The Crusade

Prayer sources

Every traditional prayer on The Crusade is checked word for word against a dated printed edition, usually an image of the original page. Scripture is from the Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner). Prayers and reflections we wrote ourselves are marked as written for The Crusade. Anything we have not been able to verify is left out.

Main printed sources

  • The Raccolta, tr. Ambrose St John (London: Burns & Oates, 1880)
  • The New Raccolta, tr. Ambrose St John (Philadelphia: Kilner, 1903)
  • Bonaventure Hammer OFM, Mary, Help of Christians (1909)
  • F. X. Lasance, The Young Man's Guide (1910) and The Prayer-Book for Religious (1921)
  • A Manual of Prayers for the Use of the Catholic Laity (Third Plenary Council of Baltimore, 1888)
  • A Catechism of Christian Doctrine (Baltimore Catechism, 1885)
  • William Gahan OSA, The Complete Manual of Catholic Piety (1844)
  • Joseph Ignatius Franchi, Hand-book of Humility (1889)
  • Jos. A. Chapoton CSsR, Sketch of the Miraculous Image of Our Lady of Perpetual Help (1927)
  • Novena in Honor of Our Lady of Lourdes (Boston, 1921)
  • Devotions to St. Rita (Augustinian Fathers, 1914)
  • Douay-Rheims Bible, Challoner revision (Project Gutenberg #8300)

Each prayer on the site names its source and page numbers under the text.