Instructions
When
To
Saints
- St. Joseph
- St. Peter
- St. Paul
- St. Francis Xavier
- St. Philip Neri
- St. John the Baptist
- St. Mary Magdalene
- St. Augustine
- St. Michael the Archangel
- St. Ignatius of Loyola
- St. John the Evangelist
- St. Bernard of Clairvaux
- St. Teresa of Avila
- St. Simeon
- St. Francis of Assisi
- St. Gabriel the Archangel
- St. Anna the Prophetess
- St. Elizabeth
- St. Gregory the Great
- St. Anne
- St. Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi
- St. Thomas Aquinas
- St. Ambrose
- St. Raphael the Archangel
- St. Francis de Sales
- St. Alphonsus Liguori
- St. Stephen
- St. Andrew
- St. Basil the Great
- St. Margaret of Cortona
- St. Jerome
- St. Lawrence
- St. Gertrude the Great
- St. Aloysius Gonzaga
- St. Charles Borromeo
- St. Catherine of Siena
- St. Francis Borgia
- St. James the Greater
- St. Matthew
- St. Joachim
- St. Monica
- St. Stanislaus Kostka
- St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
- St. Agnes
- St. Fulgentius
- St. Peter Chrysologus
- St. Thomas the Apostle
- St. Patrick
- St. Benedict
- St. Lucy
- St. Sylvester
- St. Bartholomew
- St. Martha
- St. Catherine of Alexandria
- St. Philip the Apostle
- St. Angela Merici
- St. Ursula
- St. Luke
For
- A happy death
- The sick
- The souls in purgatory
- The conversion of sinners
- Comfort in sorrow
- A special favour
- Hopeless cases
- A good confession
- A worthy Communion
- Protection from temptation
- Patience
- Purity
- Humility
- Peace
- Trust in God
- Strength
- Perseverance
- Thanksgiving
- Family
- Children
- Parents
- Vocation
- Priests
- The Pope and the Church
- The missions
- The poor
- Salvation
- Forgiveness of sins
- Contrition
- Mercy
- Love of God
- Protection
- Amendment of life
- Holiness
- Avoiding sin
- Deliverance from evil
- Union with Jesus
- Guidance
- Acceptance of God's will
- Love of neighbour
- Faith
- Penance and mortification
- The interior life
- Detachment
- A pure intention
- Self-control
- God's blessing
- Obedience
- Reparation
- Modesty
- The dying
- The gifts of the Holy Spirit
- Benefactors
- Zeal for souls
- Vocations to the priesthood and religious life
Season
- Advent
- Christmastide
- Time after Epiphany
- Septuagesima
- Lent
- Passiontide
- Holy Week
- Eastertide
- Whitsuntide
- Time after Pentecost
- March, Month of St. Joseph
- May, Month of Mary
- June, Month of the Sacred Heart
- October, Month of the Rosary
- November, Month of the Holy Souls
- Christmas
- Immaculate Conception
- St. Francis Xavier
- Annunciation
- Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- Easter
- Pentecost
- Assumption
- Feast of the Sacred Heart
- Corpus Christi
- Holy Guardian Angels
- Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- Our Lady of Consolation
Kind
Written for
8 texts
- 25 minChoosing a Confessor and Making a General Confession“Many reasons show the necessity and advantage of a director in the service of God.”
- 2 minGeneral Confession with Communion“Whoever, of his own accord, wants to make a General Confession, will”
- 1 minIndulgences for the Novena to the Holy Spirit“Pope Leo XIII, May 9, 1897, decreed that a novena to the Holy Ghost should be made every year in preparation for the feast of Pentecost, and granted…”
- 1 minPractices for the Time of a Retreat“Assist faithfully at all the exercises of the retreat.”
- 7 minPractices of the Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary“On a day and at an hour appointed the members hold their regular meetings. The usual practice of the Sodality, at its regular meetings, is to recite…”
- 8 minPreparation for Confession“and most liberal Benefactor ! how can I present myself”
- 2 minShort Practical Method of Meditation“My God, I believe that Thou art really present, and I adore Thee”
- 4 minWhat to Do During and After Confession“Approchez du Confessional avec le silence, la modestie et le recueillement”
