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The Glories of Mary

St Alphonsus Liguori († 1787) · Le glorie di Maria · 1750

Anonymous English translation, second American edition, New York: Edward Dunigan and Brother, 1852.

The footnotes of the 1852 edition, mostly St Alphonsus’ own references to his sources, are given at the end of each section. The Prayer for a good death and the contents follow the 1852 edition; its publisher’s preface is under “About this translation”.

  1. The author’s protest, petition, To the reader and Introduction
  2. Part I. On the Salve Regina
  3. Chapter I. Salve Regina, Mater misericordiæ (Hail queen, Mother of mercy)
  4. Chapter II. Vita, dulcedo (Our life, our sweetness)
  5. Chapter III. Spes nostra salve (Hail, our hope)
  6. Chapter IV. Ad te clamamus exules filii Hevæ (To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve)
  7. Chapter V. Ad te suspiramus gementes et flentes in hac lacrymarum valle (To thee we send up our sighs, groaning and weeping in this valley of tears)
  8. Chapter VI. Eja ergo advocata nostra! (Ah, then, our advocate!)
  9. Chapter VII. Illos tuos misericordes oculos ad nos converte (Turn thy eyes of mercy towards us)
  10. Chapter VIII. Et Jesum benedictum fructum ventris tui nobis post hoc exilium ostende (And after this our exile, show us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus)
  11. Chapter IX. O clemens! O pia! (Oh clement! Oh merciful!)
  12. Chapter X. Oh dulcis Virgo Maria! (Oh sweet Virgin Mary!)
  13. Some devout prayers of various saints to the holy Mother
  14. Part II. Her feasts, her dolors, her virtues, and devotions in her honour
  15. Discourse I. On the Immaculate Conception of Mary
  16. Discourse II. On the birth of Mary
  17. Discourse III. On the Presentation of Mary
  18. Discourse IV. On the Annunciation of Mary
  19. Discourse V. On the Visitation of Mary
  20. Discourse VI. On the Purification of Mary
  21. Discourse VII. On the Assumption of Mary
  22. Discourse VIII. Another discourse on the Assumption of Mary
  23. Discourse IX. On the dolors of Mary
  24. Reflections on each of the seven dolors of Mary
  25. Of the virtues of the most holy Mary
  26. Various practices of devotion to the divine Mother
  27. Various additional examples appertaining to the most holy Mary
  28. Novena of meditations for the nine days preceding the Purification
  29. Meditations for various feasts of Mary
  30. Prayers to the divine Mother for every day of the week, rosaries and other prayers
About this translation

Preface to the American edition (1852)

The edition of the “Glories of Mary” now presented to the Catholic public of America is the first complete translation of the work ever made into the English language. We trust that it will be found to retain the spirit of the learned and saintly author, and that it will be welcomed by the faithful in this country with the same delight which it has universally called forth in Catholic Europe.

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second American edition, New York: Edward Dunigan and Brother, 1852. Digital text: Project Gutenberg eBook #72411, proofread by Distributed Proofreaders from the Internet Archive scan. Public domain in the US and Canada: an anonymous translation published in 1852.

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