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The stories and special intercessory powers of 14 early Saint-Martyrs invoked for numerous special needs, such that they came to be called "The 14 Holy Helpers." St. Barbara, St. Blaise, St. Christopher, St. George, St. Catherine, etc. They are invoked against throat ailments, lightning, diabolical possession, fire, family troubles, etc. Includes prayers to each Saint. This book links the present age to the earliest centuries of the Church. Impr. 112 pgs,

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Publié par	TAN Books
Date de parution	01 janvier 2009
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781618905253
Langue	English

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St. Blaise saves a child from choking to death on a fishbone.

Imprimi Permittitur: Fr. Chrysostomus Theobald, O.F.M. Minister Provincialis Cincinnati, Ohio March 30, 1908 Nihil Obstat: Remy Lafort, S.T.L. Censor Librorum Imprimatur: John M. Farley Archbishop of New York New York March 4, 1909
Copyright © 1909 by Benziger Brothers, New York.
The material in this book was taken from a larger book entitled Mary, Help of Christians—And the Fourteen Saints Invoked as Holy Helpers: Instructions, Legends, Novenas, and Prayers, with Thoughts of the Saints for Every Day in the Year , by arrangement with Benziger. The footnotes were added by TAN Books, an Imprint of Saint Benedict Press, LLC. Retypeset and cover redesigned in 2008.
Library of Congress Catalog Card No.: 94-62047
ISBN: 978-0-89555-518-2
Cover illustration: The 14 Holy Helpers; Benziger, 1886.
Saints pictured, clockwise from top: St. Christopher, carrying the Christ Child; St. Blaise, holding a crozier and two crossed candles; St. Pantaleon, nailed to a tree; St. Dionysius, hand with purple sleeve carrying his severed head; St. Erasmus, holding coil of rope and crank; St. George, spearing the dragon; St. Cyriacus, wearing red vestments, tonsured, holding dragon’s chain; St. Eustachius, kneeling before a white stag with cross; St. Achatius, wearing plumed helmet and carrying red banner and branches; St. Giles, comforting a wounded doe; St. Margaret (of Antioch), holding palm branch and cross, looking at dragon; St. Catherine (of Alexandria), wearing crown, shown with palm branch and spiked wheel; St. Vitus (12-year-old martyr), holding red book on which a dove is perched; St. Barbara, next to stone tower, holding ciborium.
Printed and bound in the United States of America.
TAN Books Charlotte, North Carolina 2012
“God is wonderful in his saints: the God of Israel is he who will give power and strength to his people. Blessed be God.”
— Psalm 67:36
Contents
P REFACE
Part I
The Fourteen Holy Helpers
Chapter 1
T HE F OURTEEN H OLY H ELPERS
Chapter 2
L EGENDS
THE LEGENDS OF THE FOURTEEN HOLY HELPERS
1. St. George, Martyr
2. St. Blase, Bishop and Martyr
3. St. Erasmus, Bishop and Martyr
4. St. Pantaleon, Physician and Martyr
5. St. Vitus, Martyr
6. St. Christophorus, Martyr
7. St. Dionysius, Bishop and Martyr
8. St. Cyriacus, Deacon and Martyr
9. St. Achatius, Martyr
10. St. Eustachius, Martyr
11. St. Giles, Hermit and Abbot
12. St. Margaret, Virgin and Martyr
13. St. Catherine, Virgin and Martyr
14. St. Barbara, Virgin and Martyr
Part II
Novenas to the Holy Helpers
NOVENA TO EACH OF THE HOLY HELPERS
1. Novena in Honor of St. George
2. Novena in Honor of St. Blase
3. Novena in Honor of St. Erasmus
4. Novena in Honor of St. Pantaleon
5. Novena in Honor of St. Vitus
6. Novena in Honor of St. Christophorus
7. Novena in Honor of St. Dionysius
8. Novena in Honor of St. Cyriacus
9. Novena in Honor of St. Achatius
10. Novena in Honor of St. Eustachius
11. Novena in Honor of St. Giles
12. Novena in Honor of St. Margaret
13. Novena in Honor of St. Catherine
14. Novena in Honor of St. Barbara
NOVENA TO ALL THE HOLY HELPERS
F IRST D AY —The Devotion to the Fourteen Holy Helpers
S ECOND D AY —The Destiny of Man
T HIRD D AY —The Virtue of Faith
F OURTH D AY —The Virtue of Hope
F IFTH D AY —The Love of God
S IXTH D AY —The Virtue of Charity
S EVENTH D AY —Human Respect
E IGHTH D AY —Prayer
N INTH D AY —Perseverance
Prayers and Petitions
PRAYERS OF PETITION AND INTERCESSION
1. Three Invocations
2. Prayer in Illness
3. Prayer for the Sick
4. Prayer of Parents for their Children
5. Prayer of Children for their Parents
6. Prayer of Married People
A Collection of Classic Artwork
Brief Life of Christ
Introductory
The Setting
Birth of Jesus
Childhood at Nazareth
John The Bapist
Jesus Begins His Ministry
Journey To Galilee
The Kingdom and the Apostles
Manifestations of Divine Power
Speaking in Parables
Increasing Popularity
Death of John the Baptist
Miracles of the Loaves
The Bread of Life
Peter the Rock
Training of the Twelve
Visit to Jerusalem
Clash with the Pharisees
Judean Ministry
The Supreme Declaration
Raising of Lazarus
Last Missionary Days
Banquet at Bethany
Palm Sunday
Second Cleansing of the Temple
Day of Questions
Judas the Betrayer
The Last Supper
Arrest and Trial
Death on Calvary
Risen and Living Still
P reface
The contents of the following pages are based on the Catholic dogma of the veneration and invocation of the saints, and of the efficacy of the prayer of intercession. The legends of the individual “Holy Helpers” were compiled from authors whose writings have the approval of the Church.
In compliance with the decrees of Pope Urban VIII of 1625, 1631, and 1634, the compiler formally declares that he submits everything contained in this little book to the infallible judgment of the Church, and that he claims no other than human credibility for the facts, legends, and miracles related, except where the Church has otherwise decided.
—The Compiler
Part I
The Fourteen Holy Helpers
“The souls of the just are in the hand of God, and the torment of death shall not touch them. In the sight of the unwise they seemed to die, and their departure was taken for misery, and their going away from us for utter destruction; but they are in peace. And though in the sight of men they suffered torments, their hope is full of immortality. Afflicted in few things, in many they shall be well rewarded; because God hath tried them, and found them worthy of himself.”
—Wisdom 3:1-5
Chapter 1
The Fourteen Holy Helpers
A MONG the saints who in Catholic devotion are invoked with special confidence, because they have proved themselves efficacious helpers in adversity and difficulties, there is a group venerated under the collective name of Holy Helpers. They are: 1 . St. George, Martyr . 2 . St. Blase, Bishop and Martyr . 3 . St. Pantaleon, Martyr . 4 . St. Vitus, Martyr . 5 . St. Erasmus, Bishop and Martyr . 6 . St. Christophorus, Martyr . 7 . St. Dionysius, Bishop and Martyr . 8 . St. Cyriacus, Martyr . 9 . St. Achatius, Martyr 10 . St. Eustachius, Martyr . 11 . St. Giles, Abbot . 12 . St. Catherine, Virgin and Martyr . 13 . St. Margaret, Virgin and Martyr . 14 . St. Barbara, Virgin and Martyr .
The reason why these saints are invoked as a group is said to have been an epidemic which devastated Europe from 1346 to 1349. It was called the Plague or “Black Death,” and among its symptoms were the turning black of the tongue, parching of the throat, violent headache, fever, and boils on the abdomen. The malady attacked its victims suddenly, bereft them of reason, and caused death in a few hours, so that many died without the last sacraments. Fear caused many attacks and disrupted social and family ties. To all appearances, the disease was in curable.
During this period of general affliction the people in pious confidence turned toward Heaven, and had recourse to the intercession of the saints, praying to be spared an attack, or to be cured when stricken. Among the saints invoked since the earliest times of the Church as special patrons in certain diseases were: St. Christopher and St. Giles against the plague, St. Dionysius against headache, St. Blase against ills of the throat, St. Catherine against those of the tongue, St. Erasmus against those of the abdomen, St. Barbara against fever, St. Vitus against epilepsy. St. Pantaleon was the patron of physicians, St. Cyriacus was had recourse to in temptations, especially in those at the hour of death; St. Achatius was invoked in death agony; Sts. Christopher, Barbara, and Catherine were appealed to for protection against a sudden and unprovided death; the aid of St. Giles was implored for making a good confession; St. Eustachius was patron in all kinds of difficulties, and, because peculiar circumstances separated him for a time from his family, he was invoked also in family troubles. Domestic animals, too, being attacked by the plague, Sts. George, Erasmus, Pantaleon, and Vitus were invoked for their protection. It appears from the invocation of these saints, so widespread in olden times during the plague and other epidemics, that their being grouped as the Fourteen Holy Helpers originated in a like visitation.
The fourteen saints venerated as the Holy Helpers are represented with the symbols of their martyrdom, or with the insignia of their state of life; also, as a group of children. The latter representation is accounted for as follows:
The abbey of Langheim, in the diocese of Bamberg, Bavaria, owned a farm on which the monks kept their flocks. The sheep were tended by shepherds, who led them along the hillsides, where they grazed quietly during the day, and were driven home in the evening.
On the evening of September 22, 1445, a young shepherd, Herman Leicht, who was gathering his flock for the homeward drive, heard what seemed to him to be the cry of a child, and looking about, saw a child sitting in a field nearby. Surprised, and wondering how the child came there, he was about to approach, when it disappeared. Feeling rather disturbed, the boy returned to his flock. After reaching it, he turned to look back to the place where he had seen the apparition. There the child sat again, this time in a circle of light, and between two burning candles. Terrified at this second apparition, he made the Sign of the Cross. The child smiled, as if to encourage him, and he was about to approach it again, when it vanished a second time. Greatly perplexed, he drove his flock home and informed his parents of the occurrence. But they called the apparition a delusion and told him not to mention it to any one. Nevertheless, feeling uneasy, and desiring an explanation, he went to the monastery and related his experience to one of the Fathers, who advised him to as