the beginning of our divine Saviour's ministry. We
curnnbt doubt, but he had the happiness of Jesus
ttt|d>Mary atteiiding at his deaths praying by him,
andxdmfortingliim in his last moments.
■MMMMMmMIi
190
.
Wlmidiibe is pafticulfldrly iivtokdd for lb# giMt
gf9Cf$ <tfA bappjr dcatht and thd ipiiiluftl poeiowe
of JesaA ia thai tremondouiEf Jwvr* 'Tbo ehurch
read* Iba hkbtiry of thti paf rittrch Joseph on hii foa-
^val, wtu^ was stjkd the Saviour of Egypt whicfa
he delite^ed frotn peiiakibg by fiMnine ; aind waa ap-
pointed the faithful master of the household of Pe*
tiphctr, and of that of PhaHioh and his kingdottb
But our great aaiiit Was chosen by 6odf the saftour
cif the life of him wh6 was the true Savioiir of the
flouls of meny rescuing him from the tyrltnnjr <^
HerodL lie is now glorified in heftven^ as the
goardtiui and keeper of his Lord on earth* An
Pharaoh said to the £gyptiali8 in th^ir dislr0s0i^
^ Go to Joseph ;" so may we confidently addfeas
ourselves t^ die niedilation of htm, t6 whom God,
made man, #as subject and obedient on faHb^ ^n^
h The devout 6ei2son expresaed die wartnest den
vdtioa to 8t Josephl, which he endeavored by idt-
Icirs and sermons to proiteta. He cotnpiosed ta
office to hia honour^aad wrote his life in< t^eWiB
jH>emsy called JoaephhMu He enlarges on all the
circumatancea of hia Hfe by pious aflSiction^ and
meditations. St. Theresa ch^ hinr the chief pa-
tron of her Order. In the liixdft ebapter of her life,
ahe writes thus : M I chdoae the glorious St Jose^
for my patron, and I commend myself m alt tbinigis
ami^larly to his intercession. I do not remember
ever to have asked of God any thing by- him which
I did not obtain. I never knew any onct wh^ Ity
ittvoking him didtol advahce exoeediag^y ia vir-
tue ; for he aasisibBr in ai wond^rfid' mttmer fftlwho
adcfaresa themselvtea to binK'' St. Ffanekr of IMeav
ii* I nil- mm
aammmtmmlm
a ehurch
KPt whfoh
Id of P«.
kingdaok
e tfatteoi*
ur of tbfi
rttuny of
iy as tiip
rth. Aa
addreas
om God,
Best dc^
dbyjfft.
psed ta
Balltbe
iOB^imd
'hief pa-
Iwr life,
Joiseph
1 thii%3
xieiQber
B wUeh
who^liy
riHlwho
131
throughout his whole nineteenth eniertainmentt ex-
tremely recommend8 devotion to hini« and extola
his merits, principally kia virginity, humility, con-
stancy and courage. Tha Syrians and other eas-
tern churches celebrate his festival on the 20th of
July ; the western churches on the 19th of March.
Pope Gregory XV. in 1621, and Urban VIII.
1642, commanded it to be kept a holyday of obli-
gation ; but to prevent abuses, this and other holy-
days were retrenched by Pius VI.^ 177'8. >
The holy family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph,
presents to us the most perfect model of heavenly
conversation on earth. How did those seraphims
Mary and Joseph* live in their poor cottage ? —
They always ei^oyed the pre9ence of Jesus, al-
ways burning with the most ardent love for hira,
inviolably attached to his sacred persoBi, always
employed and living opily for him. What were
their transports in beholding him» their devptioA ki
listening to him^ and their joy in possessing him ? O
heavenly lifet O anticipation of the heavenly bli6»!
O divine conversation ! We may imitate them, and
share some degree of this advantage by conversing
oflen with Jesus, and by the contemplation of hiys
most amiable goodness kindling the fife ofhis holy
love in our breasts.^ The effects of this h>v9,
if it be sincere^ will necessarily aj^ear in our put-
ting on his spirit, and imitating his example and
virtues : and in our studying to walk continually in
the divine presence, findfiing God every where, and
esteemed all the time lost which we do not spei¥l
with Got^ or for hia bdoour. .
aMMMMIMMb
i V' 1
THK
•|u
j.<
» «.♦
DEDICATION
;-i|
OF
'./;
ST. MARY AD NIVES.
fd<
• THERE are in Rome three patriarchal church-
es, in which the Pope officiates on different festi-
vals, and at one of which he always resides when
in the ohy. These are Ba.«<i«ic of St. John Lat-
terani St. Peter's oh the Vatican hill, and St. Mary
'Major. This la^t is so called because it is, both
'in antiquity and dignity, the fir^'t church iti Rom6
among those that are dedicated to God in honour
of the Virgin Mary. The name of the Liberiah
Basilio was given it, because it was founded in the
tfine of Pope Liberius, in the fourth century ; it
was e^secr«it6d under the titlcf of the Virgin Mary,
hy Sixtuti III. about the year 435. It is also called
St. Mairy ad Nives, or at the Snow, from a popular
'ttaditioi)^ that the mother of God chose this place
'foira-chafCh under her invocation by a miraculous
BhoW that fell upon this spot in summer^ 'and by a
vision in which she appeared to a patrician named
John, who munificently founded and endcrwed thfe
church in the pontificate of Liberius. The same
BasI
St.
birtl
mm
133
t«
I
•Ka
church-
jnt festi-
es when
in Lat*
t. Mary
is, both
i Rom6
honouip
Siberian
d in the
ury ; it
I Mary,
' called
Popular
8 place
cpFous
i(Jbya
named
&d this
i same
/
Far*
Boaihc has sometimes been knofwn by the name of
St. Mary ad Pncsepoi from the holy crib or man^
gerof Bethlehem, in which Christ was laid at his
birth. It resembles an ordinary manger, is )iept in
a case of massy silver, and in it lies an image of a
littl^ child, also of silver. On Christmas Day, the
holy manger is taken put of the case, and exposed.
It is kept in a sumptuous subterraneous chapel in
this church. It is well known how much this holy
relic excited the devotion of St. Jerome, St. Paula,
and other^, when it remained yet at Bethlehem.
This church is, at least next to Loretto, the most
famous place in the whole world for the devotion
of the faithful to the Mother of God. They hero
assemble with great fervour from many parts of
Christendom, to unite their suffrages together in
EriMsing God for the mercies he has shown to this
oly Yirgin, and through her to the whole world ;
ftp4 tQrimpioring her patronage and intercession.
^upp^tCAt^Qtiait which lu-e public and general are
p|^s(;hi>^ourable to God^ and powerful in obtaining
tf^^^1X^^W[i,i !T4^ 3ay ^pgfthipg of -the precious relics
ii^Diaxiy 'S^LUits iwhich ^a^e ther^ depositee), and the
roapy g>eat graces which by the joint prayers of the
faithful have been there obtained for the whole
church ; this circuzpstance alone suffices ^particu-
larly to recommend the sanctity of this and other
such venerable churches beyond all that could set
off the Temple of Solomon in the Jewish law.
*^ The church, which is always solicitous by the
mouths of her pastors, to instruct her children in
the most poweiful means of attaining to salvation,
never ceases, from the primitire ages, strongly to
\
134
1
excite (hem to make their most fervent fMsidttous
addresses to the Mother of Crod, as a most effica-
cious means of working their sanctifieation. She
teaches us earnestly to cotijure him who is the ati-
ther of our being and of our salration, io listen to
her prayers for us ; and humbly to ^mind him,
that through her he bestowed himself upon us, and
that for love of us he vouchsafed to be bom of her,
sdie alwa]^ remaiaing a spotless Yirgin^ &c. She
exeiles us to call her ^ the mother of grace and pi-*
ty," -aifid to place a confidence in her mediation,
that by it we shall more easily obtain fh>m her Son^
and threii^gh her merits, all graces. That Chris*
tian neglects a great means of sueeotir who doear
not evety -day most earnestly recommend himself,
and his pattieutar diiRcultfes and necessities m his^
m^^n eoneem, to her intereessio». To reii^ q^
iuppNeafioiis the more ^Sfeacious We os]^ to. unite
then in apMt to those of al IbrvenrpentteiitB an^
«leTo«it s^Mdsv kivolbii^ this advocate 1^ tStm^m-
Vo ou^ to be ashamed not to appear ahum^ d|i|
fiMteoii^it aM# the moirt ardent in ott^ addkailM^ ii
ppopoitioii W ottr exfri^ne iieee8eitioiP^''iM,^|^^
-*s4 Jf
ill »
♦^
••■;,■ rtr
■•' ^
ff' ' %^
t
. :
■ ;■- ^"..
V>PHi:
V i ;
■> . '
;-H '^
MHH
iniiiii'iiiw
■^•■
it efficft-
n. She»
I the ati'
listen tan
nd hitti,
i us, and
a of her,
c. She
r and pi-«
jdiation,
ier Son^
t Christ
)to doear
btmseji;
ss m hii
to. uitkii,
USAiM
:•* ;■
■i^S
,■ -V;t,
^ ' /.
■*1
V 'i
■ ' ' '•.'■.
-i
.;!
''r*
'■ ^'i^/
¥■
I ■< n »»
fii>W ii i
LIFE
PF
■ A"
SAINT ANNE,
,^'-
MQTHER OF THE BLESSED YIReiK.
b
T1I{I> Hetoew word Anne, sigm^s grdeious;
St JE^acdiiBa aiMl Anne, the pai«nf8 ^f the blessed
Vkgin Mfirf ^ are justly honoured in the ehurch^
and thflir virtue is highly ^xtoHe^^r Si Johit Da*
juascen. The emperor Juatinian I. fe^ % rkurdll
4il Gqnstaiitinople ii^honomcf St ikim^idtoVrt j9i6
jiaitr 660. OeidiiHis mentions ^Mfdicb MiH % iue^
tim«i IX* in 7^ Her body imirbttNighl1ird»^^]^
hatineitaConstemtUK^lo in TIO, ^heii^^i^^P^
%Mk irf^ kar Mtten ha?« been diipirfiM|^i^'1fl^
Jk. GmfKt^ the BoHandist, has eoMectad a gteal
number o£ nwrichMi wwiiiht tlnronrik her hirteiQes^
€i|;ed Jyui b^ien fileaaedt by aeoriMo efieqte, to te»-
!ttfx how ilui^ hii is honoured by the dievotion of
i^€i fiil^^ io thiit,M^ wKo M'^M^ the greal model
Wnitaki^'atf ei^jp^ in the married stale, and
"Ohiyrjie^^vfitb the iNiiK;ation of children^ U was a
suMitne dig^l|: and a gveAl honour fei Ahs aakil to
i 1 i .»
;-^A^.^-
136
1
give to a lost world the advocate of mercy, and to
be parent of the mother of God. But it was a far
greater happiness to be, under God, the greatest in-
strument of her virtue, and to be spiritually her mo-
ther by a holy eduoaftidn lii pierfect innocence and
sanctity. St. Anne being herself a vessel of grace,
not by name only, but by the possession of that rich
treasure, was chosen by God to form his most be-
loved spouse to perfect virtjie : and Jier pious care
of this illustrious daughter was the greatest means
of hQr oM^fi saQCtification and her glory in the church
of God to the end of ages. It is a lesson to all pa-
rents whose principal duty is. the holy education of
their children. By this they glorify their Creator,
perpetuate his honour, oh eiarth to future ages,;^and
sanctify their own souls. Sjt. Paul says, that ft
^ by the education of tb$ir «)hildren that parents are
tp be saved* Nor will he allow any who has had
dnikb'eny ay^ to be admitted to serve the altar,
^QSje 4#QS do not by their holy coiiductgive proofs
i>f a,^t}f>i|8 educj^tion. NeverthelesiB we s^e pa^
xeqit# ii^ipitpMa about theioorporaiqualiiicalic^a of
ib^b^Qhil^C^ny and earnest to piroc ura them aa e»-
la^litA^qiiin the world): )^et supinely: careless in
{Ky^^ipgiHtfa^m vijr tUQ^ in wbidh alone tl|eii^ tpue
li«l|ipi;9i^^s, ,CQ£^t3. : l^hk /refleetibn drewi itears
from Crates, a liieathen philosopher, who desirad to
mounit (on the higliest plat^ in ^is city; and cry 'out
wi^h ^il his strei^th : «^ Citizens; what is it jou
think qfl You employ all your timj^ inliieapiiig lip
ncbes to l^ve to your;ehildr«ni>yiBt taJte no care
;to ^Ml^vatQi Ibieir souls with yilrtue, as if da ^itAte
■MM
IMM
TH|3
LIFE
OF
SAINT ISABEL.
■ I ■ ' H ■ !
SAINT ISABEL, Virgin. This holy priaeess
wm daughter pf li^wis VIII, King of France, and
Blanche of Castile, and only sifter to Lewi^. She
waft bora in I22d, and lost her father when she wa3
but two years old- She was trained up in tbe purest
ii»axiins of religion, and in the heroic practice of all
virtuosi, and attained to so perfect a knowledge of
the Latin tongue, that she often corrected the coip-
positipn^ Qf k^v chaplains in dmt langua^e^ Her
character, from her infancy, wa^ a qoinhination of
every eimnetit virtue, and her wholei li&> fronpi thir-
teen yeaf s of a^e, was ahnost one coniii:Hied course
of forayer, tedt/^g and working. At that age sho
took a resoktion tQ consecrate W virginity to God^
a^d diways $biimed all vaia amusements, andi as
ittttch as ohedlsQce to the queen wpuld permit, all
ooMuneata of dress* A n^alah was proposed he-
twees her mi the young Conrad, the empeF9r's
dde«t m»» ar>d h^ mother, St, Lewisi, qjad the
ptM^f joWd i« pervading her 6x the public g<oo4
of die cbuc^ and ^tate^ lo accept so advantqgeQv^
8
'
138
il
'.
t.
i
h *
A.
;
an ofTef. But she considered matters in another
light, alleged the consecration she had made of her«
self to another state, and answered the Pope in a
letter, that it was something much greater to be the
last among the virgii^is that are consecrated to the
divine service, than to be an empress, and the first
woman in the world. Her courageous resolution
was honoured with congratulations from his Holi-
ness and St. Lewis, and the sequel showed how
much the better choice she made, in preferring the
calm harbour of a retired life to the tempests and
vices of such a court Isabel fasted three days a
week, and never eat but the coarsest food^ and oiily
what seemed absolutely necessary for the support
of nature. She sent from her table the nicest disfa-^
es to the poor, and reserved for them almost what-'
ever was at her disposal. St. Lewis one day found
her at her work, making a cap, and begged she
w6uld give It to him as a token of her friendship,^
saying he would wear it for \er sake. " ThiSj'* said
she, " id the first work of the kind that I have spun; .
I therefore owe it to Jesus Christ, to whom all my
first fruits are due." The king was exceedingly
pleased with her answer, and desired she would
spin another for him ; which she accordingly didf
after she had given the first to a poor man.
Humility was the favourite virtue of St. Isabel,
and she called the nunnery which she built at
Longcamp, four miles from Paris, of the Humili'^'
ty of our Lady, saying she chose that title because
toe blessed Tirgin was exalted to the dignity of
Mother of God, chiefly on account of her profound
humility. Our saint founded this house in 1252,
/,
J
mm
t i ll l l Mli i il fi i nil I ' I «■ > II I riM^MM^MWilw
mnMhm
1 . imi- i»iii
139
another
of her*
»pe in a
» be the
1 to the
he first
olution
3 HoU-
id how
ing the
sts and
days a
\d oiily
jupportr
\t disb-
I what-
found
d she
dshipf
r'^said
spun; .
II my
lingly
would
did»
for Minorosses or Clares, but obtained of Urban
lY. a dispensation for them to be allowed to enjoy
rents and possessions. Afler the death of her mo-
ther, she retired into this monastery. William of
Nangis says, she professed the Franciscan rule ;
but this is generally looked upon as a mistake, for
all other writers assure us^ that on account of her
frequent infirmities, she never made a religious pro-
fession, though she lived in the monastery, strenu-
ously labouring to sanctify her soul by assiduous
prayer, mortification and patience under continual
sicknesses for the la^i six years of her life. St.
Iiewis, who tenderly loved her for her extraordina-
' ry virtue, frequently visited her. Sho died on the
the 22d of February, 1270, being forty-two years
old. Her relics are enshrined at Longcamp. She
V) as beatified by Leo X. in 1316. Urban YIII.
. granted an oiHce in her honour. See her life, Wrote
by Agnes of Harcourt, her maid of honour. Ed*
Du Cange Joineville^ ChcUippe Vie de & Francois^
T. 2, p. 285.
sabely
ilt at
imili-*
?ause
ty of
bund
252,
(
I
A PRAYER
TO TUB
GLORIOUS VIRGIN MARY,
MOtHlSR or CiOOU
EVER glorious and blessed Virgin Mary\ queen
of virgins, mother of mercy, hope and cfOfirfc^tt 6f
all desolate souls, through that sword of grief whi(?h
piereed your heart while your only Son Christ J^-
fius, our Lord, suffered on the cross, d^ath aiiif i^*
liominy ; through his filial tenderness of pdrest lore
in your behalf^ grieving in your grief^ \Vhile frbin
his cross he bequeathed yoft to the protection of
his disciple St. John, take pity, I beiseech tlitse, on
my poverty and wants ; have compassion on my
anxiety and cares ; help and comfort nie in all my
infirmities and miseries whatsoever. You arb'ttie
mother of mercies, the comfort of the aftlicted and
desolate, the refuge of all the needy and orphans,
behold then with an eye of pity, a miserable foi^orn
wretch, and hear my prayers ; and seeing (for just
punishment of my sins) I am surrounded with tri any
evils, and much anguish, unto whom shall I have
recourse, or where can I be more securely .shelter-*
ed than under thy powerful protection ? O'glorjous
Virgin Mary, mother of our Lord and Saviour Je-
li
[i ■
141
f :.
3 5
iY,
..J*..
fy queen
^fwhieh
risf J^-
m. love
fe frdAi
ctlont>f
h^e, on
on my
I alf hiy
arb'the
ted and
rphans,
foMorn
'or just
I niafty
I have
helter-
orious
ur Je-
■?
»U9 Christ, comfort and redress of our lost nature,
hearken therefore, I beseech thee, with compassion
and pity to my humble requests and prayers. I
beg it by the great mercy of your dearest Son, by
that love wherewith he embraced our human na-
ture, to save us from damnation ; God became
man, and you his holy mother ; vouchsafing merci-
fully to visit the world with his presence, came
forth from the chaste enclosure of your virgin
womb : I beg it by that anguish of mind which
your most dear Son, our Lord Jesus Christ endur-
ed at Mount Olivet, beseeching his heavenly Father
to take away, if possible, that bitter chalice of-his
future passion ; by his three times repealed prayer
in the garden, and your mournful steps, when with
tears you accompanied him to that doleful spectacle
of his death and sufferings ; by the whips, scoffs,
cords, ignominies, false accusati ns, and unjust
eondemnation ; by that garment gained at a cast-
ing lot ; by his tears and dropB of bloody sweat ^ by
his silence and patience ; by his fear, sadness and
grief of heart ; by his anguish and pain in hailing
him tq the cross in your presence, and in the sight
of the whole world ; by his royal head piercedi with
thorns and struck with a reed ; by his third and bit-
tei* potion of vinegar and gall ; by that lance which
pieroed his sacred side, and by that blood and wa-
ter which flowing thence did shower on us plenty
of mercy and grace ; by those nails stuck into his
hands and feet ; by that precious soul and sweet
spirit, which he, crying with a loud voice, " My
God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me t" re-
commended to his heavenly Father* and within in-
8*
- nil .iiiiM>iinMij|pi
142
dined head gave up the Ghost, »ay'ing^ AH is coa^
summated ; by rending of the rocks, and tearing oi
the veil of the temple ; by the earthquake i by the
darkening of the iiun and moon ; by his mercy
shown to the penitent thief ; by his adorable cross
and bitter passion ; by his descent into belly to
those souls which he comforted with, his glorious
sight ; by that joy,, glory, and victory of his holy
resurrection, and appearing unto his elect Virgin
Mother^ and to the rest of his disciples, for foity
days ; by his admirable ascensioRr when they be^
holding be was elevated into heaven ; by the grace
of the holy Paraclete which he, in fiery tongues, in-^
ihsed into the hearts of his disciples, and by theii^
zeal inflamed the rest of the universe ; by that last
aiLd dreadful day, when he shall come to judge thei
lifing and the dead,, and the world by fire f by aU
the conipassion he bore you in this Ufe, and by the in-,
elS^ejoy thou feU, being in his sight assunnediii^
heaven,, where,, world witk)ut end, you live audi re«T
joice in hkn, comfort my heart, and hear this my
prayer, for which I am your suppUcatoi-^asIi^ hme^
4evoutly whatsoever you please) -^and I am conti-
dient iiJk my poweiful intercession wi^ thy Sony the«
Lord and gwer of Ufe, who granteth mercifully the^
I eqiiest of all that lov^e him^ and doth relieve aU that^
faithfully suj^plicate him. . Wbeiefore^ O e^yoat
blessed Yi^n Mary, ac«?or4ing to my present ne^di
iatht^irafid^^ &^U other things whatsoever,, &i; thiit
>Khich t humbly invoke your sacied name and as«
slatancei obtain &r me of your deare^st Son otif
I#Qrd Cnom}, firm ho|^e ia the Catholic faith, perfeipi^
d^ty, true contritioB of heart, a fountain pC tc^eb
\
v,
J
143
H is coB»
eanng of
y by the
s mercy
4e cross
belly to
glorious*
his holy
5t Virgin
for foity
they he^
he grace
gue«, iB-»
by theif^
thekt ladt
udgQ the;
;• byatt
•y the ia-,
a^di re«T
this my
en confi-t
SoEb^the*
fMllj: i&er
^ aU (hat^
&iithiMi
s^nd asff
5oi> OHf V
aCi«^«^
\
v«
sincere confession^ and refraining from sin ; con-
dign satisfaction, love of God and my neighbour ;
c^mtempt of the world, and trao patience to sirffer
€^otitS) igDomii^^ imd, if iveed be, an oppirobrious
deatli, fcft ]ov^ of y6u^ Son our Redeems Jesus
Chrtsrt. Obtain for mo peiseverance in good
works, performance of my good purposes and vow9,
mortification of my self-will, conversation pleasing
unto you, and in the fast hour of my life, a strong
and true repentance, and penitence in word and
inind» and a happy death : lastly^ for the souls of
my parents, brothers, sistersyand benefactors, alive
and dead, obtain for us all> I beseech you, life ever*
lasting;. Amea.
ACTS
or
FAlTHr HOJR, AN© CHARITt.
■>
>*■•
|;Pope Clfetn^nt XIT. the 5th of Aprif, TT^,
granted an Indolgenpce of * seven years and seven
quamhtin^ to all the CatfcoKcs of this kingdom, a^
dflen as they devcrotly repeat the Acts of Cotitri-
ti<)n, Faith, Hope and Charity ; the daily practice
of irtifch is most earnestly re^omrtiended to ihjb
^tthfiil;. as an exceHfentform of prayer. Thii fti^
ddfeeneemay bealw applied for Ute relief of th^
souls in Purgatory.] ^
^
•
'
\
1
\
\
'
1 1
f
1
E-e
144
A. PRAYER BEFORE THE ACTS.
* . _
ALMIGHTY and eternal God, grant unto
us an increase of Faith, Hope and Charity ; and^
that we may obtain what thou hast promised, make
us love what thou commandest : through. Christ
,our Lord. Amen.
» . ■■
AN ACT OF CONTRITION.
1 am heartily sorry, O my God ! that I have of-
fended thee, by transgressing thy divine Command-
ments, and I detest these transgressions from my
"heart, because I love thee above all things, who art
infinite goodness and infinite peifection ; I now
firmly purpose with the assistance of thy grace,
never to offend thee hereafler.
AN' ACT OP FAITH.
I most firmly believe, my God ! whatever thy
holy Catholic Church proposes to my belief ; be-
cause, tfiou who art the infallible truth, hadt reveal-
ed it I explicitly believe that there is one Go<i,in
three dtstiuct persons, the Father, and the Son, and
the Holy Ghost. I believe that the second Person,
the Son of God, became Man, suffered and died on
the Cross for our redemption ; that he arose from
the dead, ascended into heaven, and at the end of
the world shall .come to judge all mankind accord-
ing to their work^ ; and reward the just with eter-
pml glory, and punish the wicked with everlasting
pains. In this faith I am firmly resolved to J^ye
€md die.
.1
1?;
frant untp
rity ; and
sed, make
gh. Christ
have of-
ommand-
from my
I, who art
; I now
by grace,
^
^
145
AN ACT or BOPH.
MY God ! becauSQ thou art all-powerful, infin-
itely merciful, and infinitely good ; I hope, through
the merits of Jesus Christ, to obtain forgiveness of
my sins, grace in this fife^ ttnd^ernal ^loty in the
next ; which thou hast promised to all those who
do the good works that thou hast commanded, and
which, with thy divine assistance, I now purpose to
pcorform*
AN ACT O^ CHARITY* .
.'I LOVIl thee, my God ! above all things*, with
iny whole heart ; because thou art infinitely perfectt
md worthy of all love ; and fen: thy sake, 1 love my
fi^h^our as myseif*
tever thy
ief ; be-
lt reveal-
) Goi^in
Son, and
Person,
died on
^se from
d end of
accord-
th eter-
10 Jiye
Pk
'■f
PRAYURS AT MASS.
Yri-
cy
...i.tV',,.
£,
<^ ,
ifOV ;AT THB BEGINNING OF 14(ASS,
-■^Jiifkk'mg t%c Bign of the Cross with tUe Priest^ sayph
IM &e nsffi^ of ^e Father, ettd of ikt Son, andf
of the HoSy Gfaadt* Amen^
l-wai *a# rreatfhy ^ar, O my God, tli«fo 16
gfifii nfelv strehgfh a»d vigour to f^y aoOl ; ftepa#ate
mid if<^ii those unbeli^vehs wh<>^ hate no trust ki
tfok? f that grace which comlbrts me wiieft Ibe t^
niembrahce of my sins afflicts and cafi^ m^ dowui
I
146
that grace which lets me know there is an everlast-
ing refuge in thy goodness, and that thou art ready
to forgive even our greatest sins upon a sincere re-
pentance, i
lite Priest bowing down, says (lie Coi\fiteor before he
goes up the altar ; say it with him asjollowa :
I CONFESS to Almighty God, to the blessed
Mary ever Virgin, to blessed Michael the Archan-
gel, to blessed John the Baptist, the holy apostles,
Peter and Paul, to all the saints, and to you, Fa« '\
ther, that I have very much sinned in thought, word
and deed, through my fault, through my fault,
through my most grievous fault. Therefore I be-
seech the blessed Mary ever Virgin, blessed Mi-
chael the archangel, blessed John .the Baptist, the
holy apostles Peter and Paul, and all the saints,^
and you, Father, to pray to our Lord God for me. ^
[Jh the p8. Judica me, the Gloria in exetisis and Creed,\, -
are omitted in Masses for the Dead, ^c, you also [
may pass them over,] i|«>
After the Confiteor% say^ > j
•/
O MY God, who has,t commaaded us to pray for i
one another, and in thy holy Church hast gtven« .,
even to sinners, the power of absolving from sin, //
receive with equal bounty the prayers of thy peopled /:]
for priest, and those of the priest for thy JSpople.:
' We beseech thee O Lord, by the merits of those
saints whose relics are here, and^of all the saints,
that thou wouldi^t vouchsafe to forgive ine atl my
'eias. Amen. - ;C. ^"^^
fVhi
the
and
ing
cy.
afl
147
n everlasf-
1 art ready
sincere re-
)rhtfort he
lows :
\ie blessed
B Archan-
^ apostleai
you, Fa-
ight, word
my fault,
fore I be-
ssed Mi-
iptist, the
e saints, )
for me, - i
r
nd Creed, I
you aUo j
.'I
r ^-i
•/
pray for r
|t gtvenr,,
bm sin, ^
people D
>ple.
)f those
saints,
ail my
fyhen the Prkit goatjinl to (he Book, and $ay» the pari
, . . of the Mass called the Introit, iay,
GRANT, O Lord we may be truly prepared for
the offering of this great sacrifi' > thee this day ;
and because our sins alone ca .ider us displeas-
ing to thee, therefore we call aloud to thee for mer-
ib. At the Kyrie eleison, say,
HAVE mercy on me,' Lord, and forgive me
all my sins.
, Have morcy on me, Lord, have mercy on me«
' .^_ ' • • •
At (he Gloria in excelsU, aay,
GLORY be to God on high, and peace on earth
to men of good will. We praise thee ; we blesa
thee ; we adore thee ; we glorify thee ; we give
thee thanks for thy great glory, O Lord God, Hea»>
venly King, God the Father Almighty. O Lord
JeBUs Christ, the only begotten Soii. O Lord God,;
Lamb of God, Son of the Father, who takest away
the sins of the world, have niercy on us^: who tak-
est away the sins of the world, receive our prayers :
who sittest at the right hand of the Father, have
mercy on us. For thou only art holy, thou only
art the Lord, thou only, O Jesus Christ, together
with the Holy Ghost, art most high in the glory of
God the Father. Amen.
When ik^ Priest turns to the People, and says^
Doounus vobiscum, say,
fiiS d|ou always widi us, my God, and let (by
gjrace never depart from us.
fmm>mm>mmmwmm
. AiMlGUTYmi eteroa! God, we Kuaib^ be-
seecb th^* m^rqifUlly to give ear to the prayprs of
ihy ^ervwtf wWch h^ pffers thee in the name of Jhy
Cburich, «wwl i» behalf of us thy people : acpept
them to the honour of thy name, and good of our
souls ; and grant us all those blessings which may
any ways contiibute to our salvation. Through
our Lor^ Jesuja Chfist Ab^Q*
N
BE thou, P li^rdi^t^fpallyprB^s^d and blessed,
for having communicated to the holy prophets and
Qposties thy spirit, disclosing to diem culmkable se-
crets, redounding to thy glory and our great go^^d-
We (irmly b^eve thejr wond> because it 19 tbipe*
Giv« us, we beseech theei ttw happiness to m^d^r-f
fiiind from the Church, by their iB«tru€;tiaaji» what
is profitabley and gvaee to pracitise ibe ^ame jaU J9:ur
Uve€u >i
^Vhenhe reads the ^jk-athaLmu*
HOW wwd^rful, hpr4 w thy name ihrojigb!
the whol» earrtj ! I will blej^ our J^prd at «ill troes;
hi9 f^me shall be evier m ipy mouth. Pe thpa m/
<^d- and my Proteotof : i» thee alox^ will! |mt
my trust, let me not be confoyi;^ded fpj: ever^
,4tthe Go/InZ, uihrn. the JP^k fW ifp, t^ :
MAYEST ihi>\i be ever adored and praised, O
tiord, who not content to instruct and mfyirm vmhy
thy prophets and apostles, ha«t eveavoueh^^dd to
149
«pfiaH to lis by, ^y^i>il|ySpn9 0iir: Saviouir Jj^m
Christ, commanding us t>y a vQice frQQi ^heayeh to
hear him : grant us, O merciful God, me grace to
profit by. h^ divinoc and heavenly doolrine. All
that is written of thee, dreid Jesus, in thy gospel,
is truth itself : kMllliiigbaiivli9dbmiii thy actions ;
power and goodBel»'i» thy mifMlea^li^t: and in^
strtictioti in thy woirds^- With thee^ sacried Rce
deemer, are 1^ wordis of- dtemiill lifei: to, whom
shall we go, but toldiee,etei;nal Fountain of trttth ?
iOrtvei me^ O God, gcace to pi^lise what tbou com«
mai(kdedl^ and cQmmalH} what thou plea«est«
Attke Credo, or Nkene Creed, say,
I bMeVE, tord. all tllMi ft^i^M^
by thy holy Church : in this faith, by the assistance
id^'thy grade,' I desire to live and di^; by1^y,diyine
^^^[rtiibe> 1 «in convin0ed of the sincerity and wisdoiii
£ftb^^#hoJbave deliyered .^ese.saored truths tf>
)m^.f Theiir miracul^iMk succe8S|is;a:Sij#((^tpr<^f^
'Where shall ligOt myJLord T ^hQuh||s(;%^;w^
of eterbal life. Of thy. trud^ tt^ufih d())|«fi^r^df^^PPy
reason and will shall never doubt, though my seni^ea
^ and vain imaginations should* I^ believe, Lordi,)
beb my unbelief.
'■ifSt
^f
IJT^'K^.
n<0hen, iU0ie(OJferioryth^wmv€r$i^^^^
. J ACCpTi Obolv Fatliprv^ mid eti^
,i?0d, t|us ifim^potted H[o3t, wff^^^l^, %
#ervanjtt P#er.tlfe(e^ my living ij^'^:0f^,^(gK mjf
i^p^ef^^ sins, offencei^', anifl jf^^^ppqes, an4
for^all Jaere present, and for D]lf^it£|*vr Christians,
9
"▼
f A]mf i imm mmmmmimrimmmmi ' ■ "*' r m i n rii | iiii j«imj i .ii
I
;
* 1 ^ 'y f • ''. ' ^F, -ill * ' » •
■J ill .■■>■•-;■■?■? I I . i i 1 . ' .' »
■♦ ; ♦ f
' ■ .! 'ii >'■■.; •.:i;- ^j i, «j .
we ofiei^ A»jd»ym ttyiw^aniyte
thee, O Lord God.
'>!s^ IV.
m>m\mmii ■■■'.. yd .xliici j-i;?^ -; : : -^ii/il'J vS^;.ff vfftv:ff
^ ^ct|fl«»^ ^ %^(^6 Aetr tovittt^n^te ihji Jh%
Mtkl^i Wfh liiir «ki<>f %e h^sMts^ tfi#«, <0 Lecdi liad
ipfai!Ai ^/i^iiABr : m^^^ ^t f»ctf ftiel «iid JMMiOst.lmt
^mtuMi^ymf dec^es^ Mr'soulsv^t'^ mqitlie
RECEIVE. O holy Trioity, this oblation we
tntdM A(»«^% i^MMM^ •f:4h«L pacMiin^
iikiirAi!^ Jc^U die' ^iMist' ; 6f th«'h«;^rl£(i^«^f>4-
^ ilSl'f^ ;6r%4»;a«d<^ all 41^2^
ft tu|;f.1i0j|Vf^&le to%|r hdpour aiid'iMit^'.iMIHth^
■^"^ ' Ancl may they vo^phsafo to hit«re«^'6tr ua
v
m
UK hfiavejOi, whese
llirough the same
igf we ci^lebn^t<9 on^^^j^,^
1st our liord. Amen*
.. ]^1^Y oJir Lord receive tb^ -siicrifice irqi|v(hy
bieipds^ tor tl^e prajse and '^oiy of His n^tnjiy for oqi;
^adt^^d ^^ benefit of his wMe church./
0r'Ui(iUt lie iMd$^tttrdPraysr^pr(fperJbrihe
vjts»^''> '*'^'-?' ' ' ^ '(^ . . .:'•'■■ ■■•:'*■ >i*'f *■ ' . il
t}\ IfSfiCiFtJUiY heftr our pta^^tai^ Q l^tA^ anA
graciously accept this oblation which we, thy.iwft
vants, are making to thee ; that as we offer it to the
heiu^r «^ Ik^ nxm»% s« i^ may lie t6 ui % m^aA&itf
dbiaiiiing thy.gra<^ H^roi and in thit Mxtiit^ ever-
lasting happiness. Amenv ,vw,.>v,ikv5;* ^^irir^v^
ii%eit ile' JVievt Mijf# til II ft»iul V0^l
r
;-4
-♦ !..» '
IXIte tH^ly inecft ap4 jwrti T^[h* w4 0ty#iW^l#, i^
m\f4tkmft\i9^ym »k«^y^^ fw^ ui i^ft j^h^^f^t^gm
tti^AlM tQ A,^^ bpiy Ji^^ f «b«ff Atapgte ^/fwri;
gj»l« pmiae Ihy JV|fejf#fe ; ^ d<^jmmt^fm a^f« iti
dm f<i^r« ir^«iW^. f t. it» 4iQ h(e.%Ymfl^ ^t\4.ilm»f!
v©i^ tillMO^ tin4 y^s^ed s#8^» iii^lfe flf^^^
iiibil#« j^Q{% it ; U^^j^^ wiW» H^W we l>tseQ<A:
.BMiiiiMA. lA ^ mlm^ Skm^ 1^ Mitel
rt
18*
1 t
i
highest. i kj.
Ifkaf foUows iacdU^ me Uandiibf Hie Mass : say (ken,
}'kdST merciftil I^athefJ >^ ^IVfen'^s^Biy,
dhly Sod to be oiir daily sacrifice, incline thinie ears
to our prayers, and favour our desires ; proteict,
iinit^, and gorern tb / w^le Church thrpughout thi^
wbrld, pour' foMi ^blessing on hjs pres€|nt Hoti-:
ness, that Prelate who has a particular charge over
A /aoiiir ktfig, and all ti^po^&N^
^Mkihe^maket his Memtwk^w OmtKeMC^dimt of iXurt
ytmrsdf and Friends, ^hvj:^- . Uii^^mi aii/^^*if
. I OFFER tbee, eternal Father, ivbh this thy
minister at the altar* this oblation of the body and
blood (^ thy only ^n, to thy honour and glory : in
i%nli6nibtaiee ^ niy Saivtour's passimi, in^ ilianks-
||i¥ii^ tor all Ikj benefits,* lb satisftctionTor all tiiy^
0iQS^ and for IM obt^ of thy grace, whet^^^ I
majr be taalAed to live virtuously abd die hietp^}
I desire thee IftiNI^^ accept itiOt^od^fbr'th]^^
fiimli^ («f lilJMy)^ r^I^vii^^^ betitfkc^
ikm 'i grant then! aU ble^^pi. spmtual and teitipo-
fil* I bffer it up dso (natm me 'fii»r4icutar in#«n« .
Uomyou pffer it up for f o« for (Obtaining ibis vif^
tue». overcoming that viciei for blessin^s^ such U#
l|MiM^-^») £ikewwe for aU that are hi misery ;
for ihdse I have anv wa^jrK kijti#ed tW word,<]^r deed :
for ^ any enemies : fcnr the conversion dPitniinrs,
1
■^HMMMHuwaiawaMi
aiina
fs: sayihen,
iVen tis thy,
e thinieeara
9 ; protect
►ughoutth^
ment ttoli*
harge over
ieCafliQlic
I- ma s^'-.imm
body and
glory. •• m
H' thanks*
for all my
whi&t^ I
ehfitp^)
>diforihy^
id leififio-*
tar ifi#6ii4 .
i'0UGha»
i mjseiry ;
0r deeid i;
am^ HiUigteoii^g of m thiit Slit m dfMPHv*^-. ?W5>
JyJ
. > ■"''J * .■?*£«*
Proceed and says '**
GIVE ear, we beseech thee, td me prayers of
fkf seyva^it^ m^o is here appomtedto-oiake this db-
folienf in o^r b^haW^ and grant it may he eifiectuall
^Ifee obHHning of all those blessings which hm
isksfer us. A
'Behold, Lord, we all here ppesent to thee ur
this bread and ix^ine the synpbols of our perfect
m^enl <$rant, O^ Lord, that they may ba made km
ii9 ^^Irtie body and blood of thy dear- Son ; tha^
being eonseerated to tkee by llris! boJy victim, iice
may live in thy service, ajid depart tkti^ life in tkjfi
P3 5 V
sV*?:'^-'.*4itHt^'
'^^■•\?\tiCtl
M the Elevation, or Kf^gifp of dfit Sacred MoHp m
. imv^u «/ ^H^ ^W5 ^i(^¥ ^'M ^^ :f*?^ ff%
MOST adbrable body, I adore ^e wiOi^ tb|
IfoWers of niy m\k\. Loid, w)io h^giv^tt^ijftir
%\nttre to ui^, grant w*0 »iay becos^ enti|% Atb^
I believe, O Lorrf, h^lp my i^nlielie£ "^ H*W^
Most mei^6ifiil Sivionr, be ^ou dy prot<^et#f i
Btrisng^ken and defend me by % heavenly gfiff^
boiv* Und especially at tke hour of <k»lh« sweet ilftr
^us. Amen. . . ,
M th J^knc^tiou qfih^ CfujJ^e^ ff^y,,
MOST adoraWe Wood, tliat WaA^t «w^ aV
.^
9*
-.1:
■-.I
WW~t»«W>i?0"»""»"
WW-
154
oiir nnsy la flore'fhee : happy we, could we re^f*
fiirn our life ahd: blood for thine, O blessed Yictim.^
JesiiSr do thoa cleanse, sanctify, and preserve'
our souls to eternal life. Live Jesus, in us, and
may we live in thee* Anieu.
^er the J^fe^aHon, 9ay, .^ , ^f,
IT is now, Q Lord, widi grateful hearts we call
lb mind ^e sacred mysteries of th/ passion and
deadi, ^ thy resurrection and ascension. Hc^^is
Ihy body that was broken ; here is thy blood ^t;
WBLa shed fbr us, pf which these exterior signs are
but die figures, and yet in reality contain the sub-
fltaxice. It is now we truly offer thee, O Lord, that
pa^ and holy victimj which thoti hast been pleased
togive us V of^hich all the other sacrifices were
hul so many types and figures.
Whitri hi flakes hU Memento^ in silence, for ihe Dead^
1 OFFER th^ again, O Lord, diis holy sacri-
ftiiiOf Hxbhoi^miA blopd of thy only 8oti, urfoe-
litfMfthte iyMtm departed, and itk particular ibr the
iiwte'ef^^liii^ fMMM whom you jihiefty pr^tpotie io
fpayfor) my piircaita (^ Aaa) relatives, benefhtiDrs,
tol^ghbours, ftc. Likewise of such as I have nby
^waya injured, or been the occasiod of their sins ; of
aiieM as haiM Injured me, and been my enemies f of
8uch as die in war, or have none to pray fojc t^ern*
&G. To these, Lord, and to all that rest in
Christ, giatit, we beseech thee, a place of refresh*
mm^ fi^ Aod peace : thcouj^ the sainaClihst
our Lord* Amen«
15a
ttild ## i^.
ised Victim,
nd preserve
t in usy and
etrts we call
passion and
}• Hc^ejs
r. Wodd ihat;
>r signs are
lin the sub*
\ Lord, that
3en pleaaed
ifices were
H*>"
r the Dead,
>
hoIj^SAtJii.
9cto,i«rbe-
iilaribr the
b^nefltlKks^
[ hnveufby
>irsinsf of
lemie^f of
^ (^ ti^cm,
i&t rest in
>f refresh-
Wl(CI|ri8t
s
^1
\r
r-.fff
VOU.CHSAFE to grant the s^me, tp us, poor
lind miderable mtmerii^: jlidge ti8 not according
tor o|ur deineaits ; b^ through f^q iafia^te mutcitiid^ of
thy mercies, in wlncli we hope, liBeralljf eM^n^ *Q u^
frace and pardon. ^ J .;..,;;.
e ask it of thee, in the nam ^ of thy dear 091V
wlio livi^th and reignetb eternaliy with thee^ an^ in
, that |orm of prayer which he Jurn^.^^
. M tht Pater JVonter^ say with hivh
. PU|t ,J^.ther, who ait ia hec^veii, hallpwe^be
. tb^ ]^i^;Jh|rJdtigdQm 9^^^ ^ t^ wi|I ^^ ^ne 01^
e^thf as U is m beayen^ f |^ve us this j^y aiir^daiTy
bp^d ; ^ni forgive us qte* trespasj^es!, as we for^
^ve &e^ ^t tresps^s against us ; *B.tiHe^iii9
not .into temptation : but delivj^r us from eyit.
;^l D^iS^er U9 ftbrn Chose t^Vib welbibotiirifnaetitt
^rieaeht ; fbm pidt ^vif^, whtbh can bi^ ndfhlbg bdt
ditr mkiiifoli siiU ; antt ibjftn: all tH^ 4Vils1b'i%i^
l^icb wffi be the Jii&4: cbddtisetrlent of bar o^i^i^^^,
if' c«f firayers, and those mtwe |>irweiflLil oft^l bf
thy saints, who iliterc^de for os, intercejit libt th^
justice, or ejtcite not thy bounty.
"■*■ «t
Athuh^hmg andpiitthg at pmFUcU i^ the Host into
the Chalice, sf^y^
ia 3Cll)G My wjiaf.i>ri^k€(|i, aiM| % bbl^ slpiiffiir
us: grant mat &e . commemorsiRln of.||l#v,j^^
9**
?
■S««
156
myeterf may obtain for us pea^e : and that thoso
who receive it may find everlasting rest.
M ihe Agnu9 Jki, iay Ufilk the Pi-iett, ^^ '|^ ^
LAMB of God, who takest away the sins of the
world, have mercy upon us. - ^
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the
%prid, have mercy upon us.
Latnb of God, who takest away die sins of th^
world, grant us peace*
i;i
At ike Ptayer before Commwucn, iay.
IN saying to iky Apostles, my peace I leave you,
my peace I give you : thou hast promised, O Lord,
to ait thy Church, that peace which the world can-
not ^ive ; peace with diee, and peace with our-
selves, -'^ij:'-.
Let nothing, Lord, ever interrupt thij? h^ly
peace : let nodiing separate us from ihee to' whoni
we heartily desire to be united, through the blessed
sacrapnent of peace and reconciliation. Let thi^
food of angels strengthen us in every christian duty,
80 as never more to yield under temptations, or
fall into our common weaknesses.
At the Domine non mm dignus^ stfiking ymir hrecui
thrice, with humiiiiy and contrition, 9ay,
LORD, I am not worthy thou shouldst enter un-
der liijr roof ; say oniy ^ wmd and my soul diall
be heated.
8uik
\ i
" M
thy i
cons^
.wcei
thee
hast
ceiv4
Lorf
Fee(
amn
bodj
me I
nev<
^itb
reig
(
ir^. i
we
.an<
ble
SOI
be
m:
inj
»
te
m
'n
It thosd
ofthiB
w of jtho
lA of the
avejrou,
O Lord,
>rld can-*
itb ouri
ii)? holy
6 '
blessed
tet ibUi
ain duty,
ionsy or
r hreasi
Iter un-
ul (B^all
/Sud^ a « are noi prepared fn^ c&mfnunieaie remUy, menf
commvnic(Ucepmhtidlyt ly Maying aefoUmie.
"■ \ . ■ ' . ■ ' , • ■ ■
, MOST loving, JemiSt I ad<Hre thee with a lively,
niitht who art present in this sa<Hwnent by virtue of
t}iy infinite power, wisdom and goodness. But
conscious of my mfirmities and sins, I dare not now
.teceiy^ thee sacraroentally. All my hope is ^
thee ! I love .thee, Lord, with all my heart, who
hast 80 loved me : and therefore I desire to re-
ceive thee now spiritually : come, therefore, Ot
Lord, to me in spirit, and heal my sinful soul.
Feed me, for I am hungry ; strengidhen me^ fbr I
am weak ; enliven and sanctify me with thy sacreil
body and tilood : deKver me from nH sin, and maki^
me always obedient to diy commands ; and let me
never be separated from thee, n^ Saviour ! who,
ivith the Fadier sind the B^ Ghost, liv^st and
reignest tnm Crod, for ever and ever. Amen.
I During thiJBkUimcmi Wg^gofthe Chaliee, eay, i
GIVE us, O Lor4 « pftrt m the fruits of thv
defttb^mni pas0ietti$ the sacred memory of whicn
we huve commeiotMited in our present sacrifice
and commiiBioii« Happy tfiose who sit at thyta^
ble to partake of 4ie bread of life. O Jesus, my
soul sighs after thl^ ! I long with thy apostles to
be dis^ved, and to be with thee. My heart, and
my whole body, with tliinsports of joy, seek the liv-
ing God., ^^,
* M|rWq[f1fitri|^ishcs with the ardent desire ofi^
'ieriDji^ ititd the house of oih* Lord. I l^vel|iei^
my God, with all my heart i that I c<Hrii i^Nri9>^
\
-. ..y-,...tv^^^„. »-.><^jl.^
ioa
fl^ox the prciKt <ieQ of tl^ a4odmb)# hody* wbi<^ in
the pleiige pf »'ir etei(iial iMppiB^aa. I udore thy
^9odpess« and return thee infinite thanks, O gra«
IHous I^ord^Tor thy iitesthm^le iiaivoar and merey^
in ^dtnittin^ me t^ foe present this dtty at the dread
akcrifice, iirtief e rtioii art foqth Priest atid Vktite.
MaKe me,, O God,, always sensible of this great
Massing, ^nd li^t npt my unworthiness put a stop (o,|
the effect of thy mercy and goodness. '^'^"^^^ ' '^'^
3 ;l4^T it; J^ i¥>Wi P Lprd, the ^fiefjt pf iby m^rqy^
I .WE 9ite,tb(K0 thtink^ Q Qodt fw ftyjnwrpy i»
admittiii^ fts to hiiv0 9 pprl in ofl^ring thift J^^^nflef
to thy holy name : accept it now to thy glory and ^
be iever inindf(j4 of ovr FCKakness« / ,h\Mo
|(lO'8T ^etous 6od, Father of mercy^ gnmt^3;
f>^is«eh tl^e, thai thf# iKdorobte saerttiGe of #ie
Messed body and b!oo^ df thy Son, our Lord Jesiw
Christ, may^ obtain Ibr lis at thy hands, mercy, aM
the renrissic^ii of aU our isiinb. jLn^en.
urns to l\e '^fopte and gives m^m hU. Bkmn^^
^, ydxi ala6 ' the dgn of me Ot'oag, dtid sdy^ '^^ ■
SM^^tei-Hoiy Ghost, dssciend ufisiiiiSi aB(|dwt|l
io euff baaits ibr .ever. Ami^i^.
J iut'i tDOy.> YTTl.
'i
I
i
"i
.«
■i
O
da3
O
)
K
i
yd':
f
* Whihthe oondudeg with f^i« la$t Chipei, m/j^r r i
. ETEENAL Word, speak to my doul/^hicli
adores thee in pr6found silence \ tho>u art the d9^at
Creator of all ihii^s ; abandon not I beseech ttiee*
thy own creature : be thou my lifot W^ light, and
Light eternal ! enlighten me m (his present
lif^vatid inthe life to come, r^ nit^: ^ Urlh t\\il
Reign in me as in thiae own imieiitiiiice : for
thoq, Lord, ho^t m^de me : thou l^t redcfemed
me ! M^f I be ever thindi "^ ^Ui««^ - V.
1 have sinned too much agaitlsiheavien, and be«
fore Ihefe, and am not worlhjr to be Called thy son.
Thou God IncamatOr have pity on my^fvail anft
mortal flesh, and grant it may one day aee wh«t i(
here adores belowi Ajbobku^^ ^ i . v '
I RENDER thee all possible praise and Panics,
Sovereign Creator, for the favbur I have this
day received from thy bounty, and of which many
better deserving Christian? are deprived. ReciMve„
O Lord, my unworthy pray^, siJipply all my 4o-
fects^ pardon all my distJBKctions and indevotioos,
and grant, that by the ste^th and virtof of these
divine mysteries^ I niay go^j^n cheerful^ inv the
path of thy commandments, love and service,
amidst all the temptations^ troubles, and dangers of
my. lif#i pilgrimage, M\l shall one day>)mpptly ar-
rive al thy heavenly kingdom, wher^, witlbTth^ bless-,
ediaogQlsfmd, saints, I shall more clearly conteiOf^
{^ati^ tbee» more perfectly enjoy Aeeiand^more,
adequately celebrate thy infiailie goodaeas
■-.'•*?
rw'^'^mtf'm^
H9
u.
cjr, widi ufeimtermpted caoAieteui of eienml praise*
pdmirBtion and gratitude.
Hapipy are thqy who dwelf ih thy hoiHre, O Lbrd :
(^ ever an^ ever they m\\ (mise thee. '^' ^ *«-»♦'•
Thou art woirfliy, O Lord, to^ reeeive hobourt
gloj^, and power.
liaise the Lord, for he is good, for his merey ill
everltsting: '' -^ -' ' ' '^ '
Who sh^l relate the ironders of the Lord t who
^I publish tOsptelse^t ,,> ;;,f.
At ^Mmf ike Holy Wattf:^ W^^ {^^'^^^^ ^^hp^if^
•PHIKKLB ide, Loid^ wiA. I^^eoi^ and I
tfhidl he <4<ianied : waflh me, tml 1 ahaU be«<«ne
P«. Have mercy on miv O G^ )B«€Qiidiii|^to
thy great mercy.
TneP^iH^iipiHgteh^ to thfi Jfbot: of ^e Mar, iafuii
^ 1^ Ahffwi|««0^I^r4«tl)y * rii Mv)^'^
12., Aoi4 M^t W ^If 9<9nM^ wtf theie* 4,
, r^. May tfee Xftrd be wiSi y WV^ ,
ijR» Aii4with.%f?pkit.
' HfiAR uflu holy Lord, Almighty father, eter*-
flat Ood i^ iand veuehsalb to ae^d tliy hojy anget;
ftotn &^Av^, "id guard, ^hensb, p«ioteot, vi^^tand
dll^ *M .that «re iuu9emb)ed k thk ph throMfih
€9ilil^^»^^iLoidv \Am«tu^ *j^^ wi.i.iuji,>*; ^ - Tv>
;>
<i
-*i ,
t*fni
\\\
161
An Invitation, or thb Devout Soul'* Re-
pair TO THE Sacred Hvart.
All the faithful adorers of Jesus are invited to
repair in spirit every day, at nine o'clock in the
morning, and four in the evening, to his divine
Heart, in order to make in common some of the
following aspirations.
nr^P most sacred heart of Jesus ! have mercy on
us*
divine Heart, wounded for love of us ! let us
ever be sensible of thy bounty, and let thy love ever
plead in our favour.
O Heart of Jesus, burning with love of uSf in«
flame our hearts with the love of thee.
Blessed be the most adorable Heart of Jesus my
God for ever and ever.
No love, no heart equals thine, most loving Je-
sus.
O may thy adorable heart be for ever praised,
and all Uianks both in time and eternity paid to it.
'' -O adorable heart of Jesus ! mayest thou be
known, loved and adoredi throughout the whole
world.
O divine Fire, ever burning and never ceasing,
rabe my heart into a flame, that I may always love,
and never cease from loving thee.
■I.-
r.