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B04460	[The] manner of performing the Novena, or, The nine days devotion to St. Francis Xaverius: of the Society of Jesus, and apostle of India. As also the devotion of the ten Fridays to the same saint.	Brown, Levinius, 1671-1764.; Scarisbrike, Edward, 1639-1709.	1690 (1690)	Wing M459B; ESTC R229394	36,323	117

finding in your Soul some of his Vertues he may love you the more and loving you recommend you to our Lord and obtain for you the Favours you ask of him To which end you shall finish your Ten Fridays with this following Colloquy The COLLOQUY To St. Francis Xaverius To obtain Grace to Imitate his Vertues IF I love you O most Holy Apostle I have just reason for it finding in you a Thousand Motives to wit your many perfections that render you worthy of all love But if you love me as I am sure you do it is purely your Goodness and only upon the account of my being a Sinner I am ashamed O Holy Xaverius that I have nothing that can win your Love but the deformity of my Soul nor any other Title that may any way seem to challenge your Affection then what in reality deserves your hatred wherefore I most earnestly beseech you to obtain for me the grace to Imitate your Vertues and those chiefly that did particularly render you so dear and pleasing to the Divine Goodness That being so adorned I may both please you and be acceptable in this life to the most pure Eyes of the all-seeing God and have an assurence of enjoying him with you in the next for an Eternity Amen THE LITANIES OF St. Francis Xaverius Compos'd by the most Illustrious Francis Gaspar de Villarouel Lord Bishop of St. James 's in the Kingdom of Chile in Honour of this Saint by whose Assistance after having been buried in the Ruins of an Earthquake he was miraculously deliver'd and in Performance of a Vow he had made said them upon set Days and imparted them to the publick to awaken and stir up the Piety of the Devout And have been approv'd and publish'd by the Order of several Prelates in the Low Countries and lower Germany LOrd have mercy on us Christ have mercy on us Lord have mercy on us Christ hear us Christ graciously hear us God the Father of Heaven Have mercy on us God the Son Redeemer of the World Have mercy on us God the Holy Ghost Have mercy on us Holy Trinity One God Have mercy on us Holy Mary Pray for us Holy Father Ignatius Pray for us St. Francis Xaverius most worthy Son of St. Ignatius Pray for us St. Francis Xaverius Apostle of the Indies Pray for us St. Francis Xaverius evangelizing Peace Pray for us St. Francis Xaverius evangelizing all Good Pray for us Vessel of Election carrying the Name of Jesus before Gentiles Pray for us Vessel full of Divine Grace Pray for us Firmament of the Oriental Church Pray for us Defender of the Faith Pray for us Enemy of Infidelity Pray for us Preacher of Evangelical Truth Pray for us Destroyer of Idols Pray for us Chosen Instrument of the Eternal Father for the Propagation of Divine Glory Pray for us Faithful Follower and Companion of Jesus Christ Pray for us Trumpet of the Holy Ghost Pray for us Pillar of the Church of God Pray for us Light of Infidels Pray for us Master of the Faithful Pray for us Mirror of true Piety Pray for us Guide in the Way of Virtue and Perfection Pray for us Pattern of Apostolical Spirit and Sanctity Pray for us Light of the Blind Pray for us Curer of the Lame Pray for us Helper of those who suffer Shipwrack Pray for us Health of the Sick Pray for us Protector in time of Plague Famine and War Pray for us From whom the Devils fly Pray for us Life of the Dead Pray for us Whose Power the Sea and Tempests obey Pray for us Whose Command the Sea and all Elements reverence Pray for us Wonderful Worker of Miracles Pray for us Refuge of the Miserable Pray for us Comfort of the Afflicted Pray for us Splendor of the East Pray for us Tabernacle of Incorruption Pray for us Treasury of Divine Love Pray for us Glory of the Society of Jesus Pray for us Xaverius most poor Pray for us Xaverius most chast Pray for us Xaverius most obedient Pray for us Xaverius most humble Pray for us Xaverius most desirous of the Cross and Labours of Christ Pray for us Xaverius most vigilant in the Safety of your Neighbour Pray for us Xaverius most zealous of God's Glory and the Good of Souls Pray for us Angel in Life and Manners Pray for us Patriarch in Affections and Care of God's People Pray for us Prophet in Gift and Spirit Pray for us Apostle in Dignity and Merit Pray for us Doctor of Gentiles in all sorts of Languages Pray for us Martyr in desiring to dye for Christ Pray for us Confessor in Vertue and Profession of Life Pray for us Virgin in Body and Mind Pray for us In whom alone we reverence thro' the Divine Goodness the Merits of all the Saints Pray for us Lamb of God who takest away the Sins of the World Spare us O Lord. Lamb of God who takest away the Sins of the World Hear us graciously O Lord. Lamb of God who takest away the Sins of the World Have mercy on us Christ hear us Christ graciously hear us Lord have mercy on us Christ have mercy on us Our Father c. Vers Pray for us St. Francis Xaverius Resp That we may be made worthy of the Promises of Christ Let us pray LOrd God who hast vouchsafed by the Preaching and Miracles of St. Francis Xaverius to join unto thy Church the Countries of the Indies grant propitiously we beseech thee that reverencing his Glorious Merits we may also imitate his Examples Through Christ our Lord. Amen A PSALM IN TRIBULATION This Psalm was said by the Saint in time of Trouble WHen I was in Tribulation I cried to our Lord and he heard me O Lord deliver my Soul from unjust Lips and from a deceitful Tongue What may be given thee or what may be added to thee to a deceitful Tongue The sharp Arrows of the Mighty with Coals of Desolation Wo is to me that my sojourning is prolonged I have dwelt with the Inhabitants of Cedar My Soul hath been long a sojourner With them that hated Peace I was Peaceable when I spoke to them they impugned me without Cause FINIS

â—Manner of Performing THE NOVENA OR The NINE DAYS DEVOTION TO St. Francis Xaverius Of the Society of JESVS And Apostle of India As also the Devotion of the Ten Fridays To the same SAINT THE Manner of Performing the NOVENA OR The Nine Days Devotion THis Novena commences on the 4th of March and continues Nine Days that is till the 12th of March upon which Day in the Year 1622. Pope Gregory the XV. Canonized St. Francis Xaverius The Persons who perform this Novena are to be employed upon each of the Nine Days in Prayer and Good Works to the Glory of Almighty God and in Honour of his Servant St. Francis Xaverius always endeavouring to repose an entire Confidence in the Merits of this Apostle and hoping through his means to obtain from God whatsoever they shall ask provided it shall be conducing to their Salvation and the Good of their Souls or that otherwise instead of that Blessing which they beg and which is not for their Benefit this Saint will obtain for them of God some other Grace they do not ask and which tends more to their Eternal Felicity For the exact Performance of this Novena they are to take for their Advocates the Nine Quires of Heavenly Spirits making particular mention of the Principal Vertues of St. Francis Xaverius and they are to observe other Directions which shall be given hereafter It will be convenient to Confess and Communicate the first Day that so the Soul being cleansed from Sin and honoured with the Sacred Eucharist all the Works we perform in the State of Grace may be meritorious of Eternal Life and the more efficacious towards obtaining the Benefit we ask Those who do not Confess must at least begin every Day with an Act of Contrition to cleanse their Souls from Sin and to secure themselves of obtaining their Petition In Barcelona Valencia and other Cities of Spain this Novena is performed in the Church with great Solemnity great Concourse of People and daily Sermons upon the Vertues of St. Francis Xaverius And this is the better way not only because God in the Church as being the House of Prayer is more enclin'd to grant our requests but also because the Prayer of many together is more acceptable to God and when all beg for all every individual the more easily obtains his desire by reason that Charity adds Force to Prayer and God is more ready to hear us when we are united in him for Christ himself assured us that wheresoever two or three are gathered together in his Name he is in the midst of them When this Novena is not performed in the Church with the General Concourse of the People it were convenient that if it be done in a private House all the Family should joyn in performing it altogether begging that of God for every one which each apart begs for himself For the Conveniency of such as stand in need of farther Direction we will here set down those Prayers that are proper to be said every Day nevertheless such as are more Devout may beg the same thing of this Saint in such Terms and Language as their Devotion shall dictate and may direct their Prayer as they think fit When many together perform the Novena one of them may read the Prayers changing the Singular Number into the Plural and saying we desire we beg c. The others may repeat the Prayer after him or else only hear it with Attention inwardly desiring and begging that which is asked in it INSTRUCTIONS For the exact Performing of the NOVENA THose who perform the Novena are to observe these Instructions upon all and each of the Nine Days First They are to endeavour to imitate some one of this Saint's Virtues by practising some exterior Act or Acts thereof as for instance his Zeal Humility Patience c. Secondly they are to do some Work of Mercy either Spiritual or Corporal for the Benefit of their Neighbour as giving of Alms visiting the Sick or those that are in Prison comforting the Afflicted praying for the Souls in Purgatory or for those that are in the State of Mortal Sin c. Thirdly They are to offer up to this Saint some particular Mortification as Fasting wearing of Hair-Cloth Disciplining using themselves with less Tenderness c. Fourthly They are to curb their Senses their Eyes and Ears and their Tongue endeavouring to avoid even the least of Sins Fifthly They are to read some Chapter or Passage of the Life of this Saint or meditate a while upon some one of his Vertues of which you will find many in the Devotoin of the Ten Fridays with an earnest desire to imitate them Sixthly They are to endeavour for the Glory of God to excite some Person to bear Devotion to this Saint 7thly It will be convenient they every Day invoke the Intercession of some one Rank of the Saints as they do of the Quires of Angels to the end that their Advocates and Intercessors being multiplyed as the Church expresses it they may the more readily obtain what they ask The Classes of Saints may be divided into Patriarchs Prophets Apostles Martyrs Bishops Doctors Priests Religious Confessors Virgins and other Saints in Heaven For the more effectual prevailing with St. Francis Xaverius it will be convenient every Day to make a special Commemoration of St. Ignatius of Loyola whom St. Francis Xaverius honoured respected and loved as his Father Master and Superior Upon one of the Nine Days the Person performing this Devotion must Confess and Communicate making a most diligent Preparation to please God and St. Francis Xaverius for the more ready obtaining of the thing desired Such as cannot read may cause another to read these Prayers to them they giving great Attention to them and offering them up to St. Francis or instead thereof they may say Ten Pater Nosters and Ten Ave Maria's with Ten Gloria Patri's in Honour of the Ten Years that St. Francis Xaverius spent in Preaching in the Indies begging of the Saint whatsosoever they desire and praying as he did for the Conversion of Infidels Tho' the properest time for performing this Novena be from the 4th of March to the 12th which is the Day of the Canonization of St. Francis Xaverius yet it may be performed at any other time of the Year Pope Alexander the VII granted many Indulgences to those that Celebrate this Novena in the Church of St. Roch of the Society of Jesus in Lisbon which is a tacite Approbation of this Devotion How much the Devotion of this Novena daily spreads is well known On this account St. Francis has obtained Favours for several Persons as they themselves testify In the Year 1688 it was perform'd at Madrid with extraordinary Solemnity in the Royal Chappel of the Palace their Catholick Majesties being every Day there present THE First Day of the NOVENA THE Person performing this Devotion kneeling before an Altar or the Image of St. Francis Xaverius

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