8. ANDREW AVELLINO. 159. PRAYER. most glorious saint, whom God has made bar protector against apoplexy: seeing that thou thyself didst die of that disease, we carnestly pray thee to preserve us from an evil so dangerous and so common. Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be to the Father. Per intercessionem S. Andreæ apoplectico morbo correpti. A subitanca et improvisa morte libera nos, Domine. By the intercession of S. Andrew stricken with apoplexy. From a sudden and unprovided death do liver us, O Lord! O most glorious saint if ever, by the just judgment of God, we should be stricken with apoplexy, we earnestly beseech thee to obtain for us time enough to receive the last sacraments, and to die in the grace of God. Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be to the Father. Per intercessionem S. Andreæ apoplectico morbo correpti. A subitanea et improvisa morte libera nos, Domine. By the intercession of S. Andrew stricken with apoplexy. From a sudden and unprovided death deliver us, O Lord! O most glorious saint, who didst endure, before dying, a terrible agony, through the assaults of the devil, from which the blessed Virgin and S. Michael delivered thee: we earnestly beseech thee to assist us in the tremendous moment of our death. Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be to the Father. Per intercessionem S. Andreæ apoplectico morbo correpti. et im A subitanea provisa morte libera nos, Domine. By the intercession of S. Andrew stricken with apoplexy. From a sudden and unprovided death de liver us, O Lord! His Holiness, Pope Pius IX., by a brief, June 25, 1869, granted to all the faithful, every time that, with at least contrite heart and devotion, they shall say these prayers, with the Our Father, the Hail Mary, and the Glory be to the Father, each three times, and the versicles: AN INDULGENCE OF THREE HUNDRED DAYS. A PLENARY INDULGENCE, once a month, to all those who shall have practised this exercise every day for a month, on the day when, being truly penitent, they shall confess their sins and receive holy communion. 8. NICHOLAS OF BARL 160. PRAYER. Glorious Nicholas, my own protector! from that bright throne where thou dost enjoy the vision of thy God, in pity turn thine eyes upon me; ask for me from God those graces and helps most seasonable in my present necessities, whether spiritual or temporal, and especially the grace of... if such be expedient for my eternal welfare. Forget not, glorious and holy bishop, our Sovereign Pontiff, the holy Church, and this pious city. Bring back to the right way of salvation those who live steeped in sin, or buried in the darkness of ignorance, error, and heresy. Comfort the sorrowing, provide for the needy, strengthen the weak-hearted, defend the oppressed, help the sick; let all know the effects of thy powerful patronage with him who is the supreme giver of all good. Amen. Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be to the Father. V. Ora pro nobis, beate Nicolae. R. Ut digni efficiamur promissionibus Christi. V. Pray for us, bless ed Nicholas. R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ. OREMUS. Deus, qui beatum Nicolaum gloriosum confessorem tuum atque pontificem innumeris decorasti, et quotidie non cessas illustrare miraculis: tribue, quæsumus, ut ejus meritis et precibus a gehennæ incendiis, et a periculis omnibus liberemur. Per Christum Dominum nostrum. Amen. LET US PRAY. God, who hast honored, and ceasest not daily to honor, thy high priest and glorious confessor, blessed Nicholas, with innumerable miracles: grant, we beseech thee, that, by his merits and prayers, we may be delivered from the fires of hell and from all other dangers. Through Christ our Lord. Amen. The Sovereign Pontiff, Gregory XVI., by a decree of the S. Congr. of Indulgences, Dec. 22, 1832, granted to all the faithful who shall, with at least coutrite heart and devotion, say this prayer, with the Our Father, the Hail Mary, and the Glory be to the Father, and the versicles, etc.: AN INDULGENCE OF FIFTY DAYS, once a day. 8. ALOYSIUS GONZAGA. 161. DEVOUT EXERCISE. Pope Clement XII., in order to inspire the faithful, and especially the young, with greater devotion toward the angelic youth, S. Aloysius Gonzaga, granted, by two decrees of the S. Congr. of Indulgences, Dec. 11, 1739, and Jan. 17, 1740: A PLENARY INDULGENCE on each of the six Sundays which are wont to be kept in honor of this saint, either immediately before his feast, on June 21, or at any other time of the year. In order to gain this plenary indulgence, it is requisite that the six Sundays should be kept consecutively; and that, on each of them, the faithful, being truly penitent, after confession and communion, should employ themselves in pious meditations or vocal prayers, or other works of Christian piety, in honor of the saint. ON THE DAY OF HIS FEAST. The Sovereign Pontiffs, Benedict XIII., by a decree, Nov 22, 1729, Clement XII., by a decree, Nov. 21, 1737, and Benedict XIV., by a decree, Apr. 12, 1742, granted: A PLENARY INDULGENCE to all the faithful who, being truly peuitent, after confession and communion, shall |