Dedication

To the Most Blessed Virgin Mary,

“The Mother of my Lord,” under the title of

OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP,

in the Golden Jubilee Year of the Recovery

and Restoration of her Miraculous Image to

public veneration in the Redemptorist Church

of St. Alphonsus in the City of Rome,

from which time the devotion to her under the aforesaid glorious title of

PERPETUAL HELP

has spread over the whole world and been rewarded by countless heavenly favors, such as remarkable conversions, cures of persons afflicted with incurable diseases, relief in both spiritual and temporal wants,

this little book on the all-important subject of

“PRAYER, ITS NECESSITY, ITS POWER, ITS CONDITIONS”

is humbly and lovingly inscribed and dedicated

by the Author,

as a testimony of gratitude

for her truly maternal favors and protection

during his long career,

with the earnest prayer

that she may ever be to him and his readers

the Mother of Perpetual Help.