- ISBN: 9780877934110 | 0877934118
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 10/1/1989
Preface | p. 8 |
Introduction | p. 11 |
Useful Reminders for the Spiritual Life | |
Of the Imitation of Christ | p. 30 |
Of Having a Humble Opinion about Yourself | p. 31 |
Of the Teaching of Truth | p. 32 |
Of Thinking before You Act | p. 34 |
Of Reading Holy Writings | p. 35 |
Of Confused Feelings | p. 35 |
Of Avoiding Empty Hope and Self-Praise | p. 36 |
Of Avoiding Inappropriate Intimacy | p. 37 |
Of Obedience for Those under Religious Vows | p. 37 |
Of Avoiding Unnecessary Talk | p. 38 |
Of Finding Peace and Making Spiritual Progress | p. 39 |
Of Putting Troubles to Use | p. 40 |
Of Resisting Temptations | p. 41 |
Of Avoiding Hasty Judgments | p. 43 |
Of Works Done Out of Love | p. 43 |
Of Putting Up with Others' Faults | p. 44 |
Of the Monastic Life | p. 45 |
Of the Examples of the Holy Fathers | p. 46 |
Of the Training of a Good Religious Person | p. 47 |
Of the Love of Solitude and Silence | p. 49 |
Of Heartfelt Remorse | p. 51 |
Of Human Misery | p. 53 |
Of Thinking about Death | p. 55 |
Of Judgment and Punishment | p. 57 |
Of Improving Our Lives | p. 59 |
Suggestions Drawing One toward the Inner Life | |
Of God Speaking within You | p. 64 |
Of Placing Your Life in God's Hands | p. 66 |
Of the Good and Peaceful Person | p. 67 |
Of Pure Feelings and Simple Intentions | p. 68 |
Of Paying Attention to One's Self | p. 69 |
Of the Joy of a Good Conscience | p. 70 |
Of Loving Jesus above All Else | p. 71 |
Of Intimate Friendship with Jesus | p. 72 |
Of Emptiness | p. 73 |
Of Gratitude for God's Grace | p. 75 |
Of the Few Who Love Jesus's Cross | p. 77 |
Of the Royal Road of the Holy Cross | p. 78 |
Of Inner Comfort | |
Of Christ Speaking in Your Own Heart | p. 84 |
That Truth Speaks Quietly to the Heart | p. 85 |
That We Should Listen to God's Words with Deep Humility and Serious Intent | p. 86 |
That We Should Live in God's Presence in Truth and Humility | p. 88 |
Of the Wonderful Effects of God's Love | p. 89 |
Of the Proof of a True Lover | p. 91 |
Of Protecting Grace with Humility | p. 93 |
Of Humility before God | p. 95 |
That All Things Come from God and Must Return to God | p. 96 |
Of How Good It Is to Serve God | p. 97 |
That Feelings May Not Always Be What They Seem | p. 98 |
Of Patience | p. 99 |
Of Obedience and Humility | p. 100 |
Of Seeing Ourselves through God's Eyes | p. 101 |
Of What We Are to Do and Say about All Our Desires | p. 102 |
That We Are to Seek True Comfort in God Alone | p. 103 |
That We Should Take All Our Cares to God | p. 104 |
That We Should Bear Our Hardships Patiently after Christ's Example | p. 105 |
Of Bearing Injuries and the Proof of True Patience | p. 106 |
Of Admitting Our Own Weaknesses | p. 107 |
That We Should Rest in God above All Else | p. 109 |
Of Remembering God's Many Blessings | p. 111 |
Of Four Things that Bring Great Peace | p. 112 |
Of Avoiding Curiosity about Other People's Lives | p. 114 |
Of True Peace of Heart | p. 115 |
That True Freedom Comes More from Humble Prayer than from Much Reading | p. 116 |
That Self-love Blocks Us from Attaining the Highest Good | p. 117 |
Of Those Who Speak against Us | p. 119 |
Of How We Should Bless God in Times of Trial | p. 119 |
Of Asking for God's Help | p. 120 |
Of Setting Aside All Created Things that We May Find the Creator | p. 122 |
Of Growing beyond Self | p. 123 |
Of Our Changing Hearts, and of Focusing Our Sight on God | p. 124 |
That the Person Who Loves God Enjoys Him above All and in All | p. 125 |
That There Is No Freedom from Temptation in This Life | p. 126 |
That You Should Not Worry about What Other People May Say about You | p. 127 |
Of Gaining a Free Heart through Total Self-Surrender | p. 128 |
Of Controlling Our Behavior, and of Running to God in Time of Danger | p. 129 |
That a Person Must Not Be Overly Eager in His Affairs | p. 130 |
That All a Person's Goodness Comes from God, Not from Himself | p. 131 |
Of Seeing All Worldly Honor as Nothing | p. 132 |
That Peace Does Not Depend on Other People | p. 133 |
Against Arrogant Learning | p. 134 |
Of Minding Our Own Business | p. 135 |
That We Should Not Believe Everything We Hear and of How Easy It Is to Speak Ill of Others | p. 136 |
Of Having Confidence in God when Sharp Words Attack Us | p. 137 |
That All Burdens Are to Be Endured for the Sake of Eternal Life | p. 139 |
Of Life and of Eternity | p. 140 |
Of Longing for Eternal Life and of the Promise It Holds | p. 142 |
How a Lonely Person Should Place Himself in God's Hands | p. 145 |
That We Must Perform Humble Works When WeAre Unable to Perform Higher Ones | p. 147 |
That We Should Not Think Ourselves Worthy of Comfort but Deserving of Correction | p. 148 |
That God's Grace Does Not Mix with the Wisdom of the World | p. 149 |
Of the Differing Movements of Nature and Grace | p. 150 |
Of Fallen Nature and the Effect of Divine Grace | p. 153 |
That We Should Turn from Ourselves and Imitate Christ by Way of the Cross | p. 154 |
That We Should Not Be Too Dejected When We Fail | p. 156 |
Of Not Prying into Things That Are beyond Our Understanding | p. 157 |
That All Hope and Trust Should Be Fixed on God Alone | p. 160 |
The Book on the Sacrament | |
With What Great Reverence Christ Should Be Received | p. 164 |
What Great Goodness and Love God Shows to Us in This Sacrament | p. 168 |
How It is Helpful to Receive Communion Often | p. 170 |
That Many Good Things Are Given to Those Who Devoutly Receive Communion | p. 171 |
Of the Dignity of the Sacrament and of the Priesthood | p. 173 |
The Question of Preparing before Communion | p. 174 |
Of Examining One's Conscience, and of Planning to Change for the Better | p. 175 |
Of Christ's Offering on the Cross, and of Our Own Self-Surrender | p. 176 |
That We Ought to Offer Ourselves and All That Is Ours to God, and That We Ought to Pray for All Others | p. 177 |
That Holy Communion Is Not to Be Lightly Omitted | p. 179 |
That the Body of Christ and the Holy Scriptures Are Most Necessary to the Faithful Soul | p. 181 |
That Receiving Christ in Holy Communion Requires Preparation | p. 183 |
That a Devout Soul Should Wish Wholeheartedly to Be United with Christ in the Sacrament | p. 185 |
Of the Ardent Desire of Some Devout People to Receive the Body of Christ | p. 186 |
That the Grace of Devotion Is Gained by Humility | p. 187 |
That We Should Make Our Needs Known to Christ and Ask for His Help | p. 188 |
Of Burning Love and the Strong Desire to Receive Christ | p. 189 |
That We Should Not Pry into This Sacrament Out of Curiosity | p. 191 |
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