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Wednesday ........ To St. Joseph.
Thursday ........ To the Blessed Sacrament and to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Friday ........ To the Passion of Our Lord.
Saturday ........ To the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Under these heads we were able to classify in a very desirable and practical manner all the devotions for the various seasons of the liturgical year—Christmas, Easter, and Pentecost cycles—and, in particular, all our favorite monthly devotions.

The monthly devotions are usually arranged in the following order:

January ........ The Holy Infancy.
February ........ The Holy Trinity (also the Holy Family).
March ........ St. Joseph.
April ........ The Holy Ghost (also the Passion for Lent).
May ........ The Blessed Virgin Mary.
June ........ The Blessed Sacrament and the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
July ........ The Precious Blood of Jesus.
August ........ The Most Pure Heart of Mary.
September ........ The Holy Cross.
October ........ The Holy Angels and the Holy Rosary.
November ........ The Holy Souls in Purgatory.
December ........ The Immaculate Conception.

It appeared to me that without a strain all these devo- tions could be classified under the headings of "The Week Sanctified," and so they were classified. Novenas and prayers to many different saints will be found in a special group. The Indulgenced Prayers, except those