The Path To Heaven

The Path to Heaven

A

Complete Collection

of all the

PUBLIC AND PRIVATE DEVOTIONS IN GENERAL USE

Comprising

THE AUTHORISED PRAYERS FOR THE DIFFERENT CONFRATERNITIES;

Novenas, Litanies, and Hymns for the whole of the Year;

A LARGE NUMBER OF DEVOTIONS

TRANSLATED FROM VARIOUS LANGUAGES AND NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED IN AN ACCESSIBLE FORM

TO WHICH ARE ADDED

The Epistles and Gospels

AND

THE MOST COPIOUS COLLECTION OF HYMNS HITHERTO BROUGHT TOGETHER IN ONE BOOK.

LONDON:

BURNS, LAMBERT, AND OATES,

17, 18 Portman Street and 63 Paternoster Row.

[Copyright entered at Stationers' Hall.]

Nihil Obstat.

Gmus A. Johnson, S.T.D.

Imprimatur,

✠ Henricus Eduabdus,

Archiep. Westmonast.

Aug. 1866.

"The abundance and excellence of the Devotions and Hymns contained in the Path to Heaven, and the judicious arrangement which has been made of them, will secure for it a high place among the most favourite books of devotion for public or private use."— The Cardinal Archbishop of Dublin.

" I have looked through the PATH TO HEAVEN, and find it very complete; I think I may say, unprecedentedly so. I heartily approve of it, and recommend it to the patronage of the Catholic body."— Bishop Strain, Vic.-Apost. East, Dist. Scotland.

Synopsis of Contents.

[A complete Alphabetical Index will be found at the end of the Volume.]

INTRODUCTORY.
Days of Obligation and Devotion — Summary of Christian Faith and Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		p. 5-16

DAILY DEVOTIONS.
Devotions for Morning and Evening, with Family and Occasional Prayers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		p. 17-68

THE HOLY MASS.
The Ordinary of the Mass, with Devotions, and various Methods of Assisting at Mass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		p. 69-158

CONFESSION.
Infractions and Devotions for Confession, and Indulgences, with the seven Penitential Psalms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		p. 159-204

COMMUNION.
Instructions and Devotions for Holy Communion — Devotions to the Blessed Sacrament. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		p. 205-292

LITANIES.
Litanies for the various Seasons and Saints' Days, clarified and arranged. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		p. 293-388

OFFICES, LATIN AND ENGLISH.
Office of Vespers — Compline — Benediction — Little Office of the Immaculate Conception — Psalms — Hymns (Latin and English) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		p. 389-447 ]]

YEARLY COURSE OF DEVOTION
Devotions for each Month of the Year, and the various Church Seasons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		p. 448-652

VARIOUS POPULAR DEVOTIONS.
Rosary — Bona Mors — Stations — Holy Family. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		p. 653-702

THE SACRAMENTS.
Baptism, Confirmation, Extreme Unction, &c. — Devotions for the Sick and Dying — Reception of a Convert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		p. 703-746

MEDITATIONS.
Short Reflections for each Day of the Month . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		p. 747-764

This work was published before January 1, 1930, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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