GLORIES OF MARY,

MOTHER OF GOD.

TRANSLATED FROM THE ITALIAN

OF

BLESSED ALPHONSUS LIGUORI,

AND CAREFULLY REVISED

BY A CATHOLIC PRIEST.

CONTAINING A BEAUTIFUL PARAPHRASE ON THE

"SALVE REGINA."

Hail Mary! full of grace! the Lord is with thee! Angel Gabriel in St. Luke.

DUBLIN:

PRINTED BY JOHN COYNE,

24, COOKE-STREET.

MDCCCXXXIII.

MARY EVER VIRGIN;

THE MOST HUMBLE AND MOST EXALTED OF ALL PURE CREATURES;

THE QUEEN OF ANGELS AND OF MEN;

THE MOTHER OF GOD!

OF WHOM WAS BORN JESUS WHO IS CALLED THE CHRIST,

WHO SHALL BE STILED BLESSED BY

ALL GENERATIONS;

WHO DESTROYS ALL HERESIES
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD,

And through whose powerful intercession the sacred deposit of the faith once delivered to the Saints, has always been preserved

IN SUFFERING IRELAND;
THIS VOLUME,

Designed to increase the number and fervor of her Clients in this Island,

IS WITH ALL VENERATION AND RESPECT MOST HUMBLY DEDICATED BY THE MOST UNWORTHY OF HER SERVANTS,

THE TRANSLATOR.

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Hail Holy Queen Mother of Mercy.
SEC. 1. How great should be our confidence
in Mary, Queen of Mercy.

2. How great our confidence should be
in Mary as our Mother

3. The great love borne us by Mary
our Mother

4. Mary is the refuge of repentant

sinners

CHAPTER II.

Our Life! Our Sweetness!

SEC. Mary is ourLife, since she obtains
us the pardon of our sins

2. Mary is again our Life, because
she obtains us perseverance

3. Mary renders death sweet to her
servants

CHAPTER III.

Our Hope.

SEC. 1. Mary is the hope of all the chil-

dren of Adain

2. Mary is the hope of the sinner

CHAPTER IV.

To thee we cry poor banished sons of

Evě.

SEC. 1. Mary's readiness to assist those
who invoke her

2. The power of Mary to defend those
who invoke her in temptations