The Litany of Loreto     The town of Loreto on the Adriatic coast of Italy centers on a Basilica built over the walls of a house within which, according to pious tradition, once lived the Blessed Virgin Mary. Very large is the number of the faithful who have made a pilgrimage to Loreto, but incomparably many more of them derived spiritual benefits from reciting the Litany which originated in that sanctuary. The Litany consists of fifty-one invocations, which present the incomparably special status of Mary in the work of salvation. All fifty-one are commented upon by the author who had already put together a similar work on the invocations of the Litany of Saint Joseph. The Introduction provides appropriate information about the origin of the Litany as well as of the sanctuary of Loreto. By Fr. Stanley L. Jaki ISBN 0-9774826-1-8  •  224 pages  •  soft cover  •  $12

Mary’s Magnificat   Mary’s Magnificat is the most widely and enduringly repeated song in history. The Church recites it each and every day in its Office of Hours. It is the song of those who firmly believe that Mary’s son is also the Son of the Eternal Father, who came to save man from eternal death.   This is why the Magnificat is a song of supreme rejoicing, though a most serious song at the same time.   This twofold nature of the Magnificat sets the tone of these reflections on each of its verses. The reflections are preceded by an Introduction which deals with the Magnificat’s background and origin as sung by Mary. It is her Magnificat and not of Elizabeth, let alone the work of a “committee” as some “learned” exegetes would have it. It should therefore be recited with the faith that animated Mary personally.   by Stanley L. Jaki   ISBN 978-0-9790577-7-9   •  46 pages   •  softcover  •  $5

The Litany of the Sacred Heart   The Litany of the Sacred Heart is hardly more than a hundred years old in its present form.  Earlier forms of it had played an important role in the promotion of devotion to the Sacred Heart, from the early seventeenth century on. The enthusiastic espousal of the Litany among the faithful and the clergy has proved a powerful means of securing adherence to the dogma of the Incarnation, and its chief aspect, atonement for man’s sins. The Litany, which is a most tangible aspect of that devotion, was greatly resented by Jansenists, ridiculed by Protestants, and deeply disliked by progressive Catholic theologians in recent decades,  The Introduction touches on such facts in addition to confronting the puzzle of why neither the Documents of Vatican II nor the New Catechism touch on the devotion to the Sacred Heart, in spite of its endorsement in a long series of papal documents.   by Stanley L. Jaki   ISBN  0-9774826-9-3   •  153 pages   •  softcover   •  $7

The Litany of the Holy Name   The Litany in its present text was widely propagated by Saint Bernardine of Siena and Saint John Capistrano, though they certainly were not the ones to draw up the list of its invocations and implorations.  The Litany of the Holy Name forms, together with the Litany of All Saints (used in the Easter Liturgy), the Litany of the Sacred Heart, the Litany of Loreto, and the Litany of Saint Joseph, the list of Litanies approved for public use throughout the Catholic Church.  Lately these Litanies have not been as zealously used as only a generation or two ago.  Yet the depth contained in their brief invocations should seem most helpful for the faithful who today are increasingly caught in the welter of distractions.   by Stanley L. Jaki   ISBN 978-0-9790577-3-1   •  141 pages   •  softcover   •  $7